Person
Bryant Gumbel
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Bryant Charles Gumbel (born September 29, 1948) is an American television journalist and sportscaster, best known for his 15 years as co-host of NBC's Today. He is the younger bro…
IMDbKnown for
Popular titles
Biography
A closer look
Read full biography
Bryant Charles Gumbel (born September 29, 1948) is an American television journalist and sportscaster, best known for his 15 years as co-host of NBC's Today. He is the younger brother of sportscaster Greg Gumbel. Since 1995, he has hosted HBO's acclaimed investigative series Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, which has been rated as "flat out TV's best sports program" by the Los Angeles Times. It won a Peabody Award in 2012. Gumbel was hired by NBC Sports in the fall of 1975 as co-host of its National Football League pre-game show GrandStand with Jack Buck. From 1975 until January 1982 (when he left to do The Today Show), he hosted numerous sporting events for NBC including Major League Baseball, college basketball and the National Football League. He returned to sportscasting for NBC when he hosted the prime time coverage of the 1988 Summer Olympics from Seoul and the PGA Tour in 1990. NBC News made Gumbel the principal anchor of Today beginning September 27, 1982, and broadcast from Vietnam, Vatican City, Europe, South America, and much of the United States followed between 1984 and 1989. Gumbel's work on Today earned him several Emmys and a large fanbase. He is the third longest serving co-host of Today, after former hosts Matt Lauer and Katie Couric. He stepped down from the show on January 3, 1997, after 15 years. Gumbel moved to CBS, where he hosted various shows before becoming co-host of the network's morning show The Early Show on November 1, 1999. Gumbel was hosting The Early Show on the morning of September 11, 2001. He was the first to announce the September 11 attacks to CBS viewers. Gumbel left CBS and The Early Show on May 17, 2002. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
-
2022
CNN This Morning
TV show Self
-
2018
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
Movie Self
-
2016
Harry Benson: Shoot First
Movie Self
-
2015
Brain Surgery Live with Mental Floss
Movie Self - Host
-
2012
Finding Your Roots
TV show Self
-
2010
The Best That Never Was
Movie Self (Archive Footage)
-
2010
Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals
Movie Self - NBC Sports, 1974-82
-
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV show Self - Guest
-
2006
The N Word
Movie Self
-
2005
The Weather Man
Movie Himself
-
2003
UFO Invasion at Rendlesham
Movie Self - Host
-
2003
The New Roswell: Kecksburg Exposed
Movie Présentateur
- 2002
-
1999
The Early Show
TV show Self - Host
-
1998
The Mike Tyson Story
Movie Himself
-
1997
Contact
Movie Bryant Gumbel
More credits
-
1997
The Chris Rock Show
TV show Self
-
1995
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
TV show Self - Host
-
1993
The Nanny
TV show Bryant Gumbel
-
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV show Self - Guest
-
1991
The Hard Way
Movie Self
-
1989
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Movie Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
-
1989
Seinfeld
TV show Bryant Gumbel
-
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV show Self - Guest
-
1982
God's Miracles
Movie Host
-
1980
Games People Play
TV show Host
-
1980
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
Movie Self
-
1979
Magic vs. Bird: The 1979 NCAA Championship Game
Movie Commentator
-
1978
Heaven Can Wait
Movie TV Sportscaster (uncredited)
-
1975
Saturday Night Live
TV show Self (uncredited)
-
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV show Self
-
1949
The Emmy Awards
TV show Self
-
1948
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
TV show
