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Al Roker Biography
Birth Name:
Albert Lincoln Roker Jr.
Birth Place:
Queens, New York, United States
Profession
TV host, weathercaster, producer
Fast Facts
- Childhood idol was Bill Cosby
- Former college classmate was Jerry Seinfeld
- Joined NBC's Today Show as a weatherman and reporter in 1996
- Received an honorary doctorate from the State University of New York at Oswego in 1998
- Wrote the nonfiction books Don't Make Me Stop This Car: Adventures in Fatherhood (2001), Al Roker's Big Bad Book of Barbecue (2002), Al Roker's Hassle-Free Holiday Cookbook (2003), and Big Shoes: In Celebration of Dads and Fatherhood (2005)
- In 2003, began hosting a show on the Food Network called Roker on the Road
- Launched Al Roker Productions in 2005
- Landed a morning show on the Weather Channel, Wake Up With Al, in 2009
- Wrote his first fiction novel, The Morning Show Murders, in 2009
Relationships
- Christopher Roker -- Brother
- Courtney Roker -- Daughter
- Leila Ruth Roker -- Daughter
- Alice Bell -- Ex-wife
- Albert Lincoln Roker Sr. -- Father
- Isabel Roker -- Mother
- Alisa Smith -- Sister
- Nicholas Albert Roker -- Son