Brian Williams
Birth Name:
Brian Douglas Williams
Birth Place:
Middletown, New Jersey, United States
Profession
Actor, Editorial department
Fast Facts
- Has won 11 Edward R․ Murrow Awards, 12 Emmy Awards, the duPont-Columbia University Award, the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence and the George Foster Peabody Award
- Was named one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world in 2006
- Attended Brookdale Community College, Catholic University and George Washington University
- Was once in Bosnia as a White House correspondent, where he jumped off a personnel carrier and twisted his knee, resulting in him receiving medical treatment on Air Force One on route to Italy
- Started out as an intern in the White House during the Carter administration
- Worked at several news stations in Philadelphia, Washington, D․C․, and New York City before joining NBC News as chief White House correspondent in 1993
- Began his career in broadcasting at KOAM-TV in Pittsburg, Kan․, in 1981
- Became anchor of "NBC Nightly News" in 2004 and later launched "Rock Center with Brian Williams" in 2011
- Best known as the anchor and managing editor of "NBC Nightly News․"
- He has covered a number of presidential campaigns and elections, and has also been a moderator at eight presidential debates
Awards
- 2004Emmy - Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine:Nominated
- 2006Emmy - Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast:Nominated
- 2006Emmy - Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast:Nominated
- 2006Emmy - Best Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast:Nominated
- 2006Emmy - Best Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast:Nominated
- 2006Emmy - Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast:Winner
- 2006Emmy - Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine:Nominated
- 2007Emmy - Outstanding Interview:Nominated
- 2007Emmy - Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast:Nominated
- 2007Emmy - Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast:Winner
- 2009Emmy - Best Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast:Winner
- 2009Emmy - Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast:Winner
- 2009Emmy - Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast:Nominated
- 2009Emmy - Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast:Winner
- 2010Emmy - Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast:Nominated
- 2010Emmy - Best Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast:Nominated
- 2010Emmy - Best Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast:Nominated
- 2010Emmy - Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast:Winner
- 2010Emmy - Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast:Nominated
- 2010Emmy - Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast:Winner
- 2011Emmy - Best Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast:Nominated
- 2011Emmy - Outstanding Feature Story in a News Magazine:Nominated
- 2011Emmy - Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast:Nominated
- 2011Emmy - Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast:Nominated
- 2012Emmy - Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast:Nominated
- 2012Emmy - Best Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast:Nominated
- 2012Emmy - Best Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast:Nominated
- 2012Emmy - Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast:Nominated
- 2012Emmy - Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast:Nominated
- 2012Emmy - Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine:Nominated
- 2012Emmy - Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast:Nominated
- 2012Emmy - Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast:Nominated
- 2012Emmy - Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast:Nominated
- 2013Emmy - Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine:Nominated
- 2013Emmy - Outstanding Interview:Nominated