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Al Roker

Acting

Born August 20, 1954 · Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Al Roker (born August 20, 1954) is an American television meteorologist as well as an actor and book author. He is best known as being the weather anchor on NBC's Today. On Monday, July 20, 2009, he began co-hosting his new morning show, Wake Up with Al, on The Weather Channel, which airs weekdays from 6am to 7am ET, one hour earlier than Today. He holds an expired American Meteorological Society Television Seal, #238. He is the author of a murder mystery, entitled The Morning Show Murders, about a celebrity chef and morning television show host drawn into international intrigue and mayhem. Description above from the Wikipedia article Al Roker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Walter Cronkite AwardExcellence in Journalism · 2021
  • Amateur Cartoonist Extraordinary Award · 1991
  • Daytime Emmy Award

Filmography50+ titles

Kenyatta: Do Not Wait Your Turn

2023Executive Producer

Family Recipe Showdown

as Guest Judge

Weather Hunters

as Al Hunter (voice)

Seinfeld

1989as Al Roker

Reading Rainbow

1983as Self - Narrator (voice)

Billions

2016as Al Roker

The Proud Family

2001as Roker / Little Rokers (voice)

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

1993

Cyberchase

2002as Sam Vander Rom (voice)

Superman: The Animated Series

1996as Weatherman (voice)

The Blacklist

2013as Al Roker

Hollywood Squares

1998as Self - Panelist

30 Rock

2006as Al Roker

Hacks

2021as Al Roker

Morning Show Mysteries: Death by Design

2019as Al Roker

Morning Show Mysteries: Mortal Mishaps

2018as Himself

Morning Show Mysteries: Murder Ever After

2021as Self

NewsRadio

1995as Guy

I Love You, You Hate Me

as Self

Somebody Feed Phil

2018as Self

Men in Black

1997as Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited)

Hot Ones

2015as Self

Sesame Street

1969

Morning Show Mysteries: Murder on the Menu

2018as Al Roker

Who Are You, Charlie Brown?

2021as Self - Journalist

Zombieland: Double Tap

2019as Reporter

Kung Fu Panda 3

2016as Sum (voice)

Will & Grace

1998as Al Roker

Saturday Night Live

1975as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

Morning Show Mysteries: A Murder in Mind

2019Executive Producer, Novel

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

2009as Patrick Patrickson (voice)

Mad About You

1992as Al Roker (uncredited)

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

2013as Patrick Patrickson (voice)

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

2008as Newscaster (voice)

Robots

2005as Mailbox (voice)

Morning Show Mysteries: Countdown to Murder

2019Executive Producer, Novel

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019as Self

The Daily Show

1996as Self

Good Burger 2

2023as Al Roker

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015as Self - Guest

The Big Year

2011as New York Weatherman

Unaccompanied Minors

2006as Self

The Michael J. Fox Show

2013as Al Roker

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003as Self

17 Kids and Counting

2008as Self

Ghostbusters

2016as Al Roker

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014as Self

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009as Self - Guest

Sharknado 5: Global Swarming

2017as Al Roker

Tamron Hall

2019as Self - Guest