- Born
- Birth nameBrian Douglas Williams
- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- Brian Williams was born on May 5, 1959 in Ridgewood, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (1970), 30 Rock (2006) and Family Guy (1999). He has been married to Jane Gillian Stoddard since June 7, 1986. They have two children.
- SpouseJane Gillian Stoddard(June 7, 1986 - present) (2 children)
- Children
- Worked as an intern during the administration of U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
- Spent several years as a volunteer firefighter in New Jersey
- With the retirements of Tom Brokaw and Dan Rather and the death of Peter Jennings, Williams is, as of this writing, the longest-serving and highest-prated news anchor on television.
- A native of both New York and New Jersey
- Since taking over as anchor and managing editor of "NBC Nightly News" in 2004, Brian is seen by more U.S. TV viewers, on a daily basis, than any other personality.
- [on Wikipedia] And now, apparently because encyclopedias were too exact, we have Wikipedia, the inexact encyclopedia. We don't get hung up on facts. In my entry alone there are seven errors, and I'm completely unimportant.
- One of my most enjoyable moments was being around the set of The Sopranos (1999) . . . Just being around those people was a joy, and, all due respect to the issues of stereotypes, it was a terrific portrait of New Jersey and a certain segment of the population that may or may not exist.
- [on the loss of Jeff Gralnick] Every other anchorman he worked with was fully formed, I was his lump of clay. And his mentoring, his polishing--often personal, loud, profane, but always right--never stopped.
- [when asked on David Letterman's show if Pakistan had prior knowledge of the Osama Bin Laden raid] I'll answer your question with a question. What does it tell you that the White House didn't call Pakistan and say, "Hey, good news -- here are the GPS coordinates, we found him. Would you mind running by a squad car and pick him up?"
- [asked about his daughter's sex scenes on Girls (2012)] It's acting, no animals were harmed during the filming, and ideally nobody gets hurt.
- NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (1970) - $8,000,000 /year (2007)
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