Name	Brian Williams
Age	50
Build	Slim
Eye Color	Blue
Hair Color	Brown - Light
Date of Birth	May 5, 1959
Birthplace	Elmira, New York
Star Sign	Taurus
Nationality	American
Ethnicity	White
High School	Mater Dei High School in New Monmouth, New Jersey
Occupation	TV News
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Claim to Fame	Host of NBC Nightly News
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A native of both New York and New Jersey

Has two children

Lives in Connecticut

Named "Father of the Year" by the National Fathers` Day Committee in 1996.

Received honorary doctorate from Elmira College in May 1998.

Is an occasional guest on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992), "Late Night with Conan O`Brien" (1993), and "Late Show with David Letterman" (1993).

Spent several years as a volunteer firefighter in New Jersey.

Worked in the White House during the Carter administration

Has won several Emmys.

Has Taken over for Tom Brokaw on the "NBC Nightly News" (1970) in November 2004 after the elections.

Received an honorary doctorate from the Catholic university of America in May of 2004 although he never graduated from there.

Attended Mater Dei High School in New Monmouth, New Jersey

Appeared on "Saturday Night Live" (1975) September 30, 2006 ready to co- anchor the Weekend Update segment with Amy Poehler, but is told by Poehler that Seth Meyers will be co-anchoring Weekend Update.

At the 2007 Radio and Television Correspondents` Association dinner, Williams was pulled up on stage by Improv comedians Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood and made sound effects as the two comedians performed a skit.

Has appeared three times on "The Daily Show" (1996) as a celebrity guest and interviewed by Jon Stewart, most recently on Tuesday, August 8th, 2006. A gag involving his head being projected on a screen behind Stewart has been used twice since the show moved to a new set on April 9, 2007; during one of these appearances, the head actually addressed and made fun of Stewart as part of the joke.

In "The Head and the Hair" episode of the sitcom "30 Rock" (2006), Jack and Kenneth are sent to clean up Williams` dressing room while he is apparently at the liquor store - in the room they find underwear filled with bird seed and graffiti on the wall reading "Katie Couric Sucks".

Replaced Maury Povich as host of locally produced Washington D.C chat show Panorama in 1985.

He is a big New York Giants fan. On "Late Night with Conan O`Brien" (1993), Williams announced he "bleeds Giants blue".

Currently the longest serving network news anchor with the retirements of Tom Brokaw and Dan Rather and the death of Peter Jennings.

Known to have been a big Dale Earnhardt fan, even visiting Earnhardt a few times (Williams and his son Douglas were at Talladega Super speedway in October 1999 for a race when Williams interviewed Earnhardt for his show.

Worked as an intern during the administration of U.S. President Jimmy Carter.

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