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David McCullough

Acting Born Jul 7, 1933 24 credits

Biography

David Gaub McCullough (July 7, 1933 – August 7, 2022) was an American popular historian. He was a two-time winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. In 2006, he was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award.

Born and raised in Pittsburgh, McCullough earned a degree in English literature from Yale University. His first book was The Johnstown Flood (1968), and he wrote nine more on such topics as Harry S. Truman, John Adams, Theodore Roosevelt, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Panama Canal, and the Wright brothers. McCullough also narrated numerous documentaries, such as The Civil War by Ken Burns, as well as the 2003 film Seabiscuit, and he hosted the PBS television documentary series American Experience for twelve years. McCullough's two Pulitzer Prize–winning books—Truman and John Adams.—were adapted by HBO into a TV film and a miniseries, respectively.

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Known for

The Daily Show

as Self

American Experience

as Narrator (voice)

American Experience

as Self - Host

The Colbert Report

2005

Full filmography

  • The Daily Show (1996) as Self
  • American Experience (1988) as Narrator (voice)
  • American Experience (1988) as Self - Host
  • The Colbert Report (2005)
  • 60 Minutes (1968) as Self
  • The Civil War (1990) as Narrator (voice)
  • The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014) as Self - Historian
  • Seabiscuit (2003) as Narrator
  • New York: A Documentary Film (1999) as Self - Commentator
  • The Words That Built America (2017) as Self - Narrator (voice)
  • Napoleon (2000) as Self - Narrator (voice)
  • David McCullough: Painting with Words (2008) as Self
  • The Congress (1989) as Self - Writer / Narrator
  • Napoleon (2000) as Narrator
  • Brooklyn Bridge (1981) as Self - Narrator (voice)
  • The Donner Party (1992) as Narrator (voice)
  • California Typewriter (2017) as Self
  • The Statue of Liberty (1985) as Self - Historian / Narrator
  • FDR (1994) as Narrator
  • America 1900 (1998) as Narrator
  • The Wright Stuff (1996) as Self - Host
  • Truman (1997) as Self
  • The Battle Over Citizen Kane (1996) as Self - Host of The American Experience
  • Ike (1993) as Narrator (voice)