Bob Costas

Bob Costas

Known for
Acting
Born
March 22, 1952 (age 74)
Birthplace
Queens, New York, USA

Biography

Robert Quinlan Costas is an American sportscaster who is known for his long tenure with NBC Sports, from 1980 through 2019. He has received 28 Emmy awards for his work and was the prime-time host of 11 Olympic Games from 1992 until 2016. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bob Costas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

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The Best We've Got: The Carl Erskine Story poster

The Best We've Got: The Carl Erskine Story

Movie · as Self

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Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association poster

Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association

Movie · as Self

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Diamonds on the Silver Screen

Diamonds on the Silver Screen

Movie · as Self

2026
Ueck poster

Ueck

Movie

2026
When America Took the Field poster

When America Took the Field

Movie · as Self

2026
Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association poster

Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2026
Field Generals: History of the Black Quarterback poster

Field Generals: History of the Black Quarterback

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2026
Hulk Hogan: Real American poster

Hulk Hogan: Real American

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2025
Clemente poster

Clemente

Movie · as Self

2025
Going, Going, Gone: The Magic of the Home Run poster

Going, Going, Gone: The Magic of the Home Run

Movie · as Self

2025
Baseball Mensch:  The Marty Lurie Story poster

Baseball Mensch: The Marty Lurie Story

Movie · as Narrator

2025
The Verdict poster

The Verdict

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2024
The Waiting Game poster

The Waiting Game

Movie

2024
Mr. McMahon poster

Mr. McMahon

TV · as Self · 6 eps

2023
It Ain't Over poster

It Ain't Over

Movie · as Self

2023
Brick by Brick: The Story of Wrigley Field

Brick by Brick: The Story of Wrigley Field

Movie

2022
Say Hey, Willie Mays! poster

Say Hey, Willie Mays!

Movie · as Self

2022
Joe Montana: Cool Under Pressure poster

Joe Montana: Cool Under Pressure

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2021
Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting poster

Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting

Movie · as Self - Interviewee

2021
Behind the Mask - Stories of the COVID-19 pandemic poster

Behind the Mask - Stories of the COVID-19 pandemic

Movie · as Self

2021
Here Today poster

Here Today

Movie · as Bob Costas

2021
Rulon Gardner Won't Die poster

Rulon Gardner Won't Die

Movie

2021
Back on the Record with Bob Costas poster

Back on the Record with Bob Costas

TV · as Self - Host · 8 eps

2021
The Story of Late Night poster

The Story of Late Night

TV · as Self · 6 eps

2020
Long Gone Summer poster

Long Gone Summer

Movie · as Himself

2020
The Sandberg Game poster

The Sandberg Game

Movie

2020
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A. poster

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.

Movie · as (archive footage)

2020
Game 6: The Movie poster

Game 6: The Movie

Movie · as Self

2020
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault poster

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

Movie · as (archive footage)

2020
The Sounds of Baseball poster

The Sounds of Baseball

TV · as Self - Host · 12 eps

2020
The Last Dance poster

The Last Dance

TV · as Himself, Self - WGN-Chicago 1979-80

2018
Ted Williams: "The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived" poster

Ted Williams: "The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived"

Movie · as Self

2018
Generations of the Game poster

Generations of the Game

Movie

2018
U.S. Open Epics: Tiger and Rocco poster

U.S. Open Epics: Tiger and Rocco

Movie · as Self

2018
Shut Up and Dribble poster

Shut Up and Dribble

TV · as Self - Sportscaster · 3 eps

2018
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover poster

Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

TV · 1 ep

2017
Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson poster

Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson

Movie · as Self

2017
This Was the XFL poster

This Was the XFL

Movie · as Himself

2017
Cars 3 poster

Cars 3

Movie · as Bob Cutlass (voice)

2017
Brockmire poster

Brockmire

TV · as Bob Costas · 2 eps

2015
Iron: The Legacy of Cal Ripken Jr

Iron: The Legacy of Cal Ripken Jr

Movie

2015
The Curious Case of the Chicago Cubs

The Curious Case of the Chicago Cubs

Movie

2015
Randy Johnson: The Big Picture

Randy Johnson: The Big Picture

Movie

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
MLB Network Presents poster

MLB Network Presents

TV · as Self, Self - Host · 7 eps

2014
Mr. Baseball, Bob Uecker poster

Mr. Baseball, Bob Uecker

Movie · as Self

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2014
The Men in Blazers Show poster

The Men in Blazers Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver poster

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

TV · as Self (voice) · 1 ep

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
The Doctor poster

The Doctor

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2013
The United States of Football

The United States of Football

Movie

2013
Glickman poster

Glickman

Movie · as Self

2013
365 Days: A Year in Happy Valley

365 Days: A Year in Happy Valley

Movie · as Himself - Journalist

2013
Schooled: The Price of College Sports poster

Schooled: The Price of College Sports

Movie · as Himself

2013
Free Spirits poster

Free Spirits

Movie · as Self

2013
The World Series: History of the Fall Classic

The World Series: History of the Fall Classic

Movie · as Narrator

2013
Hawk: The Colorful Life of Ken Harrelson

Hawk: The Colorful Life of Ken Harrelson

Movie · as Narrator

2013
Undefeated: The Roger Brown Story poster

Undefeated: The Roger Brown Story

Movie · as Himself

2013
MLB Now poster

MLB Now

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2012
MLB's 20 Greatest Games poster

MLB's 20 Greatest Games

TV · 20 eps

2012
Go On poster

Go On

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2011
Catching Hell poster

Catching Hell

Movie · as Self

2011
On the Shoulders of Giants poster

On the Shoulders of Giants

Movie

2011
Moneyball poster

Moneyball

Movie · as Sports Announcer (voice)

2011
Chicago Cubs: The Heart and Soul of Chicago poster

Chicago Cubs: The Heart and Soul of Chicago

Movie · as Self

2010
A Hall for Heroes: The Inaugural Hall of Fame Induction of 1939 poster

A Hall for Heroes: The Inaugural Hall of Fame Induction of 1939

Movie

2010
Baseball: The Tenth Inning poster

Baseball: The Tenth Inning

Movie · as Self

2010
Conan poster

Conan

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2010
Baseball: The Tenth Inning poster

Baseball: The Tenth Inning

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2009
MLB: Baseball's Seasons poster

MLB: Baseball's Seasons

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2009
Studio 42 with Bob Costas poster

Studio 42 with Bob Costas

TV · as Self - Host · 38 eps

2008
2008 Olympics: Michael Phelps: Inside Story of the Beijing Games

2008 Olympics: Michael Phelps: Inside Story of the Beijing Games

Movie · as Himself

2007
Paul Simon and Friends | The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song poster

Paul Simon and Friends | The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song

Movie · as Self

2007
Dare To Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team poster

Dare To Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2006
Home Base: The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum poster

Home Base: The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

Movie

2006
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology poster

WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology

Movie · as Bob Costas

2006
Cars poster

Cars

Movie · as Bob Cutlass (voice)

2006
Wait 'Til Next Year: The Saga of the Chicago Cubs poster

Wait 'Til Next Year: The Saga of the Chicago Cubs

Movie · as Self

2006
Football Night in America poster

Football Night in America

TV · 78 eps

2005
Mantle poster

Mantle

Movie · as Self

2005
Coach Carter poster

Coach Carter

Movie · as Bob Costas

2005
The Colbert Report poster

The Colbert Report

TV · as Self, Self (uncredited) · 1 ep

2005
Costas Now poster

Costas Now

TV · as Self - Host · 16 eps

2004
The Tony Danza Show

The Tony Danza Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2003
Forever Loyal: A Salute to the Cubs Fans and Their Field poster

Forever Loyal: A Salute to the Cubs Fans and Their Field

Movie · as The Narrator

2003
Real Time with Bill Maher poster

Real Time with Bill Maher

TV · as Self · 8 eps

2002
The 2002 Olympic Winter Games - Olympic Highlights

The 2002 Olympic Winter Games - Olympic Highlights

Movie · as Narrator

2002
Monk poster

Monk

TV · as Bob Costas · 1 ep

2001
Pootie Tang poster

Pootie Tang

Movie · as Bob Costas

2001
Tony Gwynn - Mr. Padre

Tony Gwynn - Mr. Padre

Movie

2001
50 Years of NBC Late Night poster

50 Years of NBC Late Night

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2001
The Swinger

The Swinger

Movie · as Self

2001
On the Record with Bob Costas poster

On the Record with Bob Costas

TV · as Self - Host · 48 eps

2000
Michael Jordan to the Max poster

Michael Jordan to the Max

Movie · as Self

2000
Major League Baseball: All Century Team poster

Major League Baseball: All Century Team

Movie · as Narrator

2000
When It Was a Game 3

When It Was a Game 3

Movie · as Self (voice)

2000
Baby Blues poster

Baby Blues

TV · 1 ep

1999
Family Guy poster

Family Guy

TV · as Bob Costas (voice) · 3 eps

1998
Express: Aisle to Glory poster

Express: Aisle to Glory

Movie · as Self

1998
BASEketball poster

BASEketball

Movie · as Bob Costas

1998
Race for the Record poster

Race for the Record

Movie · as Self

1997
Long Shots: The Life and Times of the American Basketball Association poster

Long Shots: The Life and Times of the American Basketball Association

Movie

1996
Arli$$ poster

Arli$$

TV · as Bob Costas · 5 eps

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
Spin City poster

Spin City

TV · as Bob Costas (voice) · 1 ep

1995
Open Season poster

Open Season

Movie · as Bob Costas

1995
The Drew Carey Show poster

The Drew Carey Show

TV · as Himself · 1 ep

1995
NewsRadio poster

NewsRadio

TV · as Bob Costas · 1 ep

1994
The Scout poster

The Scout

Movie · as Bob Costas

1994
The Critic poster

The Critic

TV · as Bob Costas (voice) · 1 ep

1994
Space Ghost Coast to Coast poster

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

TV · 1 ep

1994
Baseball poster

Baseball

TV · as Self · 5 eps

1993
Frasier poster

Frasier

TV · as Jake (voice) · 1 ep

1993
Raw poster

Raw

TV · 1 ep

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 8 eps

1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

TV · 3 eps

1992
The Larry Sanders Show poster

The Larry Sanders Show

TV · as Bob Costas · 1 ep

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Bob Costas (voice) · 1 ep

1988
Later with Bob Costas

Later with Bob Costas

TV · 44 eps

1987
New York Yankees: The Movie

New York Yankees: The Movie

Movie · as Self

1986
Let's Go Mets poster

Let's Go Mets

Movie · as Self

1984
MTV Video Music Awards poster

MTV Video Music Awards

TV · as Self - Preshow Host · 1 ep

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self (voice) (uncredited), Self (uncredited) · 1 ep

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1947
Meet the Press poster

Meet the Press

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep