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Al Roker

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Date of Birth: 1954 , August-20
Birth Nation: United States
Height: 5 Feet 8 Inch
Name Al Roker
Birth Name Albert Lincoln "Al" Roker, Jr
Father Albert Lincoln Roker, Sr.
Mother Isabel Roker
Nationality American
Birth Place/City Queens, New York City, New York
Ethnicity Black Ethnicity
Profession Television presenter
Working For NBC News
Net Worth 30 Million Dollar
Weight in KG 97 kg
Famous for Journalist
Married Yes
Married to Deborah Roberts (m. 1995), Alice Bell (m. 1984)
Children Leila Roker, Nicholas Albert Roker
Divorce Alice Bell (m. 1994)
Education Xavier High School
Online Presence Facebook,Wiki,Twitter,Instagram
TV Show Today (since 1952)
Siblings Christopher Roker

Quick Timeline of Al Roker

1954 Born in Queens, New York City, New York
1976 Graduated from State University of New York
1974 Joined WHEN-TV
1978 Joined NBC
1990 Began his acting career
1984 Married to Alice Bell
1987 First child, Courtney Roker
1995 Married to Deborah Roberts
2002 Third child, Nicholas Albert
1997 Won Daytime Emmy Awards
2010 Nominated in News & Documentary Emmy Awards
2000 Published his first book, Don't Make Me Stop This Car!

Detail Timeline of Al Roker

August 20 , 1954

Born in Queens, New York City, New York

Born as Albert Lincoln Roker Jr. in Queens, New York City, New York of United States of America to Isabel and Albert Lincoln Roker, Sr, Al was raised in Catholic background. He is an American and is of Jamaican and Bahamian descent.

1976

Graduated from State University of New York

Al received his formal education from Xavier High School. After completing his high school graduation from this high school, he joined State University of New York. He also graduated from there and earned his B.A. in communications in 1976.

1974

Joined WHEN-TV

Born on middle class family, Al dreamed to be a cartoonist as a child and he also put his hand on several projects as a member of the school's Cartooning & Illustration Club. However, he began his professional career as a weather anchor at WHEN-TV from 1974. 

1978

Joined NBC

While he was still pursuing his Bachelor’s of Arts degree from State University of New York, he began his professional career from WHEN-TV since 1974. He then joined WTTG, WKYC-TV and NBC. He joined NBC in 1978.

1990

Began his acting career

After being the weather anchor and journalist in several news agencies, he also decided to enter into the acting world and he finally his acting debut from the 1990 movie, Another World. Till now, he has appeared in about 20 movies.

December 22 , 1984

Married to Alice Bell

On 22nd of December 1984, Al got married to Alice Bell. As a married couple, they welcomed their first child in 1987 and it was a baby girl named Courtney Roker. However, this married life finally came to an end in 1994.

1987

First child, Courtney Roker

He became father for the first time in his life and that was in 1987. He and his ex wife, Alice Bell welcomed their first child together that year and that time it was a baby girl and they named her Courtney Roker. 

September 16 , 1995

Married to Deborah Roberts

After dissolving his first married life, Al was seen with Deborah Roberts having love affairs with her. Deborah Roberts is also one of the popular journalists in United States. They finally got married on 16th of September 1995. 

July 18 , 2002

Third child, Nicholas Albert

He also became father for the third time in his life and that was in 2002. He and his present wife, journalists Deborah Roberts welcomed their second child together on 18h of July and that time it was a son and they named him Nicholas Albert. 

1997

Won Daytime Emmy Awards

Daytime Emmy Awards is one of the prestigious awards in the acting world and it’s an honor if they win this award. He has also been honored with this award several times and he won this award for the first time in 1997 and that was for Outstanding Special Class Program.

2010

Nominated in News & Documentary Emmy Awards

Till now he has been nominated in News & Documentary Emmy Awards twice but he has not been honored with this award once. In 2010, he got nominated in this award for Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story - Long Form.

2000

Published his first book, Don't Make Me Stop This Car!

Daytime Emmy Awards winner for Outstanding Special Class Special, Al Roker is a multi talented person from United States. Besides being one of the popular journalist and an actor, he is also a famous author. In 2000, he published his first book, Don't Make Me Stop This Car!. 

Content

On the 22nd of December 1984, Al got married to Alice Bell. As a married couple, they welcomed their first child in 1987 and it was a baby girl named Courtney Roker. However, this married life finally came to an end in 1994.

After dissolving his first married life, Al was seen with Deborah Roberts having love affairs with her. Deborah Roberts is also one of the popular journalists in the United States. They finally got married on the 16th of September 1995. They have welcomed two children together.

Born in a middle-class family, Al dreamed to be a cartoonist as a child and he also put his hand on several projects as a member of the school's Cartooning & Illustration Club. However, he began his professional career as a weather anchor at WHEN-TV. He then joined WTTG, WKYC-TV, and NBC. He made his acting debut in the 1990 movie, Another World. He has also published several books and novels on his own. His net worth is said to be around $30 million.