Matt Lauer Biography

Matt Lauer Profile

Matthew "Matt" Todd Lauer was born on December 30, 1957 in New York, New York, U.S. is an American television journalist best known as the host of NBC's The Today Show since 1997.  the son of Marilyn Kolmer, a boutique owner, and Jay Robert Lauer, a bicycle-company executive. Lauer was married from 1982 until 1989 to a television producer named Nancy Alspaugh. The marriage ended in divorce. 

From 1989 until 1996, he dated Kristen Gesswein, a television newscaster. They were briefly engaged. In 1998, he married Annette Roque, a Dutch model known as "Jade", he has three children .

Biodata Matt Lauer

Full name : Matthew Todd Lauer
Born : December 30, 1957 in New York, New York, U.S.
Height : 5' 11" (1.80 m)
Education : Ohio University
Occupation : Television journalist
Spouse(s) : Nancy Aspaugh (1982-1989; divorced),Annette Roque (1998-present)
Children : Three
Father's name : Jay Robert Lauer
Mother's name : Marilyn Kolmer

Matt Lauer Career

Lauer began his television career in 1979 as a producer of the 12 o'clock news for WOWK-TV in Huntington, West Virginia. By 1980, he had become an on-air reporter on the 6 and 11 o'clock newscasts. He then started to move around the country to further his career, hosting a number of weekly information and talk programs in Boston, Philadelphia, Providence and Richmond. He was also host of PM Magazine from 1980-1986 and worked for ESPN in the 1980s. He worked on the show "Talk of the Town" during 1988

Lauer moved to WNBC-TV in 1992 where he became co-anchor, alongside Jane Hanson, of the early weekday news show Today in New York. After a year, he also filled the role of Live at Five co-anchor with Sue Simmons. He held that job until 1996.

In November of 2010, Lauer conducted an interview with former President of the United States George W. Bush. This was the first interview conducted with the former President and contained many very candid questions, including questions about Iraq, Hurricane Katrina, and water boarding. The interview aired on November 8, 2010 in anticipation of the former President's memoir, Decision Points, being released.

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