Al Roker

Albert Lincoln Roker Jr., born on August 20, 1954, is an American weather presenter, journalist, television personality, and author. He is best known as the current weather anchor on NBC's Today show, where he also occasionally co-hosts 3rd Hour Today. Roker has an inactive American Meteorological Society Television Seal #238. Born in Queens, New York City, Roker is the son of Isabel, who is of Jamaican descent, and Albert Lincoln Roker Sr., a bus driver of Bahamian descent. Despite initially aspiring to be a cartoonist, Roker graduated from Xavier High School in Manhattan and later attended the State University of New York at Oswego, where he earned a B.A. in communications in 1976. He began his career as a weather anchor for CBS affiliate WHEN-TV in Syracuse, New York, and later moved to Washington, D.C.