Al Roker

Albert Lincoln Roker is an American celebrity currently working as a weather reporter on NBC Today. He also serves as an actor, journalist, television personality and a book author. AL Roker was born on the 20th of August 1954 in Queens, New York City, United States. He resides in Manhattan with his wife.

About

He was raised by his mother Isabel Roker who is from Jamaica and his father Sir Albert Lincoln Roker from Bahamian. His father worked as a bus driver. Being from a blue-collar background family, his hardworking parents fully empowered him in becoming someone with outstanding potential. From the belief of his mother, Roker grew up a Catholic follower. He is the eldest from his family and related to the well-known musician Lenny Kravitz, the late Hollywood actress Roxie Roker and Zoe Kravitz as second paternal cousins.

Career

Upon completion of his early high school education at Xavier High School, Roker enrolled at the State University of New York. This is where he paved his carrier foundation as a weather reporter for the CBS affiliate on weekends. Roker was awarded the position on weathercast for two years at WTTG Station.

In 1978, he began his career with an NBC affiliate WKYC in Cleveland for five years. He then returned to NYC in 1983 upon promotion as the weekend weathercaster at WNBC. This is when he started to work as substitute weathercaster proving his ability in entertaining and attracting crowds’ attention on the Today Show.