Bryant Gumbel was born on September 29, 1948 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Contact (1997), The Weather Man (2005) and Main Street (1985). He has been married to Hilary Quinlan since August 24, 2002. He was previously married to June Carlyn Baranco.
Seen on camera muttering "What a f****** idiot" after interviewing FRC
spokesman Robert Knight in 2000.
Battling lung cancer, had surgery in November to remove a malignant tumor on his chest [December 8, 2009].
He is of Louisiana Creole descent (including African, French, some German Jewish, and distant Corsican Italian, ancestry). The "Gumbel" family in Louisiana originates with German Jewish immigrants.