Tom Llamas

Tom Llamas
Born
Thomas Edward Llamas

(1979-07-02) July 2, 1979
Miami, Florida, U.S.
Alma materLoyola University New Orleans (B.A.)
OccupationsTelevision news anchor and television journalist
Years active2000–present
EmployerNBCUniversal
AgentUTA
Notable credit(s)ABC World News Tonight Sunday (anchor/weekday correspondent) (2014–2021)
NBC News (correspondent/substitute anchor)
Top Story with Tom Llamas (anchor) (2021–present)
Today (substitute news anchor) (2021–2025)
NBC Nightly News (anchor) (2025–present)
Spouse
Jennifer Llamas
(m. 2006)
Children3

Thomas Edward Llamas (/ˈjɑːmɑːs/ YAH-mahs; born July 2, 1979) is an American journalist working for NBC News as the anchor of NBC Nightly News and Top Story with Tom Llamas.

He worked for ABC News as the weekend anchor of ABC World News Tonight from 2014 until 2021, before joining NBC News as the senior national correspondent and anchor for NBC News Now, hosting Top Story with Tom Llamas, and serving as a substitute anchor for Today and NBC Nightly News.

On March 5, 2025, Llamas was named to succeed Lester Holt as host and managing editor of NBC Nightly News beginning June 2, 2025. Llamas is the first Latino anchor of an American nightly news broadcast.

Llamas has won multiple Emmy Awards for his reporting in addition to two Edward R. Murrow awards.