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The popularity of his books and his natural on-camera demeanor have resulted in many media appearances, including ''[[Charlie Rose (TV show)|Charlie Rose]]'', ''[[The Colbert Report]]'', ''[[The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer]]'', ''The Century with [[Peter Jennings]]'', [[CNN]], ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', ''[[Nightline (US news program)|Nightline]] in Primetime'', ''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]'', and the ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]''. It has also led to Greene helping [[John Lithgow]] with scientific dialogue for the [[television]] series ''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]'', and becoming a technical consultant for the film ''[[Frequency (2000 film)|Frequency]]'', in which he also had a cameo role. He was a consultant on the 2006 [[time travel|time-travel]] movie ''[[Déjà Vu (2006 film)|Déjà Vu]]''. He also had a cameo appearance as an [[Intel]] scientist in 2007's ''[[The Last Mimzy]]''. Greene was also mentioned in the 2002 ''[[Angel (1999 TV series)|Angel]]'' episode "[[Supersymmetry (Angel episode)|Supersymmetry]]" and in the 2008 ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'' episode "[[Trio (Stargate Atlantis)|Trio]]". In April 2011 he appeared on ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' in the episode "[[The Big Bang Theory (season 4)#ep83|The Herb Garden Germination]]" as himself, speaking to a small crowd about the contents of his most recent book.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7N0IgFb-aY?t=269 Brian Greene String Theory - String Theory And Multiverse Explained (Documentary)]. ''YouTube''.</ref>
Greene has lectured outside of the collegiate setting, at both a general and a technical level, in more than twenty-five countries. In 2012, his teaching prowess was recognized when he received the [[Richtmyer Memorial Award]], which is given annually by the [[American Association of Physics Teachers]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Brian Greene Recognized as 2012 Recipient of the Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award |url=http://www.aapt.org/aboutaapt/greene_richtmyeraward_pr20111020.cfm |publisher=American Association of Physics Teachers |access-date=January 11, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115132410/http://www.aapt.org/aboutaapt/greene_richtmyeraward_pr20111020.cfm |archive-date=January 15, 2013 }}</ref>
In May 2013, the [[Science Laureates of the United States Act of 2013 (H.R. 1891; 113th Congress)]] was introduced into Congress. Brian Greene was listed by one commentator as a possible nominee for the position of Science Laureate, if the act were to pass.<ref name=wiredMay>{{cite news |last=Marlow |first=Jeffrey |title=The Science Laureate of the United States |url=https://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/05/the-science-laureate-of-the-united-states/ |access-date=September 12, 2013 |newspaper=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |date=May 9, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911032425/http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/05/the-science-laureate-of-the-united-states |archive-date=September 11, 2013 }}</ref>
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