David Muir
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 8, 1973 (age 53)
- Birthplace
- Syracuse, New York, USA
Biography
David Jason Muir (/ˈmjʊər/ MURE; born November 8, 1973) is an American journalist and anchor for ABC World News Tonight and co-anchor of the ABC News magazine 20/20, part of the news department of the ABC broadcast-television network, based in New York City. Muir previously served as the weekend anchor and primary substitute anchor on ABC's World News Tonight with Diane Sawyer before succeeding her on September 1, 2014. Since joining ABC News in 2003, Muir has reported from hotspots all over the world, with dispatches from Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Ukraine, Tahrir Square, Mogadishu, Gaza, Guantanamo, Fukushima, Beirut, Amman, and the Syrian border, among other places. At ABC News, Muir has won multiple Emmy and Edward R. Murrow awards for his national and international journalism. He was the 2024 recipient of the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism. In both 2023 and 2024 Muir won the Emmy for Outstanding Live News Program and the Edward R. Murrow Award for Network TV Newscast. Muir has become one of the most visible journalists in America. World News Tonight with David Muir has been the most watched newscast in the United States since 2015. Muir's climate reporting has also been recognized with the George Polk Award, and the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Muir, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Life
North and South
Instadocs: Alex Murdaugh, Unconvicted
One Day at Disney
Instadocs: The Prediction Games
From Russia with Lev
John Lennon: His Life, Legacy, Last Days
Queen Elizabeth II: A Royal Life - A Special Edition of 20/20
Francis: The People's Pope
Dolly Parton: An American Original – Special Edition of 20/20
Avatar: A New Era - Special Edition of 20/20
Queen Elizabeth II: Passing of the Crown – A Special Edition of 20/20
Photos
Filmography
Seven Natural Wonders of America with David Muir
Movie
Dolly Parton: An American Original – Special Edition of 20/20
Movie · as Self - Host
Instadocs: Alex Murdaugh, Unconvicted
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Instadocs: The Prediction Games
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
9/11 Tribute in Light: Live from Lower Manhattan
Movie · as Self - Host
Disney Celebrates America
TV · as Self - Host · 16 eps
Francis: The People's Pope
Movie · as Self
The American Pope: Leo XIV - Special Edition of 20/20
Movie · as Self
American Catastrophe: LA Burning -- Special Edition of 20/20
Movie · as Self - Co-Host
Avatar: A New Era - Special Edition of 20/20
Movie · as Self - Co-Host
From Russia with Lev
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Year: 2024
Movie · as Self
Jimmy Carter: A Full Life
Movie · as Self
Kill Or Be Killed
Movie · as Self - Host
The Kill List
Movie · as Self - Host
You’ve Got Jail
Movie · as Self - Host
Our Barbara
Movie · as Self
Horror in Idaho: The Student Murders
Movie · as Self - Host
Queen Elizabeth II: Passing of the Crown – A Special Edition of 20/20
Movie · as Self - Co-Host
Queen Elizabeth II: A Royal Life - A Special Edition of 20/20
Movie · as Self - Host
The Year: 2022
Movie · as Self
The Fatal Flaw: A Special Edition of 20/20
TV · 4 eps
The Year: 2021
Movie
The Babies of 9/11: Twenty Years Later
Movie · as Self - Host
9/11: The Day that Changed America
Movie · as Self - Host
The Dating Game Killer
Movie · as Self - Co-Host
John Lennon: His Life, Legacy, Last Days
Movie · as Self - Host
The Death of a Playmate: The Dorothy Stratten Story 20/20
Movie · as Self - Co-Host
One Day at Disney
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Life
Movie · as 20/20 Anchor
Truth and Lies: The Murder of Laci Peterson
Movie · as Self - Co-Host
Rachael Ray
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
The View
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest Co-Host · 2 eps
North and South
TV · as 1st Abolitionist · 1 ep
20/20
TV · as Self - Anchor, Self - Co-Host, Self - Host · 175 eps
World News Tonight with David Muir
TV · as Self - Anchor, Self - Weekend Anchor