Peter Jennings

Peter Jennings

Known for
Acting
Born
July 29, 1938
Died
August 7, 2005 (aged 67)
Birthplace
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings CM was a Canadian-born American television journalist who served as the sole anchor of ABC World News Tonight from 1983 until his death from lung cancer in 2005. Jennings was one of the "Big Three" news anchormen, along with Tom Brokaw of NBC and Dan Rather of CBS, who dominated American evening network news from the early 1980s until his death in 2005, which closely followed the retirements from anchoring evening news programs of Brokaw in 2004 and Rather in 2005.

Known For

Filmography

2026
Jane Elliott Against the World poster

Jane Elliott Against the World

Movie · as Self (Archive Footage)

2026
9/11 Tribute in Light: Live from Lower Manhattan

9/11 Tribute in Light: Live from Lower Manhattan

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2025
Murder in Monaco poster

Murder in Monaco

Movie · as Self - News Anchor (archive footage)

2024
Untold: Hope Solo vs. U.S. Soccer poster

Untold: Hope Solo vs. U.S. Soccer

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2024
The White House Effect poster

The White House Effect

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2024
People Magazine Investigates: Surviving a Serial Killer poster

People Magazine Investigates: Surviving a Serial Killer

TV · as Self - News Anchor (archive footage) · 1 ep

2022
Two Men at War poster

Two Men at War

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2020
The Soul of America poster

The Soul of America

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2019
Cola Wars poster

Cola Wars

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2019
The Devil Next Door poster

The Devil Next Door

TV · as Self(archive footage) · 1 ep

2018
Reversing Roe poster

Reversing Roe

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2018
RBG poster

RBG

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2018
King Bibi poster

King Bibi

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2018
Explained poster

Explained

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2017
The Reagan Show poster

The Reagan Show

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2017
The Nineties poster

The Nineties

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 2 eps

2016
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone poster

All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2010
The Best That Never Was poster

The Best That Never Was

Movie · as Self (Archive Footage)

2009
Dark Legacy poster

Dark Legacy

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2005
Peter Jennings Reporting: UFOs - Seeing Is Believing poster

Peter Jennings Reporting: UFOs - Seeing Is Believing

Movie

2004
American Dictators: Staging of the 2004 Presidential Election poster

American Dictators: Staging of the 2004 Presidential Election

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2004
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song? poster

Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2004
The Tony Danza Show

The Tony Danza Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
JFK II: The Bush Connection poster

JFK II: The Bush Connection

Movie · as Self - ABC News Reporter

2003
Peter Jennings Reporting: The Kennedy Assassination - Beyond Conspiracy poster

Peter Jennings Reporting: The Kennedy Assassination - Beyond Conspiracy

Movie · as Host

2003
Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty poster

Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2003
JFK: Breaking the News poster

JFK: Breaking the News

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2003
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration poster

ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration

Movie · as Self

2000
Peter Jennings Reporting: The Search for Jesus poster

Peter Jennings Reporting: The Search for Jesus

Movie · as Host

1999
The Century: America's Time poster

The Century: America's Time

TV · as Self - Host · 15 eps

1999
The Century poster

The Century

TV · as Self - Narrator · 6 eps

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show poster

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1995
Hiroshima: Why the Bomb Was Dropped poster

Hiroshima: Why the Bomb Was Dropped

Movie · as Host

1993
The Last Party poster

The Last Party

Movie · as Self

1993
Late Show with David Letterman poster

Late Show with David Letterman

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1992
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media poster

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

1992
The Missiles of October: What the World Didn't Know poster

The Missiles of October: What the World Didn't Know

Movie · as Self - Presenter

1992
Snowmotion: The Art of Sledding poster

Snowmotion: The Art of Sledding

Movie · as Self

1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

TV · 1 ep

1991
A Line In The Sand War Or Peace With Peter Jennings poster

A Line In The Sand War Or Peace With Peter Jennings

Movie · as Self

1986
Titanic: The Nightmare and the Dream poster

Titanic: The Nightmare and the Dream

Movie · as Self

1971
Great Performances poster

Great Performances

TV · as Host · 1 ep

1967
In Winter poster

In Winter

Movie · as Self

1967
The In In Winter

The In In Winter

Movie · as Self

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1948
World News Tonight with David Muir poster

World News Tonight with David Muir

TV · as Self - Anchor · 9 eps