Peter Jennings
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Series
Late Show with David Letterman
Self
1993
Series
Great Performances
Host
1971
Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Tony Danza Show
Self
2004
Series
Explained
Self (archive footage)
2018
Series
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self
1996
Series
World News Tonight with David Muir
Self - Anchor
1948
Series
The Nineties
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
Two Men at War
Self (archive footage)
2022
Series
The Devil Next Door
Self(archive footage)
2019
Film
Murder in Monaco
Self - News Anchor (archive footage)
2025
Film
Untold: Hope Solo vs. U.S. Soccer
Self (archive footage)
2024
Film
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
Self (archive footage)
2016
Film
The White House Effect
Self (archive footage)
2024
Film
Cola Wars
Self (archive footage)
2019
Series
People Magazine Investigates: Surviving a Serial Killer
Self - News Anchor (archive footage)
2024
Film
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Self
2003
Film
RBG
Self (archive footage)
2018
Film
The Last Party
Self
1993
Film
Peter Jennings Reporting: The Kennedy Assassination - Beyond Conspiracy
Host
2003
Film
Jane Elliott Against the World
Self (Archive Footage)
2026
Film
The Soul of America
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
Self (uncredited)
1992
Series
The Century: America's Time
Self - Host
1999
Film
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
Self (archive footage)
2004
Film
Titanic: The Nightmare and the Dream
Self
1986
9/11 Tribute in Light: Live from Lower Manhattan
Self (archive footage)
2026
Film
American Dictators: Staging of the 2004 Presidential Election
Self (archive footage)
2004
Film
Reversing Roe
Self (archive footage)
2018
Film
JFK II: The Bush Connection
Self - ABC News Reporter
2003
Film
The Reagan Show
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
The Missiles of October: What the World Didn't Know
Self - Presenter
1992
Film
The Best That Never Was
Self (Archive Footage)
2010
Series
The Century
Self - Narrator
1999
Film
JFK: Breaking the News
Self (archive footage)
2003
Film
King Bibi
Self (archive footage)
2018
Film
Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty
Narrator (voice)
2003
Film
Dark Legacy
Self (archive footage)
2009
Film
A Line In The Sand War Or Peace With Peter Jennings
Self
1991
Film
Snowmotion: The Art of Sledding
Self
1992
The In In Winter
Self
1967
Film
Peter Jennings Reporting: UFOs - Seeing Is Believing
2005
Film
In Winter
Self
1967
Film
Hiroshima: Why the Bomb Was Dropped
Host
1995
Film
Peter Jennings Reporting: The Search for Jesus
Host
2000