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Forrest Sawyer

ActorBorn April 19, 1949 (76 years)
Forrest Sawyer (born April 19, 1949) is an American broadcast journalist. Sawyer worked 11 years with ABC News, where he frequently anchored ABC World News Tonight and Nightline and reported for all ABC News broadcasts. He anchored the newsmagazines "Day One" and "Turning Point" He recorded stories from all over the globe, and earned awards for his reports and documentaries, including Emmy Awards in 1992, 1993, and 1994. He left ABC News in 1999 to become a news anchor for both NBC and its cable counterpart, MSNBC, where he was a regular substitute for Brian Williams as anchor for The News with Brian Williams. He left NBC News in 2005 to become founder and president of Freefall Productions, where he produces documentaries and serves as a media strategist and guest lecturer.

Known For

  • For Sale by Owner

Forrest Sawyer Filmography

2025
Surviving Ohio State · as Self - Host, Nightline
2022
In France with Madonna · as Self (archive Footage)
2017
The Nineties (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage)
1999
The West Wing (TV Series) · as Forrest Sawyer
1997
Liberty! The American Revolution (TV Series) · as Self - Host
1996
MS NOW Reports (TV Series) · as Self
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1991
Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self
1989
Primetime Wednesday (TV Series) · as Self
1987
Shark Week (TV Series) · as Self
1983
Frontline (TV Series) · as Self - Correspondent
1982
Late Night With David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self
1979
Nightline (TV Series) · as Self
1953
World News Tonight (TV Series) · as Self - Anchor

2009
For Sale by Owner · as Frank Kaplan
2004
The Manchurian Candidate · as Newscaster #1
1981
Sharky's Machine · as Newscaster

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