Peter Jennings

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.

Peter Jennings is known for work in acting across film and television. New Release currently presents 32 verified screen credits connected to this profile.

Selected work includes Untold: Hope Solo vs. U.S.

Soccer (2024), The White House Effect (2024), The Devil Next Door (2019), King Bibi (2018), The Nineties (2017), Peter Jennings Reporting: The Kennedy Assassination - Beyond Conspiracy (2003), Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992), World News Tonight with David Muir (1948). The recorded credits span 1948 to 2026, including 18 movies and 14 TV shows.

The filmography below lists available titles, release years and known roles. This profile is updated as additional verified information becomes available.