Peter Jennings

1938 - 2005 (age 67) • Acting

Born: 7/29/1938 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Died: 8/7/2005 (age 67)

Known for: Acting

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.

Known For

The Daily Show

64%

Self

1996

The Devil Next Door

72%

Self(archive footage)

2019

Explained

74%

Self (archive footage)

2018

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

54%

Unknown

1992

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

75%

Self

1962

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media

76%

Self (uncredited)

1992

Great Performances

61%

Host

1971

The Nineties

69%

Self (archive footage)

2017

Jane Elliott Against the World

90%

Self (Archive Footage)

2026

Murder in Monaco

64%

Self - News Anchor (archive footage)

2025

Untold: Hope Solo vs. U.S. Soccer

65%

Self (archive footage)

2024

The White House Effect

60%

Self (archive footage)

2024

People Magazine Investigates: Surviving a Serial Killer

73%

Self - News Anchor (archive footage)

2024

Two Men at War

50%

Self (archive footage)

2022

The Soul of America

63%

Self (archive footage)

2020

The Devil Next Door

72%

Self(archive footage)

2019

Cola Wars

77%

Self (archive footage)

2019

Reversing Roe

73%

Self (archive footage)

2018

King Bibi

71%

Self (archive footage)

2018

Explained

74%

Self (archive footage)

2018

RBG

75%

Self (archive footage)

2018

The Nineties

69%

Self (archive footage)

2017

The Reagan Show

65%

Self (archive footage)

2017

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

74%

Self (archive footage)

2016

The Best That Never Was

69%

Self (Archive Footage)

2010

Dark Legacy

56%

Self (archive footage)

2009

Peter Jennings Reporting: UFOs - Seeing Is Believing

75%

2005

The Tony Danza Show

64%

Self

2004

American Dictators: Staging of the 2004 Presidential Election

54%

Self (archive footage)

2004

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

Self (archive footage)

2004

Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty

Narrator (voice)

2003

Peter Jennings Reporting: The Kennedy Assassination - Beyond Conspiracy

68%

Host

2003

JFK: Breaking the News

100%

Self (archive footage)

2003

JFK II: The Bush Connection

70%

Self - ABC News Reporter

2003

ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration

80%

Self

2003

Peter Jennings Reporting: The Search for Jesus

85%

Host

2000