Forrest Sawyer
Acting • Born 1949-04-19
Biography
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.
Filmography
9 credits
The Manchurian Candidate
Movie • 2004
Newscaster #1
In France with Madonna
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Behind the Terror
Movie • 2001
himself
An Empire of Reason
Movie • 1988
Self
MSNBC Live
TV • 1996
Self
The West Wing
TV • 1999
Forrest Sawyer
Day One
TV • 1993
Host
The Nineties
TV • 2017
Self (archive footage)
Liberty!
TV • 1997
Self - Host