Known for

Acting

Born

Apr 19, 1949 (77 years old)

Place of birth

Lakeland, Florida, USA

Forrest Sawyer

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.

Titles

The West Wing

Series • 1999

MS NOW Reports

Series • 1996

The Nineties

Series • 2017

The Manchurian Candidate

Movie • 2004

Liberty!

Series • 1997

In France with Madonna

Movie • 2022

An Empire of Reason

Movie • 1988