Cast & creator
David Muir
Best known for The View, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, LIVE with Kelly and Mark
David Jason Muir (/ˈmjʊər/ MURE; born November 8, 1973) is an American journalist and anchor for ABC World News Tonight and co-anchor of the ABC News magazine 20/20, part of the news department of the ABC broadcast-television network, based in New York City. Muir previously served as the weekend anchor and primary substitute anchor on ABC's World News Tonight with Diane Sawyer before succeeding her on September 1, 2014. Since joining ABC News in 2003, Muir has reported from hotspots all over the world, with dispatches from Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Ukraine, Tahrir Square, Mogadishu, Gaza, Guantanamo, Fukushima, Beirut, Amman, and the Syrian border, among other places. At ABC News, Muir has won multiple Emmy and Edward R. Murrow awards for his national and international journalism. He was the 2024 recipient of the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism. In both 2023 and 2024 Muir won the Emmy for Outstanding Live News Program and the Edward R. Murrow Award for Network TV Newscast. Muir has become one of the most visible journalists in America. World News Tonight with David Muir has been the most watched newscast in the United States since 2015. Muir's climate reporting has also been recognized with the George Polk Award, and the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Muir, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: David J. Muir, David Jason Muir
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Across film & television
Filmography (45)
Showing 45 of 45 credits
The View
Self - Guest
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest Co-Host
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
20/20
Self - Anchor
197820/20
Self - Co-Host
197820/20
Self - Host
1978
North and South
1st Abolitionist
1985
Rachael Ray
Self
2006
Life
20/20 Anchor
2017
World News Tonight with David Muir
1948World News Tonight with David Muir
Self - Weekend Anchor
1948World News Tonight with David Muir
Self - Anchor
1948
One Day at Disney
Self
2019
Dolly Parton: An American Original – Special Edition of 20/20
Self - Host
2026
Instadocs: The Prediction Games
Self (archive footage)
2026
Instadocs: Alex Murdaugh, Unconvicted
Self (archive footage)
2026
The Year: 2022
Self
2022
Avatar: A New Era - Special Edition of 20/20
Self - Co-Host
2025
Disney Celebrates America: The Pursuit of Happiness
Self (archival footage)
2026
The Death of a Playmate: The Dorothy Stratten Story 20/20
Self - Co-Host
2019
John Lennon: His Life, Legacy, Last Days
Self - Host
20209/11 Tribute in Light: Live from Lower Manhattan
Self - Host
2026
Queen Elizabeth II: A Royal Life - A Special Edition of 20/20
Self - Host
2022
Our Barbara
Self
2023
American Catastrophe: LA Burning -- Special Edition of 20/20
Self - Co-Host
2025
The Fatal Flaw: A Special Edition of 20/20
2022
From Russia with Lev
Self (archive footage)
2024
Queen Elizabeth II: Passing of the Crown – A Special Edition of 20/20
Self - Co-Host
2022
Jimmy Carter: A Full Life
Self
2024
Trump | Assassination Attempt: Minute by Minute
Producer
2024
Francis: The People's Pope
Self
2025
Truth and Lies: The Murder of Laci Peterson
Self - Co-Host
2017Horror in Idaho: The Student Murders
Self - Host
2023
The Babies of 9/11: Twenty Years Later
Self - Host
2021
The Dating Game Killer
Self - Co-Host
2021The Year: 2024
Self
2024
Disney Celebrates America
Self - Host
2026The American Pope: Leo XIV - Special Edition of 20/20
Self
2025
The Year: 2021
2021
9/11: The Day that Changed America
Self - Host
2021You’ve Got Jail
Self - Host
2023Seven Natural Wonders of America with David Muir
Kill Or Be Killed
Self - Host
2023The Kill List
Self - Host
2023