Acting
Forrest Sawyer
Born
1949-04-19 (77)
Place of birth
Lakeland, Florida, USA
Known for
Acting
Credits
10 titles
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, …
Known for
8.3The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential administration. These interesting characters have humor and dedication that touches the heart while the politics that they discuss touch on everyday life.
The West Wing
1999
6.5Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mysterious implant embedded in his back, the memory of what really happened begins to return.
The Manchurian Candidate
2004
6.9Hit rewind and explore the most iconic moments and influential people of The Nineties, the decade that gave us the Internet, DVDs, and other cultural and political milestones.
The Nineties
2017
9.6MS NOW Reports is an American news / talk television program on MS NOW.
MS NOW Reports
1996
7.8Dramatic documentary about the birth of the American Republic and the struggle of a loosely connected group of states to become a nation.
Liberty!
1997
3.4One man's journey to find his past leads him to discover the secret to one of America's most haunting mysteries.
For Sale by Owner
2009
Film credits
2000s · 3 titles
6.5Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mysterious implant embedded in his back, the memory of what really happened begins to return.
The Manchurian Candidate
2004
3.4One man's journey to find his past leads him to discover the secret to one of America's most haunting mysteries.
For Sale by Owner
2009
In the same week of the 9/11 attacks on New York, Washington, DC and Philadelphia, a special team of filmmakers worked night and day for five days to produce a two-hour special that aired in a simulcast without commercial interruption. The goal was to explain the tragedy that had just occurred and to shine a spotlight on what seemed to be America's newly-discovered enemy, Terrorism.
Behind the Terror
2001
Series credits
8.3The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential administration. These interesting characters have humor and dedication that touches the heart while the politics that they discuss touch on everyday life.
The West Wing
1999
6.9Hit rewind and explore the most iconic moments and influential people of The Nineties, the decade that gave us the Internet, DVDs, and other cultural and political milestones.
The Nineties
2017
9.6MS NOW Reports is an American news / talk television program on MS NOW.
MS NOW Reports
1996
7.8Dramatic documentary about the birth of the American Republic and the struggle of a loosely connected group of states to become a nation.
Liberty!
1997
Day One is a television news magazine produced by ABC News from 1993 to 1995, hosted by Forrest Sawyer and Diane Sawyer. One of its stories, titled "Smoke Screen", was an important report on the cigarette industry's manipulation of nicotine during the manufacturing process. The piece won a George Polk award, but also led to a lawsuit from Philip Morris that ended with a settlement and apology from ABC. The series also won a Peabody Award for its 1993 investigation titled "Scarred for Life" on female genital cutting.
Day One
1993