Keith Morrison

Acting

Keith Morrison

Born 1947-07-02 · Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Canada

Keith Morrison (born July 2, 1947) is a Canadian broadcast journalist. Since 1995, he has been a correspondent for Dateline NBC. Beginning his career in the 1960s, Morrison was a reporter and anchor at local stations in Saskatchewan, Vancouver, British Columbia, and Toronto, Ontario. He joined CTV's Canada AM in 1973 as a newsreader and also worked as a reporter and weekend anchor as well as a producer. As a reporter at CTV, he won awards for his coverage of the Yom Kippur War. From 1975 to 1976, he was a reporter on CTV National News and served as National Affairs Correspondent and substitute anchor on the show from 1976 to 1979. Morrison joined the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1982 as substitute anchor and Chief Political Correspondent for The Journal, the network's nightly public affairs program, remaining until 1986. He also co-hosted Midday, the network's noon-hour newsmagazine that he helped to create, from 1984 to 1985. He moved to Los Angeles in 1986 as the evening news anchor for KNBC-TV. In 1988 he joined NBC News as a west coast correspondent for the NBC Nightly News and Today Show. Morrison covered the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 and later contributed highly acclaimed hour-long documentaries and magazine segments to various NBC programs while concurrently continuing as KNBC's anchor. Morrison returned to Canada in 1992 to become co-anchor of the leading national morning news program, Canada AM on CTV. He also hosted The Editors on PBS. He was the substitute anchor for CTV National News and the heir apparent to anchor Lloyd Robertson until 1995, when he was ousted in a network shakeup. It was believed at the time that he was campaigning to replace Robertson. While at Canada AM, then Prime Minister Brian Mulroney cancelled a live appearance after Morrison jokingly referred to him earlier in the show as "whatshisname". Morrison returned to NBC in 1995 as a correspondent for Dateline NBC, his position as of present. Morrison appeared as a newscaster in an episode of Seinfeld, "The Trip". In the episode, he reported the arrest of Kramer as a serial killer. Morrison's interviews on Dateline have kept audiences watching and attracted the attention of comedians as well. Saturday Night Live created a sketch with him as the central figure played by Bill Hader on November 22, 2008. And on an episode of Late Night with Seth Meyers that aired on July 9, 2014, Morrison appears as himself, parodying his characteristic dramatic delivery of real-life murder mysteries that he is known for on Dateline. In 2021, Morrison started a true crime podcast named Killer Role. Matthew Perry, the actor, is his stepson. Morrison has been married to Matthew's mother, Suzanne Langford, since 1981 and they have 6 children including Matthew.

Acting credits

Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy poster
7.8

The story of Matthew Perry's rise to fame is interwoven with the harrowing story of his final days, as his assistant allegedly sought ketamine from sources the U.S. Attorney claims "should have known better." We hear from some of Perry's collaborators, Hollywood insiders, and law enforcement in telling this tragic Hollywood story.

Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy

2025

Dolly: An NBC News Special poster
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A look back at Dolly Parton's remarkable journey to stardom, her groundbreaking career and her lasting impact far beyond music.

Dolly: An NBC News Special

2026

Frank Capra's American Dream poster
6.3

A documentary looking at the life and career of film director Frank Capra. Hosted by Ron Howard.

Frank Capra's American Dream

1997

We Were Once Kids poster
7.5

In the early nineties, before the massive gentrification of many of New York's then slums, several young people from very disparate backgrounds left their broken homes and ventured onto the brutal streets of the city. United by their love of skateboarding, they formed a family and built a unique lifestyle that eventually inspired Kids, a groundbreaking and outrageous film directed by photographer Larry Clark and released in 1995.

We Were Once Kids

2021

A Fatal Confession: Keith Morrison Investigates poster
9.0

At 16-years-old, Daniel Villegas took responsibility for a double homicide in the city of El Paso, Texas. But what if he was forced to confess to a drive-by shooting he knew nothing about? Keith Morrison brings this decades-long case to life—and to its dramatic conclusion—exploring the facts behind Villegas’s confession in his search for the truth.

A Fatal Confession: Keith Morrison Investigates

2019

The Beatrice Six: Keith Morrison Investigates poster
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Six people were convicted of the brutal 1985 murder of Helen Wilson in Beatrice, Nebraska. Three even confessed. But Joseph White's two-decade fight to prove his innocence would turn the case and the town upside down.

The Beatrice Six: Keith Morrison Investigates

2021

Steven Avery: Innocent or Guilty? poster
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The Steven Avery case has become a national obsession. ID Front Page brings you the story of the man who served 18 years in prison for a crime he never committed... only to find himself back behind bars just two years later, charged in a brutal murder.

Steven Avery: Innocent or Guilty?

2016

Breaking Enigma: A World War II Game Changer poster
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Some historians estimate that the breaking of Germany's Enigma Code at Bletchley Park shortened the duration of World War II by two years and may have saved 14 million lives; narrator Keith Morrison.

Breaking Enigma: A World War II Game Changer

2025

The Legacy of Dear Zachary: A Journey to Change the Law poster
7.4

This short documentary chronicles the completion and release of the feature documentary "Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father" and the subsequent journey to amend the Canadian criminal code. It is intended as an epilogue to "Dear Zachary" and offered as a thank you to those who supported this effort and made this change happen.

The Legacy of Dear Zachary: A Journey to Change the Law

2013

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Tammy Niver, 24, disappeared in 1993. In 2018, Martha McGeorge Agnew was murdered. A journalist connected the dots between the cases and investigators arrested the suspect, who received two life sentences for his crimes in Ypsilanti, MI.

Murder in Ypsilanti: Keith Morrison Investigates

2020

Who Killed Angie Dodge? Keith Morrison Investigates poster
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Keith Morrison investigates Angie Dodge's 1996 murder and the controversial confession and conviction of Chris Tapp. When the victim's mother becomes convinced Tapp falsely confessed, she launches a crusade to free him and find her daughter's killer.

Who Killed Angie Dodge? Keith Morrison Investigates

2017

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Journalist Keith Morrison investigates a decades-long saga of love, death and suspicion involving a former lawyer and alleged scientist. Talking to family members and associates, Morrison tries to piece together Rudd's history.

Who Is Donnie Rudd? Keith Morrison Investigates

2018