David Muir
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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.
Known for
Credits
Life (2017)
as 20/20 Anchor
Dolly Parton: An American Original – Special Edition of 20/20 (2026)
as Self - Host
Instadocs: Alex Murdaugh, Unconvicted (2026)
as Self (archive footage)
Instadocs: The Prediction Games (2026)
as Self (archive footage)
The Year: 2022 (2022)
as Self
Avatar: A New Era - Special Edition of 20/20 (2025)
as Self - Co-Host
Disney Celebrates America: The Pursuit of Happiness (2026)
as Self (archival footage)
Queen Elizabeth II: A Royal Life - A Special Edition of 20/20 (2022)
as Self - Host
John Lennon: His Life, Legacy, Last Days (2020)
as Self - Host
The Death of a Playmate: The Dorothy Stratten Story 20/20 (2019)
as Self - Co-Host
9/11 Tribute in Light: Live from Lower Manhattan (2026)
as Self - Host
American Catastrophe: LA Burning -- Special Edition of 20/20 (2025)
as Self - Co-Host
From Russia with Lev (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Our Barbara (2023)
as Self
Queen Elizabeth II: Passing of the Crown – A Special Edition of 20/20 (2022)
as Self - Co-Host
Jimmy Carter: A Full Life (2024)
as Self
Truth and Lies: The Murder of Laci Peterson (2017)
as Self - Co-Host
The Babies of 9/11: Twenty Years Later (2021)
as Self - Host
Francis: The People's Pope (2025)
as Self
The Year: 2021 (2021)
Actor
The Dating Game Killer (2021)
as Self - Co-Host
Horror in Idaho: The Student Murders (2023)
as Self - Host
The Year: 2024 (2024)
as Self
The American Pope: Leo XIV - Special Edition of 20/20 (2025)
as Self
9/11: The Day that Changed America (2021)
as Self - Host
You’ve Got Jail (2023)
as Self - Host
Kill Or Be Killed (2023)
as Self - Host
Seven Natural Wonders of America with David Muir (—)
Actor
The Kill List (2023)
as Self - Host