David Muir
Actor
- Born
- November 8, 1973 (age 52) · Syracuse, New York, USA
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.
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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.
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Known for
Life
March 22, 2017
Instadocs: Alex Murdaugh, Unconvicted
May 30, 2026
Instadocs: The Prediction Games
July 26, 2026
From Russia with Lev
September 8, 2024
John Lennon: His Life, Legacy, Last Days
October 17, 2020
Queen Elizabeth II: A Royal Life - A Special Edition of 20/20
September 9, 2022
Francis: The People's Pope
April 24, 2025
Avatar: A New Era - Special Edition of 20/20
December 12, 2025
Queen Elizabeth II: Passing of the Crown – A Special Edition of 20/20
September 9, 2022
Dolly Parton: An American Original – Special Edition of 20/20
August 25, 2026
The Babies of 9/11: Twenty Years Later
September 10, 2021
Our Barbara
January 1, 2023
Acting28
- 20269/11 Tribute in Light: Live from Lower Manhattan as Self - Host
- 2026Dolly Parton: An American Original – Special Edition of 20/20 as Self - Host
- 2026Instadocs: The Prediction Games as Self (archive footage)
- 2026Seven Natural Wonders of America with David Muir
- 2026Instadocs: Alex Murdaugh, Unconvicted as Self (archive footage)
- 2025Avatar: A New Era - Special Edition of 20/20 as Self - Co-Host
- 2025The American Pope: Leo XIV - Special Edition of 20/20 as Self
- 2025Francis: The People's Pope as Self
- 2025American Catastrophe: LA Burning -- Special Edition of 20/20 as Self - Co-Host