Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1931-01-19 (94 years old)

Place of Birth

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Robert MacNeil

Biography:

Robert Breckenridge Ware MacNeil OC (1931-2024), often known as Robin MacNeil, was a Canadian-American journalist, writer, and television news anchor. He partnered with Jim Lehrer to create the landmark public television news program The Robert MacNeil Report in 1975. MacNeil co-anchored the program until 1995.

Known For

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PBS News Hour

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Washington Week with The Atlantic

America at a Crossroads

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An Empire of Reason

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The American President

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Sesame Street | Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special

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Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy

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Hamlet

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Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater

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Do You Speak American?

Acting

2007

Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater as Self

America at a Crossroads

2005

Do You Speak American? as Robert MacNeil

2000

Hamlet as Player King

The American President as James Monroe

1997

Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age as Narrator

1994

Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' as Host

1993

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy as Self - MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, PBS

1988

An Empire of Reason as Self

Sesame Street | Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special as Self

1977

The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed as Narrator

1975

PBS News Hour as Self - Anchor

1969

The Violent Universe as Host

1967

Washington Week with The Atlantic as Self - Moderator

Writing

2005

Do You Speak American? as Writer

1986

The Story of English as Writer

Creator

1975

PBS News Hour as Creator