Robert MacNeil

Born Jan 19, 1931 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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

America at a Crossroads

2007

Do You Speak American?

2005

The American President

2000

Hamlet

2000

The Violent Universe

1969