Peter Arnett(1934-2025)

Writer
Producer
Actor

The story of what happens when a former Pentagon insider, armed only with his conscience, steadfast determination, and a file cabinet full of classified documents, decides to challenge an "Imperial" Presidency-answerable to neither Congress, the press, nor the people-in order to help end the Vietnam War.

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The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (2009)

Peter Arnett was born on 13 November 1934 in Riverton, New Zealand. He was a writer and producer, known for 15 Minutes (2001), CNN Special Reports (1980) and Bunch of Five (1992). He was married to Nina Nguyen Thu-Nga. He died on 17 December 2025 in Newport Beach, California, USA.

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Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations total

Known for

15 Minutes

6.1

Self

2001

CNN Special Reports

5.7

TV Series

Producer(1983)

1980

Bunch of Five

7.1

TV Series

Writer

Poisoning for Profit

TV Movie

Producer

1983

Credits

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Writer

Bunch of Five
7.1
TV Series
- written by
- 1992
Question de temps
TV Series
- journalist
- 1981
Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War
8.5
TV Mini Series
- Writer
- 1980

Producer

Actor

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The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers

Personal details

Height
- 5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
Born
- November 13, 1934
- Riverton, New Zealand
Died
- December 17, 2025
- Newport Beach, California, USA(prostate cancer)
Spouse
- Nina Nguyen Thu-NgaDecember 17, 1964 - 2006 (divorced, 2 children)
Children
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Trivia
As he made critical remarks regarding the U.S. invasion in Iraq, his employers NBC, MSNBC and National Geographic all severed their relationships with him, although they initially had defended his opinion (31 March 2003).