LeVar Burton
LeVar Burton
Biography
Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr. (born February 16, 1957) is an American actor, director, and television host. He played Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994), Kunta Kinte in the ABC miniseries Roots (1977), and was the host of the PBS Kids educational television series Reading Rainbow for 23 years (1983–2006). Burton received 12 Daytime Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award as host and executive producer of Reading Rainbow. His other roles include Cap Jackson in Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977), Donald Lang in Dummy (1979), Tommy Price in The Hunter (1980), which earned him an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture, and Martin Luther King Jr. in Ali (2001). Burton received the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards for his narration of the book The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr. In 1990, he was honored for his accomplishments in television with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. From 2017 until 2024, Burton created and hosted the podcast LeVar Burton Reads, often described as "Reading Rainbow for adults". In October 2024, Burton appeared as the host of the Trivial Pursuit television game show broadcast on The CW network and streaming online. Description above from the Wikipedia article about LeVar Burton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Actor
as Self - Host
as Self
as Self - Host
as Commodore Geordi La Forge
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as Self
as Narrator (voice)
as Barclay (voice)
as Self
as Undead Thordak (voice)
as Self
as Mr. Blanche
as LeVar Burton
as Commodore Geordi La Forge
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Dr. Negari
as Self
as LeVar Burton
as Narrator (voice)
as Kwame
as Self
as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage)
as Himself (voice)
as Dr. Dan Halpern
as Paul Haley
as Self
as Doc Green (voice)
as Kendrick
as Bubble (voice)
as Mike Timbrook
as Black Lightning (voice)
as LeVar Burton
as Self - Guest
as Nathanial
as Self
as LeVar Burton
as Self
as Self - Restaurant Patron
as Night Watchman Elf (uncredited)
as Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
as Marvin Lloyd
as Martin Luther King, Jr.
as Himself
as Martin at Age 26 (voice) (as Levar Burton)
as Unlicensed Hologram of LeVar Burton (voice)
as Vern (voice)
as LeVar Burton (voice)
as Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
as Mr. Haller
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge
as Self
as Winstrom
as Self
as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage)
as Geordi La Forge
as Geordi La Forge
as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi LaForge (archive footage)
as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage)
as Self
as Mr. Metcalf
as The Monk (voice)
as Captain Geordi La Forge
as Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
as Dr. Franklin Carter
as Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge
as Daniel Scott
as Fire Chief J. Allan Mather
as Geordi La Forge
as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage)
as Hayden Sloane (voice)
as Geordi LaForge (archive footage)
as Self
as Kwame (voice)
as Kunta Kinte
as Ben Sumner
as Geordi La Forge
as Self
as Jason Evans
as Robert Johnson
as Pvt. Michael Osgood
as Vinnie Davis
as Glenn Scott
as Davis
as Professor Preston
as Reporter Dave Robinson
as Self - Host
as Ray Walden
as Self - Host
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as Charles 'Tank' Smith
as Rodney
as Tommy Price
as Richard Jefferson
as Donald Lang
as Self
as Self
as Ron LeFlore
as Andrew Sinclair
as Cap Jackson
as Billy Peoples
as Self
as Darnell Hall
as Kunta Kinte
as Dave
as Self
Director
as Director
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Producer
as Executive Producer
as Co-Executive Producer
as Executive Producer