LeVar Burton
LeVar Burton
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Levardis Robert Martyn Burton, Jr. (born February 16, 1957, height 5' 7" (1,70 m)) professionally known as LeVar Burton, is an American actor, director, producer and author who first came to prominence portraying Kunta Kinte in the 1977 award-winning ABC television miniseries Roots, based on the novel by Alex Haley. He is also well known for his portrayal of Geordi La Forge on the syndicated science fiction series Star Trek: The Next Generation and as the host of the PBS children's program Reading Rainbow.
Known For
Actor
as Self - Host
as Self
as Self - Host
as Commodore Geordi La Forge
as (voice)
as Self
as Narrator (voice)
as Barclay (voice)
as Self
as Self
as Mr. Blanche
as LeVar Burton
as Commodore Geordi La Forge
as Self - Guest
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 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 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 Kwame (voice)
as Self
as Kunta Kinte
as Ben Sumner
as Geordi La Forge
as Self
as Geordi La Forge
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
as Self
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
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
Producer
as Executive Producer
as Co-Executive Producer
as Executive Producer