LeVar Burton
Acting
🎂 1957-02-16
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.
Cast credits(126)
Self
1996
Self
2019
Self
1962
Self - Guest
2009
Self - Host
1984
Vern (voice)
1999
LeVar Burton (voice)
1999
Self - Guest
1997
Captain Geordi La Forge
1995
Bubble (voice)
2010
1979
Self - Guest
2019
Unlicensed Hologram of LeVar Burton (voice)
1999
Doc Green (voice)
2012
Geordi La Forge
1987
LeVar Burton
2007
Commodore Geordi La Forge
2020
Self - Restaurant Patron
2005
Himself (voice)
2013
Kwame (voice)
1990
Reporter Dave Robinson
1984
LeVar Burton
2009
Kwame
2017
Self
2012
Undead Thordak (voice)
2022
Hayden Sloane (voice)
1992
Narrator (voice)
2018
Kunta Kinte
1977
Anansi/Poacher 2 (voice)
1994
2012
Darnell Hall
1977
Paul Haley
2012
Self - Host
Mr. Blanche
2021
Self
2019
Mr. Haller
1998
The Monk (voice)
1995
(voice)
2023
Geordi LaForge (archive footage)
2012
Self
2021
Self
2008
Ephraim
2016
Self - Host
1983
Dr. Negari
2019
Mr. Metcalf
1995
Self
2022
Self
1976
Self
2007
Richard Jefferson
1980
Daniel Scott
1994
Self - Host
2024
Barclay (voice)
2022
Self
2023
2020
Self
1995
Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge
1996
Marvin Lloyd
2002
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
1998
Martin Luther King, Jr.
2001
Jason Evans
1987
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
2002
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
1994
Black Lightning (voice)
2009
Tommy Price
1980
Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage)
1992
Cap Jackson
1977
Dr. Dan Halpern
2012
Self
2014
Charles 'Tank' Smith
1981
Vinnie Davis
1985
Lt. Cmdr. Geordi LaForge (archive footage)
1992
Professor Preston
1984
Self
1997
Self
1991
Self
1994
Martin at Age 26 (voice) (as Levar Burton)
1999
Self
2024
Night Watchman Elf (uncredited)
2003
Pvt. Michael Osgood
1986
Self
1979
Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage)
1991
Self
1988
Self
1996
Self
2024
Self
2014
Commodore Geordi La Forge
2023
Kendrick
2010
Self
2006
Robert Johnson
1986
Self
1977
Kunta Kinte
1988
Davis
1984
Nathanial
2008
2017
Mike Timbrook
2009
Andrew Sinclair
1978
Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage)
2013
Self
2005
Dr. Franklin Carter
1994
Self
1978
Donald Lang
1979
Geordi LaForge (archive footage)
1991
Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage)
1993
Self
1982
Self
1987
Winstrom
1996
Ron LeFlore
1978
Geordi La Forge
1993
Self
2012
Ray Walden
1983
Geordi La Forge
1993
LeVar Burton
2020
Self
1990
Self
2012
Glenn Scott
1985
Rodney
1981
Fire Chief J. Allan Mather
1993
Ben Sumner
1987
Dave
1976
LeVar Burton
2018
2016
Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge
1994
Billy Peoples
1977
Geordi La Forge
1993
Narrator (voice)
2022
1992
