LeVar Burton
Known for: Acting
Born: February 16, 1957
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…
Known for
Secrets of Sacred Architecture
2022
Butterfly in the Sky
2024
Roots: The Gift
1988
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
1977
One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
1978
Dummy
1979
School of the Future
2016
Stardate Revisited - The Origin of Star Trek: The Next Generation
2012
Rise of the Zombies
2012
Almos' a Man
1976
A Star Is Drawn: Rob Simone's Look Inside Comic-Con
2014
Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland
1993
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
1996
Battered
1978
The Midnight Hour
1985
Taken in Broad Daylight
2009
Star Trek: Federation Science
1992
Emergency Room
1983
Booker
1984
And the Children Shall Lead
1985
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
2013
Reunification - 25 Years After Star Trek: The Next Generation
2012
Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things...
2014
Star Trek: Generations
1994
Star Trek: Nemesis
2002
Star Trek: First Contact
1996
The Hunter
1980
The Jensen Project
2010
Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation
1994
Brentwood
2018
Mickey's 50
1978
Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event
2023
The Supernaturals
1986
US Against the World
1977
Our Friend, Martin
1999
The Jesse Owens Story
1984
The Acorn People
1981
Yesterday's Target
1996
A Special Friendship
1987
Central Park
1990
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command
2014
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption
2013
I Love Liberty
1982
Reach for Me
2008
Parallel Lives
1994
Transformers: Rescue Bots - Rescue Family
2017
Definition Please
2020
Remembering Roots
2002
Grambling's White Tiger
1981
Trekkies
1997
Lennon or McCartney
2014
Liberty
1986
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification
2013
One Night Only
2026
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
2009
Star Trek: Insurrection
1998
The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next
1988
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
1977
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes
1993
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
1991
Ali
2001
40 Years of Star Trek
2006
And They're Off
2011
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
2005
To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager
2024
Blizzard
2003
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Family Guy
1999
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
Boomtown
2002
Star Trek: Voyager
1995
Gargoyles
1994
MADtv
1995
The View
1997
Roots
1977
The Captain and Tennille
1976
Star Trek: Picard
2020
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
Tamron Hall
2019
Transformers: Rescue Bots
2012
Community
2009
Jeopardy!
1984
Perception
2012
Tom Swift
2022
Hell's Kitchen
2005
The Big Bang Theory
2007
The Love Boat
1977
The Daily Show
1996
Scripps National Spelling Bee
Reading Rainbow
1983
The Shuttlepod Show
2022
Leverage: Redemption
2021
The Problem with Jon Stewart
2021
100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023
Houston Knights
1987
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Carol & the End of the World
2023
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
Shatner's Raw Nerve
2008
Beyond the Spotlight
2020
Explained
2018
PBS News Weekend
2013
Adventure Time
2010
The Ready Room
2019
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes
2017
Trivial Pursuit
2024
Weird City
2019
The Eric Andre Show
2012
Becker
1998
Finding Your Roots
2012
Futurama
1999
Deadly Games
1995
The Legend of Vox Machina
2022
Roots
2016
Christy
1994
Weather Hunters
2025
Pinky and the Brain
1995
Strip Law
2026
INVINCIBLE
2021
Roots: The Complete Miniseries
1977