LeVar Burton

Acting · 1.3 popularity

Age

Movies

Born: February 16, 1957
From: Landstuhl, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany

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.

Works

68 films

One Night Only

20266.7

Star Trek: First Contact

19967.3

Star Trek: Insurrection

19986.4

Star Trek: Nemesis

20026.3

Star Trek: Generations

19946.5

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies

20097.1

Ali

20016.7

The Hunter

19805.9

Mickey's 50

19789.0

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

19776.3

The Midnight Hour

19855.9

Our Friend, Martin

19997.1

Rise of the Zombies

20124.2

Blizzard

20036.0

The Muppets Go Hollywood

19796.2

The Jesse Owens Story

19848.1

Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special

19915.9

Trekkies

19976.3

Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond

19965.6

Dummy

19798.8

Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool

20055.9

Central Park

19907.5

Make-Up Man: The Michael Westmore Documentary

2026

Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things...

2014

To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager

2024

Brentwood

20188.0

Lennon or McCartney

20145.3

Star Trek: Federation Science

19921.0

Remembering Roots

2002

US Against the World

1977

And the Children Shall Lead

19859.0

The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next

19882.5

Reunification - 25 Years After Star Trek: The Next Generation

20127.0

Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland

19935.3

I Love Liberty

1982

Liberty

19866.0

Almos' a Man

197610.0

The Supernaturals

19864.2

The Jensen Project

20105.5

And They're Off

20114.1

A Star Is Drawn: Rob Simone's Look Inside Comic-Con

20142.0

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification

2013

Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event

20237.7

The Acorn People

19813.7

Reach for Me

20082.8

Taken in Broad Daylight

20095.2

Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation

19947.0

Parallel Lives

19945.7

Roots: The Gift

19887.3

Butterfly in the Sky

20248.3

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption

2013

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes

19934.0

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command

2014

Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid

19778.0

40 Years of Star Trek

20063.8

Yesterday's Target

19964.0

Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds

20137.2

One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story

19786.1

Transformers: Rescue Bots - Rescue Family

201710.0

Definition Please

20203.2

Booker

19848.0

School of the Future

20167.0

Grambling's White Tiger

19817.0

Battered

19789.0

Emergency Room

19839.0

Secrets of Sacred Architecture

20227.0

A Special Friendship

19879.0

Stardate Revisited - The Origin of Star Trek: The Next Generation

20125.5