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.
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Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1957-02-16
Place of birth
Landstuhl, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany
Images
Cast
Star Trek: Generations
1994
6.50
Star Trek: First Contact
1996
7.29
Star Trek: Insurrection
1998
6.43
Star Trek: Nemesis
2002
6.29
The Hunter
1980
5.92
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
2009
7.05
The Midnight Hour
1985
5.90
I Love Liberty
1982
0.00
Secrets of Sacred Architecture
2022
7.00
The Jensen Project
2010
5.50
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
1977
6.30
Trekkies
1997
6.30
Butterfly in the Sky
2024
8.00
The Supernaturals
1986
3.90
Taken in Broad Daylight
2009
5.00
Reach for Me
2008
2.00
Star Trek: Federation Science
1992
1.00
Roots: The Gift
1988
6.80
US Against the World
1977
0.00
Rise of the Zombies
2012
4.30
Our Friend, Martin
1999
7.40
The Jesse Owens Story
1984
7.90
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
1977
0.00
Dummy
1979
8.50
The Acorn People
1981
2.00
Emergency Room
1983
0.00
Yesterday's Target
1996
3.50
Parallel Lives
1994
5.80
Almos' a Man
1976
0.00
Booker
1984
0.00
Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland
1993
4.50
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
1996
5.80
Lennon or McCartney
2014
5.32
Ali
2001
6.76
Grambling's White Tiger
1981
0.00
Battered
1978
0.00
A Special Friendship
1987
0.00
School of the Future
2016
7.00
Central Park
1990
7.40
40 Years of Star Trek
2006
4.30
And the Children Shall Lead
1985
10.00
Brentwood
2018
8.00
Mickey's 50
1978
0.00
Blizzard
2003
5.90
Liberty
1986
0.00
Definition Please
2020
3.80
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979
6.30
