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. Description above from the Wikipedia article about LeVar Burton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
Star Trek: Generations
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
Star Trek: Nemesis
Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge
Star Trek: First Contact
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
Star Trek: Insurrection
Self
Stardate Revisited - The Origin of Star Trek: The Next Generation
Tommy Price
The Hunter
Black Lightning (voice)
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
Vinnie Davis
The Midnight Hour
Self
I Love Liberty
Narrator (voice)
Secrets of Sacred Architecture
Kendrick
The Jensen Project
Cap Jackson
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Commodore Geordi La Forge
Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event
Self
Trekkies
Self
Butterfly in the Sky
Pvt. Michael Osgood
The Supernaturals
Mike Timbrook
Taken in Broad Daylight
Lt. Cmdr. Geordi LaForge (archive footage)
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Time's Arrow
Nathanial
Reach for Me
Star Trek: Federation Science
Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage)
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command
Self
Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation
Kunta Kinte
Roots: The Gift
Self
US Against the World
Dr. Dan Halpern
Rise of the Zombies
Martin at Age 26 (voice) (as Levar Burton)
Our Friend, Martin
Professor Preston
The Jesse Owens Story
Billy Peoples
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
Ron LeFlore
One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
Donald Lang
Dummy
Geordi LaForge (archive footage)
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption
Rodney
The Acorn People
Ray Walden
Emergency Room
Winstrom
Yesterday's Target
Dr. Franklin Carter
Parallel Lives
Geordi La Forge
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes
Self
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
Dave
Almos' a Man
Self
A Star Is Drawn: Rob Simone's Look Inside Comic-Con
Davis
Booker
Fire Chief J. Allan Mather
Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland
Self
Star Trek: The Next Generation - electronic press kit
Self
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
Self
Lennon or McCartney
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ali
Charles 'Tank' Smith
Grambling's White Tiger
Ben Sumner
A Special Friendship
Andrew Sinclair
Battered
School of the Future
Self
Central Park
Self
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
Self
40 Years of Star Trek
Glenn Scott
And the Children Shall Lead
LeVar Burton
Brentwood
Self
Mickey's 50
Night Watchman Elf (uncredited)
Blizzard
Self
The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next
Transformers: Rescue Bots - Rescue Family
Robert Johnson
Liberty
LeVar Burton
Definition Please
Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage)
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification
Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage)
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage)
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Gambit
Self
Reunification - 25 Years After Star Trek: The Next Generation
Self
The Muppets Go Hollywood
Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge
Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things...
Geordi La Forge
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Descent
Geordi La Forge
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Birthright
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
68
Gender
Male
Birthday
1957-02-16
Place of Birth
Landstuhl, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany
Also Known As
Levar Burton