LeVar Burton
Acting
🎂 1957-02-16
Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr. 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.
Cast credits(117)
Vern (voice)
1999
LeVar Burton (voice)
1999
Self
1996
Bubble (voice)
2010
Reporter Dave Robinson
1984
LeVar Burton
2007
Geordi La Forge
1987
Self
1962
Darnell Hall
1977
Unlicensed Hologram of LeVar Burton (voice)
1999
Captain Geordi La Forge
1995
Self
2019
LeVar Burton
2009
Self - Guest
2009
Undead Thordak (voice)
2022
Self - Restaurant Patron
2005
Self - Guest
2019
Hayden Sloane (voice)
1992
Self - Guest
1997
Self - Host
1984
Commodore Geordi La Forge
2020
Mr. Haller
1998
Paul Haley
2012
1979
Mr. Blanche
2021
Anansi/Poacher 2 (voice)
1994
2012
Self
2007
Self - Host
1983
Kwame (voice)
1990
Narrator (voice)
2018
Kwame
2017
Self
2012
The Monk (voice)
1995
Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge
1996
Self
2019
Kunta Kinte
1977
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
1998
Marvin Lloyd
2002
Ephraim
2016
Self
2023
(voice)
2023
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
2002
Doc Green (voice)
2012
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
1994
Barclay (voice)
2022
Black Lightning (voice)
2009
Martin Luther King, Jr.
2001
Jason Evans
1987
Self
2021
Daniel Scott
1994
Self
2014
Dr. Negari
2019
Himself (voice)
2013
Self
2022
Self
1976
Tommy Price
1980
Self
2008
Dr. Franklin Carter
1994
Dave
1976
Martin at Age 26 (voice) (as Levar Burton)
1999
Billy Peoples
1977
Self
1988
Mr. Metcalf
1995
Self
1982
Richard Jefferson
1980
Self - Host
Ron LeFlore
1978
LeVar Burton
2020
Winstrom
1996
Donald Lang
1979
Self
1994
Self
2006
Cap Jackson
1977
Dr. Dan Halpern
2012
Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage)
2013
Night Watchman Elf (uncredited)
2003
Vinnie Davis
1985
Geordi La Forge
1993
1992
2020
Self
1987
Self
2024
Self
1995
Kunta Kinte
1988
Ray Walden
1983
Self
2012
Ben Sumner
1987
Robert Johnson
1986
Self
1978
Self
1991
Pvt. Michael Osgood
1986
Self
1997
Self
2005
Rodney
1981
Mike Timbrook
2009
Andrew Sinclair
1978
Self
1996
2017
Self
2024
Kendrick
2010
Fire Chief J. Allan Mather
1993
Self
1979
Commodore Geordi La Forge
2023
Self - Host
2024
Charles 'Tank' Smith
1981
Glenn Scott
1985
LeVar Burton
2018
Professor Preston
1984
Self
1977
Narrator (voice)
2022
Davis
1984
Self
1990
Self
2014
Nathanial
2008
2016
Self
2012
