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LeVar Burton

Born · February 16, 1957 (68 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Landstuhl, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany

Bio

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

Trivial Pursuit

Self - Host · (15 episodes)

2.0

2024

Butterfly in the Sky

Self

8.0

2024

Carol & the End of the World

(voice) · (1 episode)

7.5

2023

100 Years of Warner Bros.

Self · (3 episodes)

7.7

2023

Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event

Commodore Geordi La Forge

7.7

2023

Tom Swift

Barclay (voice) · (10 episodes)

4.0

2022

Secrets of Sacred Architecture

Narrator (voice)

7.0

2022

The Shuttlepod Show

Self · (1 episode)

10.0

2022

The Legend of Vox Machina

Undead Thordak (voice) · (2 episodes)

8.2

2022

The Problem with Jon Stewart

Self · (1 episode)

7.0

2021

Leverage: Redemption

Mr. Blanche · (1 episode)

7.5

2021

Beyond the Spotlight

(1 episode)

0.0

2020

Definition Please

LeVar Burton

3.8

2020

Star Trek: Picard

Commodore Geordi La Forge · (5 episodes)

7.3

2020

Tamron Hall

Self - Guest · (1 episode)

5.1

2019

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Self · (1 episode)

6.3

2019

Weird City

Dr. Negari · (4 episodes)

6.1

2019

The Ready Room

Self · (2 episodes)

4.0

2019

Brentwood

LeVar Burton

8.0

2018

Explained

Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)

7.5

2018

OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes

Kwame · (1 episode)

7.8

2017

Transformers: Rescue Bots - Rescue Family

10.0

2017

4.0

2008

Reach for Me

Nathanial

2.0

2008

The Big Bang Theory

LeVar Burton · (3 episodes)

7.9

2007

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

Self · (1 episode)

7.5

2007

40 Years of Star Trek

Self

4.3

2006

Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool

Self

5.9

2005

Hell's Kitchen

Self - Restaurant Patron · (1 episode)

6.8

2005

Blizzard

Night Watchman Elf (uncredited)

5.9

2003

Star Trek: Nemesis

Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge

6.3

2002

Boomtown

Marvin Lloyd · (1 episode)

6.5

2002

Ali

Martin Luther King, Jr.

6.8

2001

Star Trek: Enterprise

Himself · (1 episode)

7.6

2001

Futurama

Unlicensed Hologram of LeVar Burton (voice) · (1 episode)

8.4

1999

Family Guy

Vern (voice) · (2 episodes)

7.4

1999

Family Guy

LeVar Burton (voice) · (1 episode)

7.4

1999

Our Friend, Martin

Martin at Age 26 (voice) (as Levar Burton)

7.4

1999

Star Trek: Insurrection

Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge

6.4

1998

Becker

Mr. Haller · (1 episode)

7.2

1998

Trekkies

Self

6.3

1997

The View

Self - Guest · (2 episodes)

4.5

1997

Star Trek: First Contact

Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge

7.3

1996

Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond

Self

5.8

1996

The Daily Show

Self · (1 episode)

6.4

1996

Yesterday's Target

Winstrom

3.5

1996

MADtv

Self · (1 episode)

6.9

1995

Deadly Games

Mr. Metcalf · (1 episode)

8.0

1995

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Gambit

Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage)

6.5

1995

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Descent

Geordi La Forge

0.0

1995

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Birthright

Geordi La Forge

0.0

1995

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Time's Arrow

Lt. Cmdr. Geordi LaForge (archive footage)

7.4

1995

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

The Monk (voice) · (1 episode)

6.0

1995

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification

Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage)

6.0

1995

Star Trek: Voyager

Captain Geordi La Forge · (1 episode)

7.8

1995

Star Trek: Generations

Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge

6.5

1994

Gargoyles

(1 episode)

8.1

1994

Parallel Lives

Dr. Franklin Carter

5.8

1994

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

Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge

10.0

1994

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

Self

7.0

1994

Christy

Daniel Scott · (13 episodes)

8.1

1994

Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland

Fire Chief J. Allan Mather

4.5

1993

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes

Geordi La Forge

1.0

1993

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command

Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage)

6.1

1992

Batman: The Animated Series

Hayden Sloane (voice) · (1 episode)

8.5

1992

Star Trek: Federation Science

1.0

1988

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Geordi La Forge · (176 episodes)

8.4

1987

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Self · (1 episode)

8.4

1987

A Special Friendship

Ben Sumner

0.0

1987

Houston Knights

Jason Evans · (1 episode)

4.3

1987

Star Trek: The Next Generation - electronic press kit

Self

0.0

1987

Liberty

Robert Johnson

0.0

1986

The Supernaturals

Pvt. Michael Osgood

3.9

1986

The Midnight Hour

Vinnie Davis

5.9

1985

And the Children Shall Lead

8.4

1983

I Love Liberty

Self

0.0

1982

Grambling's White Tiger

Charles 'Tank' Smith

0.0

1981

The Acorn People

Rodney

2.0

1981

The Hunter

Tommy Price

5.9

1980

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

Richard Jefferson · (2 episodes)

7.2

1980

Trapper John, M.D.

(1 episode)

6.5

1979

Dummy

Donald Lang

8.5

1979

The Muppets Go Hollywood

0.0

1976

Scripps National Spelling Bee

Self - Host · (4 episodes)

0.0

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self · (1 episode)

7.4

1962