LeVar Burton
Birthday: 1957-02-16 | Place of Birth: Landstuhl, Rhineland Palatinate, GermanyLevardis 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.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Self
as Self - Host
as Commodore Geordi La Forge
as Barclay (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as LeVar Burton
as LeVar Burton
as Self
as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage)
as Doc Green (voice)
as Dr. Dan Halpern
as Paul Haley
as Kendrick
as Black Lightning (voice)
as Mike Timbrook
as Nathanial
as Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
as Martin at Age 26 (voice)
as Self
as Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge
