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LeVar Burton

Acting · Born February 16, 1957 · Landstuhl, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany

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.

Movies with LeVar Burton

• One Night Only (2026) — Rick
• Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) — Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
• Star Trek: First Contact (1996) — Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge
• Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) — Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
• Ali (2001) — Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Star Trek: Generations (1994) — Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
• Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009) — Black Lightning (voice)
• Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) — Cap Jackson
• Rise of the Zombies (2012) — Dr. Dan Halpern
• The Hunter (1980) — Tommy Price
• Central Park (1990) — Self
• The Midnight Hour (1985) — Vinnie Davis

TV shows with LeVar Burton

• Jeopardy! (1984) — Self - Host
• Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) — Geordi La Forge
• Star Trek: Picard (2020) — Commodore Geordi La Forge
• Perception (2012) — Paul Haley
• Reading Rainbow (1983) — Self - Host
• Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990) — Kwame (voice)
• Transformers: Rescue Bots (2012) — Doc Green (voice)
• Christy (1994) — Daniel Scott