Birthday: Feb 16, 1957
Place of Birth: Landstuhl, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany

LeVar Burton

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Levardis Robert Martyn Burton, Jr. (born February 16, 1957, height 5' 7" (1,70 m)) professionally known as LeVar Burton, is an American actor, director, producer and author who first came to prominence portraying Kunta Kinte in the 1977 award-winning ABC television miniseries Roots, based on the novel by Alex Haley. He is also well known for his portrayal of Geordi La Forge on the syndicated science fiction series Star Trek: The Next Generation and as the host of the PBS children's program Reading Rainbow.

Filmography

Movie	Cast	Year
Star Trek: Generations	Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge	1994
Star Trek: Nemesis	Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge	2002
Star Trek: First Contact	Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge	1996
Star Trek: Insurrection	Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge	1998
Stardate Revisited - The Origin of Star Trek: The Next Generation	Self	2012
The Hunter	Tommy Price	1980
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies	Black Lightning (voice)	2009
The Midnight Hour	Vinnie Davis	1985
I Love Liberty	Self	1982
Secrets of Sacred Architecture	Narrator (voice)	2022
The Jensen Project	Kendrick	2010
Looking for Mr. Goodbar	Cap Jackson	1977
Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event	Commodore Geordi La Forge	2023
Trekkies	Self	1997
Butterfly in the Sky	Self	2024
The Supernaturals	Pvt. Michael Osgood	1986
Taken in Broad Daylight	Mike Timbrook	2009
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Time's Arrow	Lt. Cmdr. Geordi LaForge (archive footage)	1995
Reach for Me	Nathanial	2008
Star Trek: Federation Science		1992
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command	Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage)	1992
Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation	Self	1994
Roots: The Gift	Kunta Kinte	1988
US Against the World	Self	1977
Rise of the Zombies	Dr. Dan Halpern	2012
Our Friend, Martin	Martin at Age 26 (voice) (as Levar Burton)	1999
The Jesse Owens Story	Professor Preston	1984
One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story	Ron LeFlore	1978
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid	Billy Peoples	1977
Dummy	Donald Lang	1979
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption	Geordi LaForge (archive footage)	1991
The Acorn People	Rodney	1981
Emergency Room	Ray Walden	1983
Yesterday's Target	Winstrom	1996
Parallel Lives	Dr. Franklin Carter	1994
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes	Geordi La Forge	1993
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool	Self	2005
Almos' a Man	Dave	1976
A Star Is Drawn: Rob Simone's Look Inside Comic-Con	Self	2014
Booker	Davis	1984
Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland	Fire Chief J. Allan Mather	1993
Star Trek: The Next Generation - electronic press kit	Self	1987
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond	Self	1996
Lennon or McCartney	Self	2014
Ali	Martin Luther King, Jr.	2001
Grambling's White Tiger	Charles 'Tank' Smith	1981
Battered	Andrew Sinclair	1978
A Special Friendship	Ben Sumner	1987
School of the Future		2016
Central Park	Self	1989
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special	Self	1991
40 Years of Star Trek	Self	2006
And the Children Shall Lead	Glenn Scott	1985
Brentwood	LeVar Burton	2018
Mickey's 50	Self	1978
Blizzard	Night Watchman Elf (uncredited)	2003
The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next	Self	1988
Transformers: Rescue Bots - Rescue Family		2017
Liberty	Robert Johnson	1986
Definition Please	LeVar Burton	2020
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Gambit	Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage)	1995
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification	Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage)	1995
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds	Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage)	2013
Reunification - 25 Years After Star Trek: The Next Generation	Self	2012
The Muppets Go Hollywood	Self	1979
Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things ...	Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge	1994
Series	Cast	Year
Captain Planet and the Planeteers	Kwame (voice)	1990
Murder, She Wrote	Reporter Dave Robinson	1984
Family Guy	Vern (voice)	1999
Trapper John, M.D.		1979
Star Trek: The Next Generation	Geordi La Forge	1987
Boomtown	Marvin Lloyd	2002
Star Trek: Voyager	Captain Geordi La Forge	1995
Gargoyles		1994
Christy	Daniel Scott	1994
MADtv	Self	1995
The View	Self - Guest	1997
Roots	Kunta Kinte	1977
Star Trek: The Next Generation	Self	1987
The Captain and Tennille	Self	1976
Star Trek: Picard	Commodore Geordi La Forge	2020
Batman: The Animated Series	Hayden Sloane (voice)	1992
Tamron Hall	Self - Guest	2019
Transformers: Rescue Bots	Doc Green (voice)	2012
Community	LeVar Burton	2009
Jeopardy!	Self - Host	1984
Perception	Paul Haley	2012
Tom Swift	Barclay (voice)	2022
Hell's Kitchen	Self - Restaurant Patron	2005
The Big Bang Theory	LeVar Burton	2007
The Love Boat	Darnell Hall	1977
The Daily Show	Self	1996
Scripps National Spelling Bee	Self - Host	1970
Family Guy	LeVar Burton (voice)	1999
Reading Rainbow	Self - Host	1983
The Shuttlepod Show	Self	2022
Leverage: Redemption	Mr. Blanche	2021
The Problem with Jon Stewart	Self	2021
100 Years of Warner Bros.	Self	2023
Houston Knights	Jason Evans	1987
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!	Self	2007
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	1962
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones	Richard Jefferson	1980
The Kelly Clarkson Show	Self	2019
Carol & the End of the World	(voice)	2023
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	The Monk (voice)	1995
Shatner's Raw Nerve	Self	2008
Beyond the Spotlight		2020
Explained	Narrator (voice)	2018
PBS News Weekend	Himself (voice)	2013
Adventure Time	Bubble (voice)	2010
The Ready Room	Self	2019
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest	2009
OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes	Kwame	2017
Star Trek: Enterprise	Himself	2001
Trivial Pursuit	Self - Host	2024
Weird City	Dr. Negari	2019
The Eric Andre Show	Self	2012
Becker	Mr. Haller	1998
Finding Your Roots		2012
Futurama	Unlicensed Hologram of LeVar Burton (voice)	1999
Deadly Games	Mr. Metcalf	1995
The Legend of Vox Machina	Undead Thordak (voice)	2022

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