Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

February 15, 1957 (68 years old)

Place of Birth

Landstuhl, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany

LeVar Burton

Biography

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

Stardate Revisited - The Origin of Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Time's Arrow

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command

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

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes

A Star Is Drawn: Rob Simone's Look Inside Comic-Con

Star Trek: The Next Generation - electronic press kit

The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next

Transformers: Rescue Bots - Rescue Family

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification

Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds

Reunification - 25 Years After Star Trek: The Next Generation

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

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Descent

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Birthright

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

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