LeVar Burton
Born in Landstuhl, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany — Feb 16 1957
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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…
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Family Guy
Vern (voice)
Jeopardy!
Self - Host
Adventure Time
Bubble (voice)
Community
LeVar Burton
Star Trek: Voyager
Captain Geordi La Forge
JAG
Directing
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Geordi La Forge
Charmed
Directing
Murder, She Wrote
Reporter Dave Robinson
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Directing
Scorpion
Directing
Hell's Kitchen
Self - Restaurant Patron
Futurama
Unlicensed Hologram of LeVar Burton (voice)
The Love Boat
Darnell Hall
The Big Bang Theory
LeVar Burton
Star Trek: Enterprise
Directing
Las Vegas
Directing
Batman: The Animated Series
Hayden Sloane (voice)
Star Trek: Picard
Commodore Geordi La Forge
Becker
Mr. Haller
Gargoyles
Anansi/Poacher 2 (voice)
NCIS: New Orleans
Directing
Finding Your Roots
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Kwame (voice)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
The Monk (voice)
The Legend of Vox Machina
Undead Thordak (voice)
Perception
Paul Haley
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Self
Trapper John, M.D.
Leverage: Redemption
Mr. Blanche
NCIS: Hawaiʻi
Directing
OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes
Kwame
The Eric Andre Show
Self
Reading Rainbow
Self - Host
Explained
Narrator (voice)
Roots
Kunta Kinte
Boomtown
Marvin Lloyd
Christy
Daniel Scott
Transformers: Rescue Bots
Doc Green (voice)
Pinky and the Brain
Murray (voice)
100 Years of Warner Bros.
Self
Carol & the End of the World
(voice)
Weird City
Dr. Negari
Roots
Ephraim
Soul Food
Directing
Strip Law
(voice)
The Captain and Tennille
Self
Deadly Games
Mr. Metcalf
Houston Knights
Jason Evans
Ali
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Star Trek: First Contact
Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge
Star Trek: Nemesis
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Richard Jefferson
Star Trek: Insurrection
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
Scripps National Spelling Bee
Self - Host
Tom Swift
Barclay (voice)
Trivial Pursuit
Self - Host
Star Trek: Generations
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
Beyond the Spotlight
The Hunter
Tommy Price
MADtv
Self
Lennon or McCartney
Self
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
Black Lightning (voice)
Blizzard
Night Watchman Elf (uncredited)
Mickey's 50
Self
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Cap Jackson
Smart House
Directing
The Muppets Go Hollywood
Self
Dummy
Donald Lang
The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next
Self
Trekkies
Self
Miracle's Boys
Directing
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
Self
The Midnight Hour
Vinnie Davis
US Against the World
Self
Rise of the Zombies
Dr. Dan Halpern
One Night Only
Our Friend, Martin
Martin at Age 26 (voice)
The Jesse Owens Story
Professor Preston
The Supernaturals
Pvt. Michael Osgood
Almos' a Man
Dave
To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager
Self
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes
Geordi La Forge
Booker
Davis
Weather Hunters
Flexspecs (voice)
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
Self
Butterfly in the Sky
Self
Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event
Commodore Geordi La Forge
Roots: The Gift
Kunta Kinte
I Love Liberty
Self
And the Children Shall Lead
Glenn Scott
Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland
Fire Chief J. Allan Mather
Parallel Lives
Dr. Franklin Carter
The Tiger Woods Story
Directing
A Star Is Drawn: Rob Simone's Look Inside Comic-Con
Self
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage)
Grambling's White Tiger
Charles 'Tank' Smith
Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation
Self
Liberty
Robert Johnson
And They're Off
Self
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption
Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge
40 Years of Star Trek
Self
Battered
Andrew Sinclair
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
Self
Reunification - 25 Years After Star Trek: The Next Generation
Self
The Jensen Project
Kendrick
Taken in Broad Daylight
Mike Timbrook
Yesterday's Target
Winstrom
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
Billy Peoples
A Special Friendship
Ben Sumner
Definition Please
LeVar Burton
Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things...
Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command
Star Trek: Federation Science
Reach for Me
Nathanial
Transformers: Rescue Bots - Rescue Family
Emergency Room
Ray Walden
One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
Ron LeFlore
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Descent
Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge
Brentwood
LeVar Burton
Central Park
Self
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Birthright
Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge
The Acorn People
Rodney
Remembering Roots
Self
Stardate Revisited - The Origin of Star Trek: The Next Generation
Self
Secrets of Sacred Architecture
Narrator (voice)
The Right to Read
Production
School of the Future