Lester Holt
Born in Hamilton Air Force Base, California, USA — Mar 08 1959
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Biography
Lester Don Holt Jr. (born March 8, 1959) is an American journalist and news anchor for the weekday edition of NBC Nightly News, NBC Nightly News Kids Edition, and Dateline NBC. On June 18, 2015, he was made the permanent anchor of NBC Nightly News following the demotion of Brian Williams. He followed in the career footsteps of Max Robinson, an ABC News evening co-anchor, and Holt became the first African-American to solo anchor a weekday network nightly newscast.
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30 Rock
Lester Holt
Chicago Hope
Anchorman (uncredited)
Warehouse 13
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Dateline
Self - Host
Hollywood Game Night
Self
Dateline: Secrets Uncovered
Self - Correspondent
The Fugitive
Newscaster
Primal Fear
WBBM Anchor
Miracle on 34th Street
Newscaster
Whose Vote Counts, Explained
Self (archive footage)
Obama
Self
One World: Together at Home
Self
Get Me Roger Stone
Self (archive footage)
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
Self (archive footage)
Witness to Jonestown
Himself
Atrocity Inc.
Self (archive footage)
Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All
Self (archive footage)
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
Self - Narrator (voice)
Business of Disaster
Self - NBC Reporter
Mystery of the Crystal Skulls
Himself - Host
2012 Startling New Secrets
The 9/11 Conspiracies: Fact or Fiction
Self - Host