Acting
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.
Movies with LeVar Burton
Star Trek: First Contact
1996
Star Trek: Nemesis
2002
One Night Only
2026
Star Trek: Generations
1994
Star Trek: Insurrection
1998
Ali
2001
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
2009
The Hunter
1980
Trekkies
1997
Remembering Roots
2002
Dummy
1979
Rise of the Zombies
2012
The Midnight Hour
1985
Our Friend, Martin
1999
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
1977
Mickey's 50
1978
Roots: The Gift
1988
Central Park
1990
I Love Liberty
1982
And They're Off
2011
Lennon or McCartney
2014
Parallel Lives
1994
Blizzard
2003
Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things...
2014
Reach for Me
2008
US Against the World
1977
The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next
1988
The Jesse Owens Story
1984
To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager
2024
And the Children Shall Lead
1985
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
1996
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979
Almos' a Man
1976
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification
2013
Butterfly in the Sky
2024
The Acorn People
1981
The Jensen Project
2010
40 Years of Star Trek
2006
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
2005
The Supernaturals
1986
Taken in Broad Daylight
2009
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
2013
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
1991
Yesterday's Target
1996
Star Trek: Federation Science
1992
Liberty
1986
Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event
2023
Definition Please
2020
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes
1993
Transformers: Rescue Bots - Rescue Family
2017
Emergency Room
1983
Battered
1978
Secrets of Sacred Architecture
2022
A Special Friendship
1987
Brentwood
2018
Grambling's White Tiger
1981
Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation
1994
Reunification - 25 Years After Star Trek: The Next Generation
2012
A Star Is Drawn: Rob Simone's Look Inside Comic-Con
2014
School of the Future
2016
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command
2014
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption
2013
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
1977
Booker
1984
Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland
1993
One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
1978
Stardate Revisited - The Origin of Star Trek: The Next Generation
2012
TV Shows with LeVar Burton
Family Guy
1999
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Daily Show
1996
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Adventure Time
2010
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
INVINCIBLE
2021
Futurama
1999
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Star Trek: Voyager
1995
Jeopardy!
1984
The Big Bang Theory
2007
The Love Boat
1977
Community
2009
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
The View
1997
The Legend of Vox Machina
2022
Hell's Kitchen
2005
Leverage: Redemption
2021
Perception
2012
Star Trek: Picard
2020
Gargoyles
1994
Tamron Hall
2019
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Becker
1998
Transformers: Rescue Bots
2012
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007
PBS News Weekend
2013
The Eric Andre Show
2012
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
Finding Your Roots
2012
Explained
2018
OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes
2017
Reading Rainbow
1983
Pinky and the Brain
1995
Roots
1977
Carol & the End of the World
2023
Strip Law
2026
100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023
The Ready Room
2019
Boomtown
2002
Roots
2016
Weird City
2019
Houston Knights
1987
The Problem with Jon Stewart
2021
Deadly Games
1995
Christy
1994
Trivial Pursuit
2024
Tom Swift
2022
Weather Hunters
2025
Shatner's Raw Nerve
2008
The Shuttlepod Show
2022
Scripps National Spelling Bee
The Captain and Tennille
1976
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980
MADtv
1995
Beyond the Spotlight
2020
Roots: The Complete Miniseries
1977