LeVar Burton
Acting
Born February 16, 1957 · Landstuhl, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany
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…
Known For · 40 titles
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Daily Show
Family Guy
Jeopardy!
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Futurama
Adventure Time
The Love Boat
Star Trek: The Next Generation
INVINCIBLE
The View
Star Trek: Voyager
Murder, She Wrote
Trapper John, M.D.
Community
The Big Bang Theory
PBS News Weekend
Hell's Kitchen
Batman: The Animated Series
The Legend of Vox Machina
Tamron Hall
Star Trek: Picard
Perception
The Eric Andre Show
Becker
Gargoyles
Leverage: Redemption
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Finding Your Roots
Reading Rainbow
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Pinky and the Brain
Transformers: Rescue Bots
Explained
Star Trek: First Contact
Boomtown
Star Trek: Nemesis