Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1957-02-16 (Age: 69)
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.
Filmography (67)
One Night Only
2026
To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager
2024
Butterfly in the Sky
2024
Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event
2023
Secrets of Sacred Architecture
2022
Definition Please
2020
Brentwood
2018
Transformers: Rescue Bots - Rescue Family
2017
School of the Future
2016
Lennon or McCartney
2014
Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things...
2014
A Star Is Drawn: Rob Simone's Look Inside Comic-Con
2014
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command
2014
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification
2013
