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LeVar Burton
Actor, Director
Born February 16, 1957 (65 years)
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Levardis Robert Martyn Burton, Jr. (born February 16, 1957, height 5' 7" (1,70 m)) professionally known as LeVar Burton, is an American actor, director, producer and author who first came to prominence portraying Kunta Kinte in the 1977 award-winning ABC television miniseries Roots, based on the novel by Alex Haley.
He is also well known for his portrayal of Geordi La Forge on the syndicated science fiction series Star Trek: The Next Generation and as the host of the PBS children's program Reading Rainbow.
Filmography
| 2022 | Tom Swift (TV Series) · as Barclay (voice) |
| 2021 | Leverage: Redemption (TV Series) · as Mr. Blanche |
| 2021 | Blindspotting (TV Series) · as actor |
| 2020 | Star Trek: Picard (TV Series) · as Geordi La Forge |
| 2020 | Definition Please · as LeVar Burton |
| 2019 | Weird City (TV Series) · as Dr. Negari |
| 2019 | Nancy Drew (2019) (TV Series) · as Barclay |
| 2017 | OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes (TV Series) · as Kwame |
| 2016 | School of the Future · as Unknown |
| 2016 | Roots (2016) (TV Series) · as Ephraim |
| 2015 | Miles From Tomorrowland (TV Series) · as Dr. Consilium |
| 2014 | NCIS: New Orleans (TV Series) · as Rufus Nero |
| 2014 | |
| 2012 | Rise of the Zombies · as Dr. Dan Halpern |
| 2012 | Perception (TV Series) · as Paul Haley |
| 2011 | And They're Off · as Levar Burton |
| 2011 | Transformers: Rescue Bots (TV Series) · as Doc Green (voice) |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | The Jensen Project · as Kendrick |
| 2010 | Adventure Time (TV Series) · as Bubble |
| 2009 | Taken in Broad Daylight · as Mike Timbrook |
| 2009 | Superman/Batman: Public Enemies · as Black Lightning (voice) |
| 2009 | The Super Hero Squad Show (TV Series) · as War Machine |
| 2008 | Reach for Me · as Nathanial |
| 2005 | How William Shatner Changed the World · as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge |
| 2004 | Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust · as actor |
| 2003 | Blizzard · as Night Watchman Elf (uncredited) |
| 2003 | World Poker Tour (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2002 | Star Trek: Nemesis · as Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge |
| 2002 | Boomtown (TV Series) · as Marvin Lloyd |
| 2001 | Ali · as Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| 1999 | Family Guy (TV Series) · as Vern (voice) |
| 1998 | Star Trek: Insurrection · as Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge |
| 1998 | Becker (TV Series) · as Mr. Haller |
| 1996 | Star Trek: First Contact · as Commander Geordi La Forge |
| 1996 | Yesterday's Target · as Winstrom |
| 1995 | Deadly Games (TV Series) · as Mr. Metcalf |
| 1995 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (TV Series) · as The Monk (voice) |
| 1995 | Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series) · as Captain Geordi La Forge |
| 1995 | Pinky and the Brain (TV Series) · as Murray |
| 1994 | Star Trek: Generations · as Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge |
| 1994 | Parallel Lives · as Dr. Franklin Carter |
| 1994 | Gargoyles (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1994 | Christy (TV Series) · as Daniel Scott |
| 1993 | Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland · as Fire Chief J. Allan Mather |
| 1992 | Batman: The Animated Series (TV Series) · as Hayden Sloane / Hatter Hentchman (voice) |
| 1991 | Star Trek: The Next Generation: Redemption · as Geordi LaForge |
| 1990 | Captain Planet and the Planeteers (TV Series) · as Kwame |
| 1988 | Roots: The Gift · as Kunta Kinte |
| 1987 | Houston Knights (TV Series) · as Jason Evans |
| 1987 | Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series) · as Geordi La Forge |
| 1986 | The Supernaturals · as Pvt. Michael Osgood |
| 1984 | The Jesse Owens Story · as Professor Preston |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Reporter Dave Robinson |
| 1984 | Jeopardy! (TV Series) · as Guest Host |
| 1981 | Grambling's White Tiger · as Charles 'Tank' Smith |
| 1980 | The Hunter · as Tommy Price |
| 1980 | Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones · as Richard Jefferson |
| 1978 | One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story · as Ron LeFlore |
| 1978 | Battered · as Andrew Sinclair |
| 1977 | Looking for Mr. Goodbar · as Cap Jackson |
| 1977 | Fantasy Island (TV Series) · as Edward Ross, Jr. |
| 1977 | Roots (TV Series) · as Kunta Kinte |
| 1977 | The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Darnell Hall |
| 1976 | Almos' a Man · as Dave |
| 1974 | NOVA (TV Series) · as Narrator |