LeVar Burton
Age: N/A | From: Landstuhl, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Levar Burton , Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr.
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Landstuhl, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 57
TV Involvements: 39
Most Famous Work
Biography
Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr. 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.
Most Famous Work
Star Trek: The Next Generation
(1987) Self
Jeopardy!
(1984) Self - Host
Star Trek: Voyager
(1995) Captain Geordi La Forge
PBS News Weekend
(2013) Himself (voice)
Hell's Kitchen
(2005) Self - Restaurant Patron
Star Trek: Picard
(2020) Commodore Geordi La Forge
Batman: The Animated Series
(1992) Hayden Sloane / Hatter Hentchman (voice)
Transformers: Rescue Bots
(2012) Doc Green (voice)Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Self | |
| Commodore Geordi La Forge | ||
| 2022 | Self | |
| Barclay (voice) | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| 2021 | Self | |
| Mr. Blanche | ||
| 2020 | LeVar Burton | |
| Commodore Geordi La Forge | ||
| 2019 | Self - Guest | |
| Dr. Negari | ||
| Self | ||
| 2018 | LeVar Burton | |
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| 2017 | Kwame | |
| 2016 | N/A | |
| 2014 | Self | |
| 2013 | Himself (voice) | |
| Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage) | ||
| 2012 | Self | |
| Dr. Dan Halpern | ||
| Self | ||
| Paul Haley | ||
| Self | ||
| Doc Green (voice) | ||
| 2010 | Kendrick | |
| Bubble (voice) | ||
| 2009 | Mike Timbrook | |
| Black Lightning (voice) | ||
| Himself | ||
| 2008 | Nathanial | |
| 2007 | LeVar Burton | |
| Self | ||
| 2006 | Self | |
| 2005 | Self | |
| Self - Restaurant Patron | ||
| 2003 | Night Watchman Elf (uncredited) | |
| 2002 | Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge | |
| Marvin Lloyd | ||
| 2001 | Martin Luther King, Jr. | |
| Himself | ||
| 1999 | Vern (voice) | |
| LeVar Burton (voice) | ||
| Martin at Age 26 (voice) (as Levar Burton) | ||
| 1998 | Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge | |
| 1997 | Self | |
| Self - Guest | ||
| 1996 | Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Winstrom | ||
| 1995 | Self | |
| Mr. Metcalf | ||
| Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage) | ||
| Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage) | ||
| Lt. Cmdr. Geordi LaForge (archive footage) | ||
| The Monk (voice) | ||
| Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage) | ||
| Captain Geordi La Forge | ||
| 1994 | Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge | |
| N/A | ||
| Dr. Franklin Carter | ||
| Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge | ||
| Self | ||
| Daniel Scott | ||
| 1993 | Fire Chief J. Allan Mather | |
| Geordi La Forge | ||
| 1992 | Hayden Sloane / Hatter Hentchman (voice) | |
| N/A | ||
| 1991 | Self | |
| Geordi LaForge (archive footage) | ||
| 1990 | Kwame | |
| 1989 | Himself | |
| 1988 | Kunta Kinte | |
| Himself | ||
| 1987 | Geordi La Forge | |
| Self | ||
| Ben Sumner | ||
| Jason Evans | ||
| 1986 | Robert Johnson | |
| Pvt. Michael Osgood | ||
| 1985 | Vinnie Davis | |
| Glenn Scott | ||
| 1984 | Davis | |
| Reporter Dave Robinson | ||
| Self - Host | ||
| Professor Preston | ||
| 1983 | Ray Walden | |
| Self - Host | ||
| 1982 | Self | |
| 1981 | Charles 'Tank' Smith | |
| Rodney | ||
| 1980 | Tommy Price | |
| Richard Jefferson | ||
| 1979 | N/A | |
| Donald Lang | ||
| Self | ||
| 1978 | Self | |
| Ron LeFlore | ||
| Andrew Sinclair | ||
| 1977 | Cap Jackson | |
| Darnell Hall | ||
| Billy Peoples | ||
| Self | ||
| Kunta Kinte | ||
| 1976 | Self | |
| Dave | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self - Host | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Executive Producer | |
| 2016 | Co-Executive Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Director | |
| 2014 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 2012 | Director | |
| 2008 | Director | |
| 2005 | Director | |
| 2003 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 2001 | Director | |
| 2000 | Director | |
| 1999 | Director | |
| 1998 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1995 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1993 | Director | |
| 1987 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
