LeVar Burton

Personal Info

Birthday

February 16, 1957

(68 years old)

Place of Birth

Landstuhl, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany

Also Known As

Levar Burton

Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr.

LeVar Burton

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.

Known For

Family Guy

Adventure Time

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: Voyager

The Big Bang Theory

Murder, She Wrote

Futurama

The Love Boat

Filmography

2024
To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager
as Self
Butterfly in the Sky
as Self
2023
Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event
as Commodore Geordi La Forge
2022
Secrets of Sacred Architecture
as Narrator (voice)
2020
Definition Please
as LeVar Burton
2018
Brentwood
as LeVar Burton
2014
Lennon or McCartney
as Self
A Star Is Drawn: Rob Simone's Look Inside Comic-Con
as Self
2013
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage)
2012
Reunification - 25 Years After Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Self
Rise of the Zombies
as Dr. Dan Halpern
Stardate Revisited - The Origin of Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Self
2010
The Jensen Project
as Kendrick
2009
Taken in Broad Daylight
as Mike Timbrook
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
as Black Lightning (voice)
2008
Reach for Me
as Nathanial
2006
40 Years of Star Trek
as Self
2005
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
as Self
2003
Blizzard
as Night Watchman Elf (uncredited)
2002
Star Trek: Nemesis
as Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
2001
Ali
as Martin Luther King, Jr.
1999
Our Friend, Martin
as Martin at Age 26 (voice) (as Levar Burton)
1998
Star Trek: Insurrection
as Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
1997
Trekkies
as Self
1996
Star Trek: First Contact
as Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
as Self
Yesterday's Target
as Winstrom
1994
Star Trek: Generations
as Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
Parallel Lives
as Dr. Franklin Carter
Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Self
1993
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Gambit
as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage)
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Descent
as Geordi La Forge
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Birthright
as Geordi La Forge
Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland
as Fire Chief J. Allan Mather
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes
as Geordi La Forge
1992
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command
as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage)
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Time's Arrow
as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi LaForge (archive footage)
1991
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification
as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage)
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
as Self
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption
as Geordi LaForge (archive footage)
1990
Central Park
as Self
1988
Roots: The Gift
as Kunta Kinte
The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next
as Self
1987
A Special Friendship
as Ben Sumner
Star Trek: The Next Generation - electronic press kit
as Self
1986
Liberty
as Robert Johnson
The Supernaturals
as Pvt. Michael Osgood
1985
The Midnight Hour
as Vinnie Davis
And the Children Shall Lead
as Glenn Scott
1984
Booker
as Davis
The Jesse Owens Story
as Professor Preston
1983
Emergency Room
as Ray Walden
1982
I Love Liberty
as Self
1981
Grambling's White Tiger
as Charles 'Tank' Smith
The Acorn People
as Rodney
1980
The Hunter
as Tommy Price
1979
Dummy
as Donald Lang
The Muppets Go Hollywood
as Self
1978
Mickey's 50
as Self
Battered
as Andrew Sinclair
One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
as Ron LeFlore
1977
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
as Cap Jackson
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
as Billy Peoples
US Against the World
as Self
1976
Almos' a Man
as Dave