LeVar Burton
Acting
Born: 1957-02-16 · 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
🎬 Movies (20)
One Night Only
2026
To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager
2024
Self
Butterfly in the Sky
2024
Self
Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event
2023
Commodore Geordi La Forge
Secrets of Sacred Architecture
2022
Narrator (voice)
Definition Please
2020
LeVar Burton
Brentwood
2018
LeVar Burton
Transformers: Rescue Bots - Rescue Family
2017
School of the Future
2016
Lennon or McCartney
2014
Self
Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things...
2014
Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge
A Star Is Drawn: Rob Simone's Look Inside Comic-Con
2014
Self
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command
2014
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification
2013
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption
2013
Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
2013
Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage)
Reunification - 25 Years After Star Trek: The Next Generation
2012
Self
Rise of the Zombies
2012
Dr. Dan Halpern
Stardate Revisited - The Origin of Star Trek: The Next Generation
2012
Self
And They're Off
2011
Self
📺 TV Shows (20)
Strip Law
2026
(voice)
Weather Hunters
2025
Flexspecs (voice)
Weather Hunters
2025
Great Grandpa Wallace (voice)
Trivial Pursuit
2024
Self - Host
Carol & the End of the World
2023
(voice)
100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023
Self
Tom Swift
2022
Barclay (voice)
The Shuttlepod Show
2022
Self
The Legend of Vox Machina
2022
Undead Thordak (voice)
The Problem with Jon Stewart
2021
Self
Leverage: Redemption
2021
Mr. Blanche
INVINCIBLE
2021
Suit AI (voice)
Beyond the Spotlight
2020
Star Trek: Picard
2020
Commodore Geordi La Forge
Tamron Hall
2019
Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Self
Weird City
2019
Dr. Negari
The Ready Room
2019
Self
Explained
2018
Narrator (voice)
OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes
2017
Kwame