LeVar Burton

ActorProducerDirectorProduction Feb 16 (age 69) Landstuhl, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany 1962–2026 (64 year career)

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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 …

Known For

Film

Scorpion

Director

Film

Charmed

Director

Film

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Geordi La Forge

Film

Star Trek: First Contact

Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge

Film

Star Trek: Voyager

Director

Film

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Director

Film

Star Trek: Enterprise

Director

Film

Ali

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Filmography

Acting (127)

Movies (66)

One Night Only

2026 Upcoming

Aug 6

To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager

2024

as Self

Butterfly in the Sky

2024

as Self

8.2

Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event

2023

as Commodore Geordi La Forge

7.7

Secrets of Sacred Architecture

as Narrator (voice)

Definition Please

as LeVar Burton

Brentwood

as LeVar Burton

Transformers: Rescue Bots - Rescue Family

School of the Future

Lennon or McCartney

as Self

A Star Is Drawn: Rob Simone's Look Inside Comic-Con

2014

as Self

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command

2014

Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things...

2014

as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption

2013

as Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge

9.0

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification

2013

Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds

2013

as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage)

7.3

Rise of the Zombies

2012

as Dr. Dan Halpern

4.3

Reunification - 25 Years After Star Trek: The Next Generation

2012

as Self

7.0

Stardate Revisited - The Origin of Star Trek: The Next Generation

as Self

And They're Off

as Self

The Jensen Project

as Kendrick

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies

2009

as Black Lightning (voice)

7.1

Taken in Broad Daylight

as Mike Timbrook

Reach for Me

as Nathanial

40 Years of Star Trek

2006

as Self

4.3

Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool

2005

as Self

5.5

Blizzard

2003

as Night Watchman Elf (uncredited)

5.9

Star Trek: Nemesis

2002

as Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge

6.3

Ali

2001

as Martin Luther King, Jr.

6.8

Our Friend, Martin

1999

as Martin at Age 26 (voice) (as Levar Burton)

6.9

Star Trek: Insurrection

1998

as Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge

6.4

Trekkies

1997

as Self

6.4

Star Trek: First Contact

1996

as Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge

7.3

Yesterday's Target

1996

as Winstrom

3.9

Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond

1996

as Self

5.8

Star Trek: Generations

1994

as Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge

6.5

Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation

1994

as Self

6.7

Parallel Lives

1994

as Dr. Franklin Carter

5.0

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes

1993

as Geordi La Forge

1.0

Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland

1993

as Fire Chief J. Allan Mather

4.5

Star Trek: Federation Science

1992

1.0

Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special

as Self

Central Park

as Self

Roots: The Gift

as Kunta Kinte

The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next

1988

as Self

2.6

A Special Friendship

1987

as Ben Sumner

Liberty

1986

as Robert Johnson

5.0

The Supernaturals

1986

as Pvt. Michael Osgood

4.1

The Midnight Hour

1985

as Vinnie Davis

5.9

And the Children Shall Lead

1985

as Glenn Scott

10.0

The Jesse Owens Story

as Professor Preston

Booker

as Davis

Emergency Room

as Ray Walden

I Love Liberty

1982

as Self

The Acorn People

1981

as Rodney

2.0

Grambling's White Tiger

1981

as Charles 'Tank' Smith

The Hunter

as Tommy Price

Dummy

as Donald Lang

The Muppets Go Hollywood

1979

as Self

6.2

Battered

1978

as Andrew Sinclair

Mickey's 50

1978

as Self

One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story

1978

as Ron LeFlore

5.5

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

1977

as Cap Jackson

6.4

US Against the World

1977

as Self

Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid

1977

as Billy Peoples

Almos' a Man

1976

as Dave

Television (61)

Strip Law

as (voice)

Weather Hunters

as Flexspecs (voice)

Trivial Pursuit

as Self - Host

Carol & the End of the World

2023

as (voice)

7.5

100 Years of Warner Bros.

2023

as Self

7.7

The Legend of Vox Machina

2022

as Undead Thordak (voice)

Tom Swift

as Barclay (voice)

The Shuttlepod Show

as Self

Leverage: Redemption

as Mr. Blanche

The Problem with Jon Stewart

2021

as Self

7.2

Star Trek: Picard

2020

as Commodore Geordi La Forge

7.3

Beyond the Spotlight

2020

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

Tamron Hall

as Self - Guest

Weird City

as Dr. Negari

The Ready Room

as Self

Explained

as Narrator (voice)

OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes

as Kwame

Roots

as Ephraim

PBS News Weekend

as Himself (voice)

Finding Your Roots

Perception

as Paul Haley

Perception

as Paul Haley

Transformers: Rescue Bots

as Doc Green (voice)

The Eric Andre Show

as Self

Adventure Time

as Bubble (voice)

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

Community

as LeVar Burton

Shatner's Raw Nerve

as Self

The Big Bang Theory

as LeVar Burton

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

2007

as Self

7.3

Hell's Kitchen

2005

as Self - Restaurant Patron

6.8

Boomtown

2002

as Marvin Lloyd

6.2

Star Trek: Enterprise

as Himself

Family Guy

as Vern (voice)

Futurama

as Unlicensed Hologram of LeVar Burton (voice)

Becker

as Mr. Haller

The View

as Self - Guest

The Daily Show

as Self

Star Trek: Voyager

as Captain Geordi La Forge

7.8

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

as The Monk (voice)

Pinky and the Brain

as Murray (voice)

MADtv

as Self

Deadly Games

as Mr. Metcalf

Gargoyles

as Anansi/Poacher 2 (voice)

8.1

Christy

1994

as Daniel Scott

8.1

Batman: The Animated Series

1992

as Hayden Sloane (voice)

8.6

Captain Planet and the Planeteers

1990

as Kwame (voice)

6.8

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987

as Geordi La Forge

8.4

Star Trek: The Next Generation

as Self

Houston Knights

as Jason Evans

Murder, She Wrote

as Reporter Dave Robinson

Jeopardy!

as Self

Reading Rainbow

as Self - Host

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

as Richard Jefferson

Trapper John, M.D.

The Love Boat

as Darnell Hall

Roots

as Kunta Kinte

The Captain and Tennille

1976

as Self

5.5

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

Scripps National Spelling Bee

as Self - Host

LeVar Burton

Biography

Known For

Scorpion

Charmed

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: First Contact

Star Trek: Voyager

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Star Trek: Enterprise

Ali

Filmography

Acting (127)

Movies (66)

Television (61)

Crew (20)

Movies (5)

Television (15)