Acting credits
118
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
LeVar Burton
Acting
Career Snapshot
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2.1
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Movies: 65Series: 66Crew credits: 20
TMDB ID: 2390
IMDb ID: nm0000996
Known for: Acting
Born: February 16, 1957
Age: 69
Place of birth: Landstuhl, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1962 - 2025
Years active: 64
Average TMDB rating: 6.97
Wikidata: Q312570
Also known as
Levar Burton • Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr.
Other jobs
Director (17)Executive Producer (2)Co-Executive Producer (1)
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 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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with LeVar Burton.
To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager
as Self
2024 Movie
8.2
Butterfly in the Sky
as Self
2024 Movie
7.7
Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event
as Commodore Geordi La Forge
2023 Movie
2.0
The Right to Read
Executive Producer
2023 Movie
7.0
Secrets of Sacred Architecture
as Narrator (voice)
2022 Movie
3.2
Definition Please
as LeVar Burton
2020 Movie
8.0
Brentwood
as LeVar Burton
2018 Movie
10.0
Transformers: Rescue Bots - Rescue Family
2017 Movie
7.0
School of the Future
2016 Movie
5.2
Lennon or McCartney
as Self
2014 Movie
Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things...
as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge
2014 Movie
A Star Is Drawn: Rob Simone's Look Inside Comic-Con
as Self
2014 Movie
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command
2014 Movie
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification
2013 Movie
9.0
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption
as Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge
2013 Movie
7.3
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage)
2013 Movie
7.0
Reunification - 25 Years After Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Self
2012 Movie
4.2
Rise of the Zombies
as Dr. Dan Halpern
2012 Movie
4.1
And They're Off
as Self
2011 Movie
5.5
The Jensen Project
as Kendrick
2010 Movie
5.0
Taken in Broad Daylight
as Mike Timbrook
2009 Movie
7.1
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
as Black Lightning (voice)
2009 Movie
2.8
Reach for Me
as Nathanial
2008 Movie
4.3
40 Years of Star Trek
as Self
2006 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with LeVar Burton.
8.5
Weather Hunters
as Flexspecs (voice) • 1 eps
2025 Series
4.8
Trivial Pursuit
as Self - Host • 23 eps
2024 Series
7.4
Carol & the End of the World
as (voice) • 1 eps
2023 Series
7.7
100 Years of Warner Bros.
as Self • 3 eps
2023 Series
4.0
Tom Swift
as Barclay (voice) • 10 eps
2022 Series
10.0
The Shuttlepod Show
as Self • 1 eps
2022 Series
8.2
The Legend of Vox Machina
as Undead Thordak (voice) • 2 eps
2022 Series
7.2
The Problem with Jon Stewart
as Self • 1 eps
2021 Series
7.7
NCIS: Hawaiʻi
Director • 4 eps
2021 Series
7.3
Leverage: Redemption
as Mr. Blanche • 1 eps
2021 Series
Beyond the Spotlight
1 eps
2020 Series
7.3
Star Trek: Picard
as Commodore Geordi La Forge • 5 eps
2020 Series
6.4
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self • 1 eps
2019 Series
4.9
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2019 Series
6.1
Weird City
as Dr. Negari • 4 eps
2019 Series
4.0
The Ready Room
as Self • 2 eps
2019 Series
7.5
Explained
as Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
2018 Series
8.0
OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes
as Kwame • 1 eps
2017 Series
6.9
Roots
as Ephraim • 1 eps
2016 Series
7.3
NCIS: New Orleans
Director • 9 eps
2014 Series
8.2
Scorpion
Director • 1 eps
2014 Series
5.0
PBS News Weekend
as Himself (voice) • 1 eps
2013 Series
7.2
Perception
as Paul Haley • 35 eps
2012 Series
7.9
The Eric Andre Show
as Self • 1 eps
2012 Series