Directed credits
17
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
LeVar Burton
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.4
Moderate attention
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Directed movies: 4Directed series: 13All crew 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.
Frequent 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
Directed Movies
Movies directed by LeVar Burton.
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by LeVar Burton.
7.7
NCIS: Hawaiʻi
Director • 4 eps
2021 Series
7.3
NCIS: New Orleans
Director • 9 eps
2014 Series
8.2
Scorpion
Director • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.2
Perception
Director • 2 eps
2012 Series
6.2
Miracle's Boys
Director • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.0
Las Vegas
Director • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.5
Star Trek: Enterprise
Director • 9 eps
2001 Series
7.0
Soul Food
Director • 1 eps
2000 Series
8.2
Charmed
Director • 3 eps
1998 Series
7.3
JAG
Director • 1 eps
1995 Series
7.8
Star Trek: Voyager
Director • 8 eps
1995 Series
7.9
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Director • 10 eps
1993 Series
8.4
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Director • 2 eps
1987 Series
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with LeVar Burton.
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with LeVar Burton.
8.6
Batman: The Animated Series
as Hayden Sloane (voice) • 1 eps
1992 Series
8.5
Adventure Time
as Bubble (voice) • 1 eps
2010 Series
8.4
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Director • 2 eps
1987 Series
8.4
Futurama
as Unlicensed Hologram of LeVar Burton (voice) • 1 eps
1999 Series
8.2
The Legend of Vox Machina
as Undead Thordak (voice) • 2 eps
2022 Series
8.2
Scorpion
Director • 1 eps
2014 Series
8.2
Charmed
Director • 3 eps
1998 Series
8.1
Gargoyles
as Anansi/Poacher 2 (voice) • 1 eps
1994 Series
8.0
Community
as LeVar Burton • 2 eps
2009 Series
8.0
OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes
as Kwame • 1 eps
2017 Series
7.9
The Big Bang Theory
as LeVar Burton • 3 eps
2007 Series
7.9
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Director • 10 eps
1993 Series
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with LeVar Burton.
7.4
Family Guy
as Vern (voice) • 1 eps
1999 Series
5.0
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2009 Series
6.4
The Daily Show
as Self • 1 eps
1996 Series
8.5
Adventure Time
as Bubble (voice) • 1 eps
2010 Series
8.4
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Director • 2 eps
1987 Series
7.8
Star Trek: Voyager
Director • 8 eps
1995 Series
8.4
Futurama
as Unlicensed Hologram of LeVar Burton (voice) • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.3
JAG
Director • 1 eps
1995 Series
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self • 1 eps
1962 Series
7.9
The Big Bang Theory
as LeVar Burton • 3 eps
2007 Series
8.2
Charmed
Director • 3 eps
1998 Series
7.9
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Director • 10 eps
1993 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for LeVar Burton.
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for LeVar Burton.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for 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
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
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for 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
7.3
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