LeVar Burton

LeVar Burton Acting

16 Feb, 1957 (69) in Landstuhl, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany

LeVar Burton Acting

16 Feb, 1957 (69) in Landstuhl, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany

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... see more

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... see more

One Night Only

05/08/2026

To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager

Acting (Self)

07/11/2024

Butterfly in the Sky

Acting (Self)

17/03/2024

Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event

Acting (Commodore Geordi La Forge)

19/04/2023

The Right to Read

Executive Producer

09/02/2023

Secrets of Sacred Architecture

Acting (Narrator (voice))

02/04/2022

Definition Please

Acting (LeVar Burton)

10/08/2020

Brentwood

Acting (LeVar Burton)

02/08/2018

Transformers: Rescue Bots - Rescue Family

20/06/2017

School of the Future

14/09/2016

Lennon or McCartney

Acting (Self)

12/12/2014

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

Acting (Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge)

02/12/2014

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

Acting (Self)

01/11/2014

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command

24/06/2014

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification

19/11/2013

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption

Acting (Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge)

30/07/2013

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

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

25/04/2013

Reunification - 25 Years After Star Trek: The Next Generation

Acting (Self)

04/11/2012

Rise of the Zombies

Acting (Dr. Dan Halpern)

27/10/2012

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

Acting (Self)

23/07/2012

And They're Off

Acting (Self)

28/10/2011

The Jensen Project

Acting (Kendrick)

16/07/2010

Taken in Broad Daylight

Acting (Mike Timbrook)

10/11/2009

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies

Acting (Black Lightning (voice))

29/09/2009

Reach for Me

Acting (Nathanial) · Director

01/10/2008

40 Years of Star Trek

Acting (Self)

01/01/2006

Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool

Acting (Self)

01/06/2005

Blizzard

Acting (Night Watchman Elf (uncredited)) · Director

15/05/2003

Star Trek: Nemesis

Acting (Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge)

13/12/2002

Remembering Roots

Acting (Self)

15/01/2002

Ali

Acting (Martin Luther King, Jr.)

10/12/2001

Smart House

Director

26/06/1999

Our Friend, Martin

Acting (Martin at Age 26 (voice))

12/01/1999

Star Trek: Insurrection

Acting (Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge)

11/12/1998

The Tiger Woods Story

Director

01/01/1998

Trekkies

Acting (Self)

18/10/1997

Star Trek: First Contact

Acting (Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge)

22/11/1996

Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond

Acting (Self)

06/10/1996

Yesterday's Target

Acting (Winstrom)

22/04/1996

Star Trek: Generations

Acting (Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge)

18/11/1994

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