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Levar Burton, Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr.
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article about LeVar Burton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1957-02-16
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Acting
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- info Birth Place Landstuhl, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by LeVar Burton
6.6
Star Trek: Generations
1994-11-18
6.3
Star Trek: Nemesis
2002-12-13
7.3
Star Trek: First Contact
1996-11-22
6.5
Star Trek: Insurrection
1998-12-11
5.5
Stardate Revisited - The Origin of Star Trek: The Next Generation
2012-07-23
5.9
The Hunter
1980-08-01
7.1
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
2009-09-29
6
The Midnight Hour
1985-11-01
0
I Love Liberty
1982-03-21
7
Secrets of Sacred Architecture
2022-04-02
5.5
The Jensen Project
2010-07-16
6.3
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
1977-10-19
7.7
Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event
2023-04-19
6.4
Trekkies
1997-10-18
8.2
Butterfly in the Sky
2024-03-17
3.9
The Supernaturals
1986-05-09
5
Taken in Broad Daylight
2009-11-10
7.4
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Time's Arrow
1992-06-13
3
Reach for Me
2008-10-01
1
Star Trek: Federation Science
1992-01-25
6.1
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command
1992-12-14
6.9
Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation
1994-05-15
6.8
Roots: The Gift
1988-12-11
0
US Against the World
1977-09-07
4.3
Rise of the Zombies
2012-10-27
6.9
Our Friend, Martin
1999-01-12
7.9
The Jesse Owens Story
1984-07-09
5.5
One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
1978-09-26
0
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
1977-09-12
8.5
Dummy
1979-05-27
6.5
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption
1991-09-23
2
The Acorn People
1981-03-02
0
Emergency Room
1983-07-18
3.5
Yesterday's Target
1996-04-22
5
Parallel Lives
1994-08-04
1
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes
1993-01-04
6
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
2005-06-01
0
Almos' a Man
1976-04-05
0
A Star Is Drawn: Rob Simone's Look Inside Comic-Con
2014-11-01
0
Booker
1984-10-01
4.5
Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland
1993-02-07
0
Star Trek: The Next Generation - electronic press kit
1987-01-01
5.8
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
1996-10-06
5.4
Lennon or McCartney
2014-12-12
6.8
Ali
2001-12-10
0
Grambling's White Tiger
1981-10-04
0
Battered
1978-09-26
0
A Special Friendship
1987-03-31
7
School of the Future
2016-09-14
7.4
Central Park
1990-04-01
5.7
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
1991-09-28
4.3
40 Years of Star Trek
2006-01-01
10
And the Children Shall Lead
1985-01-01
8
Brentwood
2018-08-02
0
Mickey's 50
1978-11-19
5.8
Blizzard
2003-05-15
2.6
The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next
1988-10-03
10
Transformers: Rescue Bots - Rescue Family
2017-06-20
0
Liberty
1986-06-23
3.2
Definition Please
2020-08-10
6.5
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Gambit
1993-10-11
6
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification
1991-11-02
7.1
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
2013-04-25
7
Reunification - 25 Years After Star Trek: The Next Generation
2012-11-04
6.3
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979-05-16
9
Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things...
1994-05-23
7
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Descent
1993-06-21
0
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Birthright
1993-02-20
0
To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager
2024-11-07
6.8
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990-09-15
7.6
Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30
7.4
Family Guy
1999-01-31
6.5
Trapper John, M.D.
1979-09-23
8.4
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987-09-28
6.5
Boomtown
2002-09-29
7.8
Star Trek: Voyager
1995-01-16
8.1
Gargoyles
1994-10-24
7
MADtv
1995-10-14
4.5
The View
1997-08-11
7.4
Roots
1977-01-23
5.5
The Captain and Tennille
1976-09-20
7.3
Star Trek: Picard
2020-01-23
8.6
Batman: The Animated Series
1992-09-05
5.1
Tamron Hall
2019-09-09
7.4
Transformers: Rescue Bots
2012-02-18
8
Community
2009-09-17
7
Jeopardy!
1984-09-10
7.2
Perception
2012-07-09
4
Tom Swift
2022-05-31
6.8
Hell's Kitchen
2005-05-30
8
The Big Bang Theory
2007-09-24
6.3
The Love Boat
1977-09-24
6.4
The Daily Show
1996-07-22
0
Scripps National Spelling Bee
7.4
Family Guy
1999-01-31
8.4
Reading Rainbow
1983-06-06
10
The Shuttlepod Show
2022-02-20
7.5
Leverage: Redemption
2021-07-08
7.2
The Problem with Jon Stewart
2021-09-30
7.8
100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023-05-25
4.3
Houston Knights
1987-03-11
7.5
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007-02-11
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01
7.2
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980-04-15
6.5
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019-09-09
7.6
Carol & the End of the World
2023-12-15
6
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995-03-12
4
Shatner's Raw Nerve
2008-12-02
0
Beyond the Spotlight
2020-11-18
7.5
Explained
2018-05-23
4.8
PBS News Weekend
2013-09-07
8.5
Adventure Time
2010-04-05
4
The Ready Room
2019-01-25
5.1
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009-07-16
8
OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes
2017-08-01
6
Trivial Pursuit
2024-10-03
6.1
Weird City
2019-02-13
7.9
The Eric Andre Show
2012-05-20
7.2
Becker
1998-11-02
6.2
Finding Your Roots
2012-03-24
8.4
Futurama
1999-03-28
8
Deadly Games
1995-09-05
8.2
The Legend of Vox Machina
2022-01-27
6.9
Roots
2016-05-30
6.5
Honest Trailers
2012-02-13
8.1
Christy
1994-04-03
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8.1
Blizzard
2003-05-15
8.1
Smart House
1999-06-26
8.1
The Tiger Woods Story
1998-01-01
8.1
The Right to Read
2023-02-09
8.1
Reach for Me
2008-10-01
8.1
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001-09-26
8.1
Star Trek: Voyager
1995-01-16
8.1
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987-09-28
8.1
Charmed
1998-10-07
8.1
JAG
1995-09-23
8.1
Las Vegas
2003-09-22
8.1
Soul Food
2000-06-28
8.1
Miracle's Boys
2005-02-18
8.1
Perception
2012-07-09
8.1
NCIS: New Orleans
2014-09-23
8.1
Roots
2016-05-30
8.1
Scorpion
2014-09-22
8.1
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993-01-03
8.1
NCIS: Hawaiʻi
2021-09-20
8.1
Reading Rainbow
1983-06-06