LeVar Burton

Oyuncu Doğum: 1957-02-16 • Landstuhl, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany

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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.

LeVar Burton

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Filmografi (Rol Aldığı Yapımlar)

Almos' a Man

Transformers: Rescue Bots - Rescue Family

To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager

The Shuttlepod Show

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command

Emergency Room

Battered

A Special Friendship

And the Children Shall Lead

Mickey's 50

Dummy

INVINCIBLE

Batman: Animasyon Dizisi

Adventure Time

Reading Rainbow

Christy

Uzay Yolu: Yeni Nesil

Futurama

Butterfly in the Sky

Vox Machina Efsanesi

The Jesse Owens Story

Gargoyles

Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid

Booker

Brentwood

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification

Community

OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes

The Big Bang Theory

The Eric Andre Show

Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event

Star Trek: Voyager

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

Pinky and the Brain

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

100 Years of Warner Bros.

Murder, She Wrote

Central Park

The Captain and Tennille

Family Guy

Family Guy

Explained

Roots

Uzay Yolu VIII: İlk Temas

Roots: The Gift

Transformers: Rescue Bots

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

Carol & the End of the World

Becker

Star Trek: Picard

The Problem with Jon Stewart

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

Perception

Our Friend, Martin

MADtv

Leverage: Redemption

Superman/Batman: Halk Düşmanları

Strip Law

Secrets of Sacred Architecture

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

Grambling's White Tiger

School of the Future

Reunification - 25 Years After Star Trek: The Next Generation

Deadly Games

Captain Planet and the Planeteers

Jeopardy!

Jeopardy!

KOKLER

Hell's Kitchen

Ali

Trapper John, M.D.

Uzay Yolu VII: Yeni Nesil

Boomtown

Uzay Yolu IX: İsyan

The Daily Show

Sadece Bir Gece

Trekkies