LeVar Burton

About

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...

Known for

Family GuySeries • 1999JAGSeries • 1995Adventure TimeSeries • 2010The Love BoatSeries • 1977Star Trek: The Next GenerationSeries • 1987CharmedSeries • 1998Star Trek: VoyagerSeries • 1995FuturamaSeries • 1999Star Trek: Deep Space NineSeries • 1993Murder, She WroteSeries • 1984INVINCIBLESeries • 2021CommunitySeries • 2009The Big Bang TheorySeries • 2007Las VegasSeries • 2003Star Trek: EnterpriseSeries • 2001ScorpionSeries • 2014Batman: The Animated SeriesSeries • 1992NCIS: New OrleansSeries • 2014The Legend of Vox MachinaSeries • 2022Star Trek: PicardSeries • 2020GargoylesSeries • 1994PerceptionSeries • 2012Leverage: RedemptionSeries • 2021Finding Your RootsSeries • 2012