About
LeVar Burton
Overview
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Levardis Robert Martyn Burton, Jr. (born February 16, 1957, height 5' 7" (1,70 m)) professionally known as LeVar Burton, is an American actor, director, producer and author who first came to prominence portraying Kunta Kinte in the 1977 award-winning ABC television miniseries Roots, based on the novel by Alex Haley.
He is also well known for his portrayal of Geordi La Forge on the syndicated science fiction series Star Trek: The Next Generation and as the host of the PBS children's program Reading Rainbow.
Known for
Acting |
||||
| 2024 | Trivial Pursuit | Actor | Self - Host | N/A N/A |
| 2024 | Butterfly in the Sky | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2023 | Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event | Actor | Commodore Geordi La Forge | 59 Average |
| 2022 | Tom Swift | Actor | Barclay (voice) | 60 Fair |
| 2022 | Secrets of Sacred Architecture | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Definition Please | Actor | LeVar Burton | 59 Average |
| 2018 | Brentwood | Actor | LeVar Burton | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Transformers: Rescue Bots - Rescue Family | Actor | 59 Average |
|
| 2016 | School of the Future | Actor | 58 Average |
|
| 2014 | Lennon or McCartney | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2014 | A Star Is Drawn: Rob Simone's Look Inside Comic-Con | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2013 | Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds | Actor | Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2012 | Reunification - 25 Years After Star Trek: The Next Generation | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2012 | Rise of the Zombies | Actor | Dr. Dan Halpern | 56 Average |
| 2012 | Stardate Revisited - The Origin of Star Trek: The Next Generation | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2012 | Perception | Actor | Paul Haley | 71 Good |
| 2012 | Transformers: Rescue Bots | Actor | Doc Green (voice) | 71 Good |
| 2010 | The Jensen Project | Actor | Kendrick | 58 Average |
| 2009 | Taken in Broad Daylight | Actor | Mike Timbrook | 58 Average |
| 2009 | Superman/Batman: Public Enemies | Actor | Black Lightning (voice) | 65 Fair |
| 2008 | Reach for Me | Actor | Nathanial | 58 Average |
| 2006 | 40 Years of Star Trek | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2003 | Blizzard | Actor | Night Watchman Elf (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 2002 | Star Trek: Nemesis | Actor | Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge | 61 Fair |
| 2001 | Ali | Actor | Martin Luther King, Jr. | 65 Fair |
| 1999 | Our Friend, Martin | Actor | Martin at Age 26 (voice) (as Levar Burton) | 59 Average |
| 1998 | Star Trek: Insurrection | Actor | Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge | 62 Fair |
| 1997 | Trekkies | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1996 | Star Trek: First Contact | Actor | Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge | 69 Fair |
| 1996 | Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1996 | Yesterday's Target | Actor | Winstrom | 58 Average |
| 1995 | Star Trek: The Next Generation - Gambit | Actor | Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1995 | Star Trek: The Next Generation - Time's Arrow | Actor | Lt. Cmdr. Geordi LaForge (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1995 | Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification | Actor | Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1994 | Star Trek: Generations | Actor | Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge | 63 Fair |
| 1994 | Parallel Lives | Actor | Dr. Franklin Carter | 58 Average |
| 1994 | Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things ... | Actor | Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge | N/A N/A |
| 1994 | Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things | Actor | Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge | 60 Fair |
| 1994 | Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things... | Actor | Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge | N/A N/A |
| 1994 | Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1994 | Christy | Actor | Daniel Scott | 71 Good |
| 1993 | Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland | Actor | Fire Chief J. Allan Mather | 59 Average |
| 1993 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes | Actor | Geordi La Forge | N/A N/A |
| 1992 | Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command | Actor | Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1992 | Star Trek: Federation Science | Actor | N/A N/A |
|
| 1991 | Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1991 | Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption | Actor | Geordi LaForge (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1990 | Captain Planet and the Planeteers | Actor | Kwame (voice) | 68 Fair |
| 1989 | Central Park | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1988 | Roots: The Gift | Actor | Kunta Kinte | 59 Average |
| 1988 | The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1987 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Actor | Geordi La Forge | 83 Very good |
| 1987 | Star Trek: The Next Generation: Encounter at Farpoint | Actor | Lt. Geordi La Forge | 60 Fair |
| 1987 | A Special Friendship | Actor | Ben Sumner | N/A N/A |
| 1987 | Star Trek: The Next Generation - electronic press kit | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1986 | Liberty | Actor | Robert Johnson | N/A N/A |
| 1986 | The Supernaturals | Actor | Pvt. Michael Osgood | 58 Average |
| 1985 | The Midnight Hour | Actor | Vinnie Davis | 58 Average |
| 1985 | And the Children Shall Lead | Actor | Glenn Scott | 59 Average |
| 1984 | Booker | Actor | Davis | N/A N/A |
| 1984 | The Jesse Owens Story | Actor | Professor Preston | 59 Average |
| 1983 | Emergency Room | Actor | Ray Walden | N/A N/A |
| 1983 | Reading Rainbow | Actor | Self - Host | 74 Good |
| 1982 | I Love Liberty | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1981 | Grambling's White Tiger | Actor | Charles 'Tank' Smith | N/A N/A |
| 1981 | The Acorn People | Actor | Rodney | N/A N/A |
| 1980 | The Hunter | Actor | Tommy Price | 58 Average |
| 1980 | Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones | Actor | Richard Jefferson | 70 Good |
| 1979 | Dummy | Actor | Donald Lang | 59 Average |
| 1979 | The Muppets Go Hollywood | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1978 | Mickey's 50 | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1978 | Battered | Actor | Andrew Sinclair | N/A N/A |
| 1978 | One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story | Actor | Ron LeFlore | 58 Average |
| 1977 | Looking for Mr. Goodbar | Actor | Cap Jackson | 59 Average |
| 1977 | Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid | Actor | Billy Peoples | N/A N/A |
| 1977 | US Against the World | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1977 | Roots | Actor | Kunta Kinte | 73 Good |
| 1976 | Almos' a Man | Actor | Dave | N/A N/A |
| Roots: The Gift | Actor | N/A N/A |
||
Directing |
||||
| 2008 | Reach for Me | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
| 2003 | Blizzard | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
| 1999 | Smart House | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
| 1998 | The Tiger Woods Story | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
Production |
||||
| 2023 | The Right to Read | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
| 2016 | Roots | Production | Co-Executive Producer | 69 Fair |
| 1983 | Reading Rainbow | Production | Executive Producer | 74 Good |