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 Read ... ing 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.
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
2013
as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage)
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command
1992
as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage)
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Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Geordi La Forge
Episodes: 176
First Aired: Sep 28, 1987
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
as Kwame (voice)
Episodes: 113
First Aired: Sep 15, 1990
Transformers: Rescue Bots
as Doc Green (voice)
Episodes: 104
First Aired: Feb 18, 2012
Perception
as Paul Haley
Episodes: 35
First Aired: Jul 09, 2012
Christy
as Daniel Scott
Episodes: 13
First Aired: Apr 03, 1994
Tom Swift
as Barclay (voice)
Episodes: 10
First Aired: May 31, 2022
Roots
as Kunta Kinte
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Jan 23, 1977
Star Trek: Picard
as Commodore Geordi La Forge
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Jan 23, 2020
Weird City
as Dr. Negari
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Feb 13, 2019
The Big Bang Theory
as LeVar Burton
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Sep 24, 2007
Family Guy
as Vern (voice)
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jan 31, 1999
Community
as LeVar Burton
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 17, 2009
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
as Richard Jefferson
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Apr 15, 1980
The Legend of Vox Machina
as Undead Thordak (voice)
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jan 27, 2022
Murder, She Wrote
as Reporter Dave Robinson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 30, 1984
Boomtown
as Marvin Lloyd
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 2002
Star Trek: Voyager
as Captain Geordi La Forge
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 16, 1995
Batman: The Animated Series
as Hayden Sloane (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 05, 1992
The Love Boat
as Darnell Hall
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1977
Family Guy
as LeVar Burton (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 31, 1999
Leverage: Redemption
as Mr. Blanche
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 08, 2021
Houston Knights
as Jason Evans
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 11, 1987
Carol & the End of the World
as (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 15, 2023
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as The Monk (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 12, 1995
Explained
as Narrator (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 23, 2018
Adventure Time
as Bubble (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 05, 2010
OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes
as Kwame
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 01, 2017
Becker
as Mr. Haller
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 02, 1998
Futurama
as Unlicensed Hologram of LeVar Burton (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 28, 1999
Deadly Games
as Mr. Metcalf
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 05, 1995
Reading Rainbow
as Self - Host
Episodes: 155
First Aired: Jun 06, 1983
Trivial Pursuit
as Self - Host
Episodes: 13
First Aired: Oct 03, 2024
Jeopardy!
as Self - Host
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Sep 10, 1984
Scripps National Spelling Bee
as Self - Host
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Unknown
100 Years of Warner Bros.
as Self
Episodes: 3
First Aired: May 25, 2023
The View
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Aug 11, 1997
The Ready Room
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jan 25, 2019
Trapper John, M.D.
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 23, 1979
Gargoyles
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 24, 1994
MADtv
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 14, 1995
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 28, 1987
The Captain and Tennille
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1976
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 09, 2019
Hell's Kitchen
as Self - Restaurant Patron
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 30, 2005
The Daily Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 22, 1996
The Shuttlepod Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 20, 2022
The Problem with Jon Stewart
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 30, 2021
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 11, 2007
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 01, 1962
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 09, 2019
Shatner's Raw Nerve
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 02, 2008
Beyond the Spotlight
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 18, 2020
PBS News Weekend
as Himself (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 07, 2013
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 16, 2009
Star Trek: Enterprise
as Himself
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 26, 2001
The Eric Andre Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 20, 2012
Finding Your Roots
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 24, 2012
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