LeVar Burton
Acting
130
Acting Credits
17
Directed
Biography
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
One Night Only
2026
as Rick
Strip Law
2026
as (voice)
Weather Hunters
2025
as Flexspecs (voice)
Weather Hunters
2025
as Great Grandpa Wallace (voice)
Butterfly in the Sky
2024
as Self
To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager
2024
as Self
Trivial Pursuit
2024
as Self - Host
Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event
2023
as Commodore Geordi La Forge
100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023
as Self
Carol & the End of the World
2023
as (voice)
Secrets of Sacred Architecture
2022
as Narrator (voice)
Tom Swift
2022
as Barclay (voice)
The Shuttlepod Show
2022
as Self
The Legend of Vox Machina
2022
as Undead Thordak (voice)
Leverage: Redemption
2021
as Mr. Blanche
The Problem with Jon Stewart
2021
as Self
INVINCIBLE
2021
as Suit AI (voice)
Definition Please
2020
as LeVar Burton
Star Trek: Picard
2020
as Commodore Geordi La Forge
Beyond the Spotlight
2020
Tamron Hall
2019
as Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
The Ready Room
2019
as Self
Weird City
2019
as Dr. Negari
Brentwood
2018
as LeVar Burton
Explained
2018
as Narrator (voice)
Transformers: Rescue Bots - Rescue Family
2017
OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes
2017
as Kwame
School of the Future
2016
Roots
2016
as Ephraim
A Star Is Drawn: Rob Simone's Look Inside Comic-Con
2014
as Self
Lennon or McCartney
2014
as Self
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command
2014
as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge
Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things...
2014
as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
2013
as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage)
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification
2013
as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption
2013
as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge
PBS News Weekend
2013
as Himself (voice)
Stardate Revisited - The Origin of Star Trek: The Next Generation
2012
as Self
Rise of the Zombies
2012
as Dr. Dan Halpern
Reunification - 25 Years After Star Trek: The Next Generation
2012
as Self
Transformers: Rescue Bots
2012
as Doc Green (voice)
Perception
2012
as Paul Haley
The Eric Andre Show
2012
as Self
Finding Your Roots
2012
And They're Off
2011
as Self
The Jensen Project
2010
as Kendrick
Adventure Time
2010
as Bubble (voice)
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
2009
as Black Lightning (voice)
Taken in Broad Daylight
2009
as Mike Timbrook
Community
2009
as LeVar Burton
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
Reach for Me
2008
as Nathanial
Shatner's Raw Nerve
2008
as Self
The Big Bang Theory
2007
as LeVar Burton
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007
as Self
40 Years of Star Trek
2006
as Self
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
2005
as Self
Hell's Kitchen
2005
as Self - Restaurant Patron
Blizzard
2003
as Night Watchman Elf (uncredited)
Star Trek: Nemesis
2002
as Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
Remembering Roots
2002
as Self
Boomtown
2002
as Marvin Lloyd
Ali
2001
as Martin Luther King, Jr.
Our Friend, Martin
1999
as Martin at Age 26 (voice)
Family Guy
1999
as Vern (voice)
Family Guy
1999
as LeVar Burton (voice)
Futurama
1999
as Unlicensed Hologram of LeVar Burton (voice)
Star Trek: Insurrection
1998
as Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
Becker
1998
as Mr. Haller
Trekkies
1997
as Self
The View
1997
as Self - Guest
The View
1997
as Self
Star Trek: First Contact
1996
as Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge
Yesterday's Target
1996
as Winstrom
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
1996
as Self
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
Star Trek: Voyager
1995
as Captain Geordi La Forge
MADtv
1995
as Self
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
as The Monk (voice)
Deadly Games
1995
as Mr. Metcalf
Pinky and the Brain
1995
as Murray (voice)
Star Trek: Generations
1994
as Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation
1994
as Self
Parallel Lives
1994
as Dr. Franklin Carter
Gargoyles
1994
as Anansi/Poacher 2 (voice)
Christy
1994
as Daniel Scott
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes
1993
as Geordi La Forge
Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland
1993
as Fire Chief J. Allan Mather
Star Trek: Federation Science
1992
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
as Hayden Sloane (voice)
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
1991
as Self
Central Park
1990
as Self
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
as Kwame (voice)
Roots: The Gift
1988
as Kunta Kinte
The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next
1988
as Self
A Special Friendship
1987
as Ben Sumner
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Geordi La Forge
Houston Knights
1987
as Jason Evans
The Supernaturals
1986
as Pvt. Michael Osgood
Liberty
1986
as Robert Johnson
The Midnight Hour
1985
as Vinnie Davis
And the Children Shall Lead
1985
as Glenn Scott
The Jesse Owens Story
1984
as Professor Preston
Booker
1984
as Davis
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Reporter Dave Robinson
Jeopardy!
1984
as Self - Host
Jeopardy!
1984
as Self
Emergency Room
1983
as Ray Walden
Reading Rainbow
1983
as Self - Host
I Love Liberty
1982
as Self
The Acorn People
1981
as Rodney
Grambling's White Tiger
1981
as Charles 'Tank' Smith
The Hunter
1980
as Tommy Price
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980
as Richard Jefferson
Dummy
1979
as Donald Lang
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979
as Self (uncredited)
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
1978
as Ron LeFlore
Battered
1978
as Andrew Sinclair
Mickey's 50
1978
as Self
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
1977
as Cap Jackson
US Against the World
1977
as Self
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
1977
as Billy Peoples
Roots
1977
as Kunta Kinte
The Love Boat
1977
as Darnell Hall
Roots: The Complete Miniseries
1977
as Kunta Kinte
Almos' a Man
1976
as Dave
The Captain and Tennille
1976
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self