Lester Holt
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Lester Don Holt Jr. (born March 8, 1959) is an American journalist and news anchor for the weekday edition of NBC Nightly News, NBC Nightly News Kids Edition, and Dateline NBC. On June 18, 2015, he was made the permanent anchor of NBC Nightly News following the demotion of Brian Williams. He followed in the career footsteps of Max Robinson, an ABC News evening co-anchor, and Holt became the first African-American to solo anchor a weekday network nightly newscast.
Known For
Filmography
Dolly: An NBC News Special
2026
as Self - Host
Instadocs: Alex Murdaugh, Unconvicted
2026
as Self (archive footage)
Atrocity Inc.
2024
as Self (archive footage)
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All
2021
as Self (archive footage)
One World: Together at Home
2020
as Self
Whose Vote Counts, Explained
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Obama
2020
as Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self - Guest
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
2018
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Get Me Roger Stone
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Dateline: Secrets Uncovered
2017
as Self - Correspondent
Steve
2017
as Self
Business of Disaster
2016
as Self - NBC Reporter
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
Hollywood Game Night
2013
as Self
Steve Harvey
2012
as Self
2012 Startling New Secrets
2009
Warehouse 13
2009
as Lester Holt
Mystery of the Crystal Skulls
2008
as Himself - Host
Witness to Jonestown
2008
as Himself
The 9/11 Conspiracies: Fact or Fiction
2007
as Self - Host
30 Rock
2006
as Lester Holt
Miley's New Year's Eve Party
2004
as Self - Guest
Primal Fear
1996
as WBBM Anchor
Miracle on 34th Street
1994
as Newscaster
Chicago Hope
1994
as Anchorman (uncredited)
The Fugitive
1993
as Newscaster
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Dateline
1992
as Self - Host
Dateline
1992
as Self - Correspondent
NBC Nightly News
1970
as Self