Acting
LeVar Burton
1957 · Landstuhl, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany
30 films
Bio
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.
Filmography
One Night Only
Rick
Star Trek: First Contact
Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge
Star Trek: Insurrection
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
Star Trek: Nemesis
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
Ali
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
Black Lightning (voice)
Star Trek: Generations
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
Remembering Roots
Self
Central Park
Self
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification
Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Cap Jackson
Trekkies
Self