LeVar Burton
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.…
Filmography
Almos' a Man
1976 · 10.0
Transformers: Rescue Bots - Rescue Family
2017 · 10.0
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command
2014 · 9.0
And the Children Shall Lead
1985 · 9.0
Battered
1978 · 9.0
A Special Friendship
1987 · 9.0
Dummy
1979 · 8.8
INVINCIBLE
2021 · 8.6
Batman: The Animated Series
1992 · 8.6
Adventure Time
2010 · 8.5
Christy
1994 · 8.4
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987 · 8.4
Futurama
1999 · 8.4
The Legend of Vox Machina
2022 · 8.2
Gargoyles
1994 · 8.1
The Jesse Owens Story
1984 · 8.1
Community
2009 · 8.0
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification
2013 · 8.0
Brentwood
2018 · 8.0
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
1977 · 8.0
Booker
1984 · 8.0
OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes
2017 · 8.0
The Big Bang Theory
2007 · 7.9
Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event
2023 · 7.8
Star Trek: Voyager
1995 · 7.8
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
2013 · 7.7
Pinky and the Brain
1995 · 7.7
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · 7.5
Family Guy
1999 · 7.4
Explained
2018 · 7.4
Roots
1977 · 7.4
Transformers: Rescue Bots
2012 · 7.3
Star Trek: First Contact
1996 · 7.3
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980 · 7.3
Roots: The Gift
1988 · 7.3
Carol & the End of the World
2023 · 7.3
Becker
1998 · 7.2
Star Trek: Picard
2020 · 7.2
Perception
2012 · 7.2
Strip Law
2026 · 7.2
Leverage: Redemption
2021 · 7.1
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
2009 · 7.1
Our Friend, Martin
1999 · 7.1
Deadly Games
1995 · 7.0
Secrets of Sacred Architecture
2022 · 7.0
School of the Future
2016 · 7.0
Grambling's White Tiger
1981 · 7.0
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990 · 7.0
Roots
2016 · 6.9
Ali
2001 · 6.7
Trapper John, M.D.
1979 · 6.6
Star Trek: Generations
1994 · 6.5
Boomtown
2002 · 6.5
Star Trek: Insurrection
1998 · 6.5
One Night Only
2026 · 6.4
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · 6.3
Star Trek: Nemesis
2002 · 6.3
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
1977 · 6.3
The Love Boat
1977 · 6.2
Finding Your Roots
2012 · 6.2
Weird City
2019 · 6.1
One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
1978 · 6.1
Weather Hunters
2025 · 6.0
Blizzard
2003 · 6.0
Liberty
1986 · 6.0
The Midnight Hour
1985 · 5.9
The Hunter
1980 · 5.9
Parallel Lives
1994 · 5.7
Houston Knights
1987 · 5.5
The Jensen Project
2010 · 5.5
Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland
1993 · 5.3
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes
1993 · 5.3
Taken in Broad Daylight
2009 · 5.2
Rise of the Zombies
2012 · 4.2
Tom Swift
2022 · 4.2
The Supernaturals
1986 · 4.2
Yesterday's Target
1996 · 4.0
The Acorn People
1981 · 3.7
Definition Please
2020 · 3.2
Reach for Me
2008 · 2.8
Beyond the Spotlight
2020 · 0.0
Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things...
2014 · 0.0
Roots: The Complete Miniseries
1977 · 0.0
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption
2013 · 0.0