LeVar Burton
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Levardis Robert Martyn Burton, Jr. (born February 16, 1957, height 5' 7" (1,70 m)) professionally known as LeVar Burton, is an American actor, director, producer and author who first came to prominence portraying Kunta Kinte in the 1977 award-winning ABC television miniseries Roots, based on the novel by Alex Haley. He is also well known for his portrayal of Geordi La Forge on the syndicated science fiction series Star Trek: The Next Generation and as the host of the PBS children's program Reading Rainbow.
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- Born:
- Feb 16, 1957 In Landstuhl - Rhineland-Palatinate - Germany
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 48
- First Appeared:
- In the series The Captain and Tennille 1976-09-20
- Latest Project:
- Movie Lennon or McCartney 2014-12-12
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Lennon or McCartney | Himself | 2014-12-12 |
| Series | Perception | Paul Haley | 2012-07-09 |
| Series | Transformers: Rescue Bots | Doc Green (voice) | 2012-02-18 |
| Movie | Rise of the Zombies | Dr. Dan Halpern | 2012-10-27 |
| Movie | The Jensen Project | Kendrick | 2010-07-16 |
| Movie | Taken in Broad Daylight | Mike Timbrook | 2009-02-15 |
| Movie | Reach for Me | Nathanial | 2009-04-05 |
| Movie | Superman/Batman: Public Enemies | Black Lightning (voice) | 2009-09-29 |
| Series | Community | Himself | 2009-09-17 |
| Series | The Big Bang Theory | Himself | 2007-09-24 |
| Series | World Poker Tour | Unknown | 2003-03-30 |
| Series | Boomtown | Unknown | 2002-09-29 |
| Movie | Star Trek: Nemesis | Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge | 2002-12-13 |
| Movie | Ali | Martin Luther King, Jr. | 2001-12-11 |
| Movie | Our Friend, Martin | Martin at Age 26 (voice) (as Levar Burton) | 1999-01-12 |
| Series | Family Guy | Unknown | 1999-01-31 |
| Movie | Star Trek: Insurrection | Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge | 1998-12-10 |
| Movie | Trekkies | Himself | 1997-10-18 |
| Movie | Yesterday's Target | Winstrom | 1996-04-22 |
| Movie | Star Trek: First Contact | Commander Geordi La Forge | 1996-11-21 |
| Movie | Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond | Himself | 1996-10-06 |
| Series | Star Trek: Voyager | Unknown | 1995-01-16 |
| Series | MADtv | Unknown | 1995-10-14 |
| Series | Christy | Daniel Scott | 1994-04-03 |
| Movie | Journey's End: The Saga of Star Trek - The Next Generation | 1994-05-21 | |
| Movie | Star Trek: Generations | Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge | 1994-11-17 |
| Movie | Parallel Lives | Dr. Franklin Carter | 1994-08-04 |
| Series | Gargoyles | Unknown | 1994-10-24 |
| Movie | Star Trek 25th Anniversary Special | Himself | 1991-09-28 |
| Series | Captain Planet and the Planeteers | Kwame | 1990-09-15 |
| Movie | Roots: The Gift | Kunta Kinte | 1988-12-11 |
| Series | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Geordi La Forge | 1987-09-28 |
| Movie | The Supernaturals | Pvt. Michael Osgood | 1986-05-09 |
| Movie | The Midnight Hour | Vinnie Davis | 1985-11-01 |
| Series | Murder, She Wrote | Unknown | 1984-09-30 |
| Movie | The Jesse Owens Story | Professor Preston | 1984-07-09 |
| Movie | Booker | Davis | 1984-10-01 |
| Series | Reading Rainbow | Unknown | 1983-06-06 |
| Movie | The Acorn People | Rodney | 1981-03-02 |
| Movie | Grambling's White Tiger | Charles 'Tank' Smith | 1981-10-04 |
| Movie | The Hunter | Tommy Price | 1980-08-01 |
| Movie | Dummy | Donald Lang | 1979-05-27 |
| Series | Trapper John, M.D. | Unknown | 1979-09-23 |
| Movie | One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story | Ron LeFlore | 1978-09-26 |
| Series | Roots | Kunta Kinte | 1977-01-23 |
| Series | The Love Boat | Darnell Hall | 1977-09-24 |
| Movie | Looking for Mr. Goodbar | Cap Jackson | 1977-10-19 |
| Series | The Captain and Tennille | Unknown | 1976-09-20 |