LeVar Burton

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.

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Star Trek: First Contact

Played Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge

Average Rating

7.3

1872 votes

Release Date

Nov 22, 1996

29 years ago
Ali

Played Martin Luther King, Jr.

Average Rating

6.8

1806 votes

Release Date

Dec 10, 2001

24 years ago
Star Trek: Nemesis

Played Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge

Average Rating

6.3

1516 votes

Release Date

Dec 13, 2002

23 years ago
Star Trek: Generations

Played Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge

Average Rating

6.5

1414 votes

Release Date

Nov 18, 1994

31 years ago
Star Trek: Insurrection

Played Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge

Average Rating

6.4

1296 votes

Release Date

Dec 11, 1998

27 years ago
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies

Played Black Lightning (voice)

Average Rating

7.1

686 votes

Release Date

Sep 29, 2009

16 years ago
The Hunter

Played Tommy Price

Average Rating

5.9

144 votes

Release Date

Aug 01, 1980

46 years ago
Looking for Mr. Goodbar

Played Cap Jackson

Average Rating

6.3

120 votes

Release Date

Oct 19, 1977

49 years ago
Rise of the Zombies

Played Dr. Dan Halpern

Average Rating

4.3

101 votes

Release Date

Oct 27, 2012

13 years ago
Blizzard

Played Night Watchman Elf (uncredited)

Average Rating

5.9

80 votes

Release Date

May 15, 2003

23 years ago
Trekkies

Played Self

Average Rating

6.4

62 votes

Release Date

Oct 18, 1997

28 years ago
The Midnight Hour

Played Vinnie Davis

Average Rating

5.9

58 votes

Release Date

Nov 01, 1985

41 years ago
Taken in Broad Daylight

Played Mike Timbrook

Average Rating

5.0

30 votes

Release Date

Nov 10, 2009

16 years ago
Lennon or McCartney

Played Self

Average Rating

5.2

28 votes

Release Date

Dec 12, 2014

11 years ago
The Muppets Go Hollywood

Played Self

Average Rating

6.2

22 votes

Release Date

May 16, 1979

47 years ago
The Supernaturals

Played Pvt. Michael Osgood

Average Rating

4.1

16 votes

Release Date

May 09, 1986

40 years ago
The Jensen Project

Played Kendrick

Average Rating

5.5

15 votes

Release Date

Jul 16, 2010

15 years ago
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds

Played Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage)

Average Rating

7.1

15 votes

Release Date

Apr 25, 2013

13 years ago
Our Friend, Martin

Played Martin at Age 26 (voice) (as Levar Burton)

Average Rating

6.9

13 votes

Release Date

Jan 12, 1999

27 years ago
Roots: The Gift

Played Kunta Kinte

Average Rating

6.8

12 votes

Release Date

Dec 11, 1988

37 years ago
Butterfly in the Sky

Played Self

Average Rating

8.2

10 votes

Release Date

Mar 17, 2024

2 years ago
Yesterday's Target

Played Winstrom

Average Rating

3.5

10 votes

Release Date

Apr 22, 1996

30 years ago
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool

Played Self

Average Rating

5.5

10 votes

Release Date

Jun 01, 2005

21 years ago
Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event

Played Commodore Geordi La Forge

Average Rating

7.7

9 votes

Release Date

Apr 19, 2023

3 years ago
Central Park

Played Self

Average Rating

7.4

9 votes

Release Date

Apr 01, 1990

36 years ago
Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation

Played Self

Average Rating

6.9

8 votes

Release Date

May 15, 1994

32 years ago
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special

Played Self

Average Rating

5.9

8 votes

Release Date

Sep 28, 1991

35 years ago
Parallel Lives

Played Dr. Franklin Carter

Average Rating

5.0

6 votes

Release Date

Aug 04, 1994

32 years ago
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond

Played Self

Average Rating

5.8

6 votes

Release Date

Oct 06, 1996

29 years ago
Transformers: Rescue Bots - Rescue Family

Average Rating

10.0

5 votes

Release Date

Jun 20, 2017

8 years ago
Definition Please

Played LeVar Burton

Average Rating

3.2

5 votes

Release Date

Aug 10, 2020

5 years ago
Reach for Me

Played Nathanial

Average Rating

2.8

4 votes

Release Date

Oct 01, 2008

17 years ago
The Jesse Owens Story

Played Professor Preston

Average Rating

7.9

4 votes

Release Date

Jul 09, 1984

42 years ago
The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next

Played Self

Average Rating

2.6

4 votes

Release Date

Oct 03, 1988

38 years ago
And They're Off

Played Self

Average Rating

4.1

4 votes

Release Date

Oct 28, 2011

14 years ago
One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story

Played Ron LeFlore

Average Rating

5.5

3 votes

Release Date

Sep 26, 1978

48 years ago
40 Years of Star Trek

Played Self

Average Rating

4.3

3 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 2006

20 years ago
Reunification - 25 Years After Star Trek: The Next Generation

Played Self

Average Rating

7.0

3 votes

Release Date

Nov 04, 2012

13 years ago
Stardate Revisited - The Origin of Star Trek: The Next Generation

Played Self

Average Rating

5.5

2 votes

Release Date

Jul 23, 2012

13 years ago
Dummy

Played Donald Lang

Average Rating

8.5

2 votes

Release Date

May 27, 1979

47 years ago
The Acorn People

Played Rodney

Average Rating

2.0

2 votes

Release Date

Mar 02, 1981

45 years ago
Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland

Played Fire Chief J. Allan Mather

Average Rating

4.5

2 votes

Release Date

Feb 07, 1993

33 years ago
And the Children Shall Lead

Played Glenn Scott

Average Rating

10.0

2 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1985

41 years ago
Brentwood

Played LeVar Burton

Average Rating

8.0

2 votes

Release Date

Aug 02, 2018

7 years ago
Secrets of Sacred Architecture

Played Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

7.0

1 votes

Release Date

Apr 02, 2022

4 years ago
Star Trek: Federation Science

Average Rating

1.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jan 25, 1992

34 years ago
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes

Played Geordi La Forge

Average Rating

1.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jan 04, 1993

33 years ago
Booker

Played Davis

Average Rating

7.0

1 votes

Release Date

Oct 01, 1984

42 years ago
School of the Future

Average Rating

7.0

1 votes

Release Date

Sep 14, 2016

9 years ago
Liberty

Played Robert Johnson

Average Rating

5.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jun 23, 1986

40 years ago
I Love Liberty

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Mar 21, 1982

44 years ago
US Against the World

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Sep 07, 1977

49 years ago
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid

Played Billy Peoples

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Sep 12, 1977

49 years ago
Emergency Room

Played Ray Walden

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jul 18, 1983

43 years ago
Almos' a Man

Played Dave

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Apr 05, 1976

50 years ago
A Star Is Drawn: Rob Simone's Look Inside Comic-Con

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Nov 01, 2014

11 years ago
Grambling's White Tiger

Played Charles 'Tank' Smith

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Oct 04, 1981

45 years ago
A Special Friendship

Played Ben Sumner

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Mar 31, 1987

39 years ago
Battered

Played Andrew Sinclair

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Sep 26, 1978

48 years ago
Mickey's 50

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Nov 19, 1978

48 years ago
To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Nov 07, 2024

1 year ago
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jun 24, 2014

11 years ago
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Nov 19, 2013

12 years ago
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jul 30, 2013

12 years ago
One Night Only

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Aug 06, 2026

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