LeVar Burton
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Levardis Robert Martyn Burton is an American actor, director, and television host. He played Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994) and 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).
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In their own words 5
I personally believe that education is the key to freedom. Actually, literacy is the key to freedom because you can educate yourself.
LeVar Burton, quoted in
My life was changed forever. My first day as an actor, Cicely Tyson played my mother, Maya Angelou played my grandmother. I was 19, and they embraced me as a peer.
LeVar Burton, about acting in Roots, quoted in
I wouldn’t want to be a young and emerging talent in today’s environment of the 24-hour news cycle and social media and a camera in everyone’s hand.
Levar Burton, about acting at age 19 and 40 years later what advice he would give his younger self, quoted in Martoccio, Angie (November
Filmography 40
Star Trek: First Contact
Star Trek: Nemesis
Ali
Star Trek: Insurrection
Star Trek: Generations
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
Smart House
The Hunter
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Rise of the Zombies
Trekkies
Blizzard
The Midnight Hour
Lennon or McCartney
Central Park
Taken in Broad Daylight
The Muppets Go Hollywood
Our Friend, Martin
The Supernaturals
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
Yesterday's Target
The Jensen Project
Roots: The Gift
Butterfly in the Sky
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
Parallel Lives
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
The Jesse Owens Story
Transformers: Rescue Bots - Rescue Family
Definition Please
One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next
Reach for Me
Dummy
And They're Off
Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland
The Tiger Woods Story151 credits on file
Television 24
Family Guy
INVINCIBLE
The Daily Show
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Charmed
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Futurama
The Big Bang Theory
Adventure Time
Star Trek: The Next Generation
JAG
Murder, She Wrote
Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
The Legend of Vox Machina
Scorpion
The View
Star Trek: Enterprise
The Love Boat
Community
Hell's Kitchen
Jeopardy!
Batman: The Animated SeriesAwards 11
In their orbit 1
Connected to LeVar 6
Wil WheatonAlso in Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds (2013)
Macaulay CulkinAlso in The Midnight Hour (1985)
James Van Der BeekAlso in Taken in Broad Daylight (2009)
Galyn GörgAlso in Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland (1993)
Eli WallachAlso in The Hunter (1980)
Matthew PerryAlso in Parallel Lives (1994)About this person
Levardis Robert Martyn Burton is an American actor, director, and television host. He played Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994) and 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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