CMNetwork Actors

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. His other roles include Cap Jackson in Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977), Donald Lang in Dummy (1979), Tommy Price in The Hunter (1980), which earned him an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture, and Martin Luther King Jr. in Ali (2001). Burton received the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards for his narration of the book The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr. In 1990, he was honored for his accomplishments in television with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. From 2017 until 2024, Burton created and hosted the podcast LeVar Burton Reads, often described as "Reading Rainbow for adults". In October 2024, Burton appeared as the host of the Trivial Pursuit television game show broadcast on The CW network and streaming online.

  • Nacimiento: 1957-02-16, Landstuhl, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany
  • Valoración en CMNetwork Actors: 3,3 de 5

En CMNetwork Actors

Conocido por

  • Big Bang (2007) — LeVar Burton
  • Star Trek: La nueva generación (1987) — Geordi La Forge
  • Star Trek VIII Primer Contacto (1996) — Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge
  • INVENCIBLE (2021) — Suit AI (voz)
  • Star Trek X Nemesis (2002) — Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
  • Star Trek. La próxima generación (1994) — Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
  • Padre de familia (1999) — Vern (voz) / LeVar Burton (voz)
  • Star Trek: Picard (2020) — Commodore Geordi La Forge

Filmografía

  • Una noche al año (2026) — Rick
  • La ley de Las Vegas (2026) — (voz)
  • Weather Hunters (2025) — Flexspecs (voz) / Great Grandpa Wallace (voz)
  • Carol y el fin del mundo (2023) — (voz)
  • Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event (2023) — Commodore Geordi La Forge
  • Tom Swift (2022) — Barclay (voz)
  • La leyenda de Vox Machina (2022) — Undead Thordak (voz)
  • Las reglas del juego: Redención (2021) — Mr. Blanche
  • INVENCIBLE (2021) — Suit AI (voz)
  • Definition Please (2020) — LeVar Burton
  • Star Trek: Picard (2020) — Commodore Geordi La Forge
  • Weird City (2019) — Dr. Negari
  • Brentwood (2018) — LeVar Burton
  • OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes (2017) — Kwame
  • Transformers: Rescue Bots - Rescue Family (2017)
  • Raíces (2016) — Ephraim
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things... (2014) — Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command (2014) — Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification (2013) — Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption (2013) — Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds (2013) — Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage)
  • Rise of the Zombies (2012) — Dr. Dan Halpern
  • Perception (2012) — Paul Haley
  • Transformers: Rescue Bots (2012) — Doc Green (voz)
  • The Jensen Project (2010) — Kendrick
  • Hora de aventuras (2010) — Bubble (voz)
  • Secuestro a plena luz (2009) — Mike Timbrook
  • Superman/Batman: Enemigos públicos (2009) — Black Lightning (voz)
  • Community (2009) — LeVar Burton
  • Reach for Me (2008) — Nathanial
  • Big Bang (2007) — LeVar Burton
  • Blizzard: el reno mágico (2003) — Night Watchman Elf (sin acreditar)
  • Star Trek X Nemesis (2002) — Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
  • Boomtown (2002) — Marvin Lloyd
  • Alí (2001) — Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Futurama (1999) — Unlicensed Hologram of LeVar Burton (voz)
  • Padre de familia (1999) — Vern (voz) / LeVar Burton (voz)
  • Our Friend, Martin (1999) — Martin at Age 26 (voz)
  • Star Trek IX Insurreccion (1998) — Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
  • Becker (1998) — Mr. Haller
  • Star Trek VIII Primer Contacto (1996) — Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge
  • Yesterday's Target (1996) — Winstrom
  • Pinky y Cerebro (1995) — Murray (voz)
  • Deadly Games (1995) — Mr. Metcalf
  • Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995) — The Monk (voz)
  • Star Trek: Voyager (1995) — Captain Geordi La Forge
  • Star Trek. La próxima generación (1994) — Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
  • Gárgolas (1994) — Anansi/Poacher 2 (voz)
  • Parallel Lives (1994) — Dr. Franklin Carter
  • Christy (1994) — Daniel Scott
  • Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland (1993) — Fire Chief J. Allan Mather
  • Batman: La Serie Animada (1992) — Hayden Sloane (voz)
  • Star Trek: Federation Science (1992)
  • El Capitán Planeta y los Planetarios (1990) — Kwame (voz)
  • Raíces: un regalo de Kunta Kinte (1988) — Kunta Kinte
  • Star Trek: La nueva generación (1987) — Geordi La Forge
  • A Special Friendship (1987) — Ben Sumner
  • Caballeros de Houston (1987) — Jason Evans
  • Liberty (1986) — Robert Johnson
  • Los sobrenaturales (1986) — Pvt. Michael Osgood
  • La noche del baile de medianoche (1985) — Vinnie Davis
  • And the Children Shall Lead (1985) — Glenn Scott
  • Booker (1984) — Davis
  • Se ha escrito un crimen (1984) — Reporter Dave Robinson
  • The Jesse Owens Story (1984) — Professor Preston
  • Emergency Room (1983) — Ray Walden
  • Grambling's White Tiger (1981) — Charles 'Tank' Smith
  • The Acorn People (1981) — Rodney
  • Cazador a sueldo (1980) — Tommy Price
  • Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980) — Richard Jefferson
  • Trapper John, M.D. (1979)
  • Dummy (1979) — Donald Lang
  • One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story (1978) — Ron LeFlore
  • Battered (1978) — Andrew Sinclair
  • Buscando a Mr. Goodbar (1977) — Cap Jackson
  • Vacaciones en el mar (1977) — Darnell Hall
  • Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid (1977) — Billy Peoples
  • Raíces (1977) — Kunta Kinte
  • Roots: The Complete Miniseries (1977) — Kunta Kinte
  • Almos' a Man (1976) — Dave