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LeVar Burton 02/16/1957 , (67 years old) in Landstuhl, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany

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Acting

Biography

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.

poster Star Trek: First Contact (1996)

Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge

poster Star Trek: Generations (1994)

Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge

poster Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)

Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge

poster Rise of the Zombies (2012)

Dr. Dan Halpern

poster Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)

Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge

poster Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009)

Black Lightning (voice)

poster The Hunter (1980)

Tommy Price

poster Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)

Cap Jackson

poster The Supernaturals (1986)

Pvt. Michael Osgood

poster Trekkies (1997)

Self

poster The Midnight Hour (1985)

Vinnie Davis

poster Star Trek: The Next Generation - Time's Arrow (1995)

Lt. Cmdr. Geordi LaForge (archive footage)

poster Roots: The Gift (1988)

Kunta Kinte

poster Our Friend, Martin (1999)

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

poster Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command (1992)

Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage)

poster Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1994)

Self

poster The Jensen Project (2010)

Kendrick

poster Stardate Revisited - The Origin of Star Trek: The Next Generation (2012)

Self

poster The Jesse Owens Story (1984)

Professor Preston

poster Taken in Broad Daylight (2009)

Mike Timbrook

poster Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event (2023)

Commodore Geordi La Forge

poster One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story (1978)

Ron LeFlore

poster Reach for Me (2008)

Nathanial

poster Butterfly in the Sky (2024)

Self

poster US Against the World (1977)

Self

poster Dummy (1979)

Donald Lang

poster Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid (1977)

Billy Peoples

poster Star Trek: Federation Science (1992)

poster I Love Liberty (1982)

Self

poster Secrets of Sacred Architecture (2022)

Narrator (voice)

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