LeVar Burton

For over two decades, served as host and co-executive producer of PBS' Daytime Emmy-winning children's series Reading Rainbow, which earned Burton five NAACP Image Awards.

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Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)

Role

Category

Star Trek: Nemesis 2002 -Geordi LaForge

Actor

Film

Ali 2001 -Martin Luther King Jr.

Actor

Film

Star Trek: Insurrection 1998 -Lt. Cmdr. Geordi LaForge

Actor

Film

A Special Friendship

Actor

Becker -Haller

Actor

Beckerethics (2000) -Haller

Actor

TV Episode

Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid

Actor

Captain Planet and the Planeteers -Kwame

Voice

A World Below Us (2002) -Kwame

Voice

TV Episode

Family Guy -Lt. Geordi LaForge

Voice

Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland -Fire Chief J. Allan Mather

Actor

Grambling's White Tiger

Actor

Miracle's Boys 2005

Director

Miracle's Boys (2005) -Director

Director

TV Episode

Free Day; Bond of Brothers (2005) -Director

Director

TV Episode

Mission: Space

Host

One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story

Actor

Parallel Lives -Dr. Franklin Carter

Actor

Roots -Kunta Kinte (as a young man)

Actor

Roots: The Gift

Actor

Smart House

Director

Star Trek: Enterprise 2001-2004

Director

The Augments (2004) -Director

Director

TV Episode

The Forgotten (2004) -Director

Director

TV Episode

Fortunate Son (2001) -Director

Director

TV Episode

Star Trek: Voyager 1995-2001 -Capt. LaForge

Director, Actor

Homestead (2001) -Director

Director

TV Episode

Live Fast and Prosper (2000) -Director

Director

TV Episode

Timeless (1998) -Capt. LaForge, Director

Actor, Director

TV Episode

The Raven (1997) -Director

Director

TV Episode

Ex Post Facto (1995) -Director

Director

TV Episode

Taken in Broad Daylight

Actor

The Acorn People

Actor

The Tiger Woods Story

Director

Yesterday's Target -Winstrom

Actor

Blizzard 2003

Director, Composer (Music Score)

Film

Dancing in September 2001

Actor

Film

Star Trek: First Contact 1996 -Lt. Cmdr. Geordi LaForge

Actor

Film

Star Trek Generations 1994 -Lt. Cmdr. Geordi LaForge

Actor

Film

Looking for Mr. Goodbar 1977 -Cap Jackson

Actor

Film

Miracle's Boys

Director

Film

One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story -Ron LeFlore

Actor

Film

Parallel Lives -Dr. Franklin Carter

Actor

Film

Roots -Kunta Kinte

Actor

Film

Roots: The Gift -Kunta Kinte

Actor

Film

Rwanda Rising

Actor

Film

Smart House

Director

Film

Dummy -Donald Lang

Actor

Film

Emergency Room -Ray Walden

Actor

Film

For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots

Voice

Film

Grambling's White Tiger

Actor

Film

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones -Richard

Actor

Film

Liberty

Actor

Film

Almos' a Man

Actor

Film

Battered -Andrew Sinclair

Actor

Film

Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid -Billy Peoples

Actor

Film

A Special Friendship -Ben Sumner

Actor

Film

Booker

Actor

Film

Captain Planet and the Planeteers: Deadly Waters

Actor

Film

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies -Black Lightning

Voice

Film

Taken in Broad Daylight

Actor

Film

The Acorn People -Rodney

Actor

Film

The Bionic Bunny Show -Host

Actor

Film

The Hunter -Tommy Price

Actor

Film

The Jesse Owens Story

Actor

Film

The Midnight Hour -Vinnie Davis

Actor

Film

The Supernaturals -Pvt. Michael Osgood

Actor

Film

Tiger Woods: Son, Hero & Champion

Director

Film

Whispers on the Wind

Performance

Film

Reach for Me 2010

Director

Film

Highlights

At 13, he decided to become a priest and studied for four years in a Catholic seminary.

While a college sophomore, he landed the pivotal role — his TV debut — of Kunta Kinte in the landmark '70s miniseries Roots.

For over two decades, served as host and co-executive producer of PBS' Daytime Emmy-winning children's series Reading Rainbow, which earned Burton five NAACP Image Awards.

Made his TV directorial debut with "The Pegasus," a 1993 episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, on which Burton played beloved character Geordi La Forge.