RECENT CREDITS
Reach for Me (FILM)  Dec. 5, 2008
Miracle's Boys (TV)  Feb. 21, 2005
Star Trek: Enterprise (TV)  Nov. 12, 2004
TV Revolution (TV)  May. 25, 2004


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.
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All Credits

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


Actor
TV


Becker   -Haller
Actor
TV
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Family Guy   -Lt. Geordi LaForge
Voice
TV


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


Director
TV
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Host
TV


Parallel Lives   -Dr. Franklin Carter
Actor
TV


Roots   -Kunta Kinte (as a young man)
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Director
TV


Star Trek: Enterprise  2001-2004
Director
TV
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Star Trek: Voyager  1995-2001 -Capt. LaForge
Director, Actor
TV
Expand


Actor
TV


Director
TV


Yesterday's Target   -Winstrom
Actor
TV


Blizzard  2003
Director, Composer (Music Score)
Film


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


Director
Film


Actor
Film


Parallel Lives   -Dr. Franklin Carter
Actor
Film


Roots   -Kunta Kinte
Actor
Film


Roots: The Gift   -Kunta Kinte
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Director
Film


Dummy   -Donald Lang
Actor
Film


Emergency Room   -Ray Walden
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Liberty  
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Battered   -Andrew Sinclair
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


A Special Friendship   -Ben Sumner
Actor
Film


Superman/Batman: Public Enemies   -Black Lightning
Voice
Film


Actor
Film


The Acorn People   -Rodney
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


The Hunter   -Tommy Price
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


The Midnight Hour   -Vinnie Davis
Actor
Film


The Supernaturals   -Pvt. Michael Osgood
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Reach for Me  2008
Director
Film




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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.


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