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.

Фільмографія

• Закон Вегаса — (voice)
• 2026Лише одна ніч — Rick
• Weather Hunters — Flexspecs (voice), Great Grandpa Wallace (voice)
• 2023Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event — Commodore Geordi La Forge
• 2023The Right to Read — Executive Producer
• Керол і кінець світу — (voice)
• 2022Secrets of Sacred Architecture — Narrator (voice)
• Tom Swift — Barclay (voice)
• Легенда про Vox Machina — Undead Thordak (voice)
• Грабуй награбоване: Спокута — Mr. Blanche
• Морська поліція: Гаваї — Director
• НЕПЕРЕМОЖНИЙ — Suit AI (voice)
• Beyond the Spotlight
• 2020Definition Please — LeVar Burton
• Зоряний шлях: Пікар — Commodore Geordi La Forge
• Weird City — Dr. Negari
• 2018Brentwood — LeVar Burton
• Детально — Narrator (voice)
• OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes — Kwame
• 2017Transformers: Rescue Bots - Rescue Family
• Roots — Ephraim, Co-Executive Producer
• 2016School of the Future
• NCIS: Новий Орлеан — Director
• 2014Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things... — Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge
• 2014Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command — Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge
• Скорпіон — Director
• 2013Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption — Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge
• 2013Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds — Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage)
• 2013Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification — Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge
• Finding Your Roots
• 2012Rise of the Zombies — Dr. Dan Halpern
• Сприйняття — Paul Haley, Director
• Трансформери: Боти-рятувальники — Doc Green (voice)
• 2010The Jensen Project — Kendrick
• Час пригод — Bubble (voice)
• 2009Taken in Broad Daylight — Mike Timbrook
• Спільнота — LeVar Burton
• 2009Супермен/Бетмен: Вороги суспільства — Black Lightning (voice)
• 2008Reach for Me — Nathanial, Director
• Теорія великого вибуху — LeVar Burton
• Miracle's Boys — Director
• 2003Blizzard — Night Watchman Elf (uncredited), Director
• Лас-Вегас — Director
• Boomtown — Marvin Lloyd
• 2002Зоряний шлях: Відплата — Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
• 2001Алі — Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Зоряний шлях: Ентерпрайс — Director
• Soul Food — Director
• 1999Our Friend, Martin — Martin at Age 26 (voice)
• 1999Smart House — Director
• Сім'янин — Vern (voice), LeVar Burton (voice)
• Футурама — Unlicensed Hologram of LeVar Burton (voice)
• 1998The Tiger Woods Story — Director
• Беккер — Mr. Haller
• Всі жінки — відьми — Director
• 1998Зоряний шлях: Повстання — Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
• 1996Yesterday's Target — Winstrom
• 1996Зоряний шлях: Перший контакт — Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge
• Deadly Games — Mr. Metcalf
• Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child — The Monk (voice)
• JAG — Director
• Pinky and the Brain — Murray (voice)
• Зоряний шлях: Вояджер — Captain Geordi La Forge, Director
• Christy — Daniel Scott
• Gargoyles — Anansi/Poacher 2 (voice)
• 1994Parallel Lives — Dr. Franklin Carter
• 1994Зоряний шлях: Покоління — Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
• 1993Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland — Fire Chief J. Allan Mather
• 1993Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes — Geordi La Forge
• Зоряний шлях: Далекий космос 9 — Director
• 1992Star Trek: Federation Science
• Бетмен: Мультсеріал — Hayden Sloane (voice)
• Команда рятувальників Капітана Планети — Kwame (voice)
• 1988Roots: The Gift — Kunta Kinte
• 1987A Special Friendship — Ben Sumner
• Houston Knights — Jason Evans
• Зоряний шлях: Наступне покоління — Geordi La Forge, Director
• 1986Liberty — Robert Johnson
• 1986The Supernaturals — Pvt. Michael Osgood
• 1985And the Children Shall Lead — Glenn Scott
• 1985The Midnight Hour — Vinnie Davis
• 1984Booker — Davis
• 1984The Jesse Owens Story — Professor Preston
• Вона написала вбивство — Reporter Dave Robinson
• 1983Emergency Room — Ray Walden
• Reading Rainbow — Self - Host, Executive Producer
• 1981Grambling's White Tiger — Charles 'Tank' Smith
• 1981The Acorn People — Rodney
• Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones — Richard Jefferson
• 1980The Hunter — Tommy Price
• 1979Dummy — Donald Lang
• Trapper John, M.D.
• 1978Battered — Andrew Sinclair
• 1978One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story — Ron LeFlore
• 1977Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid — Billy Peoples
• 1977Looking for Mr. Goodbar — Cap Jackson
• Roots — Kunta Kinte
• Roots: The Complete Miniseries — Kunta Kinte
• The Love Boat — Darnell Hall
• 1976Almos' a Man — Dave

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (41)

• 2024Butterfly in the Sky — Self
• 2024To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager — Self
• Trivial Pursuit — Self - Host
• 100 Years of Warner Bros. — Self
• The Shuttlepod Show — Self
• «Проблема» з Джоном Стюартом — Self
• The Ready Room — Self
• The Tamron Hall Show — Self - Guest
• Шоу Келлі Кларксон — Self
• 2014A Star Is Drawn: Rob Simone's Look Inside Comic-Con — Self
• 2014Lennon or McCartney — Self
• PBS News Weekend — Himself (voice)
• 2012Reunification - 25 Years After Star Trek: The Next Generation — Self
• 2012Stardate Revisited - The Origin of Star Trek: The Next Generation — Self
• Шоу Еріка Андре — Self
• 2011And They're Off — Self
• Дивіться, що відбувається: у прямому ефірі — Self - Guest
• Shatner's Raw Nerve — Self
• Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! — Self
• 200640 Years of Star Trek — Self
• 2005Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool — Self
• Пекельна кухня — Self - Restaurant Patron
• 2002Remembering Roots — Self
• 1997Trekkies — Self
• Погляд — Self - Guest
• 1996Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond — Self
• Щоденне шоу з Тревором Ноа — Self
• MADtv — Self
• 1994Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation — Self
• 1991Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special — Self
• 1990Central Park — Self
• 1988The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next — Self
• Jeopardy! — Self - Host
• 1982I Love Liberty — Self
• 1979The Muppets Go Hollywood — Self (uncredited)
• 1978Mickey's 50 — Self
• 1977US Against the World — Self
• The Captain and Tennille — Self
• «Сьогодні ввечері» з Джонні Карсоном — Self
• Make-Up Man: The Michael Westmore Documentary — Self
• Scripps National Spelling Bee — Self - Host