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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article about LeVar Burton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article about LeVar Burton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Daily Show
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Star Trek: Enterprise
The Love Boat
Batman: The Animated Series
Star Trek: Picard
Becker
MADtv
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Hell's Kitchen
The Eric Andre Show
Futurama
Family Guy
The Legend of Vox Machina
The Ready Room
Leverage: Redemption
Adventure Time
Christy
Carol & the End of the World
Murder, She Wrote
Jeopardy!
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
100 Years of Warner Bros.
Trapper John, M.D.
The Big Bang Theory
Star Trek: Voyager
Houston Knights
Boomtown
Explained
OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes
Community
The Problem with Jon Stewart
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
Star Trek: Insurrection
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
Transformers: Rescue Bots
Tom Swift
Parallel Lives
Finding Your Roots
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: First Contact
Star Trek: Nemesis
Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: Generations
The Hunter
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Descent
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Birthright
Taken in Broad Daylight
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Gambit
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
Trivial Pursuit
Production Credits
Star Trek: Voyager
Scorpion
Star Trek: Enterprise
NCIS: Hawaiʻi
NCIS: New Orleans
JAG
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Las Vegas
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Charmed
Soul Food
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