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LeVar Burton is an American actor, director, television host, and author born on February 16, 1957, in Landstuhl, West Germany. He gained prominence playing Kunta Kinte in the 1977 miniseries Roots and served as host and executive producer of the PBS educational series Reading Rainbow from 1983 to 2006, earning 12 Daytime Emmy Awards. He played Lieutenant Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994) and reprised the role in subsequent films and in Star Trek: Picard (2023).
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AuthorTV presentersActorProducer / DirectorHost / MCSpeakerJournalist / CommentatorBrand ambassadorChildren'S EducationDiversity And Inclusion
Known for
- Playing Kunta Kinte in Roots (1977)
- Hosting Reading Rainbow (1983–2006)
- Playing Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Creating and hosting the podcast LeVar Burton Reads
- Hosting Trivial Pursuit on The CW
- Narrating audiobooks and spoken word projects
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