LeVar Burton

Actor, Director, Producer,

In the past 30 years, LeVar Burton has done it all—from acting to directing and even producing. He has appeared in numerous television movies, films, and TV series. Mr. Burton is probably best known for his roles as Kunta Kinte in the award-winning miniseries Roots and Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge in the Star Trek franchise, as well as being the host and executive producer of the long-running PBS children’s series Reading Rainbow. The latter series earned Mr. Burton 13 Emmy Awards and five NAACP Awards. Mr. Burton has directed numerous episodes of four Star Trek series, in addition to episodes of Las Vegas and Charmed. He also directed the popular Disney Channel original film Smart House and the critically acclaimed Showtime television movie The Tiger Woods Story.