LeVar Burton
Birthday: February 16, 1957
Birth Place: Landstuhl, West Germany
Height: 5' 7"

Below is a complete filmography (list of movies he's appeared in) for LeVar Burton. If you have any corrections or additions, please email us at corrections@actorsofhollywood.com. We'd also be interested in any trivia or other information you have.

Biography

Movie Credits

Blizzard	(2003)
[ Christopher Plummer ][ Kevin Pollak ]
Star Trek: Nemesis	(2002)
[ Patrick Stewart ][ Ron Perlman ][ Wil Wheaton ][ Brent Spiner ][ Jonathan Frakes ]
Ali	(2001)
[ Will Smith ][ Jon Voight ][ Jamie Foxx ][ Ted Levine ][ Michael Dorn ]
Our Friend, Martin	(1999)
[ John Travolta ][ Samuel L. Jackson ][ James Earl Jones ][ Lucas Black ][ Danny Glover ]
Star Trek: Insurrection	(1998)
[ Patrick Stewart ][ Brent Spiner ][ Jonathan Frakes ][ Michael Dorn ][ F. Murray Abraham ]
Star Trek the Experience: The Klingon Encounter	(1998)
[ Patrick Stewart ][ Jonathan Frakes ][ Keith Richards ]
Star Trek: Generations	(1997)
[ Patrick Stewart ][ William Shatner ][ Malcolm McDowell ][ Brent Spiner ][ Jonathan Frakes ]
Star Trek: First Contact	(1996)
[ Patrick Stewart ][ James Cromwell ][ Brent Spiner ][ Jonathan Frakes ][ Michael Dorn ]
Yesterday's Target	(1996)
[ Malcolm McDowell ][ Daniel Baldwin ][ Trevor Goddard ]
Star Trek: The Next Generation - A Final Unity	(1995)
[ Patrick Stewart ][ Brent Spiner ][ Jonathan Frakes ][ Michael Dorn ]
Journey's End	(1994)
Star Trek: Generations	(1994)
[ Patrick Stewart ][ William Shatner ][ Malcolm McDowell ][ Brent Spiner ][ Jonathan Frakes ]
Parallel Lives	(1994)
[ James Belushi ][ Robert Wagner ][ Treat Williams ][ James Brolin ][ Paul Sorvino ]
Preemptive Strike	(1994)
[ Patrick Stewart ][ Brent Spiner ][ Jonathan Frakes ][ Michael Dorn ][ Keith Richards ]
Emergence	(1994)
[ Patrick Stewart ][ Brent Spiner ][ Jonathan Frakes ][ Michael Dorn ][ Keith Richards ]
Bloodlines	(1994)
[ Patrick Stewart ][ Brent Spiner ][ Jonathan Frakes ][ Michael Dorn ][ Keith Richards ]
Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland	(1993)
Roots: The Gift	(1988)
[ Avery Brooks ][ Louis Gossett Jr. ][ Tim Russ ]
A Special Friendship	(1987)
Liberty	(1986)
[ Frank Langella ][ Chris Sarandon ][ George Kennedy ]
The Supernaturals	(1986)
[ Maxwell Caulfield ]
The Midnight Hour	(1985)
[ Macaulay Culkin ][ Kurtwood Smith ][ Peter DeLuise ][ Dick Van Patten ]
And the Children Shall Lead	(1985)
[ Danny Glover ][ Andrew Prine ]
Booker	(1984)
[ Judge Reinhold ]
The Jesse Owens Story	(1984)
[ George Kennedy ][ Barry Corbin ][ Tom Bosley ][ Norman Fell ][ Ben Vereen ]
Emergency Room	(1983)
[ Elliott Gould ]
Grambling's White Tiger	(1981)
[ Dennis Haysbert ][ Harry Belafonte ][ Bruce Jenner ]
The Acorn People	(1981)
The Hunter	(1980)
[ Steve McQueen ][ Eli Wallach ][ Ben Johnson ][ Tracey Walter ][ Tony Burton ]
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones	(1980)
[ James Earl Jones ][ Brad Dourif ][ Randy Quaid ][ Powers Boothe ][ Ned Beatty ]
Dummy	(1979)
[ Paul Sorvino ][ Gregg Henry ]
One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story	(1978)
Battered	(1978)
[ Mike Farrell ][ Keith Coogan ]
Looking for Mr. Goodbar	(1977)
[ Richard Gere ][ Tom Berenger ][ William Atherton ][ Robert John Burke ]
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid	(1977)
[ Ossie Davis ]
Almos' a Man	(1976)
[ Henry Fonda ]

Trivia

• Daughter, Michaela born [1995]
• Graduated University of Southern California School of Theatre
• 1 son, 1980, decided by the courts after paternity suit. He won joint custody.
• LeVar Burton's father, Levardis Robert Burton Senior, was a career Army NCO from 1954 to 1976. Levardis Burton retired in the rank of Sergeant First Class, just as his son's acting career was beginning to gain notoriety.
• As of November 2003 holds the record for the most number of Star Trek episodes directed by a Star Trek actor. He has directed more than two-dozen episodes for every one of the four "modern era" Trek series.
• While co-starring in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987), was also continuing his role as host of "Reading Rainbow" (1983).
• His character Geordi La Forge on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) was named after George La Forge, a Star Trek fan who died from muscular dystrophy.
• Is a strong supporter of literacy in children.
• On "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987), his character's parents were played by two of his "Roots" (1977) (mini) co-stars: Ben Vereen played his father on "Star Trek TNG" and his grandson in "Roots" (1977) (mini) and Madge Sinclair played his character's wife in "Roots" (1977) (mini) and his mother on "Star Trek TNG".
• At age 13, entered a Catholic seminary to study for the priesthood.
• In the original Next Generation script, Burton's character, Geordi LaForge, was going to be gay.
• Author of a science fiction novel, Aftermath.

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