
LeVar Burton
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Levardis Robert Martyn Burton, Jr. (born February 16, 1957, height 5' 7" (1,70 m)) professionally known as LeVar Burton, is an American actor, director, producer and author who first came to prominence portraying Kunta Kinte in the 1977 award-winning ABC television miniseries Roots, based on the novel by Alex Haley.
He is also well known for his portrayal of Geordi La Forge on the syndicated science fiction series Star Trek: The Next Generation and as the host of the PBS children's program Reading Rainbow.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 3.016 |
Birthday | 1957-02-16 |
Place of Birth | Landstuhl, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany |
Also Known As | Levar Burton, Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr. , |

1994

Star Trek: Generations
6.5/1349
Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-D find themselves at odds with the renegade scientist Soran who is destroying entire star syste...
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2002

Star Trek: Nemesis
6.3/1442
En route to the honeymoon of William Riker to Deanna Troi on her home planet of Betazed, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise...
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Star Trek: Nemesis

1996

Star Trek: First Contact
7.3/1785
The Borg, a relentless race of cyborgs, are on a direct course for Earth. Violating orders to stay away from the battle, Captain Picard and the crew o...
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1998

Star Trek: Insurrection
6.4/1229
When an alien race and factions within Starfleet attempt to take over a planet that has "regenerative" properties, it falls upon Captain Picard and th...
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Star Trek: Insurrection

2012

Stardate Revisited - The Origin of Star Trek: The Next Generation
5.5/2
Feature-length documentary offering the definitive look at the making of the iconic science fiction classic; STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION! Includes...
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Stardate Revisited - The Origin of Star Trek: The Next Generation

1980

The Hunter
5.9/139
During his long career, bounty hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson has caught over 5,000 criminals. Now, while he is working on apprehending fugitives in Illi...
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2009

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
7.053/650
United States President Lex Luthor uses the oncoming trajectory of a Kryptonite meteor to frame Superman and declare a $1 billion bounty on the heads...
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Superman/Batman: Public Enemies

1985

The Midnight Hour
5.9/52
Phil, Melissa, Mitch, Mary, and Vinnie are high school friends, who unwittingly raise the dead on Halloween night. Once the dead have returned, Pitchf...
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1982

I Love Liberty
0/0
An all-star variety special saluting America.
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2022

Secrets of Sacred Architecture
7/1
For most of America's history, sacred buildings represented our greatest feats of innovative engineering and artistic design. Unlock the elements of...
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2010

The Jensen Project
5.5/15
After a sixteen-year absence, married scientists Claire and Matt Thompson reunite with The Jensen Project. The Jensen Project is a secret community of...
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The Jensen Project

1977

Looking for Mr. Goodbar
6.3/112
A dedicated schoolteacher spends her nights cruising bars, looking for abusive men with whom she can engage in progressively more violent sexual encou...
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Looking for Mr. Goodbar

2023

Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event
7.7/9
Get ready to send off Jean-Luc Picard and his crew in style! On Wednesday, April 19, experience the last two episodes of Star Trek: Picard in IMAX, fo...
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Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event

1997

Trekkies
6.342/57
Denise Crosby takes a first look at the huge fans of "Star Trek" from around America and how the series has affected and shaped their lives.
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2024

Butterfly in the Sky
8.2/6
Two seconds into the bubbling synth sounds of its theme song will have a child of the 1980s or ‘90s exclaiming “Reading Rainbow!” Such is the beloved...
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1986

The Supernaturals
3.9/15
Nichelle Nichols is an army sergeant who leads her platoon into the woods of the deep south on a training exercise. Unfortunately, it is the site wher...
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2009

Taken in Broad Daylight
5.1/29
Every 24 hrs. after a child's been kidnapped by a stranger, chances of finding them alive diminishes to almost 100% ... The true and inspiring surviva...
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Taken in Broad Daylight

1995

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Time's Arrow
7.4/5
An engineering team finds evidence of an alien presence on Earth in 19th century San Francisco: Data's severed head, buried five hundred years ago. An...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation - Time's Arrow

2008

Reach for Me
2/2
Old and bitter, Alvin just wants some peace and quiet in his last days. His wish, however, is not granted when a young, vibrant and ironically full of...
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Reach for Me

1992

Star Trek: Federation Science
1/1
Produced by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (lead writer, Mark Bourne), the exhibit was originally developed to coincide with both the 25th...
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1992

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command
6.1/7
Tensions rise as a possible Cardassian attack looms, and Picard, Dr. Crusher and Worf are sent on a secret mission to find and destroy suspected biolo...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command

1994

Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation
6.5/6
Your destination: the 24th century. Your mission: to voyage where few have gone before--behind the scenes of Star Trek: The Next Generation! Join Jona...
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Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation

1988

Roots: The Gift
6.8/12
On Christmas Eve 1770, a young African warrior, who three years prior had been captured and sold into slavery in America, leads a desperate group of r...
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Roots: The Gift

1977

US Against the World
0/0
This NBC Special from 1977 pitted celebrities from the worlds of film and TV in the United States against stars from the U.K. and the rest of the Worl...
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US Against the World

2012

Rise of the Zombies
4.3/91
When zombies overrun San Francisco, a desperate group survives by locking themselves inside Alcatraz Prison. When the undead breach the island, our he...
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Rise of the Zombies

1999

Our Friend, Martin
7.4/12
Two teens are sent back in time to meet Martin Luther King Jr. at several points during his life.
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1984

The Jesse Owens Story
7.9/4
The Jesse Owens Story is a biographical film about the black athlete Jesse Owens. Dorian Harewood plays the Olympic gold-winning athlete. The drama wo...
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1977

Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
0/0
A young ghetto kid despairs of ever getting out of that environment and making something of himself, until one day he gets a job as an assistant in a...
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Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid

1978

One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
5.5/3
The true story of baseball star Ron LeFlore, from his days as a street-corner punk with no future to his days behind bars on a petty robbery convictio...
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One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story

1979

Dummy
8.5/2
The real-life account of an illiterate, deaf-and-mute, black youth who was accused of murdering a prostitute, and the relationship that developed betw...
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Dummy

1991

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption
6.2/7
Loyalties are divided when civil war splits the Klingon Empire. When Worf sees a chance to regain his wrongfully lost family honor, he must choose bet...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption

1981

The Acorn People
2/1
An unemployed teacher becomes a counselor at a summer camp for severely disabled children.
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The Acorn People

1983

Emergency Room
0/0
An ER doctor divides her time between saving lives, playing hospital politics, and juggling a love affair with a fellow doctor.
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Emergency Room

1996

Yesterday's Target
3.5/10
Memory loss, separation and assassins threaten three time-travelers with special powers who are stuck in the past.
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1994

Parallel Lives
5.8/5
A college reunion turns into a tangled web of passion, romance and intrigue as old friends and enemies catch up with each other's lives. Includes a lo...
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1993

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes
1/1
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Behind the Scenes was a fifty minute documentary hosted by Terry Farrell that looked at the creation of Star Trek: Deep S...
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes

2005

Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
5.9/8
Friends, family, co-stars and admirers of actor Steve McQueen talk about his life and his movie career.
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1976

Almos' a Man
0/0
Although Dave (LeVar Burton) and his family are poor sharecroppers in the Deep South in the 1930s, this 15-year-old's problem is shared by teenagers t...
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2014

A Star Is Drawn: Rob Simone's Look Inside Comic-Con
0/0
This fast-paced Documentary was filmed inside America's biggest Comics/Film Convention and includes informative and humorous interviews with Levar Bur...
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1984

Booker
0/0
Booker tells the true story of Booker T. Washington, who, as a young slave, dreams of learning to read and write. After the Civil War frees him, Booke...
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1993

Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland
4.5/2
Based on the actual events of the 1991 brush fires that swept across Northern California which left countless people without homes. A rookie fire chie...
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1987

Star Trek: The Next Generation - electronic press kit
0/1
Original electronic press kit publicizing the long-awaited sequel to NBC’s “Star Trek”. Program distributed via first-run syndication.
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1996

Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
5.8/6
A star-studded tribute to Star Trek on its 30th anniversary, hosted by many of the stars and guest stars from all of the Trek series and movies. Also...
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2014

Lennon or McCartney
5.2/26
550 artists were interviewed over ten years. At some point during those interviews, they were asked a question and told to answer with one word only....
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2001

Ali
6.8/1733
In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an enti...
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1981

Grambling's White Tiger
0/0
A young white man goes to a historically black college for the chance to be the starting quarterback. There he encounters considerable resentment and...
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1987

A Special Friendship
0/0
During the American Civil War, two women, a wealthy white woman and a freed black slave, join forces to fight for freedom and the abolition of slavery...
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A Special Friendship

1978

Battered
0/0
Gritty drama of three interweaving stories of three women of various backgrounds and ages whose marriages are complicated by spouse-abuse by their hus...
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2016

School of the Future
7/1
Researchers and educators highlight the gaps in the U.S. education system and share their visions for innovative and meaningful learning environments.
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1990

Central Park
7.4/9
CENTRAL PARK is a film about the famous New York City landmark and the variety of ways in which people make use of it: running, boating, walking, skat...
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1991

Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
5.7/7
This documentary is hosted by William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy and they take us through the history of Trek. We also get to see bloopers from the ori...
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Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special

2006

40 Years of Star Trek
4.3/3
The Space Channel celebrates the 40th anniversary of the original STAR TREK. Produced by Mark Askwith, hosted by Jonathan Llyr and featuring interview...
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40 Years of Star Trek

1985

And the Children Shall Lead
10/2
Mississippi in the early '60s is the setting for this story of a 12-year-old African-American girl who, along with her white friends, tries to ease in...
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And the Children Shall Lead

2018

Brentwood
8/2
A running feud between Star Trek actors Brent Spiner and Levar Burton is the basis for this TV comedy pilot.
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Brentwood

1978

Mickey's 50
0/0
"Mickey's 50" is a 90-minute special that aired on The Wonderful World of Disney on November 19, 1978. The special was made to commemorate the 50th bi...
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Mickey's 50

2003

Blizzard
5.859/71
A young girl's aunt tells her the tale of a young ice skater and an enchanted reindeer.
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Blizzard

1988

The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next
2.6/4
This special is hosted by Patrick Stewart and traced the history of Star Trek from its inception with "The Cage" through to Star Trek IV: The Voyage H...
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The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next

2017

Transformers: Rescue Bots - Rescue Family
10/5
The Rescue Bots (Chase, Heatwave, Blades and Boulder) along with their human counterparts, the Burns, are one big happy Rescue Family! Together, they...
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Transformers: Rescue Bots - Rescue Family

1986

Liberty
0/0
Drama about how the Statue of Liberty came to be erected in New York Harbor in the early 1880s and the people responsible for its creation.
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Liberty

2020

Definition Please
3.8/4
The story of Monica Chowdry, a National Spelling Bee champ…from 15 years ago. Life hasn’t quite panned out as expected for Monica since her big win. W...
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Definition Please

1995

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification
6/10
When the Federation calls for help in locating an ambassador suspected of defecting, Picard is troubled to learn that Spock is the one who has vanishe...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification

2013

Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
7/13
The Enterprise has a deadly encounter with the Borg, resulting in Picard's kidnap, while Commander Riker encounters a beautiful rival with an eye on h...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds

1995

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Gambit
6.5/8
After hearing a rumor that Captain Picard has been murdered while on an archeological dig, the Enterprise crew sets out to find the smugglers who may...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation - Gambit

2012

Reunification - 25 Years After Star Trek: The Next Generation
7/3
Reunification: 25 Years After Star Trek – The Next Generation is a 61-minute documentary celebrating the 25th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Gener...
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Reunification - 25 Years After Star Trek: The Next Generation

1979

The Muppets Go Hollywood
6.3/19
Kermit the Frog throws a glamorous party at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub to celebrate the premiere of the Muppets' first feature film, The Muppet Movi...
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The Muppets Go Hollywood

1994

Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things...
0/0
Q returns as Capt. Picard finds himself continually shifting into the past, future, and present, and he must use that to discover a threat to humanity...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things...

1995

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Descent
0/0
The Enterprise is diverted to Ohniaka Three, when the colony signals that it is under attack. Arriving at the outpost, the Starfleet Officers discover...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation - Descent

1995

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Birthright
0/0
The Enterprise arrives at Deep Space Nine where a mysterious alien, Jaglom Shrek, claims he can prove that Worf's father Mogh, is still alive. Meanwhi...
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