LeVar Burton - Famous Presenter

LeVar Burton Net Worth

$6,000,000

LeVar Burton is a famous American actor, author, director, producer, and presenter with a net worth of $6 million. His acting debut was in 1977 as Kunta Kinte on the ABC drama series ‘Roots,’ for which he received an Emmy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Drama Series.

Key facts:

  • LeVar Burton is an American actor, author, director, producer, and presenter.
  • Burton's acting debut was in 1977 as Kunta Kinte on the popular ABC drama series 'Roots.'
  • Burton hosted and executive produced the PBS series 'Reading Rainbow' starting in 1983, which was on the air for 23 seasons and won more than 200 awards including 26 Emmys.
  • Burton played the role of Geordi La Forge on 'Star Trek: The Next Generation.'
  • He has directed episodes of various television shows such as Star Trek, Charmed, JAG, Las Vegas, and more.

Basic Information About LeVar Burton

CategoryCelebrities β€Ί Actors
ProfessionsActor, Television Director, Author, Presenter, Television producer, Voice Actor, Film director
Net worth$6,000,000
Date of birth1957-02-16 (67 years old)
Place of birthLandstuhl Regional Medical Center
NationalityUnited States of America
Curiosities and TrademarksLieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
SpouseStephanie Cozart Burton - (3 OctoberΒ 1992 - present)Β (1 child)
GenderMale
Height5 ft 7 in (1.702 m)
Social Mediaβ†—οΈŽ Wikipedia β†—οΈŽ IMDb

What Movie Awards did LeVar Burton win?


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LeVar Burton awards

Award Name State Movie / Series Name Year
Image Award - Outstanding Actor in a Motion PictureWinnerThe Hunter1980
Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Children's ProgramNomineeReading Rainbow1996
Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Children's SeriesWinnerReading Rainbow2007
Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Performer in a Children's SeriesWinnerReading Rainbow2002
Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Children's SeriesNomineeReading Rainbow1999
Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Children's SeriesWinnerReading Rainbow1998
Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Children's SeriesWinnerReading Rainbow1997
Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Children's SeriesWinnerReading Rainbow1996
Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Performer in a Children's SeriesNomineeReading Rainbow1995
Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Children's SeriesWinnerReading Rainbow1993
Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Children's SeriesWinnerReading Rainbow1990
Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Performer in Children's ProgrammingNomineeReading Rainbow1987
Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Performer in Children's ProgrammingNomineeReading Rainbow1986
Image Award - Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series/SpecialNomineeReading Rainbow2005
Image Award - Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or SpecialWinnerReading Rainbow2003
BTVA Television Voice Acting Award - Best Vocal Ensemble in a New Television SeriesNomineeTransformers: Rescue Bots2013

LeVar Burton roles

Movie / Series Role
Star Trek: GenerationsGeordi
Star Trek: First ContactGeordi (as Levar Burton)
Star Trek: NemesisGeordi La Forge
Star Trek: InsurrectionGeordi La Forge (as Levar Burton)
Looking for Mr. GoodbarCap Jackson
AliMartin Luther King, Jr.
The HunterTommy Price
Batman: The Animated SeriesHatter Hentchman / ... 1 episode, 1993
Star Trek: The Next GenerationDirector
Star Trek: The Next GenerationLt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge / ... 176 episodes, 1987-1994
EnterpriseDirector
CommunityLeVar Burton 2 episodes, 2011-2014
Nancy DrewBarclay 1 episode, 2021
Family GuySelf / ... 2 episodes, 2005-2009
JAGDirector
ChristyDaniel Scott 7 episodes, 1995
Reading RainbowSelf - Host 152 episodes, 1983-2015
Star Trek: Deep Space NineDirector
Transformers: Rescue BotsDoc Greene / ... 65 episodes, 2011-2016
Murder, She WroteReporter Dave Robinson 1 episode, 1987
Las VegasDirector
BeckerMr. Haller 1 episode, 2000
GargoylesAnansi / ... 1 episode, 1996
The Love BoatDarnell Hall 1 episode, 1984
The Eric Andre ShowSelf 1 episode, 2020
BoomtownMarvin Lloyd 1 episode, 2003
The TalkSelf - Guest / ... 3 episodes, 2012-2016
Miles from TomorrowlandDr. Consilium 3 episodes, 2016-2017
NCIS: New OrleansDirector
NCIS: New OrleansRufus Nero 1 episode, 2019
Watch What Happens: LiveSelf - Guest 1 episode, 2012
Late Night with Jimmy FallonSelf - Guest 1 episode, 2012
PerceptionDirector
PerceptionPaul Haley 35 episodes, 2012-2015
CBS News Sunday MorningSelf - Guest 1 episode, 2021
Fantasy IslandEdward Ross, Jr. 1 episode, 1983
Trapper John, M.D.Luther Peacock 1 episode, 1982
The Big Bang TheoryLeVar Burton 3 episodes, 2011-2014
Face OffSelf - Guest Judge 1 episode, 2012
BronzevilleAlderman Jackson Mayfield 1 episode, 2021
Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest 1 episode, 1997

LeVar Burton's Movie/Shows Salary

Movie / Series Salary
Star Trek: The Next GenerationΒ (1987)$100,000 per episode

LeVar Burton's Quotes

  • I get most of my news updates from electronic and social media.
  • If we marry educational technology with quality, enriching content, that's a circle of win.
  • There would be no Star Trek unless there were transporter malfunctions.
  • As long as we are engaged in storytelling that moves the culture forward, it doesn't matter what format it is.
  • Because storytelling, and visual storytelling, was put in the hands of everybody, and we have all now become storytellers.

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Interesting Facts about LeVar Burton

  1. Has one daughter: Michaela Burton with his wife Stephanie Cozart Burton.
  2. Attended and graduated from Christian Brothers High School in Sacramento, California in 1974.
  3. LeVar Burton's father, Levardis Robert Burton Senior, was a United States 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.
  4. As of November 2003, he 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.
  5. While co-starring in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), he was also continuing his role as host of Reading Rainbow (1983).
  6. 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.
  7. Is a strong supporter of literacy in children.
  8. On Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), his character's parents were played by two of his Roots (1977) co-stars: Ben Vereen played his father on "Star Trek TNG" and his grandson in Roots (1977) and Madge Sinclair played his character's wife in Roots (1977) and his mother on "Star Trek TNG".
  9. At age 13, he entered a Catholic seminary to study for the priesthood.
  10. In the original Next Generation script, Burton's character, Geordi LaForge, was going to be gay.
  11. Attended and graduated from the University of Southern California School of Theatre.
  12. Met his wife, Stephanie Cozart Burton, during the filming of Roots: The Gift (1988). They were married on the same day as Barack Obama and Michelle Obama (October 3, 1992).
  13. Has played Madge Sinclair's son in four different productions: Almos' a Man (1976), One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story (1978), Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980) and Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987). He also played her character's husband in Roots (1977), though by that time the role of the older Kunta Kinte had been assumed by John Amos.
  14. Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on November 15, 1990.
  15. His daughter, Mica Burton, will graduate from the University of Michigan in 2016.
  16. His mother, Erma Gene (Christian), was a social worker, administrator and English teacher.
  17. He was Kevin Pollak's first guest on Kevin Pollak's Chat Show (2009).
  18. Three years before taking on the role of blind helmsman/engineer Geordi La Forge on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), he played a blind passenger on The Love Boat (1977), in the episode segment "Love Is Blind".
  19. Named Ralph Nelson's Lilies of the Field (1963) with Sidney Poitier as his favorite film for the American Film Institute.
  20. Is a regular guest as himself on The Big Bang Theory (2007).

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