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Biography

LeVar Burton (born Levardis Robert Martyn Burton, Jr.) was born in Landstuhl, Germany to Sgt. Levardis Robert Burton Sr, (a photographer for the U.S.…more

Born

2/16/1957, Landstuhl, West Germany

Birth Name

Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr.

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (8)

Role
- Reading Rainbow
  Host
  - S 21: Ep 5 Show Way
    11/10/06
  - S 21: Ep 4 Game Day
    11/9/06
  - S 21: Ep 3 Boxes for Katje
    11/8/06
  - S 21: Ep 1 The Biggest Test in the Universe
    11/6/06
  - S 20: Ep 5 Two Old Potatoes and Me
    1/21/05
  - + 149 More Credits
- Christy
  Daniel Scott (Season 2)
  - S 3: Ep 3 Christy: A New Beginning
    5/14/01
  - S 3: Ep 2 Christy: A Change of Seasons
    5/13/01
  - S 3: Ep 1 Christy: Return to Cutter Gap
    11/19/00
  - S 2: Ep 13 The Road Home
    8/2/95
  - S 2: Ep 12 Second Sight
    7/26/95
  - + 11 More Credits
- Captain Planet and the Planeteers
  Kwame (voice)
  - S 6: Ep 13 Greed Is the Word
    2/24/96
  - S 6: Ep 12 Delta Gone
    2/17/96
  - S 6: Ep 11 Never the Twain Shall Meet
    2/10/96
  - S 6: Ep 10 Twelve Angry Animals
    2/3/96
  - S 6: Ep 9 One of the Gang
    1/27/96
  - + 107 More Credits
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
  Lt. Cmdr. Geordi LaForge
  - S 7: Ep 26 All Good Things... (2)
    5/23/94
  - S 7: Ep 25 All Good Things... (1)
    5/23/94
  - S 7: Ep 24 Pre-emptive Strike
    5/16/94
  - S 7: Ep 23 Emergence
    5/9/94
  - S 7: Ep 22 Bloodlines
    5/2/94
  - + 168 More Credits
- Captain Planet and the Planeteers
  Kwame
  - S 3: Ep 12 If It's Doomsday, This Must Be Belfast
    11/28/92
- Wonderworks
  Davis
  - S 1: Ep 1 Booker
    10/1/84
- Dummy
  Donald Lang
  - S 1: Ep 1 Dummy
    5/27/79
- Roots: The Complete Miniseries
  Kunta Kinte
  - S 1: Ep 3 Part 3
    1/25/77
  - S 1: Ep 2 Part 2
    1/24/77
  - S 1: Ep 1 Part 1 Roots: The Saga of An American Family
    1/23/77
Recurring Role (3)

Role
- The $50,000 Pyramid
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 90 Show 90
    5/29/81
  - S 1: Ep 89 Show 89
    5/28/81
  - S 1: Ep 88 Show 88
    5/27/81
  - S 1: Ep 87 Show 87
    5/26/81
  - S 1: Ep 86 Show 86
    5/25/81
  - + 5 More Credits
- $20,000 Pyramid
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 12 Susan Richardson, Michael McKean & LeVar Burton (The Alternate Games)
    11/12/79
  - S 8: Ep 5 Lynn Redgrave & LeVar Burton
    9/24/79
  - S 7: Ep 22 Elaine Joyce & LeVar Burton
    1/29/79
  - S 7: Ep 4 Adrienne Barbeau & LeVar Burton
    9/25/78
  - S 6: Ep 20 THE $20,000 PYRAMID TOURNAMENT of CHAMPIONS
    1/16/78
  - + 1 More Credits
- Perception
  Paul Haley
Guest Star (42)

Role
- Community
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 16 Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking
    2/17/11
- TMZ
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 311 Episode 3.311
    9/3/10
- The Super Hero Squad Show
  War Machine
  - S 1: Ep 16 Tales of Suspense!
    12/5/09
- Family Guy
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 11 Not All Dogs Go to Heaven
    3/29/09
- Attack of the Show!
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 10 LeVar Burton, Kate Nauta
    1/23/06
- Family Guy
  Voice
  - S 4: Ep 6 Petarded
    6/19/05
- Tavis Smiley
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 30 LeVar Burton, Donald Bogle
    2/17/05
- Miracle's Boys
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 Miracle's Boys: The Making of a Mini-Series
    12/17/04
- Boomtown
  Marvin Lloyd
  - S 2: Ep 5 The Hole-in-the-Wall Gang
    12/27/03
- MadTV
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 2 Episode #902
    9/20/03
- The Weakest Link (US)
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 20 Star Trek Edition
    11/26/01
- Larry King Live
  Himself
  - S 17: Ep 363 Episode 17-363
    8/29/01
- Becker
  Mr. Haller
  - S 3: Ep 7 Beckerethics
    11/20/00
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 89 Show #520
    1/27/99
- Star Trek: Voyager
  Captain Geordi LaForge
  - S 5: Ep 6 Timeless
    11/18/98
- Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
  Himself
  - S 28: Ep 5 Giving and Receiving (5)
    2/20/98
- Pinky and the Brain
  voice of Murray
  - S 3: Ep 23 The Real Life
    10/10/97
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Himself - Presenter
  - S 48: Ep 1 The 48th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/8/96
- Gargoyles
  Anansi
  - S 2: Ep 34 Mark of the Panther
    2/8/96
- Captain Planet and the Planeteers
  Camera Store Owner
  - S 6: Ep 3 Whoo Gives a Hoot?
    9/23/95
- Deadly Games
  Mr. Metcalf
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Boss
    9/19/95
- Batman: The Animated Series
  Hayden Sloane
  - S 2: Ep 4 The Worry Men
    9/16/93
- Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 50 Mountainous Mayhem
    12/4/92
- Captain Planet and the Planeteers
  Wally
  - S 3: Ep 10 Hog Tide
    11/14/92
- The Joan Rivers Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 164 June 27, 1991
    6/27/91
- The Pat Sajak Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 127 July 21, 1989
    7/21/89
- The Arsenio Hall Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 100 May 22, 1989
    5/22/89
- Houston Knights
  Jason Evans
  - S 1: Ep 7 Bad Girl
    4/15/87
- Murder, She Wrote
  Dave Robinson
  - S 3: Ep 16 Death Takes a Dive
    2/22/87
- The $100,000 Pyramid
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 0 100kPYR-151
    5/19/86
  - S 2: Ep 0 100kPYR-101
    2/10/86
- Fantasy Island
  Edward Ross Jr.
  - S 6: Ep 19 Edward / The Extraordinary Miss Jones
    4/9/83
- The $25,000 Pyramid
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 3 25KPYR-3
    10/4/82
- Trapper John, M.D.
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 22 A Piece of the Action
    4/11/82
- $20,000 Pyramid
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 43 Debralee Scott & LeVar Burton
    6/16/80
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 173 May 30, 1980
    5/30/80
  - S 6: Ep 172 May 29, 1980
    5/29/80
  - S 3: Ep 215 September 9, 1977
    9/9/77
  - S 3: Ep 107 February 28, 1977
    2/28/77
  - S 3: Ep 83 January 21, 1977
    1/21/77
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Himself
  - S 14: Ep 75 May 26-September 7, 1980 (2-The Last Nighttime THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES)
    5/26/80
  - S 13: Ep 64 April 16-22, 1979 (2)
    4/16/79
  - S 13: Ep 56 March 19-25, 1979 (2)
    3/19/79
  - S 12: Ep 71 May 15-21, 1978 (2)
    5/15/78
  - S 12: Ep 7 September 26-October 2, 1977 (2)
    9/26/77
  - + 4 More Credits
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 17: Ep 126 April 12, 1979
    4/12/79
  - S 17: Ep 39 Week of November 13, 1978
    11/13/78
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself/Co-host
  - S 17: Ep 36 November 8, 1978
    11/8/78
  - S 15: Ep 93 February 2, 1977
    2/2/77
- The Captain and Tennille
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 19 Show #7-77
    3/7/77
- $10,000 Pyramid
  Guest
- The American Sportsman
  Himself
  - — 4 April, 1982
- Mornings On IMC
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 Indy Filmmakers
Special Guest Star (1)

Role
- The Big Bang Theory
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 17 The Toast Derivation
    2/24/11
Director (9)

Role
- Las Vegas
  Director
  - S 4: Ep 7 Meatball Montecito
    12/8/06
- Charmed
  Director
  - S 8: Ep 18 The Torn Identity
    4/23/06
  - S 8: Ep 8 Battle of the Hexes
    11/13/05
  - S 7: Ep 12 Extreme Makeover: World Edition
    1/23/05
- Star Trek: Enterprise
  Director
  - S 4: Ep 20 Demons (1)
    5/6/05
  - S 4: Ep 6 The Augments (3)
    11/12/04
  - S 3: Ep 20 The Forgotten
    4/28/04
  - S 3: Ep 10 Similitude
    11/19/03
  - S 3: Ep 3 Extinction
    9/24/03
  - + 4 More Credits
- Miracle's Boys
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 6 Free Day
    2/20/05
- JAG
  Director
  - S 9: Ep 10 Pulse Rate
    12/2/03
- Star Trek: Voyager
  Director
  - S 7: Ep 23 Homestead
    5/9/01
  - S 7: Ep 19 Q2
    4/11/01
  - S 7: Ep 8 Nightingale
    11/22/00
  - S 6: Ep 21 Live Fast And Prosper
    4/19/00
  - S 5: Ep 6 Timeless
    11/18/98
  - + 3 More Credits
- Soul Food
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 14 Nice Work If You Can Get It
    1/10/01
  - S 1: Ep 10 Samurai Secrets
    8/30/00
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
  Director
  - S 7: Ep 12 The Emperor's New Cloak
    2/3/99
  - S 6: Ep 8 Resurrection
    11/17/97
  - S 6: Ep 4 Behind the Lines (5)
    10/20/97
  - S 5: Ep 21 Soldiers of the Empire
    4/28/97
  - S 5: Ep 8 Things Past
    11/18/96
  - + 5 More Credits
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
  Director
  - S 7: Ep 12 The Pegasus
    1/10/94
  - S 6: Ep 24 Second Chances
    5/24/93

LeVar Burton News

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Community: Coppola-ing With Madness

By Tim Surette, Nov 18, 2011

Dean Pelton channeled the nutty spirit of '70s Francis Ford Coppola on Thursday and Abed got it all on camera in his second documentary outing. read more

Trivia and Quotes

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Trivia
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- LeVar served on the 2009-2010 Board of Trustees for the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. The board was chaired by Laura Shepard-Churchley, daughter of Mercury and Apollo astronaut Alan Shepard. Others who served on the board of trustees were Gemini and Apollo astronauts Gene Cernan and Thomas Stafford; Actors Bill Dana and Tom Hanks; Mercury astronaut widows Suzi Cooper, Jo Schirra and Bobbie Slayton; journalist, Walter Cronkite; and philanthropists Henri Landwirth, James Long and Don Ricci.
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- On July 13 2009, LeVar was involved in a car accident which sent him and the other driver to the hospital. Neither driver was seriously injured and both were released that same day.
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- As an avid Twitterer, LeVar Burton has over 1 270 000 people following his tweets. His army of followers is one of the largest in the world.
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- Levar Burton: I was a huge Star Trek fan when I was a kid. I loved science fiction literature and it was rare for me to see… heroes in the pages of those novels who looked like me. Gene Roddenberry's vision of the future said to me, you..you little black kid from Sacramento, California, reading science fiction books...when the future comes, there's a place for you.
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- LeVar Burton: (when talking about Twitter) I get to control the conversation I have with my fans. It's put my career back in my hands.
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- LeVar Burton: (discussing the eleventh Star Trek movie) I went online recently and saw the trailer because I was curious. It looked good. Now, the idea of a Starfleet Academy movie was kicking around even before they made The Next Generation, so that in itself isn't new, but J.J. Abrams is really a telented guy and I hope he puts his spin on it.
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