LeVar Burton filmography

Burton at the 2020 GalaxyCon Richmond

The following is a partial filmography for LeVar Burton, separated into film and television work.

Filmography

Film

Year Film Role Note
1977 Looking for Mr. Goodbar Cap Jackson
1980 The Hunter Tommy Price
1986 The Supernaturals Private Michael Osgood
1994 Star Trek Generations Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
1996 Star Trek: First Contact Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
1998 Star Trek: Insurrection Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
1999 Our Friend, Martin Martin Luther King Jr. (age 26) Voice[1]
2000 Dancing in September Himself
2001 Ali Martin Luther King Jr.
2002 Star Trek: Nemesis Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
2003 Blizzard Night Watchman Elf Also director
2008 Reach for Me Nathaniel
2009 Superman/Batman: Public Enemies Jefferson Pierce/Black Lightning Voice, direct-to-video[1]
2011 And They're Off Himself
2015 Practice Makes Perfect Principal Healy Short
2018 In Saturn's Rings Narrator Documentary
2020 Definition Please Himself [2]
2024 The Imaginary The Old Dog Voice, English dub[3][1]
Butterfly in the Sky Himself Documentary
2026 One Night Only Rick

Television

Year Work Role Note
1977 Roots Kunta Kinte TV miniseries
1977 Almos' a Man Dave Television film; alternative title: Richard Wright's Almos' a Man
1977 Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid Billy Peoples Television film
1978 California Jam II Himself TV special (interviewed as guest attendee)
1978 One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story Ron LeFlore Television film; alternative title: The Man of Passion
1978 Battered Andrew Sinclair Television film
1978–1979 Rebop Host 26 episodes
1979 Dummy Donald Lang Television film
1980 Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones Richard Jefferson TV miniseries
1981 The Acorn People Rodney Television film
1981 Grambling's White Tiger Charles 'Tank' Smith Television film
1982 Trapper John, M.D. Luther Peacock Episode: "A Piece of the Action"
1983 Fantasy Island Edward Ross Jr. Episode: "Edward/The Extraordinary Miss Jones"
1983 Emergency Room Ray Walden Television film
1983–2006 Reading Rainbow Host 155 episodes
1984 The Love Boat Darnell Episode: "Love is Blind"
1984 The Jesse Owens Story Professor Preston Television film
1984 Booker Davis Television film
1985 And the Children Shall Lead Glenn Scott Television film; alternative title: PBS Wonderworks: And The Children Shall Lead
1985 The Midnight Hour Vinnie Davis Television film; alternative title: In The Midnight Hour
1986 Liberty Robert Johnson Television film
1987 Murder, She Wrote Reporter Dave Robinson Episode: "Death Take a Dive"
1987 A Special Friendship Ben Summer Television film
1987 Houston Knights Jason Evans Episode: "Bad Girl"
1987–1994 Star Trek: The Next Generation Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge 178 episodes
1990–1996 Captain Planet and the Planeteers Kwame Voice, 113 episodes[1]
1988 Roots: The Gift Kunta Kinte Television film; alternative title: A Roots Christmas: Kunta Kinte's Gift
1993 Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland Fire Chief J. Alan Mathers Television film; alternative title: Firestorm: A Catastrophe In Oakland
1993 Batman: The Animated Series Hayden Sloane Voice, episode: "The Worry Men"[1]
1993–1999 PTV Pernell Voice
1994 Parallel Lives Dr. Franklin Carter Television film
1995 Christy Daniel Scott 7 episodes
1995 Deadly Games Mr. Metcalf Episode: "The Boss"
1995 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Monk Voice, episode: "The Frog Prince"
1996 Gargoyles Anansi Voice, episode: "Mark of the Panther"[1]
1996 Yesterday's Target Winstrom Television film
1997 Pinky and the Brain Murray Voice, episode: "The Real Life"[1]
1998 Star Trek: Voyager Captain Geordi LaForge Episode: "Timeless"
1998 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Himself Episode: "1725 - Mister Rogers Talks About Giving and Receiving"
2000 Becker Mr. Haller Episode: "Beckerethics"
2003 Boomtown Marvin Lloyd Episode: "The Hole-in-the-Wall Gang"
2005, 2009 Family Guy Vern, himself Voice, 2 episodes
2009 The Super Hero Squad Show War Machine Voice, episode: "Tales of Suspense!"
2009 Taken in Broad Daylight Mike Timbrook Television film
2010 Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Ghost of LeVar Burton Episode: "Greene Machine"
2010 The Jensen Project Kendrick James Television film (brokered programming from Procter & Gamble/Walmart)[4]
2011, 2014 Community Himself 2 episodes
2011, 2012, 2014 The Big Bang Theory Himself 3 episodes
2012 Face Off Himself Episode: "Alien Interpreters"
2012 Rise of the Zombies Dr. Dan Halpern Television film
2012–2016 Transformers: Rescue Bots Doc Greene, additional voices Voice, 26 episodes[1]
2012–2015 Perception Paul Haley 30 episodes
2013 Adventure Time Bubble Voice, episode: "BMO Lost"[1]
2014 Hell's Kitchen Himself Episode: "5 Chefs Compete"
2016 Roots Ephraim Episode: "Part 1"
2016 Miles from Tomorrowland Dr. Consilium Voice, episode: "The First Day of Galactic School"[1]
2017 OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes Kwame Voice, episode: "The Power Is Yours!"[1][5]
2018 Explained Himself (narrator) Episode: "Extraterrestrial Life"
2018 NCIS: New Orleans Rufus Nero Episode: "X"
2019 Weird City Dr. Negari Episode: "The One"
2020 The Eric Andre Show Himself Episode: "The ASAP Ferg Show"
2021 Jeopardy! Himself (guest host) 5 episodes, Season 37[6]
2021 Nancy Drew Barclay Voice, episode: "The Celestial Visitor"
2021 Leverage: Redemption Mr. Blanche Episode: "The Bucket Job"
2022 94th Scripps National Spelling Bee Host[7] TV special
2022 Tom Swift Barclay Voice, recurring role[8]
2023 Star Trek: Picard Commodore Geordi LaForge 5 episodes[9]
2023 The Ready Room Himself Episode: "The Bounty"
2023 Blindspotting Marvin Sulaiman 2 episodes
2023 Carol & the End of the World NASA worker, voice, episode: "Beetle Broach"
2024 Clipped Himself Episode: "White Party"
2024 Futurama LeVar Burton's Unlicensed Hologram Voice, episode: "The Futurama Mystery Liberry"
2024–present Trivial Pursuit Host 13 episodes
2024 The Legend of Vox Machina Undead Thordak Voice, 2 episodes[1]
2025–present Weather Hunters Wallace Hunter, Wallace's Gadgets Voice, main cast
2026 Invincible Tech Jacket Suit AI Voice, episode: "Give Us A Moment"[10]

Video games

Year Work Role Note
1995 Star Trek: The Next Generation – A Final Unity Geordi La Forge [1]
2010 Star Trek Online

Other work

Year Work Role Note
1986 "Word Up!" Detective Music video by the funk group Cameo
2014 "Rooster Teeth's Extra Life 24 Hour Livestream" Himself Read "Go The F*ck To Sleep" for RT staff and viewers after reaching a donation milestone

Director

Year Work Note
1987–1994 Star Trek: The Next Generation 2 episodes
1993–1999 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 10 episodes
1995–2001 Star Trek: Voyager 8 episodes
1998 The Tiger Woods Story Television film; alternative title: Son, Hero, and Champion
1998–2006 Charmed 3 episodes
1999 Smart House Television film
2000–2004 Soul Food 2 episodes
2001–2005 Star Trek: Enterprise 9 episodes
2003 Blizzard Film
2003 JAG Episode: "Pulse Rate"
2005 Miracle's Boys Episode: "Free Day"
2006 Las Vegas Episode: "Meatball Montecito"
2008 Reach for Me Film
2014 Perception 2 episodes
2017–2021 NCIS: New Orleans 10 episodes
2017 Scorpion Episode: "A Christmas Car-Roll"
2022–2024 NCIS: Hawaii 5 episodes

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "LeVar Burton (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved August 5, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
  2. ↑ Ramos, Dino-Ray (July 29, 2020). "Definition Please Trailer: Insecure Alum Sujata Day Makes Directorial Debut With South Asian Family Dramedy". Deadline. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
  3. ↑ Loo, Egan (June 6, 2024). "Hayley Atwell, LeVar Burton, Kal Penn Star in English Dub for Ponoc's The Imaginary Film". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
  4. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (February 21, 2010). "NBC sets 'Jensen' with P&G, Wal-Mart". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on February 25, 2010. Retrieved July 17, 2010.
  5. ↑ Outlaw, Kofi (September 13, 2017). "Captain Planet Will Return in New OK K.O. Episode". TV Shows. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
  6. ↑ Rosario, Alexandra Del (April 21, 2021). "Jeopardy!: Robin Roberts, LeVar Burton & George Stephanopoulos Among Season 37's Final Guest Hosts". Deadline. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
  7. ↑ "LeVar Burton Joins 'National Spelling Bee' as Owner Scripps Hopes for Buzz". Variety. May 31, 2022.
  8. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (May 11, 2021). "Tom Swift: LeVar Burton Lends Voice To Nancy Drew Planted Spinoff". Deadline. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
  9. ↑ Vary, Adam B. (April 5, 2022). "Star Trek: Picard Beams Up The Next Generation Main Cast for Season 3". Variety. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
  10. ↑ Dar, Taimur (March 16, 2026). "TV Review: INVINCIBLE Season 4 still packs a punch".
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