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Levardis Robert Martyn "LeVar" Burton, Jr., is an American actor, presenter and author. His well-known roles include Kunta Kinte in the ABC miniseries Roots, Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Kwame in Captain Planet and The Planeteers, as well as hosting the PBS TV series Reading Rainbow. He voiced local Haitian man Jean-Claude in The Quest for Beasts. He appeared in Animated Historical Heroes as Steve Biko. He appeared in Disney's Animal Kingdom Adventures as African park ranger Teku Bakani. He appeared in Atlantis: The Tree of Life as a Masai warrior.

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  • Levardis Robert Martyn "LeVar" Burton, Jr., is an American actor, presenter and author. His well-known roles include Kunta Kinte in the ABC miniseries Roots, Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Kwame in Captain Planet and The Planeteers, as well as hosting the PBS TV series Reading Rainbow. He voiced local Haitian man Jean-Claude in The Quest for Beasts. He appeared in Animated Historical Heroes as Steve Biko. He appeared in Disney's Animal Kingdom Adventures as African park ranger Teku Bakani. He appeared in Atlantis: The Tree of Life as a Masai warrior.
  • Levardis Robert Martyn Burton, Jr., credited as LeVar Burton (born February 16, 1957) is an American actor who plays War Machine on The Super Hero Squad Show.
  • Burton is best known for portraying the young 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 role as Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation as well as the host of the PBS children's program Reading Rainbow.
  • LeVar Burton (born February 16, 1957) is the man who voiced War Machine in the Super Hero Squad Show.
  • Levardis Robert Martyn Burton, Jr. (born February 16, 1957) professionally known as LeVar Burton, is an American actor, director 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.
  • LeVar Burton (* [Jahr unbekannt]in Landstuhl, Deutschlandals Levardis Robert Martin Burton Jr. Jahre alt)Kategorie:Artikel mit Vorlage:Personendaten, denen Geburtstagsanzeige fehltKategorie:Artikel mit Vorlage:Personendaten, denen Geburtstagsanzeige fehlt ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler und Regisseur. In [[]] verkörperte er Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge. Burton war außerdem als Regisseur mehrerer Episoden aller vier neueren Star-Trek-Serien tätig.
  • LeVar Burton is a German-born American actor who provided his voice to Gargoyles.
  • LeVar Burton is a German-born American actor and director who is most famous for two television series: as Geordi LaForge on Gene Roddenberry's "Star Trek: The Next Generation", and as the host and executive producer of the PBS children's show "Reading Rainbow". He directed three episodes of Charmed: "Extreme Makeover: World Edition", "Battle of the Hexes", and "The Torn Identity".
  • Hij is geboren op 16 februari 1957. Tijdens zijn studie op de Universiteit van Zuid- Californië kreeg hij zijn eerste grote rol: die van Kunta Kinte in de televisie mini-serie Roots (1977). Sindsdien heeft hij opgetreden in een diversiteit aan film- en televisierollen en was lange tijd de presentator van het educatieve kinderprogramma Reading Rainbow. In 1990 kreeg hij een ster op de Hollywood Walk of Fame.
  • He is the voice of Verne, Peter Griffin's support man, in Petarded and appears as himself in "Not All Dogs Go To Heaven" at the convention and taken hostage by Stewie Griffin forced with his castmates to spend the day with him.
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  • Nacido el 16 de Febrero de 1957 en Landstuhl, Alemania, hijo de un Jefe de la Armada de los Estados Unidos. Después de solicitar una beca en la University of Southern California, empezó trabajando en roles dramáticos y de bellas artes. En su segundo año de estudio, y con sólo 19 años, hizo el casting y consiguió el papel principal de Kunta Kinte en la ya mítica serie "Raices", por el cual fue nominado a un Emmy como "Mejor Actor Principal". Luego de ese espaldarazo a su carrera, produjo y presentó durante 20 años la serie infantil "Reading Rainbow". Desde 1990, ya teniendo su propia estrella en el Paseo de la Fama de Hollywood, actuó en una variedad de películas, principalmente para televisión, en las cuales estuvo nominado varias veces en el Premio Emmy. En la actualidad, alterna su traba
  • Levardis Robert Martyn Burton, Jr. (born February 16, 1957 in Landstuhl, Germany) is the American actor who played Geordi La Forge on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" throughout the show's entire seven-year run, from 1987 to 1994. He also played La Forge in the four TNG-era Star Trek films (including Generations), the video game spin-off A Final Unity and in the "Star Trek: Voyager" spin-off episode "Timeless". In addition, he directed episodes for "The Next Generation" and the other spin-off series "Deep Space Nine", "Voyager" and "Enterprise".
  • He appeared in the 1979 special The Muppets Go Hollywood, dancing with Janice to "Boogie Motion." He was also one of several celebrities who appeared in I Love Liberty, a special that also featured . Burton is also well-known as the host of the popular children's show Reading Rainbow. Kermit and Kevin Clash have both made guest appearances on the show.
  • Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr. - (ur. 16 lutego 1957 r. w Landstuhl, Niemcy) - amerykańsk aktor i reżyser pochodzenia niemieckiego. Znany przede wszystkim z serialu Star Trek: Następne Pokolenie, gdzie występował jako Geordi La Forge, oprócz tego wystepował w serialu Korzenie, gdzie grał młodego Kunta Kinte. Grał także w kilku filmach pełnometrażowych serii Star Trek oraz epizodycznie w serialach Star Trek: Stacja Kosmiczna, Star Trek: Voyager oraz Star Trek: Enterprise. Burton reżyserował także ponad 20 odcinków większości serii Star Trek.
  • LeVar Burton was invited to Sheldon's social group gathering in the episode "The Toast Derivation" (S04E17) via Twitter. After waiting for him for a while, Sheldon concluded that LeVar was not attending his gathering and moved on. As the night developed, LeVar came to the gathering after Sheldon left, but when he saw Barry, Zack, and a half naked Stuart singing "I'm Walking On Sunshine", LeVar immediately left and decided to give up on Twitter because of what he perceived to be going on at the apartment.
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