LeVar Burton filmography

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

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Film

Year	Film	Role	Note
1976	Almos' a Man	Dave	Alternative title: Richard Wright's Almos' a Man
1977	Roots (1977 miniseries)	Kunta Kinte	4 episodes
	Looking for Mr. Goodbar	Cap Jackson
	Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid	Billy Peoples	Ghetto Child
1978	One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story	Ron Leflore	The Man of Passion
	Battered	Andrew Sinclair
1979	Dummy	Donald Lang
1980	Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones	Richard Jefferson
	The Hunter	Tommy Price
1981	The Acorn People	Rodney
	Grambling's White Tiger	Charles 'Tank' Smith
1983	Emergency Room	Ray Walden
1984	The Jesse Owens Story	Professor Preston
	Booker	Davis
1985	And the Children Shall Lead	Glenn Scott	Alternative title: PBS Wonderworks: And The Children Shall Lead
	The Midnight Hour	Vinnie Davis	Alternative title: In The Midnight Hour
1986	The Supernaturals	Pvt. Michael Osgood
	Liberty	Robert Johnson
1987	A Special Friendship	Ben Summer
1988	Roots: The Gift	Kunta Kinte	Alternative title: A Roots Christmas: Kunta Kinte's Gift
1993	Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland	Fire Chief J. Alan Mathers	Alternative title: Firestorm: A Catastrophe In Oakland
1994	Parallel Lives	Dr. Franklin Carter
	Star Trek: Generations	Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge
1996	Yesterday's Target	Winstrom
	Star Trek: First Contact	Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge
1998	Star Trek: Insurrection	Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge
1999	Our Friend, Martin	Martin, Age 26 (voice)
2000	Dancing in September	Himself
2001	Ali	Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
2002	Star Trek: Nemesis	Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge
2003	Blizzard	Night Watchman Elf	Directed by Burton
2008	Reach for Me	Nathaniel
2009	Taken in Broad Daylight	Mike Timbrook
	Superman/Batman Public Enemies	Jefferson Pierce/Black Lightning (voice)

Television

Year	Work	Role	Note
1976-79	Rebop	Host
1977	Roots	Kunta Kinte	TV Miniseries
1982	Trapper John, M.D.	Luther Peacock	1 episode
1983	Fantasy Island	Edward Ross, Jr.	1 episode
1983–2006	Reading Rainbow	Host	155 episodes
1984	The Love Boat	Darnell	1 episode
1987	Murder, She Wrote	Reporter Dave Robinson	1 episode
	Houston Knights	Jason Evans	1 episode
1987-94	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Geordi La Forge	178 episodes
1990-96	Captain Planet and the Planeteers	Kwame (voice)	113 episodes
1993	Batman the Animated Series	Hayden Sloane/Hatter Henchman (voice)	1 episode
1995	Christy	Daniel Scott	7 episodes
	Deadly Games	Mr. Metcalf	1 episode
	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Voice	1 episode
1996	Gargoyles	Anansi	1 episode
1997	Pinky and the Brain	Murray	1 episode
1998	Star Trek: Voyager	Captain Geordi LaForge	1 episode
	Mister Rogers' Neighborhood	Himself	1 episode
2000	Becker	Mr. Haller	1 episode
2003	Boomtown	Marvin Lloyd	1 episode
2005	Family Guy	Vern (voice), later himself (voice)	2 episodes
2009	The Super Hero Squad Show	War Machine (voice)	1 episode
2010	Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!	Ghost of LeVar Burton	1 episode
	The Jensen Project	Kendrick James	television film (brokered programming from Procter & Gamble/Wal-Mart)[1]

Other Work

Year	Work	Role	Note
1986	Word Up!	Detective	Music video for 1986 Cameo hit, "Word Up!"

Director

Year	Work	Note
1987-1994	Star Trek: The Next Generation	2 episodes
1993-1999	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	9 episodes
1995-2001	Star Trek: Voyager	8 episodes
1998	The Tiger Woods Story	Alternative title: Son, Hero, and Champion
1998-2006	Charmed	3 episodes
1999	Smart House
2000-2004	Soul Food (TV series)	2 episodes
2001-2005	Star Trek: Enterprise	9 episodes
2003	Blizzard
	JAG (TV series)	1 episode
2005	Miracle's Boys	1 episode
2006	Las Vegas	1 episode
2008	Reach For Me

References

1. "NBC sets 'Jensen' with P&G, Wal-Mart". The Hollywood Reporter. February 21, 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-17.