LeVar Burton

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LeVar Burton: Biography

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Birth Name: Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr.
Birth Place: Landstuhl, Germany
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 02/16/1957, Aquarius
Profession: Actor; TV host; producer; director

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LeVar Burton: TV Guide News

Catching Up with the Roots Cast | Emmys Live Blog: Backstage with the Winners! | 9/17/2007
Leslie Uggams is working on a Lena Horne project that's en route to Broadway.Louis Gossett Jr. is heading back to Broadway with a remake of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, also starring Phylicia Rashad and directed by Debbie Allen.John Amos, of course, is currently on Men in Trees: "Maybe next year the entire cast of that show will be here."Ben Vereen just finished an episode of Grey's Anatomy and wants to go back to Broadway with a gospel-themed project.LeVar Burton is on Day 10 of the shoot for Tempting Hyenas, a feature he's directing. The cast includes himself, Alfre Woodard, Lacey Chabert and Adrienne Barbeau.Cicely Tyson jokes, "I'm looking for a job," saying she may have to pull a Bette Davis and put an ad in the newspapers. "But I, for most of my career, have been unemployed," she says, before noting, "I actually have a number of things in the works."There's awkwardness as Cicely and LeVar get into some sort of debate about the state of today's long-form television and Roots' legacy. read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 5/22/2007
Can you say "charmed career"? John Amos has starred in such beloved shows as Good Times, The West Wing and, most recentl read more
FlickChick | 10/14/2004
Question: Back in the 1980s I remember seeing a made-for-TV movie about a bunch of high-school kids who end up turning i read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 6/17/2003
Butterfly in the sky, Reading Rainbow's demise looms nigh! The cash-poor PBS series — which has turned couch potato read more
FlickChick | 1/2/2003
Question: Does Helen Hunt have a father who played a mentally retarded person in a movie called Dummy? (I'm not sure of read more

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LeVar Burton: Photos

LeVar Burton, Ben Vereen, John Amos courtesy John Sciulli/WireImage.com

Cicely Tyson, LeVar Burton, Olivia Cole, Todd Bridges, Leslie Uggams courtesy Maury Phillips/WireImage.com

LeVar Burton, Morgan Freeman courtesy Lester Cohen/WireImage.com

Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge, <i>Star Trek: The Next Generation</i>

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LeVar Burton: TV Listings

LeVar Burton: Credits

Title	Year	Type
Family Television Awards (Appearing)	2007	TV Show Series
TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV (Appearing)	2007	TV Show Series
Star Trek: Nemesis (Actor - Geordi La Forge)	2002	Movie
Ali (Actor - Martin Luther King, Jr.)	2001	Movie
Star Trek: Insurrection (Actor - Geordi)	1998	Movie