Portrait of LeVar Burton

Acting

LeVar Burton

Career

Active from 1976 to 2026, busiest in 2014 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
18
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things...
Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things...
GoodWatch score91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 64 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
LeVar Burton Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    4.3, average 5.4
  • Melancholy
    4.0, average 4.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Coming-of-Age 4
  • Nostalgic 3
  • Procedural Case-of-the-Week 2
  • Survival Horror 2
  • Optimistic Space Opera 2
  • Found Family Dynamics 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Racial Prejudice 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Biographical Sports Drama 2
  • Inspirational Story 2
  • Team Dynamics 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

86
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

14 titles ยท average score 67
One Night Only
One Night Only (2026)
GoodWatch score 50

as Rick

Strip Law
Strip Law (2026)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show ยท as (voice)

Weather Hunters
Weather Hunters (2025)

TV show ยท as Great Grandpa Wallace (voice) / Flexspecs (voice)

Carol & the End of the World
Carol & the End of the World (2023)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as (voice)

Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event
Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event (2023)

as Commodore Geordi La Forge

Tom Swift
Tom Swift (2022)
GoodWatch score 42

TV show ยท as Barclay (voice)

The Legend of Vox Machina
The Legend of Vox Machina (2022)
GoodWatch score 87

TV show ยท as Undead Thordak (voice)

Secrets of Sacred Architecture
Secrets of Sacred Architecture (2022)

as Narrator (voice)

INVINCIBLE
INVINCIBLE (2021)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Suit AI (voice)

Leverage: Redemption
Leverage: Redemption (2021)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Mr. Blanche

Star Trek: Picard
Star Trek: Picard (2020)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Commodore Geordi La Forge

Definition Please
Definition Please (2020)
GoodWatch score 60

as LeVar Burton

2010s

16 titles ยท average score 71
Explained
Explained (2018)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Narrator (voice)

Brentwood
Brentwood (2018)

as LeVar Burton

OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes
OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes (2017)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Kwame

Roots
Roots (2016)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Ephraim

Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things...
Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things... (2014)
GoodWatch score 91

as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge

Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds (2013)
GoodWatch score 84

as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (archive footage)

Perception
Perception (2012)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Paul Haley

Rise of the Zombies
Rise of the Zombies (2012)
GoodWatch score 31

as Dr. Dan Halpern

Finding Your Roots
Finding Your Roots (2012)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show

Transformers: Rescue Bots
Transformers: Rescue Bots (2012)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Doc Green (voice)

Adventure Time
Adventure Time (2010)
GoodWatch score 93

TV show ยท as Bubble (voice)

The Jensen Project
The Jensen Project (2010)
GoodWatch score 50

as Kendrick

2000s

9 titles ยท average score 65
Taken in Broad Daylight
Taken in Broad Daylight (2009)
GoodWatch score 47

as Mike Timbrook

Community
Community (2009)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as LeVar Burton

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009)
GoodWatch score 68

as Black Lightning (voice)

Reach for Me
Reach for Me (2008)
GoodWatch score 57

as Nathanial

The Big Bang Theory
The Big Bang Theory (2007)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as LeVar Burton

Blizzard
Blizzard (2003)
GoodWatch score 61

as Night Watchman Elf (uncredited)

Star Trek: Nemesis
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
GoodWatch score 50

as Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge

Boomtown
Boomtown (2002)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Marvin Lloyd

Ali
Ali (2001)
GoodWatch score 67

as Martin Luther King, Jr.

1990s

21 titles ยท average score 66
Smart House
Smart House (1999)
GoodWatch score 58

Director

Family Guy
Family Guy (1999)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Vern (voice) / LeVar Burton (voice)

Futurama
Futurama (1999)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Unlicensed Hologram of LeVar Burton (voice)

Our Friend, Martin
Our Friend, Martin (1999)
GoodWatch score 69

as Martin at Age 26 (voice)

The Tiger Woods Story
The Tiger Woods Story (1998)
GoodWatch score 42

Director

Star Trek: First Contact
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
GoodWatch score 80

as Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge

Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Captain Geordi La Forge

Star Trek: Generations
Star Trek: Generations (1994)
GoodWatch score 57

as Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge

Gargoyles
Gargoyles (1994)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Anansi/Poacher 2 (voice)

Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland
Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland (1993)

as Fire Chief J. Allan Mather

Batman: The Animated Series
Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
GoodWatch score 90

TV show ยท as Hayden Sloane (voice)

Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Kwame (voice)

1980s

16 titles ยท average score 65
Roots: The Gift
Roots: The Gift (1988)
GoodWatch score 72

as Kunta Kinte

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show ยท as Geordi La Forge

The Supernaturals
The Supernaturals (1986)
GoodWatch score 37

as Pvt. Michael Osgood

The Midnight Hour
The Midnight Hour (1985)
GoodWatch score 64

as Vinnie Davis

And the Children Shall Lead
And the Children Shall Lead (1985)

as Glenn Scott

Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Reporter Dave Robinson

The Jesse Owens Story
The Jesse Owens Story (1984)
GoodWatch score 70

as Professor Preston

Emergency Room
Emergency Room (1983)

as Ray Walden

Grambling's White Tiger
Grambling's White Tiger (1981)
GoodWatch score 61

as Charles 'Tank' Smith

The Acorn People
The Acorn People (1981)

as Rodney

The Hunter
The Hunter (1980)
GoodWatch score 52

as Tommy Price

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Richard Jefferson

1970s

10 titles ยท average score 67
Dummy
Dummy (1979)
GoodWatch score 80

as Donald Lang

Trapper John, M.D.
Trapper John, M.D. (1979)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show

One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story (1978)
GoodWatch score 64

as Ron LeFlore

Battered
Battered (1978)

as Andrew Sinclair

Roots
Roots (1977)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Kunta Kinte

The Love Boat
The Love Boat (1977)
GoodWatch score 53

TV show ยท as Darnell Hall

Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid (1977)

as Billy Peoples

Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)
GoodWatch score 66

as Cap Jackson

Roots: The Complete Miniseries
Roots: The Complete Miniseries (1977)

TV show ยท as Kunta Kinte

Almos' a Man
Almos' a Man (1976)

as Dave