LeVar Burton filmography

LeVar Burton Photo Op GalaxyCon Richmond 2020.

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

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Note
1976	Almos' a Man	Dave	Alternative title: Richard Wright's Almos' a Man
1977	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	Alternative title: The Man of Passion
	Battered	Andrew Sinclair
1979	Dummy	Donald Lang
1980	The Hunter	Tommy Price
1981	The Acorn People	Rodney
	Grambling's White Tiger	Charles 'Tank' Smith
1983	Emergency Room	Ray Walden
1984	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	Private 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. Commander Geordi La Forge
1996	Yesterday's Target	Winstrom
	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
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	Taken in Broad Daylight	Mike Timbrook
	Superman/Batman Public Enemies	Jefferson Pierce/Black Lightning	Voice
2011	And They're Off	Himself
2015	Practice Makes Perfect	Principal Healy
2018	In Saturn's Rings	Narrator	Documentary
2020	Definition Please	Himself

Television

Year	Work	Role	Note
1976–1979	Rebop	Host
1977	Roots	Kunta Kinte	TV miniseries
1978	California Jam II	Himself	TV special (interviewed as guest attendee)
1980	Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones	Richard Jefferson	TV miniseries
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"
1983–2006	Reading Rainbow	Host	155 episodes
1984	The Jesse Owens Story	Professor Preston	Television film
1984	The Love Boat	Darnell	Episode: "Love is Blind"
1987	Murder, She Wrote	Reporter Dave Robinson	Episode: "Death Take a Dive"
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
1993	Batman: The Animated Series	Hayden Sloane/Hatter Henchman	Voice; episode: "The Worry Men"
1993-1999	PTV	Pernell	Voice
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	Episode: "Mark of the Panther"
1997	Pinky and the Brain	Murray	Episode: "The Real Life"
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	Family Guy	Vern, himself	Voice; 2 episodes
2009	The Super Hero Squad Show	War Machine	Voice; episode: "Tales of Suspense"
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/Wal-Mart)
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	Voice; 26 episodes
2012–2015	Perception	Paul Haley	30 episodes
2013	Adventure Time	Bubble	Voice; episode: "BMO Lost"
2014	Hell's Kitchen	Himself	Episode: "5 Chefs Compete"
2016	Roots	Ephraim	Episode: "Part 1"
2016	Miles from Tomorrowland	Dr. Consilium	Episode: "The First Day of Galactic School/Miles Underwater"
2017	OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes	Kwame	Voice; episode: "The Power Is Yours"
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
2021	Nancy Drew	Barclay	Voice; episode: "The Celestial Visitor"
2021	Leverage: Redemption	Mr. Blanche	Episode: "The Bucket Job"
2022	Tom Swift	Barclay	Voice; recurring role
2023	Star Trek: Picard	Commodore Geordi LaForge	5 episodes
2023	The Ready Room	Himself	Episode: "The Bounty"

Other work

Year	Work	Role	Note
1986	"Word Up!"	Detective	Music video by the funk group Cameo

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	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