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href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86" title="لوار بارتون – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="لوار بارتون" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%91%D1%8A%D1%80%D1%82%D1%8A%D0%BD" title="Левар Бъртън – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Левар Бъртън" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeVar_Burton" title="LeVar Burton – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="LeVar Burton" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeVar_Burton" title="LeVar Burton – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="LeVar Burton" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeVar_Burton" title="LeVar Burton – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="LeVar Burton" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeVar_Burton" title="LeVar Burton – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="LeVar Burton" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeVar_Burton" title="LeVar Burton – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="LeVar Burton" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86" title="لوار بارتون – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="لوار بارتون" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeVar_Burton" title="LeVar Burton – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="LeVar Burton" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A0%88%EB%B0%94_%EB%B2%84%ED%84%B4" title="레바 버턴 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="레바 버턴" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeVar_Burton" title="LeVar Burton – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="LeVar Burton" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeVar_Burton" title="LeVar Burton – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="LeVar Burton" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%95%D7%90%D7%A8_%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9F" title="לוואר ברטון – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="לוואר ברטון" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeVar_Burton" title="LeVar Burton – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="LeVar Burton" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeVar_Burton" title="LeVar Burton – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="LeVar Burton" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%DA%A4%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86" title="ليڤار بيرتون – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ليڤار بيرتون" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeVar_Burton" title="LeVar Burton – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="LeVar Burton" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3" title="レヴァー・バートン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="レヴァー・バートン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeVar_Burton" title="LeVar Burton – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="LeVar Burton" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeVar_Burton" title="LeVar Burton – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="LeVar Burton" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeVar_Burton" title="LeVar Burton – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="LeVar Burton" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeVar_Burton" title="LeVar Burton – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="LeVar Burton" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeVar_Burton" title="LeVar Burton – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="LeVar Burton" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD,_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Бертон, Левар – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Бертон, Левар" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeVar_Burton" title="LeVar Burton – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="LeVar Burton" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%A4%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A8%DB%8E%D8%B1%D8%AA%DB%86%D9%86" title="لیڤار بێرتۆن – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="لیڤار بێرتۆن" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeVar_Burton" title="LeVar Burton – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="LeVar Burton" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeVar_Burton" title="LeVar Burton – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="LeVar Burton" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeVar_Burton" title="LeVar Burton – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="LeVar Burton" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Левар Бертон – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Левар Бертон" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8B%92%E5%8C%96%C2%B7%E5%B8%83%E9%A0%93" title="勒化·布頓 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="勒化·布頓" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link"><a 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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American actor, director, and television host (born 1957)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"LeVar" redirects here. For other people with the name, see <a href="/wiki/LeVar_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="LeVar (disambiguation)">LeVar (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">LeVar Burton</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:LeVar_Burton_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_Raleigh_2023.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/LeVar_Burton_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_Raleigh_2023.jpg/220px-LeVar_Burton_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_Raleigh_2023.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="294" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/LeVar_Burton_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_Raleigh_2023.jpg/330px-LeVar_Burton_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_Raleigh_2023.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/LeVar_Burton_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_Raleigh_2023.jpg/440px-LeVar_Burton_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_Raleigh_2023.jpg 2x" data-file-width="718" data-file-height="958" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Burton at the 2023 <a href="/wiki/GalaxyCon" title="GalaxyCon">GalaxyCon</a> Raleigh</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr.</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1957-02-16</span>) </span>February 16, 1957<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 67)</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Landstuhl" title="Landstuhl">Landstuhl</a>, West Germany</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Citizenship</th><td class="infobox-data category">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Southern_California" title="University of Southern California">University of Southern California</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Actor, television host, director, author</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1976–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Stephanie Cozart</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1992)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2, including <a href="/wiki/Mica_Burton" title="Mica Burton">Mica</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="#Awards">See Awards</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://levarburton.com/">levarburton<wbr />.com</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312570#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" 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director, and television host. He played <a href="/wiki/Geordi_La_Forge" title="Geordi La Forge">Geordi La Forge</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation" title="Star Trek: The Next Generation">Star Trek: The Next Generation</a></i> (1987–1994),<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Kunta_Kinte" title="Kunta Kinte">Kunta Kinte</a> in the <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> miniseries <i><a href="/wiki/Roots_(1977_miniseries)" title="Roots (1977 miniseries)">Roots</a></i> (1977), and was the host of the <a href="/wiki/PBS_Kids" title="PBS Kids">PBS Kids</a> educational television series <i><a href="/wiki/Reading_Rainbow" title="Reading Rainbow">Reading Rainbow</a></i> for 23 years (1983–2006). Burton received 12 <a href="/wiki/Daytime_Emmy_Awards" title="Daytime Emmy Awards">Daytime Emmy Awards</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Peabody_Awards" title="Peabody Awards">Peabody Award</a> as host and executive producer of <i>Reading Rainbow</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His other roles include Cap Jackson in <a href="/wiki/Looking_for_Mr._Goodbar_(film)" title="Looking for Mr. Goodbar (film)"><i>Looking for Mr. Goodbar</i></a> (1977), Donald Lang in <a href="/wiki/Dummy_(1979_film)" title="Dummy (1979 film)"><i>Dummy</i></a> (1979), Tommy Price in <a href="/wiki/The_Hunter_(1980_film)" title="The Hunter (1980 film)"><i>The Hunter</i></a> (1980), which earned him an <a href="/wiki/NAACP_Image_Award_for_Outstanding_Actor_in_a_Motion_Picture" title="NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture">NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr." title="Martin Luther King Jr.">Martin Luther King Jr.</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ali_(film)" title="Ali (film)"><i>Ali</i></a> (2001). Burton received the <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Spoken_Word_Album" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album">Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album</a> at the <a href="/wiki/42nd_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="42nd Annual Grammy Awards">42nd Annual Grammy Awards</a> for his narration of the book <i>The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr.</i> In 1990, he was honored for his achievements in television with a star on the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a>. </p><p>From 2017 until 2024, Burton created and hosted the podcast <i><a href="/wiki/LeVar_Burton_Reads" title="LeVar Burton Reads">LeVar Burton Reads</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> often described as "<i>Reading Rainbow</i> for adults".<sup id="cite_ref-:1_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LeVar_Burton&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Burton was born in <a href="/wiki/Landstuhl" title="Landstuhl">Landstuhl</a>, West Germany.<sup id="cite_ref-AP_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Family,_name,_birth_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Family,_name,_birth-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His mother, Erma Gene (née Christian),<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was a social worker, administrator, and educator.<sup id="cite_ref-Family,_name,_birth_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Family,_name,_birth-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Burton and his two sisters were raised by his mother in <a href="/wiki/Sacramento,_California" title="Sacramento, California">Sacramento</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, United States.<sup id="cite_ref-BurtonSacraised-Sactownmag_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BurtonSacraised-Sactownmag-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Burton's father, also named LeVar, was a photographer for the <a href="/wiki/Signal_Corps_(United_States_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="Signal Corps (United States Army)">U.S. Army Signal Corps</a> stationed at Landstuhl at the time of his son's birth.<sup id="cite_ref-AP_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His paternal grandparents were both educators in rural <a href="/wiki/Arkansas" title="Arkansas">Arkansas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-findingroots_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-findingroots-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His great-great grandfather, <a href="/wiki/Hal_B._Burton" title="Hal B. Burton">Hal B. Burton</a>, was an <a href="/wiki/African-American_officeholders_during_and_following_the_Reconstruction_era" title="African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era">African-American state legislator</a> in Arkansas after the <a href="/wiki/Reconstruction_era" title="Reconstruction era">Reconstruction era</a> that enfranchised African Americans in the South after the American Civil War;<sup id="cite_ref-findingroots_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-findingroots-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he was elected to represent <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Arkansas" title="Jefferson County, Arkansas">Jefferson County</a> in 1887.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a teen, Burton, who was raised <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-The_Atlantic_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Atlantic-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> entered St. Pius X Minor Seminary in <a href="/wiki/Galt,_California" title="Galt, California">Galt</a>, California, intending to become a priest.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the age of 17, questioning the Catholic faith, he changed his vocation to acting and, at 19, while an undergraduate at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Southern_California" title="University of Southern California">University of Southern California</a>, he won a starring role in the 1977 television miniseries <i><a href="/wiki/Roots_(1977_miniseries)" title="Roots (1977 miniseries)">Roots</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Atlantic_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Atlantic-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LeVar_Burton&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_work">Early work</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LeVar_Burton&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Burton made his acting debut in 1976 with <i>Almos' a Man</i>, a film based on the <a href="/wiki/Richard_Wright_(author)" title="Richard Wright (author)">Richard Wright</a> short story "<a href="/wiki/The_Man_Who_Was_Almost_a_Man" title="The Man Who Was Almost a Man">The Man Who Was Almost a Man</a>", in which Burton stars alongside <a href="/wiki/Madge_Sinclair" title="Madge Sinclair">Madge Sinclair</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roots"><i>Roots</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LeVar_Burton&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Roots"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Roots_(1977_miniseries)" title="Roots (1977 miniseries)">Roots (1977 miniseries)</a></div> <p>Burton's breakthrough role was as the young <a href="/wiki/Kunta_Kinte" title="Kunta Kinte">Kunta Kinte</a> in the <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> miniseries <i><a href="/wiki/Roots_(1977_miniseries)" title="Roots (1977 miniseries)">Roots</a></i> (1977), based on the <a href="/wiki/Roots:_The_Saga_of_an_American_Family" title="Roots: The Saga of an American Family">novel of the same name</a> by <a href="/wiki/Alex_Haley" title="Alex Haley">Alex Haley</a>. Burton has described his first day playing Kunta as the start of his professional career.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result of his performance, he was nominated for an <a href="/wiki/Emmy_Awards" title="Emmy Awards">Emmy</a> in the <a href="/wiki/29th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="29th Primetime Emmy Awards">Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series</a> category.<sup id="cite_ref-LVBEmmy_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LVBEmmy-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He reprised the role of Kunta Kinte in the 1988 television film <i><a href="/wiki/Roots:_The_Gift" title="Roots: The Gift">Roots: The Gift</a></i>. When asked about the societal influence of <i>Roots</i>, Burton is quoted as saying: "It expanded the consciousness of people. Blacks and whites began to see each other as human beings, not as stereotypes. And if you throw a pebble into the pond, you're going to get ripples. I think the only constant is change, and it's always slow. Anything that happens overnight is lacking in foundation. <i>Roots</i> is part of a changing trend, and it's still being played out."<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reading_Rainbow"><i>Reading Rainbow</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LeVar_Burton&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Reading Rainbow"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Reading_Rainbow" title="Reading Rainbow">Reading Rainbow</a></div> <p>Burton was the host and executive producer of <i><a href="/wiki/Reading_Rainbow" title="Reading Rainbow">Reading Rainbow</a></i> starting in 1983 for <a href="/wiki/Public_Broadcasting_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Broadcasting Service">PBS</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The series ran for 23 seasons. </p><p>After <i>Reading Rainbow</i> went off the air in 2006, Burton and his business partner, Mark Wolfe, acquired the global rights to the brand<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and formed RRKIDZ, a new media company for children. <i> Reading Rainbow</i> was reimagined as an all new application for the <a href="/wiki/IPad" title="IPad">iPad</a> in 2012, and was an immediate success, becoming the number-one educational application within 36 hours. At RRKIDZ, Burton serves as co-founder and curator-in-chief, ensuring that the projects produced under the banner meet the high expectations and trust of the <i>Reading Rainbow</i> brand.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 28, 2014, Burton and numerous coworkers from other past works started a <a href="/wiki/Kickstarter" title="Kickstarter">Kickstarter</a> campaign project to bring back <i>Reading Rainbow</i>. To keep with the changing formats to which young children are exposed, his efforts are being directed at making this new program web based, following the success of the tablet application he helped create in recent years. His desire is to have the new <i>Reading Rainbow</i> be integrated into the classrooms of elementary schools across the country, and for schools in need to have free access.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Kickstarter campaign has since raised more than $5 million, reaching triple its goal in only three days.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2017, Burton was sued by the public broadcasting company <a href="/wiki/WNED-TV" title="WNED-TV">WNED-TV</a> for alleged copyright infringement for use of the Reading Rainbow brand in marketing the new iPad app and other online media.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> RRKIDZ later became known as LeVar Burton Kids and the iPad app, Skybrary.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation"><i>Star Trek: The Next Generation</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LeVar_Burton&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Star Trek: The Next Generation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation" title="Star Trek: The Next Generation">Star Trek: The Next Generation</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BrentSpinerWilliamShatnerLevarBurtonJuly2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/BrentSpinerWilliamShatnerLevarBurtonJuly2010.jpg/220px-BrentSpinerWilliamShatnerLevarBurtonJuly2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/BrentSpinerWilliamShatnerLevarBurtonJuly2010.jpg/330px-BrentSpinerWilliamShatnerLevarBurtonJuly2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/BrentSpinerWilliamShatnerLevarBurtonJuly2010.jpg/440px-BrentSpinerWilliamShatnerLevarBurtonJuly2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3691" data-file-height="1855" /></a><figcaption>Burton with <a href="/wiki/Brent_Spiner" title="Brent Spiner">Brent Spiner</a> and <a href="/wiki/William_Shatner" title="William Shatner">William Shatner</a> in July 2010</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1986, <a href="/wiki/Gene_Roddenberry" title="Gene Roddenberry">Gene Roddenberry</a> approached Burton with the role of Lieutenant Junior Grade <a href="/wiki/Geordi_La_Forge" title="Geordi La Forge">Geordi La Forge</a> in the <i>Star Trek: The Next Generation</i> television series. The character is <a href="/wiki/Blindness" class="mw-redirect" title="Blindness">blind</a> but is granted "sight" through the use of a <a href="/wiki/Visual_prosthesis" title="Visual prosthesis">prosthetic</a> device called a <a href="/wiki/VISOR" class="mw-redirect" title="VISOR">VISOR</a> worn over his eyes. La Forge began as the <a href="/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(NCC-1701-D)" title="USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)">USS <i>Enterprise</i></a>'s <a href="/wiki/Helmsman" title="Helmsman">helmsman</a>, and as of the show's second season, had become its chief engineer. At the time, Burton was considerably better known than <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Stewart" title="Patrick Stewart">Patrick Stewart</a> in the United States, due to his roles in <i>Roots</i> and <i>Reading Rainbow</i>. When the show premiered, the <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a> stated that Burton's role was essentially the "new <a href="/wiki/Spock" title="Spock">Spock</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a 2019 interview, Burton laughed in disbelief at the idea, stating "that speculation never came to fruition."<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Burton also portrayed La Forge in the subsequent feature films based on <i>Star Trek: The Next Generation</i>, from <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek_Generations" title="Star Trek Generations">Star Trek Generations</a></i> (1994) to <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Nemesis" title="Star Trek: Nemesis">Star Trek: Nemesis</a></i> (2002). He directed two episodes of <i>Star Trek: The Next Generation</i> and several episodes of <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Deep_Space_Nine" title="Star Trek: Deep Space Nine">Star Trek: Deep Space Nine</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Voyager" title="Star Trek: Voyager">Star Trek: Voyager</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Enterprise" title="Star Trek: Enterprise">Star Trek: Enterprise</a></i>. He reprised the role of LaForge in the third and final season of <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Picard" title="Star Trek: Picard">Star Trek: Picard</a></i> (2023).<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Podcast:_LeVar_Burton_Reads">Podcast: <i>LeVar Burton Reads</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LeVar_Burton&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Podcast: LeVar Burton Reads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2017, Burton began a podcast, <i><a href="/wiki/LeVar_Burton_Reads" title="LeVar Burton Reads">LeVar Burton Reads</a></i>. Each 30-45-minute episode features Burton reading a piece of short fiction and sharing his thoughts on it.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic,<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he continued to read on his podcast and also gave live readings three times a week during a Twitter livestream focused at different times to different children, young adults, and adult audiences.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In reviews, the podcast is often described as "<i>Reading Rainbow</i> for adults".<sup id="cite_ref-:1_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since its launch, <i>LeVar Burton Reads</i> has won favorable reviews, in <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Yorker" title="The New Yorker">The New Yorker</a></i> and elsewhere<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and numerous awards, including the 2023 <a href="/wiki/Webby_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Webby Award">Webby Award</a> for Best Art and Culture Podcast. Burton's five-word Webby acceptance speech was: "Be a better person. Read."<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2023, Burton launched a second podcast, this time for children, called <i>Sound Detectives</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_appearances">Other appearances</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LeVar_Burton&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Other appearances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Burton played a role as a visitor to <i><a href="/wiki/Fantasy_Island" title="Fantasy Island">Fantasy Island</a></i>, guest star on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Love_Boat" title="The Love Boat">The Love Boat</a></i>, was a participant in <i><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Network_Stars" title="Battle of the Network Stars">Battle of the Network Stars</a></i>, a guest of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Muppet_Show" title="The Muppet Show">The Muppet Show</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s televised premiere party for the release of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Muppet_Movie" title="The Muppet Movie">The Muppet Movie</a></i>, and a frequent guest on several game shows. </p><p>In 1986, he appeared in the music video for the song "<a href="/wiki/Word_Up!_(song)" title="Word Up! (song)">Word Up!</a>" by the <a href="/wiki/Funk" title="Funk">funk</a>/<a href="/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" title="Rhythm and blues">R&B</a> group <a href="/wiki/Cameo_(band)" title="Cameo (band)">Cameo</a>. </p><p>In 1987, Burton played Dave Robinson, a journalist (sports writer), in the third season of <i><a href="/wiki/Murder,_She_Wrote" title="Murder, She Wrote">Murder, She Wrote</a></i>, episode 16 – "Death Takes a Dive", starring <a href="/wiki/Angela_Lansbury" title="Angela Lansbury">Angela Lansbury</a> as <a href="/wiki/Jessica_Fletcher" title="Jessica Fletcher">Jessica Fletcher</a>. </p><p>Burton accepted an invitation to host <i><a href="/wiki/Rebop_(TV)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rebop (TV)">Rebop</a></i>, a multicultural series designed for young people aged 9–15, produced by WGBH for <a href="/wiki/Public_Broadcasting_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Broadcasting Service">PBS</a>. </p><p>On television, Burton has helped dramatize the last days of <a href="/wiki/Jim_Jones" title="Jim Jones">Jim Jones</a>'s suicide cult in <a href="/wiki/Guyana" title="Guyana">Guyana</a>, the life and times of <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Owens" title="Jesse Owens">Jesse Owens</a>, and the life of the nine-year-old <a href="/wiki/Booker_T._Washington" title="Booker T. Washington">Booker T. Washington</a>. He portrayed <a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr." title="Martin Luther King Jr.">Martin Luther King Jr.</a> in the 2001 film <i><a href="/wiki/Ali_(film)" title="Ali (film)">Ali</a></i>. He also portrayed Detroit Tiger <a href="/wiki/Ron_LeFlore" title="Ron LeFlore">Ron LeFlore</a> in the television movie <i>One in a Million, The Ron LeFlore Story</i>. </p><p>In 1992, a clip of Burton's voice was <a href="/wiki/Sampling_(music)" title="Sampling (music)">sampled</a> by <a href="/wiki/DC_Talk" title="DC Talk">DC Talk</a> for the track "Time is..." on their album <i><a href="/wiki/Free_at_Last_(DC_Talk_album)" title="Free at Last (DC Talk album)">Free at Last</a></i>. The sample is at the very end of the song, in which Burton can be heard saying: "Whoa, wait a minute." He has also lent his voice to several animated projects, including Kwame in the cartoon series <i><a href="/wiki/Captain_Planet_and_the_Planeteers" title="Captain Planet and the Planeteers">Captain Planet and the Planeteers</a></i> (1990–1993) and <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Adventures_of_Captain_Planet" class="mw-redirect" title="The New Adventures of Captain Planet">The New Adventures of Captain Planet</a></i> (1993–1996), <i><a href="/wiki/Our_Friend,_Martin" title="Our Friend, Martin">Our Friend, Martin</a></i> (1999), <i><a href="/wiki/Family_Guy" title="Family Guy">Family Guy</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Batman:_The_Animated_Series" title="Batman: The Animated Series">Batman: The Animated Series</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Gargoyles_(TV_series)" title="Gargoyles (TV series)">Gargoyles</a></i>. Burton is on the audio version of books such as <i><a href="/wiki/The_Watsons_Go_to_Birmingham:_1963" class="mw-redirect" title="The Watsons Go to Birmingham: 1963">The Watsons Go to Birmingham: 1963</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Paul_Curtis" title="Christopher Paul Curtis">Christopher Paul Curtis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Burton has been cast as voice actor for <a href="/wiki/Black_Lightning" title="Black Lightning">Black Lightning</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Superman/Batman:_Public_Enemies" title="Superman/Batman: Public Enemies">Superman/Batman: Public Enemies</a></i> DVD. </p><p>Burton appeared several times as a celebrity guest on the <a href="/wiki/Dick_Clark" title="Dick Clark">Dick Clark</a>-hosted <i><a href="/wiki/Pyramid_(game_show)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pyramid (game show)">$25,000 and $100,000 Pyramids</a></i>, from 1982 until 1988. Burton also was the strongest link in the special <i>Star Trek</i> episode of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Weakest_Link" class="mw-redirect" title="The Weakest Link">The Weakest Link</a></i>. He defeated his final opponent <a href="/wiki/Robert_Picardo" title="Robert Picardo">Robert Picardo</a> and won $167,500 for his charity, <a href="/wiki/Junior_Achievement" title="Junior Achievement">Junior Achievement</a> of Southern California, a record for the show at that time and the largest amount won in any Celebrity Edition of the show (it was later surpassed by a $188,500 win in a "Tournament of Losers" episode). </p><p>He has made appearances in such sitcoms as <i><a href="/wiki/Becker_(TV_series)" title="Becker (TV series)">Becker</a></i>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Levar_burton.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Levar_burton.jpg/170px-Levar_burton.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="228" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Levar_burton.jpg/255px-Levar_burton.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Levar_burton.jpg/340px-Levar_burton.jpg 2x" data-file-width="407" data-file-height="547" /></a><figcaption>Burton at the <a href="/wiki/Schlow_Centre_Region_Library" title="Schlow Centre Region Library">Schlow Centre Region Library</a>, January 29, 2007</figcaption></figure> <p>Burton is the host and executive producer of a documentary titled <i>The Science of Peace</i>, which was in production as of 2007. It investigates the science and technology aimed at enabling <a href="/wiki/World_peace" title="World peace">world peace</a>, sometimes called <a href="/wiki/Peace_science" class="mw-redirect" title="Peace science">peace science</a>. The film explores some of the concepts of shared <a href="/wiki/Noetic_theory" class="mw-redirect" title="Noetic theory">noetic</a> consciousness, having been sponsored in part by the <a href="/wiki/Institute_of_Noetic_Sciences" title="Institute of Noetic Sciences">Institute of Noetic Sciences</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He appeared in an April Fool's episode of <i><a href="/wiki/Smosh" title="Smosh">Smosh</a></i> pretending to have taken over the channel and making various edits at popular Smosh videos.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He makes occasional appearances on <i><a href="/wiki/This_Week_in_Tech" title="This Week in Tech">This Week in Tech</a></i>, where he is a self-proclaimed "nerd", and also participated in the <a href="/wiki/Consumer_Electronics_Show" title="Consumer Electronics Show">Consumer Electronics Show</a> 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2010, Burton made an appearance on <i><a href="/wiki/Tim_and_Eric_Awesome_Show,_Great_Job!" title="Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!">Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!</a></i> as the ghost of himself in the episode "Greene Machine". In February 2011, he made an appearance as himself on NBC's <i><a href="/wiki/Community_(TV_Series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Community (TV Series)">Community</a></i> in the episode "Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking", and then again in January 2014's "<a href="/wiki/Geothermal_Escapism" title="Geothermal Escapism">Geothermal Escapism</a>". </p><p>Burton has appeared as a fictionalized, humorous version of himself on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Bang_Theory" title="The Big Bang Theory">The Big Bang Theory</a></i>, first appearing in the episode "<a href="/wiki/The_Toast_Derivation" title="The Toast Derivation">The Toast Derivation</a>", in which he almost attends a party thrown by Sheldon (before swearing off Twitter), in November 2012 in the episode "<a href="/wiki/The_Habitation_Configuration" class="mw-redirect" title="The Habitation Configuration">The Habitation Configuration</a>", in which he appears on "Fun With Flags" in exchange for lunch and gas money, and again in the November 2014 episode "<a href="/wiki/The_Champagne_Reflection" class="mw-redirect" title="The Champagne Reflection">The Champagne Reflection</a>", in which he returns for the 232nd episode of "Fun With Flags" in exchange for Sheldon deleting his contact details. </p><p>In 2012, he had a recurring role as dean Paul Haley on the <a href="/wiki/TNT_(U.S._TV_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="TNT (U.S. TV network)">TNT</a> series <a href="/wiki/Perception_(U.S._TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Perception (U.S. TV series)"><i>Perception</i></a>. For the second season (2013), he became part of the regular cast. </p><p>In 2014, he had a guest appearance in an introduction section for the 200th episode of Achievement Hunter's show, <i>Achievement Hunter Weekly Update</i> (AHWU). In May 2014, he appeared as a guest on the YouTube channel <i><a href="/wiki/SciShow" title="SciShow">SciShow</a></i>, explaining the science behind <a href="/wiki/Double_rainbow" class="mw-redirect" title="Double rainbow">double</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tertiary_rainbow" class="mw-redirect" title="Tertiary rainbow">tertiary</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Quaternary_rainbow" class="mw-redirect" title="Quaternary rainbow">quaternary</a> rainbows. Late in 2014, he had another guest appearance on a 24-hour Extra Life, a fundraising organization for Children's Miracle Network hospitals, stream by <a href="/wiki/Rooster_Teeth" title="Rooster Teeth">Rooster Teeth</a>. Burton has also taped a recycling field trip for YouTube. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:LeVar_Burton_2017_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/LeVar_Burton_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-LeVar_Burton_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="231" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/LeVar_Burton_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-LeVar_Burton_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/LeVar_Burton_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-LeVar_Burton_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2785" data-file-height="2921" /></a><figcaption>Burton in 2017</figcaption></figure> <p>In November 2020, he appeared as himself on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Eric_Andre_Show" title="The Eric Andre Show">The Eric Andre Show</a></i>. His segment was a callback to <a href="/wiki/Lance_Reddick" title="Lance Reddick">Lance Reddick's</a> interview (2013) in which he mentioned LeVar by name and dressed as an amalgam of <a href="/wiki/Kunta_Kinte" title="Kunta Kinte">Kunta Kinte</a> and <a href="/wiki/Geordi_La_Forge" title="Geordi La Forge">Geordi La Forge</a>. </p><p>Burton served as a guest host on <i><a href="/wiki/Jeopardy!" title="Jeopardy!">Jeopardy!</a></i> from July 26 to 30, 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This came after a petition asking the show's producers to select him was signed by more than 250,000 fans.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ratings during his appearance were below average due to tapering audience curiosity and forced viewership competition with NBC's coverage of the <a href="/wiki/2020_Summer_Olympics" title="2020 Summer Olympics">2020 Summer Olympics</a> in Tokyo, which trampled syndicated shows across the board.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has been very critical of the show's guest host process, stating that the show's then executive producer <a href="/wiki/Mike_Richards_(television_personality)" title="Mike Richards (television personality)">Mike Richards</a> expressed disbelief about Burton wanting the job.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Burton, Richards also claimed to have no interest in hosting the show himself even though this was disproven by later events.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, he would later say that the experience taught him that there is a "perfect nature of all things".<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Burton also teaches the "Power of Storytelling" in the <a href="/wiki/MasterClass" title="MasterClass">MasterClass</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Directing">Directing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LeVar_Burton&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Directing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, Burton directed episodes for each of the various <i>Star Trek</i> series then in production. He has directed more <i>Star Trek</i> episodes than any other former regular cast member.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He has also directed episodes of <i><a href="/wiki/Charmed" title="Charmed">Charmed</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/JAG_(TV_series)" title="JAG (TV series)">JAG</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas_(TV_series)" title="Las Vegas (TV series)">Las Vegas</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Scorpion_(TV_series)" title="Scorpion (TV series)">Scorpion</a>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Soul_Food_(TV_series)" title="Soul Food (TV series)">Soul Food: The Series</a></i>, as well as the miniseries <i><a href="/wiki/Miracle%27s_Boys" title="Miracle's Boys">Miracle's Boys</a></i> and the biopic <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tiger_Woods_Story" title="The Tiger Woods Story">The Tiger Woods Story</a></i>. He also directed the 1999 <a href="/wiki/Disney_Channel_Original_Movie" class="mw-redirect" title="Disney Channel Original Movie">Disney Channel Original Movie</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Smart_House" title="Smart House">Smart House</a></i> starring <a href="/wiki/Katey_Sagal" title="Katey Sagal">Katey Sagal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Kilner" title="Kevin Kilner">Kevin Kilner</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jessica_Steen" title="Jessica Steen">Jessica Steen</a>. In August 2020, it was revealed that Burton will sit in the director's chair for <i>Two-Front War</i> from Lou Reda Productions, a multi-perspective docuseries will give "an emotionally raw look at the connection between the fight for civil rights in America and the struggle for equality of Black soldiers in Vietnam".<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His first theatrical film direction was <i><a href="/wiki/Blizzard_(2003_film)" title="Blizzard (2003 film)">Blizzard</a></i> (2003), for which he received a "Best of Fest" award from the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_International_Children%27s_Film_Festival" title="Chicago International Children's Film Festival">Chicago International Children's Film Festival</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a <a href="/wiki/Genie_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Genie Award">Genie Award</a> nomination for his work on the film's theme song, "Center of My Heart".<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Burton was an alternate board director in 2000<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was elected to the board of directors for the <a href="/wiki/Directors_Guild_of_America" title="Directors Guild of America">Directors Guild of America</a> in 2005<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and re-elected in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2023 for his commitment to public service, Burton was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Common_Wealth_Award_of_Distinguished_Service" title="Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service">Common Wealth Awards of Distinguished Service.</a><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LeVar_Burton&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>LeVar Burton married Stephanie Cozart, a professional make-up artist, on October 3, 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Burton has two children, son Eian Burton Smith and daughter <a href="/wiki/Mica_Burton" title="Mica Burton">Michaela "Mica" Jean Burton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TV_Guide_bio_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TV_Guide_bio-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The family lives in <a href="/wiki/Sherman_Oaks,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Sherman Oaks, California">Sherman Oaks, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Burton does not identify with any religion, saying: "I walked away from the seminary, I walked away from Catholicism, I walked away from organized religion because I felt that there was more for me to explore in the world, and that I could do that without adhering to one specific belief system or another."<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2012, Burton joined the board of directors for the <a href="/wiki/AIDS_Research_Alliance" title="AIDS Research Alliance">AIDS Research Alliance</a>, a non-profit, medical research organization dedicated to finding a cure for AIDS.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, Burton was one of the five inaugural honorees to the Sacramento Walk of Stars.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2019, Councilmember Larry Carr, representing the Meadowview neighborhood, led the renaming of Richfield Park to LeVar Burton Park in his honor. The park is in the Meadowview neighborhood, near the house where Burton and his sisters grew up.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2024, while on the show <i><a href="/wiki/Finding_Your_Roots" title="Finding Your Roots">Finding Your Roots</a></i>, Burton discovered that he has a white, <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate</a> great-great-grandfather. Another great-great-grandfather was <a href="/wiki/Hal_B._Burton" title="Hal B. Burton">Hal B. Burton</a>, a Black member of the <a href="/wiki/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives" title="Arkansas House of Representatives">Arkansas House of Representatives</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LeVar_Burton&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/LeVar_Burton_filmography" title="LeVar Burton filmography">LeVar Burton filmography</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LeVar_Burton&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Awards and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Awards">Awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LeVar_Burton&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Nominations">Nominations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LeVar_Burton&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Nominations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1977: <a href="/wiki/Emmy" class="mw-redirect" title="Emmy">Emmy</a> – Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Performance in a Drama or Comedy Series – <i>Roots</i><sup id="cite_ref-LVBEmmy_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LVBEmmy-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Part 1, "Kunta Kinte")</li> <li>1998, 2001, 2005: <a href="/wiki/Image_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="Image Awards">Image Awards</a> variously for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series and Outstanding Youth or Children's Series/Special — <i>Reading Rainbow</i> (both as Self and as Executive Producer)</li> <li>1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1999: <a href="/wiki/Daytime_Emmy" class="mw-redirect" title="Daytime Emmy">Daytime Emmy</a> – Outstanding Children's Series – <i>Reading Rainbow</i> (Executive Producer)</li> <li>1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007: Daytime Emmy – Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series – <i>Reading Rainbow</i> (Self)</li> <li>2004: <a href="/wiki/Genie_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Genie Award">Genie Award</a> – Best Achievement in Music-Original Song – <i>Blizzard</i> (Co-composer "Center of My Heart")</li> <li>2006: <a href="/wiki/Black_Reel_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Reel Award">Black Reel Award</a> – Best Director-Television – <i>Miracle's Boys</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Wins">Wins</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LeVar_Burton&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Wins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1990: Star on the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a> at 7030 Hollywood Boulevard <i>for television achievement</i></li> <li>1992: <a href="/wiki/Peabody_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Peabody Award">Peabody Award</a> – <i>Reading Rainbow</i> (as executive producer of episode, "The Wall")</li> <li>1994, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2003: <a href="/wiki/Image_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Image Award">Image Award</a> – <i>variously for</i> Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series and Outstanding Youth or Children's Series/Special – <i>Reading Rainbow</i> (both as Self and as Executive Producer)</li> <li>2000: <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Spoken_Word_Album" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album">Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album</a> – <i>The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr.</i></li> <li>1990, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007: Daytime Emmy – <a href="/wiki/Daytime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Children%27s_Series" title="Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series">Outstanding Children's Series</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Reading_Rainbow" title="Reading Rainbow">Reading Rainbow</a></i> (Executive Producer)</li> <li>2001, 2002: Daytime Emmy – <a href="/wiki/Daytime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Performer_in_Children%27s_Programming" title="Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming">Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series</a> – <i>Reading Rainbow</i> (Self)</li> <li>2003: <a href="/wiki/TCA_Awards" title="TCA Awards">Television Critics Association Award</a> – Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming – <i>Reading Rainbow</i> (Executive Producer)</li> <li>2003: <a href="/wiki/Audie_Award_for_Faith-Based_Fiction_and_Nonfiction" title="Audie Award for Faith-Based Fiction and Nonfiction">Audie Award for Inspirational or Spiritual Title</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Conversations_with_God" title="Conversations with God">Conversations with God for Teens</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2004: <a href="/wiki/Chicago_International_Children%27s_Film_Festival" title="Chicago International Children's Film Festival">Chicago International Children's Film Festival</a> – Best of Fest – <i>Blizzard</i> (Director)</li> <li>2010: Audie Awards for <a href="/wiki/Audie_Award_for_Audiobook_of_the_Year" title="Audie Award for Audiobook of the Year">Audiobook of the Year</a> and <a href="/wiki/Audie_Award_for_Multi-Voiced_Performance" title="Audie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance">Multi-Voiced Performance</a> – Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2012: <a href="/wiki/Audie_Award_for_Original_Work" title="Audie Award for Original Work">Audie Award for Original Work</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/METAtropolis" title="METAtropolis">METAtropolis: Cascadia</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2022: Children's and Family Emmys – Lifetime Achievement Award<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2023: <a href="/wiki/National_Humanities_Medal" title="National Humanities Medal">National Humanities Medal</a> - For literacy work<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2024: <a href="/wiki/51st_Saturn_Awards" title="51st Saturn Awards">Saturn Awards</a> – Lifetime Achievement Award – The Cast of <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation" title="Star Trek: The Next Generation">Star Trek: The Next Generation</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-TrekMovie_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TrekMovie-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Books">Books</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LeVar_Burton&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Aftermath</i>, 1997, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em 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a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-446-67960-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-446-67960-7">0-446-67960-7</a></li> <li><i>The Rhino Who Swallowed a Storm</i>, 2014, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-990-53950-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-990-53950-4">0-990-53950-4</a></li> <li><i>A Kids Book About Imagination</i>, 2021, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-953955-44-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-953955-44-9">978-1-953955-44-9</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LeVar_Burton&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dragon-149393.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Dragon-149393.svg/27px-Dragon-149393.svg.png" decoding="async" width="27" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Dragon-149393.svg/41px-Dragon-149393.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Dragon-149393.svg/54px-Dragon-149393.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="529" /></a></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Speculative_fiction" title="Portal:Speculative fiction">Speculative fiction portal</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank_television_set.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Blank_television_set.svg/32px-Blank_television_set.svg.png" decoding="async" 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individual for their contributions to <a href="/wiki/Genre_fiction" title="Genre fiction">genre entertainment</a>. Top luminaries like <a href="/wiki/Stan_Lee" title="Stan Lee">Stan Lee</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Nimoy" title="Leonard Nimoy">Leonard Nimoy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spock" title="Spock">Mr. Spock</a> himself, have received this top honor. It's not new, but we extended this award to cover the entire cast of <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation" title="Star Trek: The Next Generation">Star Trek: The Next Generation</a></i>, due to its continued influence on the face of general television. It was originally doomed to failure since it was following in the footsteps of <a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series" title="Star Trek: The Original Series">the original <i>Star Trek</i></a>, yet it carved its own identity, and its diverse cast was light years ahead of its time!" —<a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Science_Fiction,_Fantasy_and_Horror_Films" title="Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films">Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films</a><sup id="cite_ref-TrekMovie_74-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TrekMovie-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LeVar_Burton&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTowers2021" class="citation web cs1">Towers, Andrea (July 28, 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ew.com/tv/levar-burtons-daughter-trolls-jeopardy-hosting-debut/">"LeVar Burton's daughter hilariously trolls his 'Jeopardy' hosting debut"</a>. <i>EW.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 1,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=EW.com&rft.atitle=LeVar+Burton%27s+daughter+hilariously+trolls+his+%27Jeopardy%27+hosting+debut&rft.date=2021-07-28&rft.aulast=Towers&rft.aufirst=Andrea&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Few.com%2Ftv%2Flevar-burtons-daughter-trolls-jeopardy-hosting-debut%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALeVar+Burton" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AP-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-AP_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-AP_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-AP_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.deseret.com/1993/5/18/19047584/celebrity-q-a-burton-s-background">"Celebrity Q&A: Burton's Background"</a>. Salt Lake City, Utah. <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a>. May 18, 1993. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20201115201811/https://www.deseret.com/1993/5/18/19047584/celebrity-q-a-burton-s-background">Archived</a> from the original on November 15, 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 15,</span> 2020</span> – via <a href="/wiki/The_Deseret_News" class="mw-redirect" title="The Deseret News">The Deseret News</a>. <q>Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr. was born Feb. 16, 1957, in Landsthul [sic], Germany. (His father, a career Army man, was stationed there.)</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Celebrity+Q%26A%3A+Burton%27s+Background&rft.date=1993-05-18&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.deseret.com%2F1993%2F5%2F18%2F19047584%2Fcelebrity-q-a-burton-s-background&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALeVar+Burton" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Family,_name,_birth-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Family,_name,_birth_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Family,_name,_birth_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Family,_name,_birth_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.filmreference.com/film/26/LeVar-Burton.html">"LeVar Burton Biography (1957–)"</a>. 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Exploring the actor's fortune as he makes a memorable debut on 'Jeopardy!'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i>www.sportskeeda.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Event occurs at 38:52<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 20,</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Episode+15%3A+%27Unassigned+Territory%27&rft.date=2018-01-30&rft.au=Levar+Burton&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.levarburtonpodcast.com&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALeVar+Burton" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-64"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-64">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation pressrelease cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pr.com/press-release/436088">"Emmy Award Winner LeVar Burton Joins AIDS Research Alliance's Board of Directors"</a> (Press release). AIDS Research Alliance. 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title="Geraldine Fitzgerald">Geraldine Fitzgerald</a> / <a href="/wiki/Jack_Gilford" title="Jack Gilford">Jack Gilford</a> / <a href="/wiki/Jim_Henson" title="Jim Henson">Jim Henson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Hunt_(puppeteer)" title="Richard Hunt (puppeteer)">Richard Hunt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Oz" title="Frank Oz">Frank Oz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Nelson" title="Jerry Nelson">Jerry Nelson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Caroll_Spinney" title="Caroll Spinney">Caroll Spinney</a> (1979)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Melissa_Sue_Anderson" title="Melissa Sue Anderson">Melissa Sue Anderson</a> / Maia Danziger / <a href="/wiki/Butterfly_McQueen" title="Butterfly McQueen">Butterfly McQueen</a> / <a href="/wiki/Fred_Rogers" title="Fred Rogers">Fred Rogers</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Aiello" title="Danny Aiello">Danny Aiello</a> / <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cosby" title="Bill Cosby">Bill Cosby</a> / <a href="/wiki/Ken_Howard" title="Ken Howard">Ken Howard</a> / <a href="/wiki/Marlo_Thomas" title="Marlo Thomas">Marlo Thomas</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Keeshan" title="Bob Keeshan">Robert Keeshan</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cloris_Leachman" title="Cloris Leachman">Cloris Leachman</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Van_Dyke" title="Dick Van Dyke">Dick Van Dyke</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Carradine" title="John Carradine">John Carradine</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearl_Bailey" title="Pearl Bailey">Pearl Bailey</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madeline_Kahn" title="Madeline Kahn">Madeline Kahn</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Bosco" title="Philip Bosco">Philip Bosco</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dana_Barron" title="Dana Barron">Dana Barron</a> / <a href="/wiki/Jim_Varney" title="Jim Varney">Jim Varney</a> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Clash" title="Kevin Clash">Kevin Clash</a> / Greg Spottiswood (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Curry" title="Tim Curry">Tim Curry</a> / <a href="/wiki/Jo_Vannicola" title="Jo Vannicola">Joanne Vannicola</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josh_Hamilton_(actor)" title="Josh Hamilton (actor)">Josh Hamilton</a> / <a href="/wiki/Shari_Lewis" title="Shari Lewis">Shari Lewis</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shari_Lewis" title="Shari Lewis">Shari Lewis</a> / <a href="/wiki/Dina_Spybey" title="Dina Spybey">Dina Spybey</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shari_Lewis" title="Shari Lewis">Shari Lewis</a> / <a href="/wiki/Justin_Whalin" title="Justin Whalin">Justin Whalin</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shari_Lewis" title="Shari Lewis">Shari Lewis</a> / <a href="/wiki/Hal_Linden" title="Hal Linden">Hal Linden</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kate_Burton_(actress)" title="Kate Burton (actress)">Kate Burton</a> / <a href="/wiki/Shari_Lewis" title="Shari Lewis">Shari Lewis</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donna_Murphy" title="Donna Murphy">Donna Murphy</a> / <a href="/wiki/Fred_Rogers" title="Fred Rogers">Fred Rogers</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Nye" title="Bill Nye">Bill Nye</a> / <a href="/wiki/Robert_Ri%27chard" title="Robert Ri'chard">Robert Ri'chard</a> (1998)</li> <li>Jordan Kiziuk / <a href="/wiki/Fred_Rogers" title="Fred Rogers">Fred Rogers</a> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones">James Earl Jones</a> / <a href="/wiki/Shari_Lewis" title="Shari Lewis">Shari Lewis</a> (2000)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">LeVar Burton</a> / <a href="/wiki/Ossie_Davis" title="Ossie Davis">Ossie Davis</a> (2001)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">LeVar Burton</a> / Kelsey Keel (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Foster_(actor)" title="Ben Foster (actor)">Ben Foster</a> / <a href="/wiki/Shia_LaBeouf" title="Shia LaBeouf">Shia LaBeouf</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Corwin" title="Jeff Corwin">Jeff Corwin</a> / <a href="/wiki/Gena_Rowlands" title="Gena Rowlands">Gena Rowlands</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stockard_Channing" title="Stockard Channing">Stockard Channing</a> / <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Clash" title="Kevin Clash">Kevin Clash</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Clash" title="Kevin Clash">Kevin Clash</a> / <a href="/wiki/James_McDaniel" title="James McDaniel">James McDaniel</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eion_Bailey" title="Eion Bailey">Eion Bailey</a> / <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Clash" title="Kevin Clash">Kevin Clash</a> / <a href="/wiki/Caroll_Spinney" title="Caroll Spinney">Caroll Spinney</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bindi_Irwin" title="Bindi Irwin">Bindi Irwin</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Clash" title="Kevin Clash">Kevin Clash</a> (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Clash" title="Kevin Clash">Kevin Clash</a> / <a href="/wiki/Joey_Mazzarino" title="Joey Mazzarino">Joey Mazzarino</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Clash" title="Kevin Clash">Kevin Clash</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Clash" title="Kevin Clash">Kevin Clash</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Clash" title="Kevin Clash">Kevin Clash</a> (2013)</li> <li>Jessica Honor Carleton (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margot_Kidder" title="Margot Kidder">Margot Kidder</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessica_Lundy" title="Jessica Lundy">Jessica Lundy</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Kragten" title="Isaac Kragten">Isaac Kragten</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dove_Cameron" title="Dove Cameron">Dove Cameron</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michela_Luci" title="Michela Luci">Michela Luci</a> (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Grammy_Award_for_Best_Audio_Book,_Narration_&amp;_Storytelling_Recording" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" 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navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i>FDR Speaks</i> – Robert Bialek (producer) (1960)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Bernstein_Discusses_Humor_in_Music_and_Conducts_Till_Eulenspiegel%27s_Merry_Pranks" title="Leonard Bernstein Discusses Humor in Music and Conducts Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks">Humor in Music</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Bernstein" title="Leonard Bernstein">Leonard Bernstein</a> (1961)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>The Story-Teller: A Session with Charles Laughton</i> – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Laughton" title="Charles Laughton">Charles Laughton</a> (1962)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Who%27s_Afraid_of_Virginia_Woolf%3F" title="Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?">Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Edward_Albee" title="Edward Albee">Edward Albee</a> (playwright) (1963)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>BBC Tribute to John F. Kennedy</i> – <i><a href="/wiki/That_Was_the_Week_That_Was" title="That Was the Week That Was">That Was the Week That Was</a></i> (1964)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>John F. Kennedy: As We Remember Him</i> – <a href="/wiki/Goddard_Lieberson" title="Goddard Lieberson">Goddard Lieberson</a> (producer) (1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Edward R. Murrow - A Reporter Remembers, Vol. I: The War Years</i> – <a href="/wiki/Edward_R._Murrow" title="Edward R. Murrow">Edward R. Murrow</a> (1966)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Gallant Men</i> – <a href="/wiki/Everett_Dirksen" title="Everett Dirksen">Everett Dirksen</a> (1967)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Lonesome Cities</i> – <a href="/wiki/Rod_McKuen" title="Rod McKuen">Rod McKuen</a> (1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>We Love You Call Collect</i> – <a href="/wiki/Art_Linkletter" title="Art Linkletter">Art Linkletter</a> & <a href="/wiki/Diane_Linkletter" title="Diane Linkletter">Diane Linkletter</a> (1969)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i>Why I Oppose the War in Vietnam</i> – <a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr." title="Martin Luther King Jr.">Martin Luther King Jr.</a> (1970)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Desiderata_(Les_Crane_album)" title="Desiderata (Les Crane album)">Desiderata</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Les_Crane" title="Les Crane">Les Crane</a> (1971)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Lenny</i> – <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Botnick" title="Bruce Botnick">Bruce Botnick</a> (producer) & the Original Broadway Cast (1972)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Livingston_Seagull" title="Jonathan Livingston Seagull">Jonathan Livingston Seagull</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Richard_Harris" title="Richard Harris">Richard Harris</a> (1973)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Good Evening</i> – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Cook" title="Peter Cook">Peter Cook</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Moore" title="Dudley Moore">Dudley Moore</a> (1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Give_%27em_Hell,_Harry!" title="Give 'em Hell, Harry!">Give 'em Hell, Harry!</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/James_Whitmore" title="James Whitmore">James Whitmore</a> (1975)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Great American Documents</i> – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Fonda" title="Henry Fonda">Henry Fonda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Helen_Hayes" title="Helen Hayes">Helen Hayes</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones">James Earl Jones</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Orson_Welles" title="Orson Welles">Orson Welles</a> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Belle_of_Amherst" title="The Belle of Amherst">The Belle of Amherst</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Julie_Harris" title="Julie Harris">Julie Harris</a> (1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Citizen_Kane" title="Citizen Kane">Citizen Kane (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Orson_Welles" title="Orson Welles">Orson Welles</a> (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Ages of Man: Readings from Shakespeare</i> – <a href="/wiki/John_Gielgud" title="John Gielgud">John Gielgud</a> (1979)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Gertrude_Stein" title="Gertrude Stein">Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Pat_Carroll" title="Pat Carroll">Pat Carroll</a> (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Donovan%27s_Brain" title="Donovan's Brain">Donovan's Brain</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Orson_Welles" title="Orson Welles">Orson Welles</a> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Raiders_of_the_Lost_Ark" title="Raiders of the Lost Ark">Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Movie on Record</a></i> – Tom Voegeli (producer) and Various Artists (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Portrait" title="Lincoln Portrait">Lincoln Portrait</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/William_Warfield" title="William Warfield">William Warfield</a> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>The Words of Gandhi</i> – <a href="/wiki/Ben_Kingsley" title="Ben Kingsley">Ben Kingsley</a> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Ma_Rainey%27s_Black_Bottom" title="Ma Rainey's Black Bottom">Ma Rainey's Black Bottom</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Berniker" title="Mike Berniker">Mike Berniker</a> (producer) & the Original Broadway Cast (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Interviews from the Class of '55 Recording Sessions</i> – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lee_Lewis" title="Jerry Lee Lewis">Jerry Lee Lewis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chips_Moman" title="Chips Moman">Chips Moman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Nelson" title="Ricky Nelson">Ricky Nelson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roy_Orbison" title="Roy Orbison">Roy Orbison</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carl_Perkins" title="Carl Perkins">Carl Perkins</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sam_Phillips" title="Sam Phillips">Sam Phillips</a> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Lake_Wobegon_Days" title="Lake Wobegon Days">Lake Wobegon Days</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Garrison_Keillor" title="Garrison Keillor">Garrison Keillor</a> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Speech by Rev. Jesse Jackson</i> – <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Jackson" title="Jesse Jackson">Jesse Jackson</a> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>It's Always Something</i> – <a href="/wiki/Gilda_Radner" title="Gilda Radner">Gilda Radner</a> (1989)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Gracie:_A_Love_Story" title="Gracie: A Love Story">Gracie: A Love Story</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/George_Burns" title="George Burns">George Burns</a> (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Civil_War_(miniseries)" title="The Civil War (miniseries)">The Civil War</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Ken_Burns" title="Ken Burns">Ken Burns</a> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>What You Can Do to Avoid AIDS</i> – <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Earvin "Magic" Johnson</a> and Robert O'Keefe (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/On_the_Pulse_of_Morning" title="On the Pulse of Morning">On the Pulse of Morning</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Maya_Angelou" title="Maya Angelou">Maya Angelou</a> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Get_in_the_Van" title="Get in the Van">Get in the Van</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Rollins" title="Henry Rollins">Henry Rollins</a> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Phenomenal_Woman:_Four_Poems_Celebrating_Women" title="Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women">Phenomenal Woman</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Maya_Angelou" title="Maya Angelou">Maya Angelou</a> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/It_Takes_a_Village" title="It Takes a Village">It Takes a Village</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Charles Kuralt's Spring</i> – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Kuralt" title="Charles Kuralt">Charles Kuralt</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Still_Me" title="Still Me">Still Me</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Reeve" title="Christopher Reeve">Christopher Reeve</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr.</i> – <a class="mw-selflink selflink">LeVar Burton</a> (1999)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Measure_of_a_Man:_A_Spiritual_Autobiography" title="The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography">The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Poitier" title="Sidney Poitier">Sidney Poitier</a>, Rick Harris, and John Runnette (producers) (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones</i> – <a href="/wiki/Quincy_Jones" title="Quincy Jones">Quincy Jones</a>, Jeffrey S. Thomas, Steven Strassman (engineers), and Elisa Shokoff (producer) (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Song_Flung_Up_to_Heaven" title="A Song Flung Up to Heaven">A Song Flung Up to Heaven</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Maya_Angelou" title="Maya Angelou">Maya Angelou</a> and Charles B. Potter (producer) (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Lies_and_the_Lying_Liars_Who_Tell_Them" title="Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them">Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Al_Franken" title="Al Franken">Al Franken</a> and Paul Ruben (producer) (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/My_Life_(Clinton_autobiography)" title="My Life (Clinton autobiography)">My Life</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Dreams_from_My_Father" title="Dreams from My Father">Dreams from My Father</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Our_Endangered_Values" title="Our Endangered Values">Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> / <i>With Ossie and Ruby</i> – <a href="/wiki/Ossie_Davis" title="Ossie Davis">Ossie Davis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ruby_Dee" title="Ruby Dee">Ruby Dee</a> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Audacity_of_Hope" title="The Audacity of Hope">The Audacity of Hope</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> and Jacob Bronstein (producer) (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/An_Inconvenient_Truth_(book)" title="An Inconvenient Truth (book)">An Inconvenient Truth</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Al_Gore" title="Al Gore">Al Gore</a> – <a href="/wiki/Beau_Bridges" title="Beau Bridges">Beau Bridges</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cynthia_Nixon" title="Cynthia Nixon">Cynthia Nixon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Blair_Underwood" title="Blair Underwood">Blair Underwood</a> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Always Looking Up</i> – <a href="/wiki/Michael_J._Fox" title="Michael J. 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Colbert</a> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Diary of a Mad Diva</i> – <a href="/wiki/Joan_Rivers" title="Joan Rivers">Joan Rivers</a> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Full_Life:_Reflections_at_90" class="mw-redirect" title="A Full Life: Reflections at 90">A Full Life: Reflections at 90</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox</i> – <a href="/wiki/Carol_Burnett" title="Carol Burnett">Carol Burnett</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Princess_Diarist" title="The Princess Diarist">The Princess Diarist</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Carrie_Fisher" title="Carrie Fisher">Carrie Fisher</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Faith: A Journey for All</i> – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span 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Jordan</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denzel_Washington" title="Denzel Washington">Denzel Washington</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Kaluuya" title="Daniel Kaluuya">Daniel Kaluuya</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chadwick_Boseman" title="Chadwick Boseman">Chadwick Boseman</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_B._Jordan" title="Michael B. Jordan">Michael B. 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