LeVar Burton is known for his role as Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge on the First-run syndication TV science fiction show "Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994)" and in the movies "Star Trek Generations (1994)", "Star Trek First Contact (1996)", "Star Trek Insurrection (1998)" and "Star Trek Nemesis (2004)".

He played Kunta Kinte in the ABC TV miniseries "Roots (1977)" and in the movie "Roots: The Gift (1988)", and Paul Haley on the TNT TV show "Perception (2012-2015)".

Some other TV shows he appeared on are "Rebop", "Trapper John, M.D.", "Fantasy Island", "The Love Boat", "Murder, She Wrote", "Houston Knights", "Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child", "Christy", "Deadly Games", "Becker", "Star Trek: Voyager", "Boomtown", "Community", "The Big Bang Theory", "NCIS: New Orleans" and "Weird City".

He played Martin Luther King, Jr. in the movie "Ali (2001)"

Some other movies he appeared in are "One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story (1977)", "Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid (1977)", "Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)", "One In A Million: 1978 Full Feature (1978)", "Battered (1978)", "Dummy (1979)", "Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980)", "The Hunter (1980)", "The Acorn People (1981)", "Grambling's White Tiger (1981)", "Emergency Room (1983)", "The Jesse Owens Story (1984)", "And the Children Shall Lead (1985)", "The Midnight Hour (1985)", "The Supernaturals (1986)", "Liberty (1986)", "A Special Friendship (1987)", "Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland (1993)", "Parallel Lives (1994)", "Yesterday's Target (1996)", "Blizzard (2003)", "Reach for Me (2008)", "Taken in Broad Daylight (2009)", "The Jensen Project (2010)", "Rise of the Zombies (2012)" and "Practice Makes Perfect (2015)".

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