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LeVar Burton

1957 - Today

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Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr. (born February 16, 1957) is a German-born American actor, director, and television host. He played Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994) and Kunta Kinte in the ABC miniseries Roots (1977), and was the host of the PBS Kids educational television series Reading Rainbow for 23 years (1983–2006). Burton received 12 Daytime Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award as host and executive producer of Reading Rainbow. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. LeVar Burton is the 4,695th most popular actor (up from 4,839th in 2019), the 4,678th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,712th in 2019) and the 156th most popular German Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, LeVar Burton ranks 4,695 out of 13,578. Before him are Irina Alfyorova, Charles Shaughnessy, Minami Takayama, Gustaf Skarsgård, Margaretha Krook, and Michael Gwisdek. After him are Patricia Routledge, Aria Giovanni, Júlia Sigmond, Victor Sen Yung, Dia Mirza, and Roger Lloyd-Pack.

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Among people born in 1957, LeVar Burton ranks 298. Before him are John Kassir, Cameron Crowe, Andrei Kolkoutine, Steve Porcaro, Lisa Murkowski, and Chris Wedge. After him are Jon Lovitz, Mario Van Peebles, Evangelos Venizelos, Ian Stuart Donaldson, Jon Gries, and Lyle Lovett.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, LeVar Burton ranks 4,681 out of 7,253. Before him are Heinrich Gerber (1832), Haim Katz (1947), Hanna Maron (1923), Fritz-Hubert Gräser (1888), Carsten Jancker (1974), and Michael Gwisdek (1942). After him are Marieluise Fleißer (1901), Hans Nowak (1937), Klaus Ludwig (1949), Ralph Siegel (1945), Stefan Raab (1966), and Anneliese Rothenberger (1926).

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Among ACTORS In Germany

Among actors born in Germany, LeVar Burton ranks 156. Before him are Vadim Glowna (1941), Reiner Schöne (1942), Ruth Leuwerik (1924), Ossi Oswalda (1897), Hanna Maron (1923), and Michael Gwisdek (1942). After him are Joachim Fuchsberger (1927), John Ericson (1926), Walter Sedlmayr (1926), Saul Rubinek (1948), André Hennicke (1958), and Otto Gebühr (1877).

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