LeVar Burton JULY 18, 2006 (wcsu) - Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr. (born February 16, 1957, in Landstuhl, West Germany), professionally known as LeVar Burton, is an African-American actor, director and author who first came to prominence playing Kunta Kinte in the 1977 award winning television miniseries "Roots", based on the novel by Alex Haley. He is also well-known for his role of Geordi La Forge in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and as the host of the PBS children's program "Reading Rainbow".
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