Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr. (born February 16, 1957, in Landstuhl, Germany), professionally known as LeVar Burton, is an African-American actor and director who first came to prominence playing Kunta Kinte in the 1977 award winning television miniseries Roots, based on the novel by Alex Haley (see 1977 in television).
Levar Burton is a graduate of University of Southern California's School of Theatre. He has a daughter, Michaela, born in 1994, with his wife Stephanie, and a son, born in 1980 decided by the courts after a paternity suit in which Burton was awarded joint custody.
He is an avid poker player, and participant in the World Poker Tour. [1] Currently residing in Nova Scotia, he and his wife Stephanie have worked to raise the awareness of treatments for infertility.
Following on his Emmy-nominated work in Roots he was something of a household name. He was so well-recognized that he appeared virtually as himself in the late 1970s and early 1980s on a number of television shows that employed "name" actors in guest roles. Thus, largely on the back of a single performance in Roots part 1, he was a visitor to Fantasy Island, participant in Battle of the Network Stars, a guest of the Muppet Show's televised premiere party for the release of The Muppet Movie and a frequent guest on several popular game shows of the day. During these earliest days of MTV, he even appeared on a music video called "Word Up!" by R&B band Cameo.
As the 80s progressed, his interest in bettering the lives of children began to manifest itself. He created and began to host and executive produce Reading Rainbow in 1983 for PBS.
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