LeVar Burton

Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr. (born February 16, 1957 in Landstuhl, Germany), professionally known as LeVar Burton, is an 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.

External links

• {{imdb name|id=0000996|name=LeVar Burton}}
• Reading Rainbow: Kids Want to Know Q&A with LeVar
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