Awards & Winners

LeVar Burton

Date of Birth 16-February-1957
Place of Birth Landstuhl Regional Medical Center
(Germany)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Levardis Robert Martyn Burton, Jr., Levar Burton, Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr.
Profession Actor, Television Director, Author, Presenter, Television Producer, Voice Actor
Levardis Robert Martyn Burton, Jr., professionally known as LeVar Burton, is an American actor, presenter, director, producer, and author. Burton is best known for his roles as the young Kunta Kinte in the 1977 award-winning ABC television miniseries Roots, Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation, and as the host and executive producer of the long-running PBS children's program Reading Rainbow.

Awards by LeVar Burton

Check all the awards nominated and won by LeVar Burton.

2014


Nominations 2014 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Shorty Award for Celebrity levarburton

2007


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series
Honored for : Reading Rainbow
TV Land Anniversary Award
Honored for : Roots
(30th Anniversary Award)

Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series Reading Rainbow
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In A Children’s Series Reading Rainbow

2006


Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

2005


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series
Honored for : Reading Rainbow

Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series Reading Rainbow
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In A Children’s Series Reading Rainbow
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or Special Reading Rainbow
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Children's Program Reading Rainbow

2004


Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Genie Award for Best Achievement in Music - Original Song Blizzard
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

2003


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series
Honored for : Reading Rainbow
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or Special
Honored for : Reading Rainbow

Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or Special Reading Rainbow
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In A Children’s Series Reading Rainbow
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series Reading Rainbow

2002


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In A Children’s Series
Honored for : Reading Rainbow
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series
Honored for : Reading Rainbow

Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In A Children’s Series Reading Rainbow
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or Special Reading Rainbow
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series Reading Rainbow

2001


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series
Honored for : Reading Rainbow
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In A Children’s Series
Honored for : Reading Rainbow

Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series Reading Rainbow
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In A Children’s Series Reading Rainbow
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Children's Program Reading Rainbow
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or Special Reading Rainbow

1999


NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or Special
Honored for : Reading Rainbow
Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album
Honored for : The Autobiography Of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In A Children’s Series Reading Rainbow
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series Reading Rainbow
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or Special Reading Rainbow
Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album The Autobiography Of Martin Luther King, Jr.

1998


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series
Honored for : Reading Rainbow

Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In A Children’s Series Reading Rainbow
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series Reading Rainbow
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or Special Reading Rainbow

1997


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series
Honored for : Reading Rainbow

Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In A Children’s Series Reading Rainbow
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series Reading Rainbow

1996


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series
Honored for : Reading Rainbow

Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In A Children’s Series Reading Rainbow
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series Reading Rainbow
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program Reading Rainbow
Act Against Violence

1995


NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or Special
Honored for : Reading Rainbow

Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or Special Reading Rainbow
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series Reading Rainbow
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In A Children’s Series Reading Rainbow

1994


Nominations 1994 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series Reading Rainbow
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In A Children’s Series Reading Rainbow

1993


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series
Honored for : Reading Rainbow

Nominations 1993 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In A Children’s Series Reading Rainbow
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series Reading Rainbow

1992


Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series Reading Rainbow
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In A Children’s Series Reading Rainbow

1991


Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In A Children’s Series Reading Rainbow
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series Reading Rainbow

1990


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series
Honored for : Reading Rainbow

Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series Reading Rainbow
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In A Children’s Series Reading Rainbow

1987


Nominations 1987 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In Children's Programming Reading Rainbow

1986


Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In Children's Programming Reading Rainbow

1980


NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Honored for : The Hunter

Nominations 1980 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture The Hunter

1977


Nominations 1977 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor - Drama Series Roots
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