Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr. (born February 16, 1957) is an American actor, director, and television host. He played Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994), 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). He received 12 Daytime Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award as host and executive producer of Reading Rainbow. More about Levar Burton
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His other roles include Cap Jackson in Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977), Donald Lang in Dummy (1979), Tommy Price in The Hunter (1980), which earned him an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture, and Martin Luther King Jr. in Ali (2001). Burton received the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards for his narration of the book The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr. In 1990, he was honored for his achievements in television with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.In total, we tracked 136 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Levar Burton (LeVar Burton as LaForge Star Trek Next Generation Skybox Autograph Card) was sold in January 2022 for $400.00 while the cheapest item (Levar Burton signed autographed 4x6 Roots Star Trek TNG Reading Rainbow Jeopardy) found a new owner for $0.99 in July 2022. The month with the most items sold (5) was April 2020 with an average selling price of $49.99 for an autographed item of Levar Burton. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2022 with $400.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $3.08 was December 2018. In average, an autographed item from Levar Burton is worth $43.50.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Levar Burton were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
Item Title | Price | Store | |
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1993 LeVar Burton Signed Photograph B&W JSA | $62.42 | ||
1998 Star Trek Insurrection A-5 Levar Burton Geordi La Forge Auto Autograph Card | $38.00 | ||
1998 STAR TREK INSURRECTION LEVAR BURTON #A-5 AUTOGRAPH GEORGE LA FORGE | $51.99 | ||
LeVar Burton Actor Star Trek Roots Auto JSA Signed Vintage Album Page Rainbow | $25.99 | ||
LEVAR BURTON AUTOGRAPH 1996 STAR TREK NEXT GENERATION GEORDI LAFORGE AUTO CARD | $7.59 | ||
LEVAR BURTON AUTOGRAPH 1998 STAR TREK INSURRECTION LA FORGE AUTO + REDEMPTION | $46.01 | ||
LEVAR BURTON AUTOGRAPHED INDEX CARD ACTOR | $2.99 | ||
ROOTS LeVar Burton SIGNED 8X10 Photo JSA COA b | $79.99 | ||
Star Trek Inflexions Movies Autograph Auto A135 LeVar Burton + A95 Michael Dorn | $227.04 | ||
Star Trek The Next Generation 1992 Trading Card #8 Levar Burton Autograph | $18.02 |
Butterfly in the Sky Documentary Celebrates LeVar Burton's Reading Rainbow Legac (09/03/21): Featuring archival footage and new interviews with host LeVar Burton, Butterfly in the Sky celebrates the legacy of the hit PBS series Reading Rainbow.
Wesley Snipes Almost Played Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation (03/12/21): Wesley Snipes says he came very close to landing the role of Geordi La Forge, though he agrees that LeVar Burton was the right man for the job.