Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 8, 1959
Place of Birth:
Hamilton Air Force Base, California, USA
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Lester Holt
Biography
Lester Don Holt Jr. (born March 8, 1959) is an American journalist and news anchor for the weekday edition of NBC Nightly News, NBC Nightly News Kids Edition, and Dateline NBC. On June 18, 2015, he was made the permanent anchor of NBC Nightly News following the demotion of Brian Williams. He followed in the career footsteps of Max Robinson, an ABC News evening co-anchor, and Holt became the first African-American to solo anchor a weekday network nightly newscast.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Atrocity Inc. | Self (archive footage) |
| 2024 | The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump | Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All | Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | One World: Together at Home | Self |
| 2018 | Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2017 | Get Me Roger Stone | Self (archive footage) |
| 2009 | 2012 Startling New Secrets | |
| 2008 | Mystery of the Crystal Skulls | Himself - Host |
| 2008 | Witness to Jonestown | Himself |
| 2007 | The 9/11 Conspiracies: Fact or Fiction | Self - Host |
| 1996 | Primal Fear | WBBM Anchor |
| 1994 | Miracle on 34th Street | Newscaster |
| 1993 | The Fugitive | Newscaster |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Whose Vote Counts, Explained | Self (archive footage) |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self |
| 2017 | Dateline: Secrets Uncovered | Self - Correspondent |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self |
| 2013 | Hollywood Game Night | Self |
| 2009 | Warehouse 13 | Lester Holt |
| 2006 | 30 Rock | Lester Holt |
| 2004 | Miley's New Year's Eve Party | Self - Guest |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | |
| 1992 | Dateline | Self - Host |