Actor profile

Lester Holt

8th March 1959 Hamilton Air Force Base, California, USA Acting

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.

14 Movies 17 TV Shows 31 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Atrocity Inc. poster

Atrocity Inc. 7th October 2024 as Self (archive footage)

The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump poster

The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump 24th September 2024 as Self (archive footage)

Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All poster

Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All 6th February 2021 as Self (archive footage)

One World: Together at Home poster

One World: Together at Home 18th April 2020 as Self

Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media 24th March 2018 as Self - Narrator (voice)

Get Me Roger Stone poster

Get Me Roger Stone 23rd April 2017 as Self (archive footage)

Business of Disaster poster

Business of Disaster 24th May 2016 as Self - NBC Reporter

2012 Startling New Secrets 9th November 2009

Witness to Jonestown poster

Witness to Jonestown 9th November 2008 as Himself

Mystery of the Crystal Skulls poster

Mystery of the Crystal Skulls 18th May 2008 as Himself - Host

The 9/11 Conspiracies: Fact or Fiction 20th August 2007 as Self - Host

Primal Fear poster

Primal Fear 3rd April 1996 as WBBM Anchor

Miracle on 34th Street poster

Miracle on 34th Street 18th November 1994 as Newscaster

The Fugitive poster

The Fugitive 6th August 1993 as Newscaster

Obama poster

Obama 27th November 2020 as Self

Whose Vote Counts, Explained poster

Whose Vote Counts, Explained 28th September 2020 as Self (archive footage)

The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show 9th September 2019 as Self - Guest

Steve poster

Steve 5th September 2017 as Self

Dateline: Secrets Uncovered poster

Dateline: Secrets Uncovered 21st July 2017 as Self - Correspondent

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 8th September 2015 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers 25th February 2014 as Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 17th February 2014 as Self - Guest

Hollywood Game Night poster

Hollywood Game Night 11th July 2013 as Self

Warehouse 13 poster

Warehouse 13 7th July 2009 as Lester Holt

30 Rock poster

30 Rock 11th October 2006 as Lester Holt

Miley's New Year's Eve Party poster

Miley's New Year's Eve Party 31st December 2004 as Self - Guest

Chicago Hope poster

Chicago Hope 18th September 1994 as Anchorman (uncredited)

Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien 13th September 1993 as Self - Guest

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 25th May 1992

Dateline poster

Dateline 31st March 1992 as Self - Correspondent

NBC Nightly News poster

NBC Nightly News 3rd August 1970 as Self