---
name: "LeVar Burton"
type: Person
description: "American actor, director and longtime host of Reading Rainbow, known for Roots and Star Trek: The Next Generation."
jobTitle: "Actor and author"
canonical: https://thequantumoflight.com/people/levar-burton
publication: The Quantum of Light
---

# LeVar Burton

American actor, director and longtime host of Reading Rainbow, known for Roots and Star Trek: The Next Generation.

**Actor and author**

## Books

- [Take My Word for It](/book/take-my-word-for-it)