Name
Lester Holt
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1959-03-08 (67 years old)
Place of Birth
Hamilton Air Force Base, California, USA
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
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- 1994 Miracle on 34th Street as Newscaster
- 2008 Mystery of the Crystal Skulls as Himself - Host
- 1993 The Fugitive as Newscaster
- 2008 Witness to Jonestown as Himself
- 2009 2012 Startling New Secrets
- 2018 Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1996 Primal Fear as WBBM Anchor
- 2020 One World: Together at Home as Self
- 2017 Get Me Roger Stone as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All as Self (archive footage)
- 2024 Atrocity Inc. as Self (archive footage)
- 2024 The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump as Self (archive footage)
- 2007 The 9/11 Conspiracies: Fact or Fiction as Self - Host
- 2016 Business of Disaster as Self - NBC Reporter
- 2026 Dolly: An NBC News Special as Self - Host
- 2026 Instadocs: Alex Murdaugh, Unconvicted as Self (archive footage)
- 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ( 1 episode )
- 2006 30 Rock ( 5 episodes ) as Lester Holt
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2017 Dateline: Secrets Uncovered ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Correspondent
- 2004 Miley's New Year's Eve Party ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2013 Hollywood Game Night ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 1992 Dateline ( 691 episodes ) as Self - Host
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show ( 4 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2009 Warehouse 13 ( 1 episode ) as Lester Holt
- 2020 Whose Vote Counts, Explained ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 Obama ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 1994 Chicago Hope ( 1 episode ) as Anchorman (uncredited)
- 1992 Dateline ( 1 episode ) as Self - Correspondent
- 1970 NBC Nightly News ( 153 episodes ) as Self
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2017 Steve ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2012 Steve Harvey ( 1 episode ) as Self
