- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 8, 1959
- Place of Birth
- Hamilton Air Force Base, California, USA
Lester Holt
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.
Filmography
movieAtrocity Inc.
2024 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
2024 · Self (archive footage)
movieWhitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All
2021 · Self (archive footage)
tvObama
2020 · Self
tvWhose Vote Counts, Explained
2020 · Self (archive footage)
movieOne World: Together at Home
2020 · Self
tvThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self - Guest
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
movieHope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
2018 · Self - Narrator (voice)
tvSteve
2017 · Self
tvDateline: Secrets Uncovered
2017 · Self - Correspondent
movieGet Me Roger Stone
2017 · Self (archive footage)
movieBusiness of Disaster
2016 · Self - NBC Reporter
tvLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self, Self - Guest
tvHollywood Game Night
2013 · Self
2012 Startling New Secrets
movie2012 Startling New Secrets
2009
tvWarehouse 13
2009 · Lester Holt
movieWitness to Jonestown
2008 · Himself
movieMystery of the Crystal Skulls
2008 · Himself - Host
The 9/11 Conspiracies: Fact or Fiction
movieThe 9/11 Conspiracies: Fact or Fiction
2007 · Self - Host
tv30 Rock
2006 · Lester Holt
tvMiley's New Year's Eve Party
2004 · Self - Guest
tvJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self (archive footage)
moviePrimal Fear
1996 · WBBM Anchor
movieMiracle on 34th Street
1994 · Newscaster
tvChicago Hope
1994 · Anchorman (uncredited)
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
movieThe Fugitive
1993 · Newscaster
tvThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
tvDateline
1992 · Self - Host, Self - Correspondent
tvNBC Nightly News
1970 · Self