Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr. (born February 16, 1957) is an American actor, director, and television host. He played Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994), Kunta Kinte in the ABC miniseries Roots (1977), and hosted the PBS Kids educational television program Reading Rainbow for 23 years (1983–2006). Burton received 12 Daytime Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award as host and executive producer of Reading Rainbow.

Among his other roles are Cap Jackson in the film Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977), Donald Lang in the film Dummy (1979), Tommy Price in the film The Hunter (1980), for which he received an NAACP Image Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture, and Martin Luther King Jr. in the film Ali (2001). Burton received a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards for narrating the book The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr. In 1990, he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his achievements in television.

From 2017 to 2024, Burton created and hosted the podcast LeVar Burton Reads, which is often described as "Reading Rainbow for adults." In October 2024, Burton appeared as the host of the television game show Trivial Pursuit, broadcast on The CW and online.