Lester Holt
Birthday
1959/03/08 (65 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Hamilton Air Force Base, California, USA
Also know as
Lester Don Holt, Jr.
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.
Acting
(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
as ---
(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)
(1992) The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as ---
(2006) 30 Rock
as Lester Holt
(1993) Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
(2017) Dateline: Secrets Uncovered
as Self - Correspondent
(2004) Miley's New Year's Eve Party
as Self - Guest
(1992) Dateline
as Host
(2019) The Kelly Clarkson Show
as ---
(2013) Hollywood Game Night
as Self
(2014) Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
(1992) Dateline
as Self - Anchor
(2019) The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
(2009) Warehouse 13
as Lester Holt
(2020) Whose Vote Counts, Explained
as Self (archive footage)
(1992) Dateline
as Self - Host