Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
1959-03-08
Place of Birth
Hamilton Air Force Base, California, USA
Lester Holt
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.
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Acting History
2024
Atrocity Inc. as Self (archive footage)
2024The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump as Self (archive footage)
2021Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All as Self (archive footage)
2020Obama as Self
2020Whose Vote Counts, Explained as Self (archive footage)
2020One World: Together at Home as Self
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2018Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media as Self - Narrator (voice)
2017Dateline: Secrets Uncovered as Self - Correspondent
2017Get Me Roger Stone as Self (archive footage)
2016Business of Disaster as Self - NBC Reporter
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2013Hollywood Game Night as Self
20092012 Startling New Secrets
2009Warehouse 13 as Lester Holt
2008Witness to Jonestown as Himself
2008Mystery of the Crystal Skulls as Himself - Host
2007The 9/11 Conspiracies: Fact or Fiction as Self - Host
200630 Rock as Lester Holt
2004Miley's New Year's Eve Party as Self - Guest
1996Primal Fear as WBBM Anchor
1994Miracle on 34th Street as Newscaster
1994Chicago Hope as Anchorman (uncredited)
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1993The Fugitive as Newscaster
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992Dateline as Self - Host
1992Dateline as Self - Correspondent