Lester Holt

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Lester Holt

Acting 67 March 8, 1959

Hamilton Air Force Base, California, USA

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…

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The Fugitive

The Fugitive

7.5 1993 Movie
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

5.8 2014 TV Show
Primal Fear

Primal Fear

7.7 1996 Movie
Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

5.1 2014 TV Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

6.3 2019 TV Show
Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

7.3 1993 TV Show
30 Rock

30 Rock

7.5 2006 TV Show
Miracle on 34th Street

Miracle on 34th Street

6.8 1994 Movie
Warehouse 13

Warehouse 13

7.7 2009 TV Show
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

5.4 1992 TV Show
Chicago Hope

Chicago Hope

7.2 1994 TV Show
Dateline

Dateline

6.6 1992 TV Show

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Dolly: An NBC News Special

    Movie Self - Host

  2. 2026
    Instadocs: Alex Murdaugh, Unconvicted

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  3. 2024
    Atrocity Inc.

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  4. 2024
    The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  5. 2021
    Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  6. 2020
    Obama

    TV show Self

  7. 2020
    Whose Vote Counts, Explained

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  8. 2020
    One World: Together at Home

    Movie Self

  9. 2019
    The Kelly Clarkson Show

    TV show Self - Guest

  10. 2018
    Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media

    Movie Self - Narrator (voice)

  11. 2017
    Steve

    TV show Self

  12. 2017
    Dateline: Secrets Uncovered

    TV show Self - Correspondent

  13. 2017
    Get Me Roger Stone

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  14. 2016
    Business of Disaster

    Movie Self - NBC Reporter

  15. 2014
    Late Night with Seth Meyers

    TV show Self - Guest

  16. 2014
    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    TV show Self

More credits
  1. 2013
    Hollywood Game Night

    TV show Self

  2. 2012
    Steve Harvey

    TV show Self

  3. 2009
    2012 Startling New Secrets

    Movie

  4. 2009
    Warehouse 13

    TV show Lester Holt

  5. 2008
    Witness to Jonestown

    Movie Himself

  6. 2008
    Mystery of the Crystal Skulls

    Movie Himself - Host

  7. 2007
    The 9/11 Conspiracies: Fact or Fiction

    Movie Self - Host

  8. 2006
    30 Rock

    TV show Lester Holt

  9. 2004
    Miley's New Year's Eve Party

    TV show Self - Guest

  10. 1996
    Primal Fear

    Movie WBBM Anchor

  11. 1994
    Miracle on 34th Street

    Movie Newscaster

  12. 1994
    Chicago Hope

    TV show Anchorman (uncredited)

  13. 1993
    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    TV show Self - Guest

  14. 1993
    The Fugitive

    Movie Newscaster

  15. 1992
    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    TV show

  16. 1992
    Dateline

    TV show Self - Host

  17. 1970
    NBC Nightly News

    TV show Self