Lester Holt
Acting • Born 1959-03-08
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.
Filmography
29 credits
Miracle on 34th Street
Movie • 1994
Newscaster
Mystery of the Crystal Skulls
Movie • 2008
Himself - Host
The Fugitive
Movie • 1993
Newscaster
Witness to Jonestown
Movie • 2008
Himself
2012 Startling New Secrets
Movie • 2009
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
Movie • 2018
Self - Narrator (voice)
Primal Fear
Movie • 1996
WBBM Anchor
One World: Together at Home
Movie • 2020
Self
Get Me Roger Stone
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage)
Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Atrocity Inc.
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
The 9/11 Conspiracies: Fact or Fiction
Movie • 2007
Self - Host
Business of Disaster
Movie • 2016
Self - NBC Reporter
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
30 Rock
TV • 2006
Lester Holt
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
Dateline: Secrets Uncovered
TV • 2017
Self - Correspondent
Miley's New Year's Eve Party
TV • 2004
Self - Guest
Hollywood Game Night
TV • 2013
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
Dateline
TV • 1992
Self - Host
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
Warehouse 13
TV • 2009
Lester Holt
Whose Vote Counts, Explained
TV • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Obama
TV • 2020
Self
Chicago Hope
TV • 1994
Anchorman (uncredited)
Dateline
TV • 1992
Self - Correspondent
NBC Nightly News
TV • 1970
Self