Lester Holt

Known for: Acting

Born: 1959-03-08 (age 67)

From: 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 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 (31)

MOVIE★ 10.0
Atrocity Inc.
2024
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.6
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
2024
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 8.7
Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All
2021
as Self (archive footage)
TV
Obama
2020
as Self
TV★ 6.6
Whose Vote Counts, Explained
2020
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.1
One World: Together at Home
2020
as Self
TV★ 6.3
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self - Guest
MOVIE
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
2018
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TV★ 6.0
Steve
2017
as Self
TV★ 8.1
Dateline: Secrets Uncovered
2017
as Self - Correspondent
MOVIE★ 7.0
Get Me Roger Stone
2017
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE
Business of Disaster
2016
as Self - NBC Reporter
TV★ 5.1
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
TV★ 5.8
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
TV★ 6.5
Hollywood Game Night
2013
as Self
TV★ 7.0
Steve Harvey
2012
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.3
2012 Startling New Secrets
2009
TV★ 7.7
Warehouse 13
2009
as Lester Holt
MOVIE★ 6.4
Witness to Jonestown
2008
as Himself
MOVIE★ 3.0
Mystery of the Crystal Skulls
2008
as Himself - Host
MOVIE
The 9/11 Conspiracies: Fact or Fiction
2007
as Self - Host
TV★ 7.5
30 Rock
2006
as Lester Holt
TV★ 7.2
Miley's New Year's Eve Party
2004
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 7.7
Primal Fear
1996
as WBBM Anchor
MOVIE★ 6.8
Miracle on 34th Street
1994
as Newscaster
TV★ 7.2
Chicago Hope
1994
as Anchorman (uncredited)
TV★ 7.3
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Fugitive
1993
as Newscaster
TV★ 5.4
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
TV★ 6.5
Dateline
1992
as Self - Host
TV★ 6.6
NBC Nightly News
1970
as Self