Lester Holt
March 8, 1959 (65 years old) in 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Atrocity Inc. as Self (archive footage)
- 2024 · The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Whose Vote Counts, Explained as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · One World: Together at Home as Self
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2018 · Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · Dateline: Secrets Uncovered as Self - Correspondent
- 2017 · Get Me Roger Stone as Self (archive footage)
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2013 · Hollywood Game Night as Self
- 2009 · 2012 Startling New Secrets as
- 2009 · Warehouse 13 as Lester Holt
- 2008 · Witness to Jonestown as Himself
- 2008 · Mystery of the Crystal Skulls as Himself - Host
- 2006 · 30 Rock as Lester Holt
- 2004 · Miley's New Year's Eve Party as Self - Guest
- 1996 · Primal Fear as WBBM Anchor
- 1994 · Miracle on 34th Street as Newscaster
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · The Fugitive as Newscaster
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1992 · Dateline as Host
- 1992 · Dateline as Self - Anchor
- 1992 · Dateline as Self - Host