Acting
Lester Holt
EN cinema · 16 credits
Born
8 March 1959 (age 67)
Birthplace
Hamilton Air Force Base, California, USA
Also known as Lester Don Holt, Jr.
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
Filmography
Dolly: An NBC News Special
as Self - Host
Instadocs: Alex Murdaugh, Unconvicted
as Self (archive footage)
Atrocity Inc.
as Self (archive footage)
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
as Self (archive footage)
Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All
as Self (archive footage)
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
2018
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Get Me Roger Stone
as Self (archive footage)
Business of Disaster
as Self - NBC Reporter
Mystery of the Crystal Skulls
as Himself - Host
Witness to Jonestown
as Himself
The 9/11 Conspiracies: Fact or Fiction
2007
The 9/11 Conspiracies: Fact or Fiction
as Self - Host
Primal Fear
as WBBM Anchor
Miracle on 34th Street
as Newscaster
The Fugitive
as Newscaster