Lester Holt
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Guest
2019
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Series
30 Rock
Lester Holt
2006
Series
Chicago Hope
Anchorman (uncredited)
1994
Series
Dateline
Self - Host
1992
Series
Dateline
Self - Correspondent
1992
Series
Warehouse 13
Lester Holt
2009
Series
Steve
Self
2017
Series
Steve Harvey
Self
2012
Series
Hollywood Game Night
Self
2013
Series
NBC Nightly News
Self
1970
Series
Dateline: Secrets Uncovered
Self - Correspondent
2017
Film
Primal Fear
WBBM Anchor
1996
Film
The Fugitive
Newscaster
1993
Series
Miley's New Year's Eve Party
Self - Guest
2004
Film
Miracle on 34th Street
Newscaster
1994
Series
Obama
Self
2020
Series
Whose Vote Counts, Explained
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
One World: Together at Home
Self
2020
Film
Instadocs: Alex Murdaugh, Unconvicted
Self (archive footage)
2026
Film
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
Self (archive footage)
2024
The 9/11 Conspiracies: Fact or Fiction
Self - Host
2007
Film
Get Me Roger Stone
Self (archive footage)
2017
2012 Startling New Secrets
2009
Film
Dolly: An NBC News Special
Self - Host
2026
Film
Business of Disaster
Self - NBC Reporter
2016
Film
Atrocity Inc.
Self (archive footage)
2024
Film
Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All
Self (archive footage)
2021
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
Self - Narrator (voice)
2018
Film
Mystery of the Crystal Skulls
Himself - Host
2008
Film
Witness to Jonestown
Himself
2008