Lester Holt
Acting
- Born:
- 1959-03-08
- Place of birth:
- Hamilton Air Force Base, California, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
Dolly: An NBC News Special
Instadocs: Alex Murdaugh, Unconvicted
Atrocity Inc.
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All
Obama
Whose Vote Counts, Explained
One World: Together at Home
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
Steve
Dateline: Secrets Uncovered
Get Me Roger Stone
Business of Disaster
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Hollywood Game Night
Steve Harvey
2012 Startling New Secrets
Warehouse 13
Witness to Jonestown
Mystery of the Crystal Skulls
The 9/11 Conspiracies: Fact or Fiction
30 Rock
Miley's New Year's Eve Party
Primal Fear
Miracle on 34th Street
Chicago Hope
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Fugitive
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Dateline
NBC Nightly News