Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 8, 1959 (age 67)
Place of Birth
Hamilton Air Force Base, California, USA
Also Known As
- Lester Don Holt, Jr.
Lester Holt
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 - Movies
The Fugitive
as Newscaster
Primal Fear
as WBBM Anchor
Miracle on 34th Street
as Newscaster
One World: Together at Home
as Self
Get Me Roger Stone
as Self (archive footage)
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
as Self (archive footage)
Atrocity Inc.
as Self (archive footage)
Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All
as Self (archive footage)
Business of Disaster
as Self - NBC Reporter
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Known For - TV Shows
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
30 Rock
as Lester Holt
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
Chicago Hope
as Anchorman (uncredited)
Warehouse 13
as Lester Holt
Dateline
as Self - Host
Dateline
as Self - Correspondent
Hollywood Game Night
as Self