Lester Holt

Known for acting · Born 8 March 1959 · 67 · Hamilton Air Force Base, California, USA

33 credits

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.

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Known for

Dateline

1992

NBC Nightly News

1970

30 Rock

2006

Instadocs: Alex Murdaugh, Unconvicted

2026

2012 Startling New Secrets

2012 Startling New Secrets

2009

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

Mystery of the Crystal Skulls

2008

The Fugitive

1993

Primal Fear

1996

Dolly: An NBC News Special

2026

Acting (33)

2026Instadocs: Alex Murdaugh, UnconvictedSelf (archive footage)Film

2026Dolly: An NBC News SpecialSelf - HostFilm

2024The Choice 2024: Harris vs. TrumpSelf (archive footage)Film

2024Atrocity Inc.Self (archive footage)Film

2021Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It AllSelf (archive footage)Film

2020One World: Together at HomeSelfFilm

2020Whose Vote Counts, ExplainedSelf (archive footage)Series

2020ObamaSelf · 4 episodesSeries

2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf - Guest · 4 episodesSeries

2018Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the MediaSelf - Narrator (voice)Film

2017Get Me Roger StoneSelf (archive footage)Film

2017Dateline: Secrets UncoveredSelf - Correspondent · 2 episodesSeries

2017SteveSelfSeries

2016Business of DisasterSelf - NBC ReporterFilm

2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf, Self - GuestSeries

2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest · 2 episodesSeries

2013Hollywood Game NightSelfSeries

2012Steve HarveySelfSeries

2009Warehouse 13Lester HoltSeries

20092012 Startling New SecretsFilm

2008Witness to JonestownHimselfFilm

2008Mystery of the Crystal SkullsHimself - HostFilm

2007The 9/11 Conspiracies: Fact or FictionSelf - HostFilm

200630 RockLester Holt · 5 episodesSeries

2004Miley's New Year's Eve PartySelf - GuestSeries

1996Primal FearWBBM AnchorFilm

1994Miracle on 34th StreetNewscasterFilm

1994Chicago HopeAnchorman (uncredited)Series

1993The FugitiveNewscasterFilm

1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest · 2 episodesSeries

1992The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSeries

1992DatelineSelf - Host · 691 episodes, Self - CorrespondentSeries

1970NBC Nightly NewsSelf · 153 episodesSeries