Lester Holt
Actor
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.
Filmography
Primal Fear
as WBBM Anchor 1996
Miracle on 34th Street
as Newscaster 1994
Get Me Roger Stone
as Self (archive footage) 2017
One World: Together at Home
as Self 2020
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
as Self (archive footage) 2024
2012 Startling New Secrets
2009
Witness to Jonestown
as Himself 2008
Mystery of the Crystal Skulls
as Himself - Host 2008
Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All
as Self (archive footage) 2021
Atrocity Inc.
as Self (archive footage) 2024
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
as Self - Narrator (voice) 2018
The 9/11 Conspiracies: Fact or Fiction
as Self - Host 2007