7.5
Movie
Acting
Lester Holt
- Born
- (age 67)
- Birthplace
- Hamilton Air Force Base, California, USA
- Credits
- 33 titles
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.
Signature work
Known For
7.5
Movie
7.7
Movie
Primal Fear
6.8
Movie
Miracle on 34th Street
7.5
TV
30 Rock
7.7
TV
Warehouse 13
5.8
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
7.3
TV
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
5.1
TV
Late Night with Seth Meyers
5.3
TV
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
6.2
TV
The Kelly Clarkson Show
6.6
TV
Dateline
8.1
TV
Dateline: Secrets Uncovered
7.2
TV
Miley's New Year's Eve Party
3.0
Movie
Mystery of the Crystal Skulls
10.0
Movie
Business of Disaster
8.0
Movie
Dolly: An NBC News Special
Acting credits 33
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Dolly: An NBC News Special Film | Self - Host |
| 2026 | Instadocs: Alex Murdaugh, Unconvicted Film | Self (archive footage) |
| 2024 | Atrocity Inc. Film | Self (archive footage) |
| 2024 | The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump Film | Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All Film | Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | Obama TV | Self (4 ep) |
| 2020 | Whose Vote Counts, Explained TV | Self (archive footage) (1 ep) |
| 2020 | One World: Together at Home Film | Self |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show TV | Self - Guest (4 ep) |
| 2018 | Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media Film | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2017 | Steve TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2017 | Dateline: Secrets Uncovered TV | Self - Correspondent (2 ep) |
| 2017 | Get Me Roger Stone Film | Self (archive footage) |
| 2016 | Business of Disaster Film | Self - NBC Reporter |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers TV | Self - Guest (2 ep) |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TV | Self, Self - Guest (1 ep) |
| 2013 | Hollywood Game Night TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2012 | Steve Harvey TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2009 | 2012 Startling New Secrets Film | |
| 2009 | Warehouse 13 TV | Lester Holt (1 ep) |
| 2008 | Witness to Jonestown Film | Himself |
| 2008 | Mystery of the Crystal Skulls Film | Himself - Host |
| 2007 | The 9/11 Conspiracies: Fact or Fiction Film | Self - Host |
| 2006 | 30 Rock TV | Lester Holt (5 ep) |
| 2004 | Miley's New Year's Eve Party TV | Self - Guest (1 ep) |
| 1996 | Primal Fear Film | WBBM Anchor |
| 1994 | Miracle on 34th Street Film | Newscaster |
| 1994 | Chicago Hope TV | Anchorman (uncredited) (1 ep) |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien TV | Self - Guest (2 ep) |
| 1993 | The Fugitive Film | Newscaster |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno TV | (1 ep) |
| 1992 | Dateline TV | Self - Host, Self - Correspondent (699 ep) |
| 1970 | NBC Nightly News TV | Self (153 ep) |