Lester Holt
Actor
- Born
- March 8, 1959 (age 67) · Hamilton Air Force Base, California, USA
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
The Fugitive
August 6, 1993
Primal Fear
April 3, 1996
Miracle on 34th Street
November 18, 1994
Get Me Roger Stone
April 23, 2017
One World: Together at Home
April 18, 2020
Instadocs: Alex Murdaugh, Unconvicted
May 30, 2026
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
September 24, 2024
Witness to Jonestown
November 9, 2008
Mystery of the Crystal Skulls
May 18, 2008
Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All
February 6, 2021
Atrocity Inc.
October 7, 2024
Business of Disaster
May 24, 2016
Acting16
- 2026Dolly: An NBC News Special as Self - Host
- 2026Instadocs: Alex Murdaugh, Unconvicted as Self (archive footage)
- 2024Atrocity Inc. as Self (archive footage)
- 2024The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump as Self (archive footage)
- 2021Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All as Self (archive footage)
- 2020One World: Together at Home as Self
- 2018Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2017Get Me Roger Stone as Self (archive footage)
- 2016Business of Disaster as Self - NBC Reporter