Cast & creator
Lester Holt
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Seth Meyers
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.
Also known as: Lester Don Holt, Jr.
16
film credits
19
television credits
35
1970–2026 · acting roles
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (35)
Showing 35 of 35 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Guest
2019
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Chicago Hope
Anchorman (uncredited)
1994
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
30 Rock
Lester Holt
2006
Warehouse 13
Lester Holt
2009
Dateline
Self - Host
1992Dateline
Self - Correspondent
1992
Steve
Self
2017
Steve Harvey
Self
2012
Hollywood Game Night
Self
2013
Primal Fear
WBBM Anchor
1996
The Fugitive
Newscaster
1993
Dateline: Secrets Uncovered
Self - Correspondent
2017
NBC Nightly News
Self
1970
Miley's New Year's Eve Party
Self - Guest
2004
Miracle on 34th Street
Newscaster
1994
Whose Vote Counts, Explained
Self (archive footage)
2020
Obama
Self
2020
Instadocs: Alex Murdaugh, Unconvicted
Self (archive footage)
2026
One World: Together at Home
Self
2020
Dolly: An NBC News Special
Self - Host
2026
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
Self (archive footage)
2024
Get Me Roger Stone
Self (archive footage)
2017
Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All
Self (archive footage)
2021Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
Self - Narrator (voice)
20182012 Startling New Secrets
2009
Atrocity Inc.
Self (archive footage)
2024The 9/11 Conspiracies: Fact or Fiction
Self - Host
2007
Business of Disaster
Self - NBC Reporter
2016
Witness to Jonestown
Himself
2008
Mystery of the Crystal Skulls
Himself - Host
2008