Lester Holt

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.

Known For

Mystery of the Crystal Skulls
Mystery of the Crystal Skulls

Filmography

2024 Atrocity Inc.
as Self (archive footage)
2024 The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
as Self (archive footage)
2021 Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All
as Self (archive footage)
2020 Whose Vote Counts, Explained
as Self (archive footage)
2020 One World: Together at Home
as Self
2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show
as
2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2018 Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2017 Dateline: Secrets Uncovered
as Self - Correspondent
2017 Get Me Roger Stone
as Self (archive footage)
2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2013 Hollywood Game Night
as Self
2009 2012 Startling New Secrets
as
2009 Warehouse 13
as Lester Holt
2008 Witness to Jonestown
as Himself
2008 Mystery of the Crystal Skulls
as Himself - Host
2007 The 9/11 Conspiracies: Fact or Fiction
as Host
2006 30 Rock
as Lester Holt
2004 Miley's New Year's Eve Party
as Self - Guest
1996 Primal Fear
as WBBM Anchor