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Lester Holt
Acting
35 known credits
0.4 popularity score 67 years
Biography
About Lester Holt
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.
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Lester Holt across film and television
33credited titles
16movie credits
17TV credits
1993–2026screen career span
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Recent movies and TV shows
Dolly: An NBC News Special
Instadocs: Alex Murdaugh, Unconvicted
Atrocity Inc.
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All
Obama
Whose Vote Counts, Explained
One World: Together at Home
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
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