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Lester Holt
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35 known credits
0.5 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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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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Pokémon (1997) — Episodes and downloads
Join Ash accompanied by his partner Pikachu, as he travels through many regions, meets new friends and faces new challenges on his quest to become a Pokémon Master.
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Jarhead: Law of Return (2019) — Download guide
Major Ronan Jackson, an accomplished fighter pilot for the Israel Defense Forces and son of a U.S. Senator, is shot down while flying through Syrian airspace. After miraculously surviving the crash, Jackson is taken captive by a group of Hezbollah militiamen. A squad of elite so…
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Against The Sky Supreme (2021) — Episodes and downloads
The entire universe is divided into the inner universe and the outer universe. The two universes are enemies of each other. The outer universe is ruled by demons, and the inner universe is divided into The Realm of gods, the Eternal Realm, and the Mortal Realm. In the universe, …
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