
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1959-03-08
Place of Birth
Hamilton Air Force Base, California, USA
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

The Fugitive
as Newscaster

Primal Fear
as WBBM Anchor

Miracle on 34th Street
as Newscaster

30 Rock
as Lester Holt

Warehouse 13
as Lester Holt

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest

Get Me Roger Stone
as Self (archive footage)

Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
