1959-03-08 Hamilton Air Force Base, California, USA
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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The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump | Self (archive footage) | 2024-09-24 |
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Atrocity Inc. | Self (archive footage) | 2024-10-07 |
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Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All | Self (archive footage) | 2021-02-06 |
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One World: Together at Home | Self | 2020-04-18 |
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Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2018-03-24 |
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Get Me Roger Stone | Self (archive footage) | 2017-04-23 |
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Business of Disaster | Self - NBC Reporter | 2016-05-24 |
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2012 Startling New Secrets | 2009-11-09 | |
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Mystery of the Crystal Skulls | Himself - Host | 2008-05-18 |
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Witness to Jonestown | Himself | 2008-11-09 |
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The 9/11 Conspiracies: Fact or Fiction | Self - Host | 2007-08-20 |
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Primal Fear | WBBM Anchor | 1996-03-06 |
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Miracle on 34th Street | Newscaster | 1994-11-18 |
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The Fugitive | Newscaster | 1993-08-06 |