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.
Filmography (33 titles)
MovieDolly: An NBC News Special
Self - Host · 2026
6.8MovieInstadocs: Alex Murdaugh, Unconvicted
Self (archive footage) · 2026
10.0MovieAtrocity Inc.
Self (archive footage) · 2024
7.4MovieThe Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
Self (archive footage) · 2024
8.7MovieWhitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All
Self (archive footage) · 2021
ShowObama
Self · 2020
6.7ShowWhose Vote Counts, Explained
Self (archive footage) · 2020
7.1MovieOne World: Together at Home
Self · 2020
6.3ShowThe Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Guest · 2019
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
Self - Narrator (voice) · 2018
6.0ShowSteve
Self · 2017
8.1ShowDateline: Secrets Uncovered
Self - Correspondent · 2017
7.0MovieGet Me Roger Stone
Self (archive footage) · 2017
10.0MovieBusiness of Disaster
Self - NBC Reporter · 2016
5.1ShowLate Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 2014
5.8ShowThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · 2014
6.5ShowHollywood Game Night
Self · 2013
7.0ShowSteve Harvey
Self · 2012
2012 Startling New Secrets
2009
7.7ShowWarehouse 13
Lester Holt · 2009
6.4MovieWitness to Jonestown
Himself · 2008
3.0MovieMystery of the Crystal Skulls
Himself - Host · 2008
The 9/11 Conspiracies: Fact or Fiction
Self - Host · 2007
7.5Show30 Rock
Lester Holt · 2006