Lester Holt
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 8, 1959, Hamilton Air Force Base, California, USA
- Movies
- 16
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.
Best-Known Movies
The Fugitive
1993
Primal Fear
1996
Miracle on 34th Street
1994
Get Me Roger Stone
2017
One World: Together at Home
2020
Instadocs: Alex Murdaugh, Unconvicted
2026
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
2024
Witness to Jonestown
2008
Mystery of the Crystal Skulls
2008
Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All
2021
Filmography
| 2026 | Dolly: An NBC News Special | Self - Host |
| 2026 | Instadocs: Alex Murdaugh, Unconvicted | Self (archive footage) |
| 2024 | Atrocity Inc. | Self (archive footage) |
| 2024 | The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump | Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All | Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | One World: Together at Home | Self |
| 2018 | Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2017 | Get Me Roger Stone | Self (archive footage) |
| 2016 | Business of Disaster | Self - NBC Reporter |
| 2009 | 2012 Startling New Secrets | |
| 2008 | Witness to Jonestown | Himself |
| 2008 | Mystery of the Crystal Skulls | Himself - Host |
| 2007 | The 9/11 Conspiracies: Fact or Fiction | Self - Host |
| 1996 | Primal Fear | WBBM Anchor |
| 1994 | Miracle on 34th Street | Newscaster |
| 1993 | The Fugitive | Newscaster |
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