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