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Burton first came to prominence portraying Kunta Kinte in the 1977 award-winning ABC television miniseries Roots, based on the novel by Alex Haley.
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"For the first five years of my career," he explained in the Daily News, "I made a supreme and conscious effort to distance myself from Kunta." Burton accomplished that by obtaining choice roles throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s.Burton garnered a supporting role in the hit Diane Keaton film, Looking for Mr. Goodbar, and he starred in a number of television movies, including One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story, Grambling's White Tiger, The Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones, Battered, Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid, and the Emmy-nominated, Dummy.
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La Forge is the USS Enterprise's helmsman, and as of the show's second season, its Chief Engineer.
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Burton also held contempt for Nemesis director Stuart Baird, who, according to Burton and his castmates, continually called Burton "Laverne" and erroneously referred to his character as an "alien".
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[2] Career Edit The 1970s Edit Burton was an undergraduate in USC's drama department when he was discovered and chosen to play the key role of Kunte Kinte in Roots, which premiered in January 1977.
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In addition, he directed two episodes for Next Generation as well as numerous episodes for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek: Enterprise.
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Casting directors didn't want to consider him for any other roles because he would instantly evoke the image of Kunta.
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He was able to see the world around him by way of a VISOR (Visual Instrument and Sensory Organ Replacement), a prosthetic device running across his eyes which allows his brain to process electromagnetic and thermal imaging into visual images which allow him to see.
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In an industry known for its paucity of affirming characters for African-Americans, and in which landing one, much less two, career-making roles was all but unheard of, Burton's talent, diversity and perseverance served him exceptionally well in Hollywood.Born Levardis Robert Martyn Burton, Jr. on Feb.. . .
Raised with his two siblings in a deeply religious household in Sacramento, CA, Burton entered the Saint Pius X Seminary at the age of 13, with the intention of becoming a priest.
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That is, until he took on the iconic character of Geordi La Forge in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (syndicated, 1987-1994).
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After leaving his regular post on the bridge of the galaxy's most famous starship, Burton took a recurring role on the period family drama "Christy" (CBS, 1994-95), in addition to publishing the science-fiction novel Aftermath in 1996.
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Commander La Forge on "The Next Generation" that Burton truly made his pop culture comeback.
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The groundbreaking miniseries would not only launch Burton's nascent acting career, but would have a lasting effect on television programming, and most importantly, on race relations in America for years to come.Spanning more than 100 years, and recounting the lives of four generations of enslaved African-Americans, "Roots" (ABC, 1977) traced author Haley's ancestry back to Gambia, West Africa and the Kinte clan of noble Mandika warriors.
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The following year, Burton returned to the director's chair to direct Paul Bates, Brenda Blethyn and Brittany Bristow for his first feature film, “Blizzard” (2003), in which Burton also had an unaccredited part as a night watchman elf.. . .
The series went on to become one of the most praised and highest rated programs in the history of U.S. television and successfully won 9 from a total of 37 Emmy nominations.
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He is also an intense supporter of literacy for children and has been active in raising awareness of treatments for infertility.
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Outside of “Star Trek,” Burton also acted in such TV films as “Parallel Lives” (1994), “Yesterday's Target” (1996) in the short-lived CBS series “Christy” (1995), where he played Daniel Scott, and helmed the Showtime biopic TV film “The Tiger Woods Story” (1998) and Katey Sagal in the Disney Channel family/comedy television movie “Smart House” (1999).
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He revisited feature directing in 2008 with “Reach for Me,” a comedy/drama starring Seymour Casse, Alfre Woodard and Johnny Whitworth.
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Also serving as producer/co-executive producer, the good-looking UCLA graduate netted a total of 7 Daytime Emmy Awards, including two for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series, and four Image Awards.
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Both Burton's parents were English teachers, and he followed in their footsteps in 1983, by hosting Reading Rainbow on PBS.. . .
Father: Levardis Robert Martyn Burton, Sr. (US Army NCO 1954-76)Wife: Stephanie Cozart Burton (makeup artist, m.
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After seminary, Burton lived in a fraternity house while attending USC's School of Theater.
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Even after his career took off, Burton said of the series, "It's the most important work that I do, and I will continue to do it as long as there is a need".
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A court decided that Burton had a son, and ordered him to share custody and the expense.
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Ten years later, Burton landed a second signature role as Geordi LaForge, the blind starship engineer in the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994, with Marina Sirtis and Jonathan Frakes).
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He also produced and hosted the long- running PBS children's show Reading Rainbow (1983-2009), and is the author of the futuristic 1997 novel Aftermath.
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The press release goes on to state that the actor/producer will control everything on the website, which has a reported 216 million video streams as of March 2009.Smosh.com: Smosh Press Release (April 1, 2009) Internet Celebrity A self-described nerd, Burton uses social media to reach out to his fans and has become a ubiquitous presence online.
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Usually a loner, Martin becomes increasingly close to the family; however, as his attachment to the family grows, Martin is led down a path of unforeseen dangers, complicating his deadly mission.
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It is Amos' role as the adult Kunta Kinte in Roots, however, that will go down in history.
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