Lester Holt

Person · Open Library

Works

1

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Film & TV

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…

Known for

• Dolly: An NBC News Special — Self - Host2026
• Instadocs: Alex Murdaugh, Unconvicted — Self (archive footage)2026
• Atrocity Inc. — Self (archive footage)2024
• The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump — Self (archive footage)2024
• Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All — Self (archive footage)2021
• One World: Together at Home — Self2020
• Whose Vote Counts, Explained — Self (archive footage)2020
• Obama — Self2020
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self - Guest2019
• Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media — Self - Narrator (voice)2018

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

Jamaica

Active from

1947-07-11

Active to

2014-10-19

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

27

Total plays

154

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Lester

Family name

Holt

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Marin County

Occupation

news presenter

Political party

Republican Party (United States)

Languages spoken

English language

Religion

Churches of Christ

Image

Lester Holt 2022.jpg

Number of children

2

Residence

Manhattan

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