Here's What LeVar Burton's Net Worth Really Is

May 2024 · 2 minute read

A. Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr. — the man we call LeVar Burton — was born on Feb. 16, 1957, in Landsthul, Germany, where his father was stationed in the Army (per Deseret News). After moving to the United States two years later (and a second trip to Germany in 1964), Burton spent his formative years in Northern California, according to Sactown Magazine. Burton's parents divorced during his father's second time abroad, so he, his mother, and his sisters eventually settled in South Sacramento. Still, it sounds like Burton's upbringing was solid, despite his parents' split and how that may have impacted his family's finances.

Of course, Burton had an appetite for reading from the very beginning. "Books and literature always played a huge role in my life," he recalled to Sactown Magazine. "My mother was an English teacher, so I grew up in a household where reading was emphasized." Burton also remembers the beloved bookmobile, which often made stops just outside of his home.

Once Burton became a teenager, he decided to enter seminary school, but, while attending, found that something other than religion called to him. "Once I decided not to become a priest, it was a matter of finding something [else] that I could do with my life," he continued. "We had a great theater tradition at St. Pius, and I became really passionate about acting." And the rest, as they say, is history.

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