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Lester Holt

Born
Mar 8, 1959 · Age 67
Place of birth
Hamilton Air Force Base, California, USA
Gender
Male
Movie credits
16
TV credits
19
Also known as (1)
  • Lester Don Holt, Jr.

Biography

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.