Lester Holt

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Lester Holt on The Today Show

Lester Holt, wearing a red apron, cooking on Weekend Today.

Lester Holt (born March 8, 1959) is a television personality in the United States.

1 Career
2 Awards
3 Other work
4 Other talents
5 Schools
6 External link

[edit] Career

In 1986 Holt began working with WBBM-TV in Chicago where he spent 14 years anchoring the evening news. Holt not only worked at the anchor desk, he also reported extensively from trouble spots around the world including Iraq, Northern Ireland, Somalia, El Salvador and Haiti.

In 2000 Holt joined MSNBC and in August 2005 assumed full-time duties at NBC News, where in addition to his work on "Weekend TODAY," he reports for "NBC Nightly News" and "TODAY." Holt, from time to time fills-in for Matt Lauer on The Today Show.

In 2003 Holt began full-time with Weekend Today. when NBC News correspondent and "Weekend TODAY" host David Bloom passed away in Iraq.

In 2003, Holt became the co-anchor of NBC's "Weekend Today." Until late 2005, Holt also anchored a 2-hour daily newscast on MSNBC.

[edit] Awards

1990 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism award for his work on CBS's “48 Hours: No Place Like Home.”

[edit] Other work

In 1993 Holt appeared in the motion picture The Fugitive as a newscaster.
In 1994 Holt appeared in the motion picture Miracle on 34th Street as a newscaster.
In 1996 Holt appeared in the motion picture Primal Fear as WBBM anchor Lester Holt.
In 1999 Holt appeared in the television show Early Edition, episode Fate, as a reporter.