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LeVar Burton

LeVar Burton, American actor and literacy advocate: Kunta Kinte in Roots (1977), Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation, and host of PBS's Reading Rainbow 1983 to 2006; National Humanities Medal 2023.

Level 16

Level 16 is a 2019 Canadian dystopian sci-fi thriller written and directed by Danishka Esterhazy, starring Katie Douglas and Celina Martin as girls uncovering the truth of Vestalis Academy.

Level Cross (film)

Level Cross is a 2024 Malayalam psychological drama thriller directed by Arfaz Ayub, starring Asif Ali and Amala Paul as strangers at a remote desert railway crossing.

Levels (film)

Levels is a 2024 Canadian science fiction thriller, the directorial debut of Adam Stern, starring Cara Gee and Peter Mooney in a story set 50 years in the future.

Leven Rambin

Leven Alice Rambin is an American actress, born in 1990 in Houston, Texas, known for dual roles on All My Children and as Glimmer in The Hunger Games (2012).

Leverage (American TV series)

Leverage is an American TNT crime drama (2008–2012, five seasons, 77 episodes) created by John Rogers and Chris Downey with Dean Devlin, starring Timothy Hutton as Nathan Ford leading a Robin Hood team of thieves, later revived as Leverage: Redemption (2021–2025).

Leverage (레버리지) (South Korean TV series)

Leverage (레버리지: 사기조작단) is a 2019 TV Chosun Korean remake of the US series Leverage (TNT, 2008-2012): 16 episodes, Oct 13-Dec 8 2019, Sundays 21:30, directed by Nam Ki-hoon, starring Lee Dong-gun, Jeon Hye-bin, Kim Sae-ron, Kim Kwon, Yeo Hoe-hyun.

Leverage: Redemption

Leverage: Redemption, sequel to Leverage, is an American heist comedy-drama (2021–2025) on IMDb TV/Freevee and Prime Video, starring Gina Bellman, Noah Wyle, and Beth Riesgraf; canceled after three seasons and 39 episodes.

Levi Brown (actor)

Levi Brown (born 1995) is a British actor from Halesowen, a Guildhall graduate known for lead Dante Williams in BBC's This Town, Christian in the RSC's Cyrano de Bergerac, Payback, and Paramount+'s Girl Taken.

Levi Johnston

Levi Keith Johnston (born 1990, Wasilla, Alaska) is an American model, actor, and author, Bristol Palin's former fiancé and father of her son Tripp; known for the 2008 RNC, Playgirl, and his 2011 memoir Deer in the Headlights.

Leviathan (1989 film)

Leviathan (1989 film), also known as an undersea Alien, is a George P. Cosmatos horror film written by David Peoples and Jeb Stuart, about deep-sea miners who uncover a sunken Soviet ship and a mutating genetic experiment.

Leviathan (TV series)

Leviathan (リヴァイアサン) is a 2025 Netflix anime, 12 episodes, adapting Scott Westerfeld's steampunk Leviathan trilogy; produced by Studio Orange and Qubic Pictures, directed by Christophe Ferreira, released July 10, 2025.

Leviathan (Левиафан) (2014 film)

Leviathan (Левиафан), 2014 Russian drama by Andrey Zvyagintsev; a Barents Sea mechanic fights a corrupt mayor's land grab. Cannes Best Screenplay, Golden Globe winner, Oscar nominee.

Levitating (film)

Levitating (Para Perasuk) is a 2026 Indonesian supernatural drama by Wregas Bhanuteja, his third feature, about a villager training as a trance shaman. It premiered in Sundance 2026's World Cinema Dramatic Competition and opened in Indonesia April 23, 2026, starring Angga Yunanda, Maudy Ayunda, and Anggun.

Leviticus (film)

Leviticus (2026) is Adrian Chiarella's Australian queer supernatural horror debut, starring Joe Bird and Stacy Clausen as teenage boys haunted by an entity wearing each other's faces after a conversion-therapy ritual; Sundance premiere, NEON release, 92% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Levy Tran

Levy Tran (Vy Le Tran, born 1983) is a Vietnamese-American actress and model from San Jose, known as Desi Nguyen on MacGyver (2019–2021), the Furious 7 race starter, Roenick in The First Purge, and Lash in Expend4bles.

Lew Ayres

Lew Ayres (Lewis Frederick Ayres, 1908-1996), American actor, star of All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) and MGM's Dr. Kildare series; WWII conscientious objector who served as Army medic; Oscar-nominated for Johnny Belinda.

Lew Temple

Lew Temple (born 1967) is an American character actor known as Axel in The Walking Dead, Ned Oldham in Unstoppable, and Rob Zombie roles (Adam Banjo, Psycho-Head); formerly a minor league ballplayer and Astros scouting executive.

Lewis (TV series)

Lewis (Inspector Lewis) is an ITV British crime drama, 2006–2015, a spin-off sequel to Inspector Morse: DI Robert Lewis (Kevin Whately) and DS James Hathaway (Laurence Fox) solve Oxford murders across 9 seasons and 33 episodes.

Lewis Arquette

Lewis Arquette (1935–2001) was an American character actor, voice artist, and comedian, father of Rosanna, Patricia, David, Alexis, and Richmond Arquette and son of Cliff Arquette; known as J.D. Pickett on The Waltons and for Waiting for Guffman, Scream 2, and Little Nicky.

Lewis Black

Lewis Black is an American stand-up comedian and actor born in 1948, known for angry rants on The Daily Show and for voicing Anger in Pixar's Inside Out.

Lewis Bridgeman

Lewis Bridgeman (born 2006) is an English actor, best known as Barney Mitchell in BBC One's EastEnders since June 2024; a National Youth Theatre member from Maldon, Essex, with no other verified screen roles.

Lewis Collins

Lewis Collins (1946–2013), English actor who played William Bodie in all 57 episodes of ITV's The Professionals (1977–83) and starred in Who Dares Wins (1982); also a Territorial Army paratrooper rejected by the SAS for being too famous.

Lewis Cope

Lewis Cope, also known as Nicky Milligan in Emmerdale, is an English actor and dancer born 1995 in Hartlepool. A former Billy Elliot child performer and Got to Dance runner-up, he reached the Strictly Come Dancing 2025 quarter-final with Katya Jones and now leads Channel 5's Forever Home as Kaden Barrie.

Lewis Pullman

Lewis James Pullman (born 1993, Los Angeles) is an American actor, son of Bill Pullman, known for Top Gun: Maverick, Lessons in Chemistry, and Thunderbolts as Bob/Sentry.

Lewis Tan

Lewis Singwah Tan, British actor and martial artist born 1987 in Manchester, son of stunt coordinator Philip Tan; known for Cole Young in Mortal Kombat (2021, 2026), Shatterstar in Deadpool 2, Wu Assassins, Into the Badlands, Shadow and Bone, Cobra Kai.

Lex Barker

Lex Barker (Alexander Crichlow Barker Jr., 1919–1973), American actor, tenth screen Tarzan in five RKO films 1949–1953, later Old Shatterhand in the German Karl May westerns, married to Lana Turner and Arlene Dahl.

Lex Luthor (Smallville)

Lex Luthor (Smallville) is the DC Comics villain as played by Michael Rosenbaum in the Alfred Gough and Miles Millar series Smallville; a seven-season morally ambiguous arc from Clark Kent's friend to villain, including the season six fake-pregnancy storyline with Lana Lang.

Lex Scott Davis

Lex Scott Davis (Alexis Davis, born 1991, Baltimore) is an American actress known for playing Toni Braxton in Lifetime's Unbreak My Heart (2016), Training Day's Alyse Craig, Iris in Florida Man, and Erica Rollins in Suits LA.

Lexa (The 100)

Lexa (Leksa kom Trikru) is a fictional Commander (Heda) of the Grounders in The 100, played by Alycia Debnam-Carey; founder of the Coalition, Clarke Griffin's lover (Clexa), killed in "Thirteen" (2016), sparking the Lexagate backlash.