Lester Holt is an American news journalist and anchor who has a net worth of $35 million. His annual salary at NBC is $10 million. Lester is famous for hosting NBC News programs such as “NBC Nightly News” and “Dateline NBC.” He is widely recognized as the first African-American to anchor a major American weekday nightly news program alone.
Outside of his role as an anchor, Holt frequently acts as a moderator for presidential debates. Holt is also known for his moderation of the first Presidential debate of 2016 and was praised by The Washington Post columnists for his role in fact-checking false statements. In addition, Holt has many TV credits. He hosts various documentaries and sometimes appears in brief cameos on both TV shows and film projects.
Holt has made cameo appearances in films: the 1993 film The Fugitive; its 1998 sequel U.S. Marshals; and Primal Fear (1996); as well as on television shows, including playing himself in episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; the episode “Red, White, or Blue” of the series Due South; “Fate” of Early Edition and “A New Hope” of Warehouse 13. He appeared on the episode “Cleveland” of the NBC sitcom 30 Rock. He also did a voice-over in the episode “Sandwich Day,” announcing that Jack Donaghy would be a new cabinet member in the Bush administration. Holt announced the 2006, 2007, and 2008 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show for the USA Network, and was featured in Making Music magazine. He also hosted the 2008 Sci-Fi Channel documentary Mystery of the Crystal Skulls.
