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Danny Glover
Actor, Producer, Director, Writer
Born July 22, 1946 (76 years)
Danny Lebern Glover (born July 22, 1946) is an American actor, film director, and political activist. He is best known for his co-starring lead role as Sergeant Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon film series.
Glover has had a variety of film, stage, and television roles. He starred as the husband to Whoopi Goldberg's character, Celie in the celebrated literary adaptation of The Color Purple, and as Lieutenant James McFee in the film Witness. He had leading roles in other films including To Sleep with Anger, Predator 2, Angels in the Outfield, and Operation Dumbo Drop. He won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for his starring role in Charles Burnett's To Sleep with Anger.
Also, he has had prominent supporting roles in Silverado, Witness, A Rage in Harlem, Dreamgirls, Shooter, Death at a Funeral, Beyond the Lights, Sorry to Bother You, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, The Dead Don't Die, Lonesome Dove and Jumanji: The Next Level. Glover earned top billing for the first time in Predator 2, the sequel to the science fiction action film Predator. During his career, he has also made several cameos, appearing, for example, in the Michael Jackson video "Liberian Girl" of 1987.
In 1994, he made his directorial debut with the Showtime channel short film Override. Also in 1994, Glover and actor Ben Guillory founded the Robey Theatre Company in Los Angeles, focusing on theatre by and about black people.
Filmography
| 2022 | Press Play · as Cooper |
| 2020 | The Drummer · as Unknown |
| 2019 | Jumanji: The Next Level · as Milo |
| 2019 | The Last Black Man in San Francisco · as Grandpa Allen |
| 2019 | The Dead Don't Die · as Hank Thompson |
| 2019 | Always in Season · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2019 | Strive · as Unknown |
| 2019 | Redeeming Uncle Tom: The Josiah Henson Story · as Josiah Henson |
| 2018 | Death Race 4: Beyond Anarchy · as Baltimore Bob |
| 2018 | Sorry to Bother You · as Langston |
| 2018 | The Old Man & the Gun · as Teddy |
| 2018 | Come Sunday · as Gilbert Pearson |
| 2018 | Proud Mary · as Benny |
| 2018 | Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution · as Narrator |
| 2018 | Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey · as Mr. Ocean |
| 2018 | Christmas Break-In · as Ray |
| 2018 | Union Time: Fighting for Workers' Rights · as Narrator |
| 2017 | Extortion · as Constable Haagen |
| 2017 | The Good Catholic · as Victor |
| 2017 | The Curse of Buckout Road · as Dr. Powell |
| 2017 | The Christmas Train · as Max Powers |
| 2017 | Birth of a Movement · as Narrator |
| 2017 | Tour de Pharmacy · as Slim Robinson Present Day |
| 2017 | Cold Case Files (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2016 | Monster Trucks · as Mr. Weathers |
| 2016 | Sr. Pig · as Ambrose |
| 2016 | Dirty Grandpa · as Stinky |
| 2016 | Almost Christmas · as Walter |
| 2016 | Back in the Day · as Eddie 'Rocks' Travor |
| 2016 | Complete Unknown · as Roger |
| 2016 | Dark Web · as The Boss |
| 2016 | Pushing Dead · as Bob |
| 2016 | 93 Days · as Unknown |
| 2016 | Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ Rights · as Narrator |
| 2015 | Bad Asses on the Bayou · as Bernie Pope |
| 2015 | Caffeinated · as Coffee Lover |
| 2015 | Toxin · as Dr. Locke |
| 2015 | Consumed · as Hal Westbrook |
| 2015 | About Scout · as Red |
| 2015 | Checkmate · as Elohim |
| 2015 | Diablo · as Benjamin Carver |
| 2015 | Waffle Street · as Edward Collins |
| 2015 | Gridlocked · as Sully |
| 2015 | Andron · as Chancellor Gordon |
| 2014 | Beyond the Lights · as Captain Nicol |
| 2014 | Rage · as Detective St. John |
| 2014 | Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses · as Bernie Pope |
| 2014 | 2047: Sights of Death · as Sponge |
| 2014 | Supremacy · as Mr. Walker |
| 2014 | Yellowbird · as Darius (voice) |
| 2014 | Day of the Mummy · as Carl |
| 2014 | Ninja Immovable Heart · as Ex Director Matthew Reynolds |
| 2014 | black-ish (TV Series) · as Uncle Norman |
| 2014 | Mozart in the Jungle (TV Series) · as Mayor |
| 2013 | From Above · as William Ward |
| 2013 | Space Warriors · as Commander Phillips |
| 2013 | Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight · as Justice Thurgood Marshall |
| 2013 | The Bouquet · as Reverend John |
| 2013 | Highland Park · as Ed |
| 2013 | Tula: The Revolt · as Shinishi |
| 2013 | A Way Back Home · as Charlie Shuffleton |
| 2013 | The Shift · as Floyd |
| 2013 | Ironside (2013) (TV Series) · as Frank Ironside |
| 2013 | Extraction · as Harding |
| 2012 | LUV · as Arthur |
| 2012 | The Children's Republic · as Dubem |
| 2012 | Hannah's Law · as Isom Dart |
| 2012 | Sins · as Father Leonard |
| 2012 | Touch (2012) (TV Series) · as Professor Arthur Teller |
| 2011 | Age of the Dragons · as Ahab |
| 2011 | Son of Morning · as Gabriel Peters |
| 2011 | Mysteria · as Investigator |
| 2011 | Donovan's Echo · as Donovan Matheson |
| 2010 | Alpha and Omega · as Winston (voice) |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | Death at a Funeral · as Uncle Russell |
| 2010 | Legendary · as Harry 'Red' Newman |
| 2010 | Act of Vengeance · as Marcus |
| 2010 | Dear Alice · as Franzis |
| 2010 | Mooz-Lum · as Dean Francis |
| 2010 | I Want to Be a Soldier · as School Director |
| 2010 | Human Target (2010) (TV Series) · as Client |
| 2009 | Night Train · as Miles |
| 2009 | 2012 · as President Thomas Wilson |
| 2009 | The Harimaya Bridge · as Joseph Holder |
| 2009 | Down for Life · as Unknown |
| 2009 | Nite Tales: The Series (TV Series) · as Jeremiah |
| 2008 | Be Kind Rewind · as Mr. Fletcher |
| 2008 | Blindness · as Man with Black Eye Patch |
| 2008 | Saw V · as David Tapp (archive footage) |
| 2008 | Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare · as Walter Tortoise (voice) |
| 2008 | Gospel Hill · as John Malcolm |
| 2008 | Leverage (TV Series) · as Charlie Lawson |
| 2007 | Honeydripper · as Tyrone Purvis |
| 2007 | Poor Boy's Game · as George |
| 2007 | Battle for Terra · as President Chen (voice) |
| 2007 | Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation · as Father Elias |
| 2007 | Shooter · as Colonel Isaac Johnson |
| 2007 | Back at the Barnyard (TV Series) · as Miles the Mule |
| 2006 | Dreamgirls · as Marty Madison |
| 2006 | Barnyard · as Miles the Mule (voice) |
| 2006 | The Shaggy Dog · as Ken Hollister |
| 2006 | The Adventures of Brer Rabbit · as Unknown |
| 2006 | Bamako (The Court) · as Cow-boy |
| 2006 | Brothers & Sisters (TV Series) · as Isaac Marshall |
| 2006 | Psych (TV Series) · as Mel Hornsby |
| 2005 | Manderlay · as Wilhelm |
| 2005 | Missing in America · as Jake Neely |
| 2005 | The Exonerated · as David Keaton |
| 2005 | Criminal Minds (TV Series) · as Hank Morgan |
| 2005 | American Dad! (TV Series) · as Minstrel Krampus (voice) |
| 2005 | My Name Is Earl (TV Series) · as Thomas |
| 2004 | The Cookout · as Judge Crowley |
| 2004 | Saw · as David Tapp |
| 2004 | Legend of Earthsea (TV Series) · as Ogion |
| 2004 | Conakry Kas · as actor |
| 2003 | Good Fences · as Tom Spader |
| 2001 | The Royal Tenenbaums · as Henry Sherman |
| 2001 | 3 A.M. · as Hershey |
| 2000 | Freedom Song · as Will Walker |
| 2000 | Boesman and Lena · as Boesman |
| 1999 | Independent Lens (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1999 | The People vs. Shintech · as Character |
| 1998 | Lethal Weapon 4 · as Roger Murtaugh |
| 1998 | Antz · as Barbatus (voice) |
| 1998 | The Prince of Egypt · as Jethro (voice) |
| 1998 | How Stella Got Her Groove Back · as (scenes deleted) |
| 1998 | Beloved · as Paul D. Garner |
| 1997 | Gone Fishin' · as Gus Green |
| 1997 | Switchback · as Bob Goodall |
| 1997 | Wild America · as Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited) |
| 1997 | Buffalo Soldiers · as Sgt. Washington Wyatt |
| 1997 | The Rainmaker · as Richter Tyrone Kipler |
| 1996 | America's Dream · as Silas (segment "Long Black Song") |
| 1996 | Harriet the Spy · as Cop |
| 1995 | Operation Dumbo Drop · as Capt. Sam Cahill |
| 1995 | |
| 1995 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (TV Series) · as The King (voice) |
| 1994 | Maverick · as Bank Robber (uncredited) |
| 1994 | Angels in the Outfield · as George Knox |
| 1994 | ER (TV Series) · as Charlie Pratt Sr. |
| 1993 | The Saint of Fort Washington · as Jerry |
| 1993 | Bopha! · as Micah Mangena |
| 1993 | Alex Haley's Queen (TV Series) · as Alec Haley |
| 1993 | The Talking Eggs · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1992 | Lethal Weapon 3 · as Roger Murtaugh |
| 1991 | Grand Canyon · as Simon |
| 1991 | Pure Luck · as Raymond Campanella |
| 1991 | A Rage in Harlem · as Easy Money |
| 1991 | Flight of the Intruder · as Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli |
| 1990 | Predator 2 · as Lieutenant Mike Harrigan |
| 1990 | To Sleep with Anger · as Harry |
| 1990 | Captain Planet and the Planeteers (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1989 | Lethal Weapon 2 · as Roger Murtaugh |
| 1989 | Lonesome Dove (TV Series) · as Joshua Deets |
| 1988 | Bat*21 · as Capt. Bartholomew Clark |
| 1987 | Lethal Weapon · as Roger Murtaugh |
| 1987 | Mandela · as Nelson Mandela |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1985 | The Color Purple · as Albert Johnson |
| 1985 | Witness · as McFee |
| 1985 | Silverado · as Malachi 'Mal' Johnson |
| 1985 | Tall Tales & Legends (TV Series) · as John Henry |
| 1985 | American Masters (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1984 | Places in the Heart · as Moze |
| 1984 | Iceman · as Loomis |
| 1983 | Chiefs (TV Series) · as Marshall Peters |
| 1982 | Out · as Jojo / Roland |
| 1981 | Chu Chu and the Philly Flash · as Morgan |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1981 | The Greatest American Hero (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1981 | Gimme a Break! (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1979 | Escape from Alcatraz · as Inmate |
| 1977 | Lou Grant (TV Series) · as Leroy |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Roger Murtaugh |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Unknown |