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Danny Glover
Actor, Producer, Director, Writer, Additional CreditsBorn July 22, 1946 (78 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.
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.
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| 2023 | The Naughty Nine · as Santa Claus |
| 2023 | Double Soul · as Michael Tedeschi |
| 2023 | I'm a Virgo (TV Series) · as Weatherman |
| 2022 | American Dreamer · as Jerry |
| 2022 | De Quanta Terra Precisa o Homem? · as Ele Mesmo |
| 2022 | Press Play · as Cooper |
| 2021 | Cold Case Files (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2020 | The Drummer · as Mark Walker |
| 2019 | Jumanji: The Next Level · as Milo |
| 2019 | Always in Season · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2019 | The Last Black Man in San Francisco · as Grandpa Allen |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | The Dead Don't Die · as Hank Thompson |
| 2019 | Redeeming Uncle Tom: The Josiah Henson Story · as Narrator |
| 2018 | Chuck Berry, Brown-Eyed Handsome Man · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2018 | Christmas Break-In · as Ray |
| 2018 | Death Race 4: Beyond Anarchy · as Baltimore Bob |
| 2018 | The Old Man & the Gun · as Teddy |
| 2018 | Sorry to Bother You · as Langston |
| 2018 | Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey · as Mr. Ocean |
| 2018 | Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2018 | Come Sunday · as Gilbert Pearson |
| 2018 | Proud Mary · as Benny |
| 2018 | Union Time: Fighting for Workers' Rights · as Narrator |
| 2017 | The Christmas Train · as Max Powers |
| 2017 | The Curse of Buckout Road · as Dr. Powell |
| 2017 | Vagabonds · as Uncle Issa |
| 2017 | The Good Catholic · as Victor |
| 2017 | Tour de Pharmacy · as Slim Robinson Present Day |
| 2017 | Extortion · as Constable Haagen |
| 2017 | Birth of a Movement · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2016 | Monster Trucks · as Mr. Weathers |
| 2016 | Almost Christmas · as Walter |
| 2016 | Pushing Dead · as Bob |
| 2016 | Complete Unknown · as Roger |
| 2016 | Sr. Pig · as Ambrose |
| 2016 | Back in the Day · as Eddie 'rocks' Travor |
| 2016 | Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ Rights · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2016 | 93 Days · as Dr. Benjamin Ohiaeri |
| 2016 | Dark Web · as The Boss |
| 2016 | Dirty Grandpa · as Stinky |
| 2015 | Gridlocked · as Sully |
| 2015 | Diablo · as Benjamin Carver |
| 2015 | Andron · as Chancellor Gordon |
| 2015 | Waffle Street · as Edward Collins |
| 2015 | Checkmate · as Elohim |
| 2015 | Caffeinated · as Coffee Lover |
| 2015 | Consumed · as Hal Westbrook |
| 2015 | About Scout · as Red |
| 2015 | Bad Asses on the Bayou · as Bernie Pope |
| 2015 | Toxin · as Dr. Locke |
| 2014 | Beyond the Lights · as Captain Nicol |
| 2014 | Yellowbird · as Darius (voice) |
| 2014 | Day of the Mummy · as Carl |
| 2014 | black-ish (TV Series) · as Uncle Norman |
| 2014 | 2047: Sights of Death · as Sponge |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses · as Bernie Pope |
| 2014 | Ninja Immovable Heart · as Ex Director Matthew Reynolds |
| 2014 | Mozart in the Jungle (TV Series) · as Mayor |
| 2014 | |
| 2013 | From Above · as William Ward |
| 2013 | Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight · as Justice Thurgood Marshall |
| 2013 | Ironside (2013) (TV Series) · as Frank Ironside |
| 2013 | Extraction · as Harding |
| 2013 | Tula: The Revolt · as Shinishi |
| 2013 | Highland Park · as Ed |
| 2013 | A Way Back Home · as Charlie Shuffleton |
| 2013 | Space Warriors · as Commander Phillips |
| 2013 | |
| 2013 | The Bouquet · as Reverend John |
| 2013 | The New Environmentalists (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2012 | Luv · as Arthur |
| 2012 | The Children's Republic · as Dubem |
| 2012 | Hannah's Law · as Isom Dart |
| 2012 | The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America · as Count Basie |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | Touch (2012) (TV Series) · as Professor Arthur Teller |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | Donovan's Echo · as Donovan Matheson |
| 2011 | Age of the Dragons · as Ahab |
| 2011 | Son of Morning · as Gabriel Peters |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | Act of Vengeance · as Marcus |
| 2010 | I Want to Be a Soldier · as School Director |
| 2010 | Alpha and Omega · as Winston (voice) |
| 2010 | Legendary · as Harry 'red' Newman |
| 2010 | Dear Alice · as Franzis |
| 2010 | Death at a Funeral · as Uncle Russell |
| 2010 | Human Target (2010) (TV Series) · as Client |
| 2010 | |
| 2009 | Down for Life · as Mr. Shannon |
| 2009 | 2012 · as President Thomas Wilson |
| 2009 | Nite Tales: The Series (TV Series) · as Jeremiah |
| 2009 | The Harimaya Bridge · as Joseph Holder |
| 2009 | Night Train · as Miles |
| 2008 | Leverage (TV Series) · as Charlie Lawson |
| 2008 | Saw V · as David Tapp (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2008 | Blindness · as Man With Black Eye Patch |
| 2008 | Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare · as Walter Tortoise (voice) |
| 2008 | Be Kind Rewind · as Mr. Fletcher |
| 2008 | Gospel Hill · as John Malcolm |
| 2008 | Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo · as Sergeant Roger Murtaugh |
| 2007 | Honeydripper · as Tyrone Purvis |
| 2007 | Battle for Terra · as President Chen (voice) |
| 2007 | Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation · as Father Elias |
| 2007 | Shooter · as Colonel Isaac Johnson |
| 2007 | Poor Boy's Game · as George |
| 2006 | Dreamgirls · as Marty Madison |
| 2006 | Bamako (The Court) · as Cow-Boy |
| 2006 | |
| 2006 | Brothers & Sisters (TV Series) · as Isaac Marshall |
| 2006 | Barnyard · as Miles The Mule (voice) |
| 2006 | Psych (TV Series) · as Mel Hornsby |
| 2006 | The Adventures of Brer Rabbit · as Brer Turtle (voice) |
| 2006 | The Shaggy Dog · as Ken Hollister |
| 2005 | Criminal Minds (TV Series) · as Hank Morgan |
| 2005 | My Name Is Earl (TV Series) · as Thomas |
| 2005 | Manderlay · as Wilhelm |
| 2005 | American Dad! (TV Series) · as Minstrel Krampus (voice) |
| 2005 | The Exonerated · as David Keaton |
| 2005 | Missing in America · as Jake Neely |
| 2005 | In Pursuit of Happiness · as Narration |
| 2004 | Legend of Earthsea (TV Series) · as Ogion |
| 2004 | Saw · as David Tapp |
| 2004 | The Cookout · as Judge Crowley |
| 2003 | Good Fences · as Tom Spader |
| 2002 | The Real Eve · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2001 | The Royal Tenenbaums · as Henry Sherman |
| 2001 | 3 A.M. · as Hershey |
| 2000 | Boesman and Lena · as Boesman |
| 2000 | Freedom Song · as Will Walker |
| 1999 | Independent Lens (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1999 | Scared Straight! 20 Years Later · as Host |
| 1999 | Our Friend, Martin · as Train Conductor (voice) |
| 1999 | Cold Case Files (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1999 | The Monster · as Henry Johnson |
| 1999 | The People vs. Shintech · as Character |
| 1998 | The Prince of Egypt · as Jethro (voice) |
| 1998 | Beloved · as Paul D |
| 1998 | Antz · as Barbatus (voice) |
| 1998 | Lethal Weapon 4 · as Roger Murtaugh |
| 1997 | Buffalo Soldiers · as Sgt. Washington Wyatt |
| 1997 | The Rainmaker · as Richter Tyrone Kipler |
| 1997 | Switchback · as Bob Goodall |
| 1997 | Wild America · as Bigfoot The Mountain Man (uncredited) |
| 1997 | Gone Fishin' · as Gus Green |
| 1996 | America's Dream · as Silas (segment "long Black Song") |
| 1995 | Operation Dumbo Drop · as Capt. Sam Cahill |
| 1995 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (TV Series) · as The King (voice) |
| 1994 | ER (TV Series) · as Charlie Pratt Sr. |
| 1994 | Angels in the Outfield · as George Knox |
| 1994 | Maverick · as Bank Robber (uncredited) |
| 1993 | The Saint of Fort Washington · as Jerry |
| 1993 | Bopha! · as Micah Mangena |
| 1993 | Civil War Journal (TV Series) · as Host |
| 1993 | Fallen Angels (TV Series) · as Marlowe |
| 1993 | The Talking Eggs · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1993 | Alex Haley's Queen (TV Series) · as Alec Haley |
| 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 Dr. Apollo (voice) |
| 1990 | Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1989 | Lethal Weapon 2 · as Roger Murtaugh |
| 1989 | Dead Man Out · as Dr. Alex Marsh |
| 1989 | Lonesome Dove (TV Series) · as Joshua Deets |
| 1988 | Bat*21 · as Capt. Bartholomew Clark |
| 1987 | Mandela · as Nelson Mandela |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1987 | Lethal Weapon · as Roger Murtaugh |
| 1985 | The Color Purple · as Albert |
| 1985 | American Masters (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1985 | Tall Tales and Legends (TV Series) · as John Henry |
| 1985 | Silverado · as Malachi 'mal' Johnson |
| 1985 | Witness · as Mcfee |
| 1985 | And the Children Shall Lead · as William |
| 1984 | Places in the Heart · as Moze |
| 1984 | Iceman · as Loomis |
| 1983 | Memorial Day · as Willie Monroe |
| 1983 | Chiefs (TV Series) · as Marshall Peters |
| 1983 | The Face of Rage · as Gary |
| 1982 | Out · as Jojo / Roland |
| 1981 | Gimme a Break! (TV Series) |
| 1981 | Chu Chu and the Philly Flash · as Morgan |
| 1981 | The Greatest American Hero (TV Series) · as Vice Officer |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues (TV Series) |
| 1980 | American Playhouse (TV Series) · as Lester Traylor |
| 1980 | Palmerstown, U.S.A. (TV Series) |
| 1979 | Paris (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1979 | Escape from Alcatraz · as Inmate |
| 1978 | B.J. and the Bear (TV Series) · as Mac Thomas, Tv Reporter |
| 1977 | Lou Grant (TV Series) · as Leroy |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Roger Murtaugh |