Danny Glover
Skådespelare, Producent, Regissör
22 juli 1946 (79 år)
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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| 2025 | |
| 2023 | The Naughty Nine · as Santa Claus |
| 2023 | Double Soul · as Michael Tedeschi |
| 2023 | I'm a Virgo · as Weatherman |
| 2022 | American Dreamer · as Jerry |
| 2022 | Press Play · as Cooper |
| 2020 | The Drummer · as Mark WalkerPå Plex |
| 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 | StrivePå Plex |
| 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 LangstonPå Plex |
| 2018 | Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey · as Mr. OceanPå Plex |
| 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. PowellPå Plex |
| 2017 | Vagabonds · as Uncle Issa |
| 2017 | The Good Catholic · as Victor |
| 2017 | Tour de Pharmacy · as Slim Robinson Present Day |
| 2017 | Extortion · as Detective Constable HaagenPå Plex |
| 2017 | Birth of a Movement · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2017 | Locke & Key · as Joe Ridgeway |
| 2016 | Monster Trucks · as Mr. Weathers |
| 2016 | Almost Christmas · as Walter |
| 2016 | Pushing Dead · as BobPå Plex |
| 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)På Plex |
| 2016 | 93 Days · as Dr. Benjamin Ohiaeri |
| 2016 | Dark Web · as The Boss |
| 2016 | Dirty Grandpa · as Stinky |
| 2015 | Gridlocked · as SullyPå Plex |
| 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 RedPå Plex |
| 2015 | Bad Asses on the Bayou · as Bernie PopePå Plex |
| 2015 | Toxin · as Dr. Locke |
| 2014 | Beyond the Lights · as Captain Nicol |
| 2014 | Yellowbird · as Darius (voice) |
| 2014 | Day of the Mummy · as CarlPå Plex |
| 2014 | black-ish · as Uncle Norman |
| 2014 | 2047: Sights of Death · as Sponge |
| 2014 | Supremacy · as Mr. WalkerPå Plex |
| 2014 | Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses · as Bernie PopePå Plex |
| 2014 | Ninja Immovable Heart · as Ex Director Matthew Reynolds |
| 2014 | Mozart in the Jungle · as Mayor |
| 2014 | Rage · as Detective St. JohnPå Plex |
| 2013 | From Above · as William Ward |
| 2013 | Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight · as Justice Thurgood Marshall |
| 2013 | Ironside (2013) · as Frank Ironside |
| 2013 | Extraction · as Harding |
| 2013 | Tula: The Revolt · as ShinishiPå Plex |
| 2013 | Highland Park · as EdPå Plex |
| 2013 | A Way Back Home · as Charlie ShuffletonPå Plex |
| 2013 | Space Warriors · as Commander Phillips |
| 2013 | The Shift · as FloydPå Plex |
| 2013 | The Bouquet · as Reverend John |
| 2013 | The New Environmentalists · as NarratorPå Plex |
| 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 | Sins · as Father Leonard |
| 2012 | Touch (2012) · as Professor Arthur Teller |
| 2011 | Mysteria · as Investigator |
| 2011 | Donovan's Echo · as Donovan MathesonPå Plex |
| 2011 | Age of the Dragons · as Ahab |
| 2011 | Son of Morning · as Gabriel Peters |
| 2010 | Mooz-Lum · as Dean FrancisPå Plex |
| 2010 | Act of Vengeance · as MarcusPå Plex |
| 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 | |
| 2010 | Human Target (2010) · as Client |
| 2009 | Down for Life · as Mr. Shannon |
| 2009 | 2012 · as President Thomas Wilson |
| 2009 | Nite Tales: The Series · as Jeremiah |
| 2009 | The Harimaya Bridge · as Joseph Holder |
| 2009 | Night Train · as MilesPå Plex |
| 2008 | Leverage · as Charlie Lawson |
| 2008 | Saw V · as David Tapp |
| 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 |
| 2008 | Agent Crush · as Major Rusty Gubbins |
| 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 GeorgePå Plex |
| 2006 | Dreamgirls · as Marty Madison |
| 2006 | Bamako · as Cow-Boy |
| 2006 | |
| 2006 | Brothers & Sisters · as Isaac Marshall |
| 2006 | Barnyard · as Miles (voice) |
| 2006 | Psych · as Mel Hornsby |
| 2006 | The Adventures of Brer Rabbit · as Brer Turtle (voice) |
| 2006 | The Shaggy Dog · as Ken Hollister |
| 2005 | Criminal Minds · as Hank Morgan |
| 2005 | My Name Is Earl · as Thomas |
| 2005 | Manderlay · as Wilhelm |
| 2005 | American Dad! · 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 · as OgionPå Plex |
| 2004 | Saw · as David Tapp |
| 2004 | The Cookout · as Judge CrowleyPå Plex |
| 2003 | Good Fences · as Tom SpaderPå Plex |
| 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 · as Narrator |
| 1999 | Scared Straight! 20 Years Later · as Host |
| 1999 | Our Friend, Martin · as Train Conductor (voice) |
| 1999 | Cold Case Files · 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 · as The King (voice) |
| 1994 | ER · 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 · as Host |
| 1993 | Fallen Angels · as Marlowe |
| 1993 | The Talking Eggs · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1993 | Alex Haley's Queen · 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 · as Dr. Apollo (voice) |
| 1989 | Lethal Weapon 2 · as Roger Murtaugh |
| 1989 | Dead Man Out · as Dr. Alex Marsh |
| 1989 | Lonesome Dove · as Joshua DeetsPå Plex |
| 1988 | Bat*21 · as Capt. Bartholomew Clark |
| 1987 | Mandela · as Nelson Mandela |
| 1987 | Biography · as Narrator |
| 1987 | Lethal Weapon · as Roger Murtaugh |
| 1985 | The Color Purple · as Albert |
| 1985 | American Masters · as Narrator |
| 1985 | Tall Tales and Legends · 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 · as Marshall Peters |
| 1983 | The Face of Rage · as Gary |
| 1982 | Out · as Jojo / Roland |
| 1981 | |
| 1981 | Chu Chu and the Philly Flash · as Morgan |
| 1981 | The Greatest American Hero · as Vice OfficerPå Plex |
| 1981 | |
| 1980 | American Playhouse · as Lester Traylor |
| 1980 | |
| 1979 | Paris · as Cast |
| 1979 | Escape from Alcatraz · as Inmate |
| 1978 | B.J. and the Bear · as Mac Thomas, Tv Reporter |
| 1977 | Lou Grant · as Leroy |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live · as Roger Murtaugh (uncredited) |
| 2025 | Landmarks · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Newbies · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | President · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Memoria · as Co-Producer |
| 2021 | Prayers for the Stolen · as Co-Producer |
| 2020 | The Drummer · as Executive ProducerPå Plex |
| 2020 | In Between Dying · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | Lynch: A History · as Executive ProducerPå Plex |
| 2019 | The Robeson Effect · as Executive ProducerPå Plex |
| 2018 | Aquarela · as Co-Producer |
| 2018 | Capernaum · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | Hale County This Morning, This Evening · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | Angels Are Made Of Light · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | Zama · as Co-Producer |
| 2017 | Strong Island · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | Light Years · as Co-Producer |
| 2017 | That Summer · as Executive Producer |
| 2016 | White Sun · as Executive Producer |
| 2016 | Shadow World · as Executive Producer |
| 2015 | This Changes Everything · as Executive Producer |
| 2015 | Cemetery of Splendor · as Co-Producer |
| 2015 | Bad Asses on the Bayou · as Associate ProducerPå Plex |
| 2014 | Life Is Sacred · as Executive Producer |
| 2014 | Concerning Violence · as Co-Producer |
| 2012 | When I Saw You · as Consulting Producer |
| 2012 | Shenandoah · as Executive Producer |
| 2012 | The House I Live In · as Executive Producer |
| 2012 | |
| 2011 | Dum Maaro Dum · as Executive Producer |
| 2011 | |
| 2010 | The Disappearance of McKinley Nolan · as Executive Producer |
| 2010 | Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives · as Associate Producer |
| 2009 | The Time That Remains · as Associate Producer |
| 2009 | The Harimaya Bridge · as Executive Producer |
| 2009 | Soundtrack for a Revolution · as Executive Producer |
| 2008 | Trouble the Water · as Executive Producer |
| 2008 | Salt of This Sea · as Co-Producer |
| 2008 | Africa Unite: A Celebration of Bob Marley's 60th Birthday · as Executive Producer |
| 2006 | Bamako · as Executive Producer |
| 2003 | Good FencesPå Plex |
| 2001 | 3 A.M. · as Executive Producer |
| 2000 | Freedom Song · as Executive Producer |
| 1999 | Independent Lens · as Co-Producer |
| 1997 | Buffalo Soldiers · as Executive Producer |
| 1996 | America's Dream · as Executive Producer |
| 1990 | To Sleep with Anger · as Executive Producer |
| 1988 | American Experience · as Executive Producer |
| 1984 | Screen Two · as Executive Producer |
| 2002 | Just a DreamPå Plex |
| 2022 | Self-Portrait as a Coffee-Pot · as Co-Executive Producer |