Danny Glover

Danny Glover

  • Birthday: 1946-07-22
  • Place of birth: San Francisco, California, USA

Biography

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

Predator 2

1990

As Lieutenant Mike Harrigan

Birth of a Movement

2017

As Narrator (voice)

Angels in the Outfield

1994

As George Knox

Operation Dumbo Drop

1995

As Capt. Sam Cahill

Grand Canyon

1991

As Simon

Missing in America

2005

As Jake Neely

The Garden

2008

As Self

Honeydripper

2007

As Tyrone Purvis

Night Train

2009

As Miles

Good Fences

2003

As Tom Spader

Flight of the Intruder

1991

As Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli

The Real Eve

2002

As Narrator (voice)

Dear Alice

2010

As Franzis

Bopha!

1993

As Micah Mangena

To Sleep with Anger

1990

As Harry

Chasing Shakespeare

2014

As William Ward

Boesman and Lena

2000

As Boesman

Donovan's Echo

2011

As Donovan Matheson

Tula: The Revolt

2013

As Shinishi

Buffalo Soldiers

1997

As Sgt. Washington Wyatt

Mandela

1987

As Nelson Mandela

2047: Sights of Death

2014

As Sponge

Supremacy

2014

As Mr. Walker

Day of the Mummy

2014

As Carl

Freedom Song

2000

As Will Walker

Checkmate

2015

As Elohim

Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story

0000

As Narrator (voice)

Darkweb

2016

As The Boss

America's Dream

1996

As Silas (segment "Long Black Song")

Mr. Pig

2016

As Ambrose

Agents of Change

2017

As Self - Narrator (voice)

Dead Man Out

1989

As Dr. Alex Marsh

Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer

1981

As Oscar Micheaux

Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey

2018

As Mr. Ocean

Always in Season

2019

As Narrator (voice)

Mississippi Inferno

2015

As Narrator (voice)

The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs

2019

As Narrator (voice)

Strive

2019

As

The Stand-In

1985

As Apples Finnerty

Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man

2020

As Narrator (voice)

The Drummer

2020

As Mark Walker

The Robeson Effect

2019

As Self

The Talking Eggs

1993

As Narrator (voice)

Vagabonds

2017

As Uncle Issa

John Henry

1986

As John Henry

The Color Purple

1985

As Albert Johnson (Mister)

Lethal Weapon

1987

As Roger Murtaugh

Lethal Weapon 2

1989

As Roger Murtaugh

Lethal Weapon 3

1992

As Roger Murtaugh

Lethal Weapon 4

1998

As Roger Murtaugh

Switchback

1997

As Bob Goodall

Gospel Hill

2008

As John Malcolm

Gone Fishin'

1997

As Gus Green

Bat★21

1988

As Capt. Bartholomew Clark

Poor Boy's Game

2007

As George

Beloved

1998

As Paul D. Garner

Mooz-lum

2011

As Dean Francis

Pure Luck

1991

As Raymond Campanella

Mysteria

2011

As Investigator

Age of the Dragons

2011

As Ahab

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

2013

As Justice Thurgood Marshall

Extraction

2013

As Harding

Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses

2014

As Bernie Pope

Toxin

2015

As Dr. Locke

Bad Asses on the Bayou

2015

As Bernie Pope

Waffle Street

2015

As Edward Collins

Extortion

2017

As Constable Haagen

93 Days

2016

As

Shadows of Liberty

2012

As Self

Sam Cooke: Crossing Over

2010

As Narrator (voice)

Lethal Weapon 5

0000

As Roger Murtaugh

The Naughty Nine

2023

As Santa Claus

Saw

2004

As David Tapp

The Shaggy Dog

2006

As Ken Hollister

Manderlay

2005

As Wilhelm

Be Kind Rewind

2008

As Mr. Fletcher

Silverado

1985

As Malachi 'Mal' Johnson

Shooter

2007

As Colonel Isaac Johnson

Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare

2008

As Walter Tortoise (voice)

LUV

2013

As Arthur

Out

1982

As Jojo / Roland

Sins

2012

As Father Leonard

The Exonerated

2006

As David Keaton

Shuffleton's Barbershop

2013

As Charlie Shuffleton

The Shift

2013

As Floyd

We Are Many

2014

As Self

The Ninja Immovable Heart

2014

As Ex Director Matthew Reynolds

Pushing Dead

2016

As Bob

Death Race: Beyond Anarchy

2018

As Baltimore Bob

Andron

2015

As Chancellor Gordon

P.N.O.K.

2005

As Col. Weldon

Caffeinated

2015

As Coffee Lover

Come Sunday

2018

As Gilbert Pearson

Almost Christmas

2016

As Walter

Proud Mary

2018

As Benny

The Christmas Train

2017

As Max Powers

Press Play

2022

As Cooper

After Fact

2020

As Self

Dreamgirls

2006

As Marty Madison

Alpha and Omega

2010

As Winston (voice)

Places in the Heart

1984

As Moze

A Rage in Harlem

1991

As Easy Money

The Harimaya Bridge

2009

As Joseph Holder

The Peace!

2005

As Self

Yellowbird

2014

As Darius (voice)

Barnyard

2006

As Miles the Mule (voice)

Back in the Day

2016

As Eddie 'Rocks' Travor

Diablo

2016

As Benjamin Carver

Complete Unknown

2016

As Roger

The Old Man & the Gun

2018

As Teddy

The Adventures of Brer Rabbit

2006

As Brer Turtle (voice)

The Good Catholic

2017

As Victor

The Curse of Buckout Road

2017

As Dr. Powell

A Raisin in the Sun

1989

As Walter Lee Younger

Antz

1998

As Barbatus (voice)

Legendary

2010

As Harry 'Red' Newman

Down for Life

2010

As Mr. Shannon

I Want to Be a Soldier

2010

As School Director

Son of Morning

2011

As Gabriel Peters

3 A.M.

2001

As Hershey

Highland Park

2013

As Ed

Space Warriors

2013

As Commander Phillips

The Bouquet

2013

As Reverend John

Beyond the Lights

2014

As Captain Nicol

Rage

2014

As Detective St. John

Gridlocked

2016

As Sully

Monster Trucks

2016

As Mr. Weathers

Battle for Terra

2007

As President Chen (voice)

Bàttu

2000

As

The Face of Rage

1983

As Gary

Rise Like Lions

2011

As Self (Occupy Oakland)

The Prince of Egypt

1998

As Jethro (voice)

About Scout

2015

As Red

Christmas Break-In

2018

As Ray

Keeping On

1983

As Lester Traylor

Double Soul

2023

As Michael Tedeschi

Iceman

1984

As Loomis

Witness

1985

As McFee

Hannah's Law

2012

As Isom Dart

Our Friend, Martin

1999

As Train Conductor (voice)

The Lighthouse

2012

As Duncan

Wild America

1997

As Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited)

The Dead Don't Die

2019

As Hank Thompson

Hollywood on Horses

1989

As Self

The Rainmaker

1997

As Richter Tyrone Kipler

The Royal Tenenbaums

2001

As Henry Sherman

2012

2009

As President Thomas Wilson

Consumed

2015

As Hal Westbrook

I'm Still Here

2010

As Danny Glover

Sorry to Bother You

2018

As Langston

The Cookout

2004

As Judge Crowley

Blindness

2008

As Man with Black Eye Patch

Memorial Day

1983

As Willie Monroe

Death at a Funeral

2010

As Uncle Russell

Dirty Grandpa

2016

As Stinky

The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen

1999

As Self (archive footage)

Full Disclosure Report

2005

As David Tapp

Bamako

2006

As Cow-boy

The People Speak

2009

As Self

PoliWood

2009

As Self

Tour de Pharmacy

2017

As Slim Robinson Present Day

Liberian Girl

1989

As Danny Glover

Casting By

2012

As Self

Escape from Alcatraz

1979

As Inmate

Maverick

1994

As Bank Robber (uncredited)

Howard

2018

As Self (archive footage)

Production

Just a Dream

2002

As Director

Override

1994

As Director

Shenandoah

2012

As Executive Producer

3 A.M.

2001

As Executive Producer

America's Dream

1996

As Executive Producer

Bamako

2006

As Executive Producer

Strong Island

2017

As Executive Producer

The House I Live In

2012

As Executive Producer

Cemetery of Splendor

2015

As Co-Producer

Dum Maaro Dum

2011

As Executive Producer

White Sun

2016

As Executive Producer

Highway

2012

As Producer

Hale County This Morning, This Evening

2018

As Executive Producer

Angels Are Made of Light

2018

As Executive Producer

Buffalo Soldiers

1997

As Executive Producer

Zama

2017

As Co-Producer

Easter Snap

2019

As Executive Producer

Lynch: A History

2019

As Executive Producer

Capernaum

2018

As Executive Producer

Shadow World

2016

As Executive Producer

In Between Dying

2021

As Executive Producer

The House on Coco Road

2016

As Producer

President

2023

As Executive Producer

Concerning Violence

2014

As Co-Producer

Freedom Song

2000

As Executive Producer

Prayers for the Stolen

2021

As Co-Producer

Trouble the Water

2008

As Executive Producer

Memoria

2021

As Co-Producer

Crane Lantern

2022

As Executive Producer

That Summer

2017

As Executive Producer

Life Is Sacred

2014

As Executive Producer

Good Fences

2003

As Producer

This Changes Everything

2015

As Executive Producer

The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane

2023

As Executive Producer

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