Danny Glover
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.
Known For
Acting
1990
asLieutenant Mike Harrigan
2004
asDavid Tapp
1985
asAlbert
1989
asRoger Murtaugh
1992
asRoger Murtaugh
1998
asRoger Murtaugh
1987
asRoger Murtaugh
2006
asMarty Madison
2006
asKen Hollister
2005
asWilhelm
2017
asUncle Issa
1997
asBob Goodall
2008
asJohn Malcolm
2008
asMr. Fletcher
2021
asSelf
2007
asColonel Isaac Johnson
2008
asMan with Black Eye Patch
1985
asMalachi 'Mal' Johnson
1984
asLoomis
1994
asGeorge Knox
1997
asRichter Tyrone Kipler
1998
asBarbatus (voice)
2001
asHenry Sherman
1997
asGus Green
1985
asMcFee
2010
asWinston (voice)
2008
asWalter Tortoise (voice)
2020
asMark Walker
1994
asBank Robber (uncredited)
1998
asJethro (voice)
1995
asCapt. Sam Cahill
2006
asMiles the Mule (voice)
2010
asUncle Russell
1984
asMoze
2023
asMichael Tedeschi
1991
asSimon
2005
asJake Neely
2009
asPresident Thomas Wilson
2007
asTyrone Purvis
1991
asEasy Money
2009
asMiles
1983
asLester Traylor
1988
asCapt. Bartholomew Clark
2007
asGeorge
2003
asTom Spader
1983
asGary
2010
asHarry 'Red' Newman
1999
asHost
2010
asMr. Shannon
2007
asPresident Chen (voice)
2011
asDean Francis
1998
asPaul D
1991
asCmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli
2012
asSelf
2009
asJoseph Holder
1991
asRaymond Campanella
2010
asMarcus
2022
asJerry
2007
asFather Elias
2010
asSchool Director
2002
asNarrator (voice)
2011
asGabriel Peters
2013
asArthur
1986
asJohn Henry
1993
asJerry
1982
asJojo / Roland
2010
asFranzis
1993
asMicah Mangena
2001
asHershey
1990
asHarry
2012
asDubem
2011
asInvestigator
2011
asAhab
2011
asSelf (Occupy Oakland)
2014
asWilliam Ward
2000
asBoesman
2005
asSelf
2012
asIsom Dart
2011
asDonovan Matheson
2005
asDavid Tapp
2013
asEd
2013
asShinishi
2012
asFather Leonard
2013
asJustice Thurgood Marshall
2013
asCommander Phillips
2013
asReverend John
1997
asSgt. Washington Wyatt
2020
asSelf
2019
asSelf
2013
asHarding
1998
asSelf - Narrator (voice)
2014
asCaptain Nicol
2006
asDavid Keaton
2023
asSanta Claus
2014
asBernie Pope
2018
asSelf (archive footage)
2016
asMr. Weathers
1987
asNelson Mandela
1993
asNarrator (voice)
2014
asDetective St. John
2014
asSponge
2014
asMr. Walker
2022
asEle mesmo
1995
asSelf
2014
asDarius (voice)
2014
asCarl
2013
asCharlie Shuffleton
1999
asTrain Conductor (voice)
2015
asBernie Pope
2015
asDr. Locke
2013
asSelf
2012
asDuncan
2013
asFloyd
2014
asSelf
2015
asHal Westbrook
2015
asRed
2000
asWill Walker
1969
asself
2015
asElohim
1995
asSelf
2016
asEddie 'Rocks' Travor
2014
asEx Director Matthew Reynolds
2016
asRoger
2016
asBenjamin Carver
1981
asMorgan
2006
asCow-boy
2016
asStinky
2008
asDavid Tapp (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016
asThe Boss
2015
asEdward Collins
1997
asBigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited)
2015
asChancellor Gordon
asNarrator (voice)
2016
asAmbrose
2016
asSully
2016
asBob
2000
asSelf
2018
asBaltimore Bob
1988
asMr. Scott
2005
asCol. Weldon
2017
asConstable Haagen
2016
asWalter
1979
asInmate
2015
asCoffee Lover
1996
asSilas (segment "Long Black Song")
2019
asNarrator
2016
asDr. Benjamin Ohiaeri
1995
asPhilip Marlowe
1983
asWillie Monroe
2018
asGilbert Pearson
2017
asNarrator (voice)
2009
asSelf
2018
asTeddy
2006
asBrer Turtle (voice)
2018
asBenny
2017
asVictor
1989
asDr. Alex Marsh
2017
asSlim Robinson Present Day
2017
asSelf - Narrator (voice)
2017
asDr. Powell
1981
asOscar Micheaux
2017
asMax Powers
2000
as
2016
asNarrator (voice)
2010
asDanny Glover
2018
asLangston
2019
asGrandpa Allen
2018
asMr. Ocean
2018
asSelf
2004
asJudge Crowley
2012
asSelf
2019
asNarrator (voice)
1989
asWalter Lee Younger
2018
asRay
2019
asMilo
2015
asNarrator (voice)
2019
asHank Thompson
1985
asWilliam
2017
asSelf
2019
asNarrator (voice)
2006
as
2005
asSelf (archive footage)
2022
asCooper
2010
asSelf
2018
asSelf
2020
asNarrator (voice)
2010
asSelf
2019
as
2014
as
2014
asSelf
2003
asSelf
1985
asApples Finnerty
2020
asNarrator (voice)
2010
asNarrator (voice)
1999
asNarrator (voice)
2012
asSelf
1999
asSelf (archive footage)
1989
asSelf
2018
asNarrator (voice)
2009
asSelf
1989
asNarrator (voice)
1990
asNarrator (voice)
1990
asNarrator (voice)
1992
asNarrator (voice)
2025
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asDr. Apollo (voice)
asSelf
asIsaac Marshall
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asMarlowe
asCharlie Pratt Sr.
asOgion
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asSelf
asAlec Haley
asProfessor Arthur Teller
asJoshua Deets
asMel Hornsby
asIsaac Jefferson (voice)
asSelf - Panelist
asSelf - Presenter
asSelf
asSelf - Host
asThe King (voice)
asSelf
asSelf - Presenter
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asJohn Henry
asNarrator (voice)
asHost
asThomas
asFrank Ironside
asCharlie Lawson
asMinstrel Krampus (voice)
asSelf
asMayor
asHank Morgan
asUncle Norman
asJeremiah
asMarshall Peters
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