Danny Glover
male
Born on July 22, 1946 (79 years old)
From San Francisco, California, USA
Known for Acting
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.
Cast Credits
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
- 2020
- 2019
The Robeson Effect
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Self
2019
Redeeming Uncle Tom: The Josiah Henson Story
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Narrator
2019
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
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Grandpa Allen
2019
Always in Season
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Narrator (voice)
2019
Jumanji: The Next Level
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Milo
2019
The Dead Don't Die
as
Hank Thompson
2019
The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs
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Narrator (voice)
2019
Strive
2019
- 2018
Howard
as
Self (archive footage)
2018
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy
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Baltimore Bob
2018
Come Sunday
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Gilbert Pearson
2018
The Old Man & the Gun
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Teddy
2018
Proud Mary
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Benny
2018
Sorry to Bother You
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Langston
2018
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
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Mr. Ocean
2018
Survivor's Guide to Prison
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Self
2018
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
as
Self
2018
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
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Narrator (voice)
2018
- 2017
Vagabonds
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Uncle Issa
2017
Extortion
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Constable Haagen
2017
Birth of a Movement
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Narrator (voice)
2017
The Good Catholic
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Victor
2017
Tour de Pharmacy
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Slim Robinson Present Day
2017
Agents of Change
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Self - Narrator (voice)
2017
The Curse of Buckout Road
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Dr. Powell
2017
The Christmas Train
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Max Powers
2017
Abderrahmane Sissako: Beyond Territories
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Self
2017
Cold Case Files
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Self - Narrator (voice)
2017
- 2016
Monster Trucks
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Mr. Weathers
2016
Back in the Day
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Eddie 'Rocks' Travor
2016
Complete Unknown
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Roger
2016
Diablo
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Benjamin Carver
2016
Dirty Grandpa
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Stinky
2016
Darkweb
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The Boss
2016
Mr. Pig
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Ambrose
2016
Gridlocked
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Sully
2016
Pushing Dead
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Bob
2016
Almost Christmas
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Walter
2016
93 Days
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Dr. Benjamin Ohiaeri
2016
Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ Rights
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Narrator (voice)
2016
- 2015
- 2012
- 2010
Alpha and Omega
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Winston (voice)
2010
Death at a Funeral
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Uncle Russell
2010
Legendary
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Harry 'Red' Newman
2010
Down for Life
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Mr. Shannon
2010
Five Minarets in New York
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Marcus
2010
I Want to Be a Soldier
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School Director
2010
Dear Alice
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Franzis
2010
I'm Still Here
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Danny Glover
2010
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
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Self
2010
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
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Self
2010
Sam Cooke: Crossing Over
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Narrator (voice)
2010
Human Target
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Client
2010
- 2009
- 2006
- 2005
Manderlay
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Wilhelm
2005
Missing in America
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Jake Neely
2005
- no image
The Peace!
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Self
2005
Full Disclosure Report
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David Tapp
2005
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P.N.O.K.
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Col. Weldon
2005
The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'
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Self (archive footage)
2005
The Reichen Show
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Self
2005
My Name Is Earl
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Thomas
2005
American Dad!
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Minstrel Krampus (voice)
2005
Criminal Minds
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Hank Morgan
2005
- 2004
- 2000
- 1997
- 1995
Operation Dumbo Drop
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Capt. Sam Cahill
1995
- no image
Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities
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Self
1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as
Self
1995
Red Wind
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Philip Marlowe
1995
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
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Isaac Jefferson (voice)
1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
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The King (voice)
1995
- 1981
- 2025
- 2014
Chasing Shakespeare
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William Ward
2014
Beyond the Lights
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Captain Nicol
2014
Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses
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Bernie Pope
2014
Rage
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Detective St. John
2014
2047: Sights of Death
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Sponge
2014
Supremacy
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Mr. Walker
2014
Yellowbird
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Darius (voice)
2014
Day of the Mummy
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Carl
2014
We Are Many
as
Self
2014
The Ninja Immovable Heart
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Ex Director Matthew Reynolds
2014
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
2014
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
as
Self
2014
Mozart in the Jungle
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Mayor
2014
black-ish
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Uncle Norman
2014
- 2013
LUV
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Arthur
2013
Highland Park
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Ed
2013
Tula: The Revolt
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Shinishi
2013
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
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Justice Thurgood Marshall
2013
Space Warriors
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Commander Phillips
2013
The Bouquet
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Reverend John
2013
Extraction
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Harding
2013
Shuffleton's Barbershop
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Charlie Shuffleton
2013
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
as
Self
2013
The Shift
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Floyd
2013
Ironside
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Frank Ironside
2013
- 2011
- 2008
- 2007
- 2003
- 2002
- 2001
- 1999
- 1998
Lethal Weapon 4
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Roger Murtaugh
1998
Antz
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Barbatus (voice)
1998
The Prince of Egypt
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Jethro (voice)
1998
Beloved
as
Paul D
1998
Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life & Music of Robert Johnson
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Self - Narrator (voice)
1998
Soldier Child
as
Self - Narrator
1998
Hollywood Squares
as
Self - Panelist
1998
Hollywood Squares
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Self
1998
- 1996
- 1994
- 1993
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- 1990
- 1989
- 1985
- 1988
- 1987
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- 1956
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Crew Credits
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