Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 22, 1946
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Credits
289 titles
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
Filmography
Our Land
Executive Producer
Grizzly Peak
Will
Newbies
The Naughty Nine
Santa Claus
The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane
Executive Producer
Double Soul
Michael Tedeschi
President
Executive Producer
American Dreamer
Jerry
De Quanta Terra Precisa o Homem?
Self
Press Play
Cooper
Crane Lantern
Executive Producer
A Night at the Academy Museum
Self
Memoria
Co-Producer
Prayers for the Stolen
Co-Producer
In Between Dying
Executive Producer
When I See Them, I See Us
The War on Cuba
Executive Producer
The Drummer
Mark Walker
Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Narrator (voice)
After Fact
Self
Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War
Narrator (voice)
Jumanji: The Next Level
Milo
The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs
Narrator (voice)
Lynch: A History
Executive Producer
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Grandpa Allen
Strive
The Dead Don't Die
Hank Thompson
Redeeming Uncle Tom: The Josiah Henson Story
Narrator
Always in Season
Narrator (voice)
Easter Snap
Executive Producer
The Robeson Effect
Self
Christmas Break-In
Ray
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
Self
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy
Baltimore Bob
The Old Man & the Gun
Teddy
Capernaum
Executive Producer
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Executive Producer
Angels Are Made of Light
Executive Producer
Sorry to Bother You
Langston
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
Mr. Ocean
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
Narrator (voice)
Howard
Self (archive footage)
Survivor's Guide to Prison
Self
Come Sunday
Gilbert Pearson
Proud Mary
Benny
The Christmas Train
Max Powers
The Curse of Buckout Road
Dr. Powell
Vagabonds
Uncle Issa
Zama
Co-Producer
The Good Catholic
Victor