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.
Lieutenant Mike Harrigan
Predator 2
David Tapp
Saw
Albert
The Color Purple
Roger Murtaugh
Lethal Weapon
Roger Murtaugh
Lethal Weapon 2
Roger Murtaugh
Lethal Weapon 3
Roger Murtaugh
Lethal Weapon 4
Marty Madison
Dreamgirls
Ken Hollister
The Shaggy Dog
Wilhelm
Manderlay
Uncle Issa
Vagabonds
Bob Goodall
Switchback
John Malcolm
Gospel Hill
Mr. Fletcher
Be Kind Rewind
Self
A Night at the Academy Museum
Colonel Isaac Johnson
Shooter
Man with Black Eye Patch
Blindness
Malachi 'Mal' Johnson
Silverado
Loomis
Iceman
George Knox
Angels in the Outfield
Richter Tyrone Kipler
The Rainmaker
Barbatus (voice)
Antz
Henry Sherman
The Royal Tenenbaums
Gus Green
Gone Fishin'
McFee
Witness
Winston (voice)
Alpha and Omega
Walter Tortoise (voice)
Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare
Mark Walker
The Drummer
Bank Robber (uncredited)
Maverick
Jethro (voice)
The Prince of Egypt
Capt. Sam Cahill
Operation Dumbo Drop
Miles the Mule (voice)
Barnyard
Uncle Russell
Death at a Funeral
Michael Tedeschi
Double Soul
Moze
Places in the Heart
Simon
Grand Canyon
Jake Neely
Missing in America
President Thomas Wilson
2012
Tyrone Purvis
Honeydripper
Easy Money
A Rage in Harlem
Miles
Night Train
Lester Traylor
Keeping On
Capt. Bartholomew Clark
Bat★21
George
Poor Boy's Game
Tom Spader
Good Fences
Gary
The Face of Rage
Harry 'Red' Newman
Legendary
Host
Scared Straight! 20 Years Later
Mr. Shannon
Down for Life
President Chen (voice)
Battle for Terra
Dean Francis
Mooz-lum
Paul D
Beloved
Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli
Flight of the Intruder
Self
Casting By
Joseph Holder
The Harimaya Bridge
Raymond Campanella
Pure Luck
Marcus
Five Minarets in New York
Jerry
American Dreamer
Father Elias
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
School Director
De mayor quiero ser soldado
Narrator (voice)
The Real Eve
Gabriel Peters
Son of Morning
Arthur
LUV
John Henry
John Henry
Jerry
The Saint of Fort Washington
Jojo / Roland
Out
Franzis
För kärleken
Micah Mangena
Bopha!
Hershey
3 A.M.
Harry
To Sleep with Anger
Dubem
A República di Mininus
Investigator
Mysteria
Ahab
Age of the Dragons
Self (Occupy Oakland)
Rise Like Lions
William Ward
Chasing Shakespeare
Boesman
Boesman and Lena
Self
The Peace!
Isom Dart
Hannah's Law
Donovan Matheson
Donovan's Echo
David Tapp
Full Disclosure Report
Ed
Highland Park
Shinishi
Tula: The Revolt
Father Leonard
Sins
Justice Thurgood Marshall
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Commander Phillips
Space Warriors
Reverend John
The Bouquet
Sgt. Washington Wyatt
Buffalo Soldiers
Self
After Fact
Self
The Robeson Effect
Harding
Extraction
Self - Narrator (voice)
Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life & Music of Robert Johnson
Captain Nicol
Beyond the Lights
David Keaton
The Exonerated
Santa Claus
The Naughty Nine
Bernie Pope
Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses
Self (archive footage)
Howard
Mr. Weathers
Monster Trucks
Nelson Mandela
Mandela
Narrator (voice)
The Talking Eggs
Detective St. John
Rage
Sponge
2047 - Sights of Death
Mr. Walker
Supremacy
Ele mesmo
De Quanta Terra Precisa o Homem?
Self
Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities
Darius (voice)
Gus - Petit oiseau, grand voyage
Carl
Day of the Mummy
Charlie Shuffleton
Shuffleton's Barbershop
Train Conductor (voice)
Our Friend, Martin
Bernie Pope
Bad Asses on the Bayou
Dr. Locke
Toxin
Self
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
Duncan
The Lighthouse
Floyd
The Shift
Self
We Are Many
Hal Westbrook
Consumed
Red
About Scout
Will Walker
Freedom Song
self
San Francisco State: On Strike
Elohim
Checkmate
Self
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Eddie 'Rocks' Travor
Back in the Day
Ex Director Matthew Reynolds
The Ninja Immovable Heart
Roger
Complete Unknown
Benjamin Carver
Diablo
Morgan
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
Cow-boy
Bamako
Stinky
Dirty Grandpa
David Tapp (archive footage) (uncredited)
Saw V
The Boss
Darkweb
Edward Collins
Waffle Street
Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited)
Wild America
Chancellor Gordon
Andron
Narrator (voice)
Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story
Ambrose
Sr. Pig
Sully
Gridlocked
Bob
Pushing Dead
Self
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
Baltimore Bob
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy
Mr. Scott
A Place at the Table
Col. Weldon
P.N.O.K.
Constable Haagen
Extortion
Walter
Almost Christmas
Inmate
Escape from Alcatraz
Coffee Lover
Caffeinated
Silas (segment "Long Black Song")
America's Dream
Narrator
Redeeming Uncle Tom: The Josiah Henson Story
Dr. Benjamin Ohiaeri
93 Days
Philip Marlowe
Red Wind
Willie Monroe
Memorial Day
Gilbert Pearson
Come Sunday
Narrator (voice)
Birth of a Movement
Self
The People Speak
Teddy
The Old Man & the Gun
Brer Turtle (voice)
The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
Benny
Proud Mary
Victor
The Good Catholic
Dr. Alex Marsh
Dead Man Out
Slim Robinson Present Day
Tour de Pharmacy
Self - Narrator (voice)
Agents of Change
Dr. Powell
The Curse of Buckout Road
Oscar Micheaux
Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer
Max Powers
The Christmas Train
Bàttu
Narrator (voice)
Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ Rights
Danny Glover
I'm Still Here
Langston
Sorry to Bother You
Grandpa Allen
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Mr. Ocean
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
Self
Survivor's Guide to Prison
Judge Crowley
The Cookout
Self
Shadows of Liberty
Narrator (voice)
Always in Season
Walter Lee Younger
A Raisin in the Sun
Ray
Christmas Break-In
Milo
Jumanji: The Next Level
Narrator (voice)
Mississippi Inferno
Hank Thompson
The Dead Don't Die
William
And the Children Shall Lead
Self
Abderrahmane Sissako - Par-delà les frontières
Narrator (voice)
The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs
Read You Like a Book
Self (archive footage)
The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'
Cooper
Press Play
Self
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
Self
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
Narrator (voice)
Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War
Self
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
Strive
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
Self
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Self
The John Garfield Story
Apples Finnerty
The Stand-In
Narrator (voice)
Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Narrator (voice)
Sam Cooke: Crossing Over
Narrator (voice)
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
Self
Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon'
Self (archive footage)
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
Self
Hollywood on Horses
Narrator (voice)
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
Self
PoliWood
Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - How the Leopard Got His Spots
Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby
Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - Moses in Egypt
Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion
Newbies
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
205
Gender
Male
Birthday
1946-07-22
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Also Known As