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

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

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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

205

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-07-22

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Also Known As