Danny Glover
217 movies · 26 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 22, 1946 (age 80)
- Place of birth
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Also known as
- Danny Lebern 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.
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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
Danny Glover: movies and TV shows
Acting (207)
- Upcoming Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story
as Narrator (voice)
- Upcoming Killing Winston Jones
as Washington Carver
- Upcoming Lethal Weapon 5
as Roger Murtaugh
- 2025 Grizzly Peak
as Will
- 2025
- 2023 The Naughty Nine
as Santa Claus
- 2023 Double Soul
as Michael Tedeschi
- 2022 American Dreamer
as Jerry
- 2022 Press Play
as Cooper
- 2021
- 2020 The Drummer
as Mark Walker
- 2020 Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man
as Narrator (voice)
- 2020 Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War
as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 Jumanji: The Next Level
as Milo
- 2019 The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs
as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 The Last Black Man in San Francisco
as Grandpa Allen
- 2019
- 2019 The Dead Don't Die
as Hank Thompson
- 2019 Redeeming Uncle Tom: The Josiah Henson Story
as Narrator
- 2019 Always in Season
as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 Christmas Break-In
as Ray
- 2018 Death Race: Beyond Anarchy
as Baltimore Bob
- 2018 The Old Man & the Gun
as Teddy
- 2018 Sorry to Bother You
as Langston
- 2018 Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
as Mr. Ocean
- 2018 The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 Come Sunday
as Gilbert Pearson
- 2018 Proud Mary
as Benny
- 2017 The Christmas Train
as Max Powers
- 2017 The Curse of Buckout Road
as Dr. Powell
- 2017 Vagabonds
as Uncle Issa
- 2017 The Good Catholic
as Victor
- 2017 Tour de Pharmacy
as Slim Robinson Present Day
- 2017 Birth of a Movement
as Narrator (voice)
- 2017 Extortion
as Detective Constable Haagen
- 2016 Monster Trucks
as Mr. Weathers
- 2016 Almost Christmas
as Walter
- 2016 Pushing Dead
as Bob
- 2016 Complete Unknown
as Roger
- 2016 Mr. Pig
as Ambrose
- 2016 Gridlocked
as Sully
- 2016 Dirt & Deeds in Mississippi
as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 Back in the Day
as Eddie 'Rocks' Travor
- 2016 Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ Rights
as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 93 Days
as Dr. Benjamin Ohiaeri
- 2016 Darkweb
as The Boss
- 2016 Dirty Grandpa
as Stinky
- 2016 Diablo
as Benjamin Carver
- 2015 Andron
as Chancellor Gordon
- 2015 Waffle Street
as Edward Collins
- 2015 Checkmate
as Elohim
- 2015 Consumed
as Hal Westbrook
- 2015 About Scout
as Red
- 2015 Bad Asses on the Bayou
as Bernie Pope
- 2015 Mississippi Inferno
as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 Caffeinated
as Coffee Lover
- 2015 Toxin
as Dr. Locke
- 2014 Beyond the Lights
as Captain Nicol
- 2014 Day of the Mummy
as Carl
- 2014 Yellowbird
as Darius (voice)
- 2014
- 2014 2047: Sights of Death
as Sponge
- 2014 Supremacy
as Mr. Walker
- 2014 Rage
as Detective St. John
- 2014 Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses
as Bernie Pope
- 2014 The Ninja Immovable Heart
as Ex Director Matthew Reynolds
- 2014
- 2014 Chasing Shakespeare
as William Ward
- 2013 Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
as Justice Thurgood Marshall
- 2013
- 2013 Extraction
as Harding
- 2013 Tula: The Revolt
as Shinishi
- 2013 Highland Park
as Ed
- 2013 Shuffleton's Barbershop
as Charlie Shuffleton
- 2013 Space Warriors
as Commander Phillips
- 2013 The Shift
as Floyd
- 2013 The Bouquet
as Reverend John
- 2013 LUV
as Arthur
- 2012 The Children's Republic
as Dubem
- 2012 The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America
as Count Basie (voice)
- 2012 The Lighthouse
as Duncan
- 2012 Hannah's Law
as Isom Dart
- 2012 Sins
as Father Leonard
- 2012
- 2011 Mysteria
as Investigator
- 2011 Donovan's Echo
as Donovan Matheson
- 2011 Age of the Dragons
as Ahab
- 2011 Son of Morning
as Gabriel Peters
- 2011 Mooz-lum
as Dean Francis
- 2010 I Want to Be a Soldier
as School Director
- 2010 Down for Life
as Mr. Shannon
- 2010 I'm Still Here
as Danny Glover
- 2010 Legendary
as Harry 'Red' Newman
- 2010 Dear Alice
as Franzis
- 2010 Alpha and Omega
as Winston (voice)
- 2010 Death at a Funeral
as Uncle Russell
- 2010 Five Minarets in New York
as Marcus
- 2010
- 2010 Sam Cooke: Crossing Over
as Narrator (voice)
- 2009 2012
as President Thomas Wilson
- 2009
- 2009 The Harimaya Bridge
as Joseph Holder
- 2009 Night Train
as Miles
- 2008
- 2008 Saw V
as David Trapp (archive footage)
- 2008 Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare
as Walter Tortoise (voice)
- 2008 Fats Waller Was Born Here
as "Fats" Waller's Father/Mr. Fletcher
- 2008 Blindness
as Man with Black Eye Patch
- 2008 Be Kind Rewind
as Mr. Fletcher
- 2008 Gospel Hill
as John Malcolm
- 2008 Agent Crush
as Major Rusty Gubbins
- 2007 Honeydripper
as Tyrone Purvis
- 2007 Battle for Terra
as President Chen (voice)
- 2007 Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
as Father Elias
- 2007 Shooter
as Colonel Isaac Johnson
- 2007 Bamako
as Cow-boy
- 2007 Poor Boy's Game
as George
- 2006 Dreamgirls
as Marty Madison
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006 Barnyard
as Miles (voice)
- 2006
- 2006 The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
as Brer Turtle (voice)
- 2006 The Shaggy Dog
as Ken Hollister
- 2006 The Exonerated
as David Keaton
- 2005 Full Disclosure Report
as David Tapp
- 2005
- 2005
- 2005 Manderlay
as Wilhelm
- 2005
- 2005 Missing in America
as Jake Neely
- 2005 P.N.O.K.
as Col. Weldon
- 2004
- 2004 Saw
as David Tapp
- 2004 The Cookout
as Judge Crowley
- 2004
- 2003 Good Fences
as Tom Spader
- 2002 The Real Eve
as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 The Royal Tenenbaums
as Henry Sherman
- 2001 3 A.M.
as Hershey
- 2000 Boesman and Lena
as Boesman
- 2000
- 2000 Freedom Song
as Will Walker
- 1999 The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 Our Friend, Martin
as Train Conductor (voice)
- 1998 The Prince of Egypt
as Jethro (voice)
- 1998 Beloved
as Paul D
- 1998 Antz
as Barbatus (voice)
- 1998 Lethal Weapon 4
as Roger Murtaugh
- 1997 Buffalo Soldiers
as Sgt. Washington Wyatt
- 1997 The Rainmaker
as Richter Tyrone Kipler
- 1997 Switchback
as Bob Goodall
- 1997 Wild America
as Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited)
- 1997 Gone Fishin'
as Gus Green
- 1996 America's Dream
as Silas (segment "Long Black Song")
- 1995 Red Wind
as Philip Marlowe
- 1995 Operation Dumbo Drop
as Capt. Sam Cahill
- 1995
- 1995
- 1994
- 1994 Angels in the Outfield
as George Knox
- 1994 Maverick
as Bank Robber (uncredited)
- 1993 The Saint of Fort Washington
as Jerry
- 1993 Bopha!
as Micah Mangena
- 1993
- 1993 The Talking Eggs
as Narrator (voice)
- 1993
- 1992 Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion
as Narrator (voice)
- 1992 Lethal Weapon 3
as Roger Murtaugh
- 1991 Grand Canyon
as Simon
- 1991 Pure Luck
as Raymond Campanella
- 1991 A Rage in Harlem
as Easy Money
- 1991 Flight of the Intruder
as Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli
- 1990 Predator 2
as Lieutenant Mike Harrigan
- 1990 To Sleep with Anger
as Harry
- 1990
- 1990 Rabbit Ears - Moses in Egypt
as Narrator (voice)
- 1990 Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby
as Narrator (voice)
- 1989 Rabbit Ears - How the Leopard Got His Spots
as Narrator (voice)
- 1989 Lethal Weapon 2
as Roger Murtaugh
- 1989 Dead Man Out
as Dr. Alex Marsh
- 1989
- 1989 A Raisin in the Sun
as Walter Lee Younger
- 1988 Bat★21
as Capt. Bartholomew Clark
- 1988 A Place at the Table
as Mr. Scott
- 1987 Mandela
as Nelson Mandela
- 1987 Lethal Weapon
as Roger Murtaugh
- 1986 John Henry
as John Henry
- 1985 The Color Purple
as Albert
- 1985
- 1985 Silverado
as Malachi 'Mal' Johnson
- 1985 The Stand-In
as Apples Finnerty
- 1985 Witness
as McFee
- 1985 And the Children Shall Lead
as William
- 1984 Places in the Heart
as Moze
- 1984 Iceman
as Loomis
- 1983 Memorial Day
as Willie Monroe
- 1983 The Face of Rage
as Gary
- 1983 Keeping On
as Lester Traylor
- 1982
+ 7 more credits
Behind the camera (45)
- Upcoming Untitled Dinah Washington Biopic
Executive Producer
- 2026 Our Land
Executive Producer
- 2025 Harvest
Thanks
- 2023 The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane
Executive Producer
- 2023 President
Executive Producer
- 2022 Crane Lantern
Executive Producer
- 2021 Memoria
Co-Producer
- 2021 Prayers for the Stolen
Co-Producer
- 2021 In Between Dying
Executive Producer
- 2020
- 2019 Lynch: A History
Executive Producer
- 2019 Easter Snap
Executive Producer
- 2018 Capernaum
Executive Producer
- 2018 Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Executive Producer
- 2018 Angels Are Made of Light
Executive Producer
- 2017 Zama
Co-Producer
- 2017 That Summer
Executive Producer
- 2017 Strong Island
Executive Producer
- 2016 White Sun
Executive Producer
- 2016 Shadow World
Executive Producer
- 2016 The House on Coco Road
Producer
- 2015 This Changes Everything
Executive Producer
- 2015 Cemetery of Splendor
Co-Producer
- 2014 Life Is Sacred
Executive Producer
- 2014 Concerning Violence
Co-Producer
- 2012 Shenandoah
Executive Producer
- 2012 The House I Live In
Executive Producer
- 2012 Highway
Producer
- 2011 Dum Maaro Dum
Executive Producer
- 2011 The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Producer
- 2010 Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Associate Producer
- 2010
- 2010
- 2009 The Time That Remains
Associate Producer
- 2008 Salt of This Sea
Co-Producer
- 2008 Trouble the Water
Executive Producer
- 2007 Bamako
Executive Producer
- 2003 Good Fences
Producer
- 2002 Just a Dream
Director
- 2001 3 A.M.
Executive Producer
- 2000 Freedom Song
Executive Producer
- 1997 Buffalo Soldiers
Executive Producer
- 1996 America's Dream
Executive Producer
- 1994 Override
Director
- 1990 To Sleep with Anger
Executive Producer
Talk shows and appearances (52)
- 2022
- 2022
- 2021
- 2020
- 2019
- 2018
- 2018
- 2018
- 2017
- 2017 Cold Case Files
10 episodes
- 2017
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014
- 2013
- 2012
- 2012
- 2012
- 2011
- 2009
- 2009
- 2007
- 2005 The Reichen Show
1 episode
- 2005
- 2005
- 2003 Real Time with Bill Maher
1 episode
- 2003
- 2001 Democracy Now!
1 episode
- 2000
- 2000
- 1999
- 1999
- 1998
- 1998 Hollywood Squares
20 episodes
- 1998
- 1997 The View
3 episodes
- 1995
- 1995
- 1994 Inside the Actors Studio
1 episode
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1 episode
- 1993 Civil War Journal
58 episodes
- 1991
- 1989
- 1989
- 1987
- 1980 Great Railway Journeys
1 episode
- 1975 Saturday Night Live
1 episode
- 1973
- 1969
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1 episode
- 1956 Tony Awards
1 episode
- 1952 Today
2 episodes