Danny Glover
- Acting
- July 22, 1946 · San Francisco, California, USA
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
- Harvest · Thanks
- 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
- African Redemption: The Life and Legacy of Marcus Garvey · Self
- 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
- 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
- That Summer · Executive producer
- Tour de Pharmacy · Slim Robinson Present Day
- Agents of Change · Self
- Cold Case Files · Self
- Birth of a Movement · Narrator (Voice)
- Strong Island · Executive producer
- Extortion · Detective Constable Haagen
- Abderrahmane Sissako: Beyond Territories · Self
- Monster Trucks · Mr. Weathers
- White Sun · Executive producer
- Almost Christmas · Walter
- Shadow World · Executive producer
- Pushing Dead · Bob
- Complete Unknown · Roger
- Mr. Pig · Ambrose
- Gridlocked · Sully
- Dirt & Deeds in Mississippi · Narrator (Voice)
- The House on Coco Road · Producer
- Back in the Day · Eddie 'Rocks' Travor
- Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ Rights · Narrator (Voice)
- 93 Days · Dr. Benjamin Ohiaeri
- Darkweb · The Boss
- Dirty Grandpa · Stinky
- Diablo · Benjamin Carver
- Andron · Chancellor Gordon
- Waffle Street · Edward Collins
- This Changes Everything · Executive producer
- Cemetery of Splendor · Co-producer