Danny Glover
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: July 22, 1946 (79 years old)
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA
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.
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Actor Self
The Robeson Effect
Actor Narrator
Redeeming Uncle Tom: The Josiah Henson Story
Actor Grandpa Allen
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Actor Narrator (voice)
Always in Season
Actor Milo
Jumanji: The Next Level
Actor Hank Thompson
The Dead Don't Die
Actor Narrator (voice)
The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs
Actor
Strive
Executive Producer
Easter Snap
Executive Producer
Lynch: A History
2018
Actor Self (archive footage)
Howard
Actor Baltimore Bob
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy
Actor Gilbert Pearson
Come Sunday
Actor Teddy
The Old Man & the Gun
Actor Benny
Proud Mary
Actor Langston
Sorry to Bother You
Actor Mr. Ocean
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
Actor Self
Survivor's Guide to Prison
Actor Ray
Christmas Break-In
Actor Self
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
Actor Narrator (voice)
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
Executive Producer
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Executive Producer
Angels Are Made of Light
Executive Producer
Capernaum
2017
Actor Uncle Issa
Vagabonds
Actor Constable Haagen
Extortion
Actor Narrator (voice)
Birth of a Movement
Actor Victor
The Good Catholic
Actor Slim Robinson Present Day
Tour de Pharmacy
Actor Self - Narrator (voice)
Agents of Change
Actor Dr. Powell
The Curse of Buckout Road
Actor Max Powers
The Christmas Train
Actor Self
Abderrahmane Sissako: Beyond Territories
Executive Producer
That Summer
Executive Producer
Strong Island
Co-Producer
Zama
2016
Actor Mr. Weathers
Monster Trucks
Actor Eddie 'Rocks' Travor
Back in the Day
Actor Roger
Complete Unknown
Actor Benjamin Carver
Diablo
Actor Stinky
Dirty Grandpa
Actor The Boss
Darkweb
Actor Ambrose
Mr. Pig
Actor Sully
Gridlocked
Actor Bob
Pushing Dead
Actor Walter
Almost Christmas
Actor Dr. Benjamin Ohiaeri
93 Days
Actor Narrator (voice)
Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ Rights
Executive Producer
White Sun
Executive Producer
Shadow World
Producer
The House on Coco Road
2015
Actor Bernie Pope
Bad Asses on the Bayou
Actor Dr. Locke
Toxin
Actor Hal Westbrook
Consumed
Actor Red
About Scout
Actor Elohim
Checkmate
Actor Edward Collins
Waffle Street
Actor Chancellor Gordon
Andron
Actor Coffee Lover
Caffeinated
Actor Narrator (voice)
Mississippi Inferno
Co-Producer
Cemetery of Splendor
Executive Producer
This Changes Everything
2014
Actor William Ward
Chasing Shakespeare
Actor Captain Nicol
Beyond the Lights
Actor Bernie Pope
Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses
Actor Detective St. John
Rage
Actor Sponge
2047: Sights of Death
Actor Mr. Walker
Supremacy
Actor Darius (voice)
Yellowbird
Actor Carl
Day of the Mummy
Actor Self
We Are Many
Actor Ex Director Matthew Reynolds
The Ninja Immovable Heart
Actor
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
Actor Self
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Co-Producer
Concerning Violence
Executive Producer
Life Is Sacred
2013
Actor Arthur
LUV
Actor Ed
Highland Park
Actor Shinishi
Tula: The Revolt
Actor Justice Thurgood Marshall
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Actor Commander Phillips
Space Warriors
Actor Reverend John
The Bouquet
Actor Harding
Extraction
Actor Charlie Shuffleton
Shuffleton's Barbershop
Actor Self
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
Actor Floyd
The Shift
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Actor Winston (voice)
Alpha and Omega
Actor Uncle Russell
Death at a Funeral
Actor Harry 'Red' Newman
Legendary
Actor Mr. Shannon
Down for Life
Actor Marcus
Five Minarets in New York
Actor School Director
I Want to Be a Soldier
Actor Franzis
Dear Alice
Actor Danny Glover
I'm Still Here
Actor Self
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
Actor Self
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
Actor Narrator (voice)
Sam Cooke: Crossing Over
Associate Producer
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Presenter
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
Presenter
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
