Danny Glover
Known for Acting · 253 credits
- Born
- 1946-07-22 (age 79)
- 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.
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
TV Shows (38)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Criminal Minds
2005
as Hank Morgan
American Dad!
2005
as Minstrel Krampus (voice)
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
The View
1997
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Roger Murtaugh (uncredited)
Psych
2006
as Mel Hornsby
ER
1994
as Charlie Pratt Sr.
Hollywood Squares
1998
as Self - Panelist
Today
1952
as Self
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Hill Street Blues
1981
My Name Is Earl
2005
as Thomas
Brothers and Sisters
2006
as Isaac Marshall
black-ish
2014
as Uncle Norman
The Reichen Show
2005
as Self
American Playhouse
1982
as Lester Traylor / Walter Lee Younger
Leverage
2008
as Charlie Lawson
Gimme a Break!
1981
Human Target
2010
as Client
Fallen Angels
1993
as Marlowe
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
as Dr. Apollo (voice)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
as The King (voice)
Mozart in the Jungle
2014
as Mayor
Touch
2012
as Professor Arthur Teller
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
Lonesome Dove
1989
as Joshua Deets
Civil War Journal
1993
as Self - Host
Cold Case Files
2017
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Ironside
2013
as Frank Ironside
Tall Tales & Legends
1985
as John Henry
Alex Haley's Queen
1993
as Alec Haley
Great Railway Journeys
1980
as Self - Presenter
Legend of Earthsea
2004
as Ogion
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
1980
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Nite Tales: The Series
2009
as Jeremiah
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
1995
as Isaac Jefferson (voice)
Movies (215)
Jumanji: The Next Level
2019
as Milo
2012
2009
as President Thomas Wilson
Shooter
2007
as Colonel Isaac Johnson
Saw
2004
as David Tapp
The Prince of Egypt
1998
as Jethro (voice)
Lethal Weapon
1987
as Roger Murtaugh
Predator 2
1990
as Lieutenant Mike Harrigan
Antz
1998
as Barbatus (voice)
Lethal Weapon 4
1998
as Roger Murtaugh
Lethal Weapon 2
1989
as Roger Murtaugh
Lethal Weapon 3
1992
as Roger Murtaugh
Dirty Grandpa
2016
as Stinky
Barnyard
2006
as Miles (voice)
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001
as Henry Sherman
Blindness
2008
as Man with Black Eye Patch
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy
2018
as Baltimore Bob
Sorry to Bother You
2018
as Langston
Monster Trucks
2016
as Mr. Weathers
Mr. Pig
2016
as Ambrose
Witness
1985
as McFee
Death at a Funeral
2010
as Uncle Russell
The Rainmaker
1997
as Richter Tyrone Kipler
The Color Purple
1985
as Albert
Angels in the Outfield
1994
as George Knox
Escape from Alcatraz
1979
as Inmate
Places in the Heart
1984
as Moze
Extortion
2017
as Detective Constable Haagen
Silverado
1985
as Malachi 'Mal' Johnson
Dreamgirls
2006
as Marty Madison
Alpha and Omega
2010
as Winston (voice)
The Dead Don't Die
2019
as Hank Thompson
Maverick
1994
as Bank Robber (uncredited)
Sins
2012
as Father Leonard
Manderlay
2005
as Wilhelm
Be Kind Rewind
2008
as Mr. Fletcher
I'm Still Here
2010
as Danny Glover
Switchback
1997
as Bob Goodall
Tour de Pharmacy
2017
as Slim Robinson Present Day
The Shaggy Dog
2006
as Ken Hollister
LUV
2013
as Arthur
Pure Luck
1991
as Raymond Campanella
Flight of the Intruder
1991
as Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli
Battle for Terra
2007
as President Chen (voice)
Rage
2014
as Detective St. John
The Old Man & the Gun
2018
as Teddy
Press Play
2022
as Cooper
Complete Unknown
2016
as Roger
Extraction
2013
as Harding
Andron
2015
as Chancellor Gordon
Bamako
2007
as Cow-boy
Proud Mary
2018
as Benny
Iceman
1984
as Loomis
The Peace!
2005
as Self
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
2018
as Mr. Ocean
Almost Christmas
2016
as Walter
Our Friend, Martin
1999
as Train Conductor (voice)
Dear Alice
2010
as Franzis
Come Sunday
2018
as Gilbert Pearson
Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses
2014
as Bernie Pope
Gone Fishin'
1997
as Gus Green
The Children's Republic
2012
as Dubem
Operation Dumbo Drop
1995
as Capt. Sam Cahill
The People Speak
2009
as Self
Beloved
1998
as Paul D
The Saint of Fort Washington
1993
as Jerry
Age of the Dragons
2011
as Ahab
Beyond the Lights
2014
as Captain Nicol
Night Train
2009
as Miles
Wild America
1997
as Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited)
Consumed
2015
as Hal Westbrook
The Cookout
2004
as Judge Crowley
Boesman and Lena
2000
as Boesman
Howard
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Donovan's Echo
2011
as Donovan Matheson
Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare
2008
as Walter Tortoise (voice)
Bad Asses on the Bayou
2015
as Bernie Pope
Toxin
2015
as Dr. Locke
The Christmas Train
2017
as Max Powers
The Naughty Nine
2023
as Santa Claus
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
2019
as Grandpa Allen
The Curse of Buckout Road
2017
as Dr. Powell
Casting By
2012
as Self
Poor Boy's Game
2007
as George
Five Minarets in New York
2010
as Marcus
Son of Morning
2011
as Gabriel Peters
Sam Cooke: Crossing Over
2010
as Narrator (voice)
American Dreamer
2022
as Jerry
Grand Canyon
1991
as Simon
Tula: The Revolt
2013
as Shinishi
Supremacy
2014
as Mr. Walker
Hannah's Law
2012
as Isom Dart
Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'
2007
as Self
Soldier Child
1998
as Self - Narrator
PoliWood
2009
as Self
To Sleep with Anger
1990
as Harry
Survivor's Guide to Prison
2018
as Self
Earthed
2004
Mysteria
2011
as Investigator
Honeydripper
2007
as Tyrone Purvis
Yellowbird
2014
as Darius (voice)
Space Warriors
2013
as Commander Phillips
Killing Winston Jones
as Washington Carver
We Are Many
2014
as Self
Gridlocked
2016
as Sully
Darkweb
2016
as The Boss
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013
as Justice Thurgood Marshall
A Rage in Harlem
1991
as Easy Money
Missing in America
2005
as Jake Neely
Down for Life
2010
as Mr. Shannon
Shuffleton's Barbershop
2013
as Charlie Shuffleton
The Exonerated
2006
as David Keaton
2047: Sights of Death
2014
as Sponge
Shadows of Liberty
2012
as Self
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
1981
as Morgan
Out
1982
as Jojo / Roland
Lethal Weapon 5
as Roger Murtaugh
The John Garfield Story
2003
as Self
I Want to Be a Soldier
2010
as School Director
Gospel Hill
2008
as John Malcolm
Chasing Shakespeare
2014
as William Ward
About Danny Glover
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,… With 253 credits spanning from 1952 to 2025, Danny Glover has appeared in 215 films and 38 TV shows.
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- Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) — as Milo
- 2012 (2009) — as President Thomas Wilson
- Shooter (2007) — as Colonel Isaac Johnson
- Saw (2004) — as David Tapp
- The Prince of Egypt (1998) — as Jethro (voice)
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