Danny Glover
Known for Acting · 252 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 (37)
Criminal Minds
2005
as Hank Morgan
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
American Dad!
2005
as Minstrel Krampus (voice)
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Roger Murtaugh (uncredited)
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
Psych
2006
as Mel Hornsby
ER
1994
as Charlie Pratt Sr.
The View
1997
as Self
Hollywood Squares
1998
as Self - Panelist
Hill Street Blues
1981
My Name Is Earl
2005
as Thomas
black-ish
2014
as Uncle Norman
Brothers and Sisters
2006
as Isaac Marshall
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Leverage
2008
as Charlie Lawson
The Reichen Show
2005
as Self
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
as Dr. Apollo (voice)
Mozart in the Jungle
2014
as Mayor
Touch
2012
as Professor Arthur Teller
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
as The King (voice)
Fallen Angels
1993
as Marlowe
Human Target
2010
as Client
Gimme a Break!
1981
Tall Tales & Legends
1985
as John Henry
Today
1952
as Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
Lonesome Dove
1989
as Joshua Deets
Ironside
2013
as Frank Ironside
Cold Case Files
2017
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Alex Haley's Queen
1993
as Alec Haley
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
1980
Legend of Earthsea
2004
as Ogion
Civil War Journal
1993
as Self - Host
Great Railway Journeys
1980
as Self - Presenter
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
1995
as Isaac Jefferson (voice)
Nite Tales: The Series
2009
as Jeremiah
Movies (215)
Shooter
2007
as Colonel Isaac Johnson
2012
2009
as President Thomas Wilson
Saw
2004
as David Tapp
Jumanji: The Next Level
2019
as Milo
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
The Color Purple
1985
as Albert
Maverick
1994
as Bank Robber (uncredited)
Escape from Alcatraz
1979
as Inmate
Barnyard
2006
as Miles (voice)
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001
as Henry Sherman
Dirty Grandpa
2016
as Stinky
Lethal Weapon 3
1992
as Roger Murtaugh
The Rainmaker
1997
as Richter Tyrone Kipler
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy
2018
as Baltimore Bob
Monster Trucks
2016
as Mr. Weathers
Witness
1985
as McFee
Silverado
1985
as Malachi 'Mal' Johnson
Sorry to Bother You
2018
as Langston
Dreamgirls
2006
as Marty Madison
The Dead Don't Die
2019
as Hank Thompson
Alpha and Omega
2010
as Winston (voice)
Blindness
2008
as Man with Black Eye Patch
Places in the Heart
1984
as Moze
Death at a Funeral
2010
as Uncle Russell
Rage
2014
as Detective St. John
The Shaggy Dog
2006
as Ken Hollister
Angels in the Outfield
1994
as George Knox
Be Kind Rewind
2008
as Mr. Fletcher
Flight of the Intruder
1991
as Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli
Manderlay
2005
as Wilhelm
Yellowbird
2014
as Darius (voice)
Extortion
2017
as Detective Constable Haagen
American Dreamer
2022
as Jerry
Tour de Pharmacy
2017
as Slim Robinson Present Day
Switchback
1997
as Bob Goodall
I'm Still Here
2010
as Danny Glover
Extraction
2013
as Harding
Iceman
1984
as Loomis
Proud Mary
2018
as Benny
Beyond the Lights
2014
as Captain Nicol
Battle for Terra
2007
as President Chen (voice)
Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses
2014
as Bernie Pope
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self
Gone Fishin'
1997
as Gus Green
Press Play
2022
as Cooper
Almost Christmas
2016
as Walter
The Old Man & the Gun
2018
as Teddy
Bat★21
1988
as Capt. Bartholomew Clark
Operation Dumbo Drop
1995
as Capt. Sam Cahill
Grand Canyon
1991
as Simon
The Cookout
2004
as Judge Crowley
Our Friend, Martin
1999
as Train Conductor (voice)
Mr. Pig
2016
as Ambrose
Bad Asses on the Bayou
2015
as Bernie Pope
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
1999
as Self (archive footage)
Pure Luck
1991
as Raymond Campanella
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013
as Justice Thurgood Marshall
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
2019
as Grandpa Allen
Howard
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Andron
2015
as Chancellor Gordon
Beloved
1998
as Paul D
Night Train
2009
as Miles
The Naughty Nine
2023
as Santa Claus
Complete Unknown
2016
as Roger
Gridlocked
2016
as Sully
The Bouquet
2013
as Reverend John
Consumed
2015
as Hal Westbrook
Diablo
2016
as Benjamin Carver
Supremacy
2014
as Mr. Walker
Bopha!
1993
as Micah Mangena
PoliWood
2009
as Self
LUV
2013
as Arthur
3 A.M.
2001
as Hershey
Gospel Hill
2008
as John Malcolm
A Rage in Harlem
1991
as Easy Money
The Curse of Buckout Road
2017
as Dr. Powell
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
2000
as Self
Five Minarets in New York
2010
as Marcus
Legendary
2010
as Harry 'Red' Newman
Casting By
2012
as Self
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
2010
as Self
Buffalo Soldiers
1997
as Sgt. Washington Wyatt
Survivor's Guide to Prison
2018
as Self
Honeydripper
2007
as Tyrone Purvis
Come Sunday
2018
as Gilbert Pearson
Checkmate
2015
as Elohim
Missing in America
2005
as Jake Neely
Son of Morning
2011
as Gabriel Peters
Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare
2008
as Walter Tortoise (voice)
93 Days
2016
as Dr. Benjamin Ohiaeri
Space Warriors
2013
as Commander Phillips
Mysteria
2011
as Investigator
The People Speak
2009
as Self
The Saint of Fort Washington
1993
as Jerry
The Christmas Train
2017
as Max Powers
Wild America
1997
as Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited)
Sins
2012
as Father Leonard
To Sleep with Anger
1990
as Harry
The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
2006
as Brer Turtle (voice)
Strive
2019
America's Dream
1996
as Silas (segment "Long Black Song")
Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon'
2012
as Self
Waffle Street
2015
as Edward Collins
Freedom Song
2000
as Will Walker
Back in the Day
2016
as Eddie 'Rocks' Travor
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
2007
as Father Elias
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014
as Self
Highland Park
2013
as Ed
Tula: The Revolt
2013
as Shinishi
Age of the Dragons
2011
as Ahab
Shadows of Liberty
2012
as Self
Toxin
2015
as Dr. Locke
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2010
as Self
Out
1982
as Jojo / Roland
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
2018
as Mr. Ocean
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 252 credits spanning from 1952 to 2025, Danny Glover has appeared in 215 films and 37 TV shows.
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Most Popular Danny Glover Movies
- Shooter (2007) — as Colonel Isaac Johnson
- 2012 (2009) — as President Thomas Wilson
- Saw (2004) — as David Tapp
- Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) — as Milo
- The Prince of Egypt (1998) — as Jethro (voice)
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