Danny Glover
Acting
🎂 1946-07-22
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.
Cast credits(244)
Hank Morgan
2005
Minstrel Krampus (voice)
2005
Self
1962
Self
2003
Mel Hornsby
2006
Charlie Pratt Sr.
1994
Self - Presenter
1956
1981
Charlie Lawson
2008
Self
1997
Uncle Norman
2014
Thomas
2005
Isaac Marshall
2006
President Thomas Wilson
2009
Milo
2019
Mr. Weathers
2016
David Tapp
2004
Self
2005
Colonel Isaac Johnson
2007
Roger Murtaugh
Self - Panelist
1998
Self
1998
Lieutenant Mike Harrigan
1990
Roger Murtaugh
1987
Jethro (voice)
1998
Inmate
1979
Dr. Apollo (voice)
1990
Mayor
2014
Professor Arthur Teller
2012
Marlowe
1993
Roger Murtaugh
1989
Client
2010
Baltimore Bob
2018
Barbatus (voice)
1998
Roger Murtaugh
1998
Henry Sherman
2001
Roger Murtaugh
1992
Shinishi
2013
Miles the Mule (voice)
2006
The King (voice)
1995
Uncle Russell
2010
Stinky
2016
1981
Joshua Deets
1989
Self
2003
Richter Tyrone Kipler
1997
Bank Robber (uncredited)
1994
Malachi 'Mal' Johnson
1985
Narrator (voice)
Hank Thompson
2019
Albert
1985
Detective St. John
2014
Marty Madison
2006
Capt. Sam Cahill
1995
Langston
2018
Self
2010
Isom Dart
2012
Self
1973
Man with Black Eye Patch
2008
Self - Narrator (voice)
2017
Benny
2018
John Henry
1985
McFee
1985
David Keaton
2006
Alec Haley
1993
Bob
2016
Bob Goodall
1997
Constable Haagen
2017
Ambrose
2016
Philip Marlowe
1995
George Knox
1994
Wilhelm
2005
Father Elias
2007
Self
2012
Uncle Issa
2017
Dr. Benjamin Ohiaeri
2016
Danny Glover
2010
Ogion
2004
Winston (voice)
2010
Dean Francis
2011
Darius (voice)
2014
Mr. Fletcher
2008
Frank Ironside
2013
Jerry
2022
Grandpa Allen
2019
Paul D
1998
Judge Crowley
2004
Captain Nicol
2014
Ken Hollister
2006
Train Conductor (voice)
1999
President Chen (voice)
2007
Loomis
1984
Mark Walker
2020
Slim Robinson Present Day
2017
Self
2021
Narrator (voice)
2017
Harry 'Red' Newman
2010
Self
2009
Santa Claus
2023
Teddy
2018
Moze
1984
Marcus
2010
Nelson Mandela
1987
1980
Walter
2016
Hershey
2001
2014
Lester Traylor
1983
Harding
2013
Self
2012
Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli
1991
Miles
2009
Sgt. Washington Wyatt
1997
Self
2000
Bernie Pope
2014
Will Walker
2000
Max Powers
2017
Benjamin Carver
2016
Marshall Peters
1983
Self
1952
Simon
1991
Hal Westbrook
2015
George
2007
Bernie Pope
2015
Dr. Powell
2017
Micah Mangena
1993
Sponge
2014
Gilbert Pearson
2018
Roger
2016
Raymond Campanella
1991
Floyd
2013
Gus Green
1997
Franzis
2010
Col. Weldon
2005
Jerry
1993
Self
2018
Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited)
1997
Capt. Bartholomew Clark
1988
Silas (segment "Long Black Song")
1996
Self
1995
Elohim
2015
Self
2012
Self
2010
Justice Thurgood Marshall
2013
Jake Neely
2005
Mr. Walker
2014
Commander Phillips
2013
Self - Presenter
1980
Self
2009
Sully
2016
Dr. Alex Marsh
1989
Chancellor Gordon
2015
Ahab
2011
Self
2014
Dr. Locke
2015
Mr. Ocean
2018
Tom Spader
2003
David Tapp
2005
Eddie 'Rocks' Travor
2016
Self
2018
School Director
2010
Walter Tortoise (voice)
2008
Harry
1990
Ray
2018
Narrator (voice)
2018
Self
2014
Red
2015
Edward Collins
2015
Brer Turtle (voice)
2006
Tyrone Purvis
2007
Easy Money
1991
Boesman
2000
The Boss
2016
John Henry
1986
Donovan Matheson
2011
Gabriel Peters
2011
Cooper
2022
Coffee Lover
2015
William Ward
2014
John Malcolm
2008
Ed
2013
Self
1994
William
1985
2000
Self (archive footage)
2018
Self (archive footage)
1999
Self - Narrator (voice)
2017
Walter Lee Younger
1989
Duncan
2012
Carl
2014
Narrator (voice)
2019
Reverend John
2013
Self
2019
Jeremiah
2009
Self
2013
Father Leonard
2012
Self
1995
Self
1989
2006
Cow-boy
2006
Victor
2017
Jojo / Roland
1982
Michael Tedeschi
2023
Self - Host
1993
Host
1993
Narrator (voice)
1999
Investigator
2011
Isaac Jefferson (voice)
1995
2025
Mr. Shannon
2010
Narrator (voice)
2020
Joseph Holder
2009
Self
2005
Charlie Shuffleton
2013
Self (Occupy Oakland)
2011
Morgan
1981
Self (archive footage)
2005
Self
2020
Self
2017
Dubem
2012
Arthur
2013
Mr. Scott
1988
Ex Director Matthew Reynolds
2014
Self - Narrator (voice)
1998
2019
Gary
1983
Narrator (voice)
2019
Ele mesmo
2022
Apples Finnerty
1985
Narrator (voice)
2016
Narrator (voice)
1993
Narrator (voice)
1992
Willie Monroe
1983
Oscar Micheaux
1981
Narrator
2019
Narrator (voice)
2002
Host
1999
Narrator (voice)
2020
Narrator (voice)
2010
self
1969
Narrator (voice)
1989
Narrator (voice)
1990
Narrator (voice)
2015
Narrator (voice)
1990
Production (39)
Executive Producer
2018
Executive Producer
2025
Associate Producer
2010
Executive Producer
2016
Executive Producer
2011
Associate Producer
2009
Executive Producer
2023
Executive Producer
2001
Executive Producer
1997
Co-Producer
2017
Executive Producer
2000
Executive Producer
2018
Executive Producer
1996
Co-Producer
2021
Co-Producer
2014
Executive Producer
2012
Co-Producer
2015
Producer
2003
Co-Producer
2008
Executive Producer
1990
Co-Producer
2021
Executive Producer
2008
Executive Producer
2015
Executive Producer
2012
Executive Producer
2016
Producer
2011
Executive Producer
2006
Executive Producer
2017
Executive Producer
2019
Producer
2012
Executive Producer
2023
Executive Producer
2020
Executive Producer
2021
Producer
2016
Executive Producer
2017
Executive Producer
2022
Executive Producer
2019
Executive Producer
2018
Executive Producer
2014
