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)
Self
1962
Hank Morgan
2005
Thomas
2005
Self
1997
Minstrel Krampus (voice)
2005
Self - Panelist
1998
1998
Mel Hornsby
2006
Self
2005
Dr. Apollo (voice)
1990
1981
Narrator (voice)
2017
Charlie Pratt Sr.
1994
Isaac Marshall
2006
Charlie Lawson
2008
Self - Presenter
1956
Self
2003
Joshua Deets
1989
The King (voice)
1995
Professor Arthur Teller
2012
Mayor
2014
1980
Client
2010
Self - Presenter
1980
1981
Uncle Norman
2014
Self
1952
Frank Ironside
2013
Self
1973
President Thomas Wilson
2009
Marlowe
1993
Alec Haley
1993
Ogion
2004
Colonel Isaac Johnson
2007
Milo
2019
David Tapp
2004
Inmate
1979
Self - Host
1993
Host
1993
Roger Murtaugh
1987
Lieutenant Mike Harrigan
1990
Jethro (voice)
1998
Mr. Weathers
2016
Barbatus (voice)
1998
Roger Murtaugh
1989
Roger Murtaugh
1992
Stinky
2016
John Henry
1985
David Tapp (archive footage) (uncredited)
2008
Self
1994
Henry Sherman
2001
Miles the Mule (voice)
2006
Albert
1985
Richter Tyrone Kipler
1997
Roger Murtaugh
1998
Baltimore Bob
2018
Isaac Jefferson (voice)
1995
McFee
1985
Donovan Matheson
2011
Malachi 'Mal' Johnson
1985
Langston
2018
Hank Thompson
2019
Bank Robber (uncredited)
1994
Uncle Russell
2010
Marty Madison
2006
George Knox
1994
Bernie Pope
2014
Ken Hollister
2006
Benjamin Carver
2016
Mr. Fletcher
2008
Detective St. John
2014
Constable Haagen
2017
Bernie Pope
2015
Paul D
1998
Marshall Peters
1983
Walter
2016
Winston (voice)
2010
Man with Black Eye Patch
2008
Moze
1984
Danny Glover
2010
President Chen (voice)
2007
Sully
2016
Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited)
1997
Santa Claus
2023
Teddy
2018
Cooper
2022
Jerry
2022
Harding
2013
Benny
2018
Capt. Sam Cahill
1995
Bob Goodall
1997
Grandpa Allen
2019
Wilhelm
2005
Darius (voice)
2014
Captain Nicol
2014
Gus Green
1997
Loomis
1984
Simon
1991
Raymond Campanella
1991
Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli
1991
Capt. Bartholomew Clark
1988
Slim Robinson Present Day
2017
Judge Crowley
2004
Roger
2016
Dr. Powell
2017
2019
Ahab
2011
Self (archive footage)
2018
Tyrone Purvis
2007
Jerry
1993
Hal Westbrook
2015
Miles
2009
Ray
2018
Max Powers
2017
Marcus
2010
Walter Tortoise (voice)
2008
Justice Thurgood Marshall
2013
Jake Neely
2005
Dr. Locke
2015
Sponge
2014
Harry 'Red' Newman
2010
Jeremiah
2009
Mr. Walker
2014
Chancellor Gordon
2015
Micah Mangena
1993
Michael Tedeschi
2023
Red
2015
Edward Collins
2015
Gilbert Pearson
2018
Bob
2016
Train Conductor (voice)
1999
Joseph Holder
2009
Hershey
2001
Commander Phillips
2013
The Boss
2016
Mark Walker
2020
Narrator (voice)
2020
Tom Spader
2003
Father Leonard
2012
Ambrose
2016
Easy Money
1991
Walter Lee Younger
1989
Self
1995
Self
2018
Self
2018
Self
2009
Sgt. Washington Wyatt
1997
Investigator
2011
Gabriel Peters
2011
Reverend John
2013
Eddie 'Rocks' Travor
2016
Elohim
2015
Ed
2013
Narrator (voice)
2016
Will Walker
2000
Charlie Shuffleton
2013
Harry
1990
Isom Dart
2012
Self
2012
Self
2010
Carl
2014
Arthur
2013
Self
2000
Mr. Ocean
2018
Self
2012
Narrator (voice)
Self
2009
Morgan
1981
Coffee Lover
2015
Self
1989
Gary
1983
Franzis
2010
Self - Narrator (voice)
1998
William Ward
2014
Willie Monroe
1983
George
2007
Self
2014
Self
2013
2000
Dr. Alex Marsh
1989
2006
Brer Turtle (voice)
2006
Self
1995
Oscar Micheaux
1981
Self (archive footage)
1999
John Malcolm
2008
Victor
2017
Self
2003
Cow-boy
2006
Narrator (voice)
2017
Jojo / Roland
1982
Shinishi
2013
Dr. Benjamin Ohiaeri
2016
David Keaton
2006
Self
2020
Self
2005
Silas (segment "Long Black Song")
1996
Narrator (voice)
2019
Duncan
2012
Self
2019
Ex Director Matthew Reynolds
2014
Philip Marlowe
1995
Self
2021
John Henry
1986
Mr. Shannon
2010
Dubem
2012
Narrator (voice)
2018
Father Elias
2007
Self
2014
Nelson Mandela
1987
Boesman
2000
Lester Traylor
1983
Col. Weldon
2005
William
1985
Uncle Issa
2017
School Director
2010
2014
Self
2010
Mr. Scott
1988
Narrator (voice)
2010
Narrator (voice)
2015
Apples Finnerty
1985
Floyd
2013
Ele mesmo
2022
Self (archive footage)
2005
Self
2012
Dean Francis
2011
Self
2017
self
1969
Self - Narrator (voice)
2017
Narrator (voice)
1993
Self (Occupy Oakland)
2011
Narrator (voice)
2019
Narrator (voice)
2020
David Tapp
2005
Narrator (voice)
2002
Narrator (voice)
1999
Host
1999
2025
Narrator (voice)
1992
Narrator (voice)
1989
Narrator
2019
Narrator (voice)
1990
Narrator (voice)
1990
Production (38)
Executive Producer
2018
Executive Producer
2020
Associate Producer
2010
Co-Producer
2021
Co-Producer
2017
Associate Producer
2009
Co-Producer
2021
Co-Producer
2015
Executive Producer
2011
Executive Producer
2019
Executive Producer
2001
Producer
2003
Co-Producer
2008
Executive Producer
2017
Executive Producer
1997
Executive Producer
2016
Executive Producer
2000
Co-Producer
2014
Executive Producer
1990
Executive Producer
2017
Producer
2011
Executive Producer
2008
Executive Producer
2023
Executive Producer
2019
Executive Producer
2012
Executive Producer
2015
Executive Producer
2006
Executive Producer
2018
Executive Producer
2021
Producer
2016
Executive Producer
2016
Executive Producer
2022
Executive Producer
1996
Producer
2012
Executive Producer
2018
Executive Producer
2014
Executive Producer
2012
Executive Producer
2023
