Danny Glover

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-07-22 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Danny 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 r...

Acting

1990

Predator 2

as Lieutenant Mike Harrigan

2004

Saw

as David Tapp

1985

1987

Lethal Weapon

as Roger Murtaugh

1989

Lethal Weapon 2

as Roger Murtaugh

1992

Lethal Weapon 3

as Roger Murtaugh

1998

Lethal Weapon 4

as Roger Murtaugh

2006

Dreamgirls

as Marty Madison

2006

The Shaggy Dog

as Ken Hollister

2005

Manderlay

as Wilhelm

2017

Vagabonds

as Uncle Issa

1997

Switchback

as Bob Goodall

2008

Gospel Hill

as John Malcolm

2008

Be Kind Rewind

as Mr. Fletcher

2007

Shooter

as Colonel Isaac Johnson

2008

Blindness

as Man with Black Eye Patch

1985

Silverado

as Malachi 'Mal' Johnson

1984

Iceman

as Loomis

1994

1997

The Rainmaker

as Richter Tyrone Kipler

1998

Antz

as Barbatus (voice)

2001

The Royal Tenenbaums

as Henry Sherman

1997

Gone Fishin'

as Gus Green

1985

Witness

as McFee

2010

Alpha and Omega

as Winston (voice)

2008

Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare

as Walter Tortoise (voice)

2020

The Drummer

as Mark Walker

1994

Maverick

as Bank Robber (uncredited)

1998

The Prince of Egypt

as Jethro (voice)

1995

Operation Dumbo Drop

as Capt. Sam Cahill

2006

Barnyard

as Miles the Mule (voice)

2010

Death at a Funeral

as Uncle Russell

2023

Double Soul

as Michael Tedeschi

1991

Grand Canyon

as Simon

2005

Missing in America

as Jake Neely

2009

2012

as President Thomas Wilson

2007

Honeydripper

as Tyrone Purvis

1991

A Rage in Harlem

as Easy Money

2009

Night Train

as Miles

1983

Keeping On

as Lester Traylor

1988

Bat★21

as Capt. Bartholomew Clark

2007

2003

Good Fences

as Tom Spader

1983

2010

Legendary

as Harry 'Red' Newman

2010

Down for Life

as Mr. Shannon

2007

Battle for Terra

as President Chen (voice)

2011

Mooz-lum

as Dean Francis

1998

Beloved

as Paul D

1991

Flight of the Intruder

as Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli

2012

Casting By

as Self

2009

The Harimaya Bridge

as Joseph Holder

1991

Pure Luck

as Raymond Campanella

2022

2010

I Want to Be a Soldier

as School Director

2002

The Real Eve

as Narrator (voice)

2011

Son of Morning

as Gabriel Peters

2013

LUV

as Arthur

1986

John Henry

as John Henry

1982

Out

as Jojo / Roland

2010

Dear Alice

as Franzis

1993

Bopha!

as Micah Mangena

2001

3 A.M.

as Hershey

2011

Mysteria

as Investigator

2011

Rise Like Lions

as Self (Occupy Oakland)

2014

Chasing Shakespeare

as William Ward

2000

2005

The Peace!

as Self

2012

Hannah's Law

as Isom Dart

2011

Donovan's Echo

as Donovan Matheson

2005

2013

2013

Tula: The Revolt

as Shinishi

2012

Sins

as Father Leonard

2013

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

as Justice Thurgood Marshall

2013

Space Warriors

as Commander Phillips

2013

The Bouquet

as Reverend John

1997

Buffalo Soldiers

as Sgt. Washington Wyatt

2020

After Fact

as Self

2013

Extraction

as Harding

2014

Beyond the Lights

as Captain Nicol

2006

The Exonerated

as David Keaton

2023

The Naughty Nine

as Santa Claus

2014

Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses

as Bernie Pope

2018

Howard

as Self (archive footage)

2016

Monster Trucks

as Mr. Weathers

1987

Mandela

as Nelson Mandela

1993

The Talking Eggs

as Narrator (voice)

2014

Rage

as Detective St. John

2014

Supremacy

as Mr. Walker

2014

Yellowbird

as Darius (voice)

2014

2013

Shuffleton's Barbershop

as Charlie Shuffleton

1999

Our Friend, Martin

as Train Conductor (voice)

2015

2015

Toxin

as Dr. Locke

2012

2013

The Shift

as Floyd

2014

2015

Consumed

as Hal Westbrook

2015

2000

Freedom Song

as Will Walker

2015

Checkmate

as Elohim

2016

Back in the Day

as Eddie 'Rocks' Travor

2014

The Ninja Immovable Heart

as Ex Director Matthew Reynolds

2016

2016

Diablo

as Benjamin Carver

2006

Bamako

as Cow-boy

2016

Dirty Grandpa

as Stinky

2008

Saw V

as David Tapp (archive footage) (uncredited)

2016

Darkweb

as The Boss

2015

Waffle Street

as Edward Collins

1997

Wild America

as Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited)

2015

Andron

as Chancellor Gordon

2016

Mr. Pig

as Ambrose

2016

Gridlocked

as Sully

2016

2018

1988

2005

P.N.O.K.

as Col. Weldon

2017

Extortion

as Constable Haagen

2016

2015

Caffeinated

as Coffee Lover

1996

America's Dream

as Silas (segment "Long Black Song")

2016

93 Days

as Dr. Benjamin Ohiaeri

1995

Red Wind

as Philip Marlowe

1983

Memorial Day

as Willie Monroe

2018

Come Sunday

as Gilbert Pearson

2017

Birth of a Movement

as Narrator (voice)

2009

2006

The Adventures of Brer Rabbit

as Brer Turtle (voice)

2018

Proud Mary

as Benny

2017

1989

Dead Man Out

as Dr. Alex Marsh

2017

Tour de Pharmacy

as Slim Robinson Present Day

2017

Agents of Change

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2017

1981

2017

The Christmas Train

as Max Powers

2000

2010

I'm Still Here

as Danny Glover

2018

2018

2004

The Cookout

as Judge Crowley

2019

Always in Season

as Narrator (voice)

1989

A Raisin in the Sun

as Walter Lee Younger

2015

Mississippi Inferno

as Narrator (voice)

2019

The Dead Don't Die

as Hank Thompson

2019

2022

Press Play

as Cooper

2019

1985

The Stand-In

as Apples Finnerty

2010

Sam Cooke: Crossing Over

as Narrator (voice)

1999

2009

PoliWood

as Self

1990

Rabbit Ears - Moses in Egypt

as Narrator (voice)

Production

2021

Memoria

as Co-Producer

2022

Crane Lantern

as Executive Producer

2023

President

as Executive Producer

2002

Just a Dream

as Director

2012

Shenandoah

as Executive Producer

2023

The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane

as Executive Producer

2014

Concerning Violence

as Co-Producer

2000

Freedom Song

as Executive Producer

2017

That Summer

as Executive Producer

2021

2008

Trouble the Water

as Executive Producer

2014

Life Is Sacred

as Executive Producer

2001

3 A.M.

as Executive Producer

1996

America's Dream

as Executive Producer

2006

Bamako

as Executive Producer

2017

Strong Island

as Executive Producer

2012

The House I Live In

as Executive Producer

2009

The Time That Remains

as Associate Producer

2003

Good Fences

as Producer

2015

Cemetery of Splendor

as Co-Producer

2011

Dum Maaro Dum

as Executive Producer

2016

White Sun

as Executive Producer

2012

Highway

as Producer

2018

Angels Are Made of Light

as Executive Producer

1997

Buffalo Soldiers

as Executive Producer

2015

This Changes Everything

as Executive Producer

2017

Zama

as Co-Producer

2019

Easter Snap

as Executive Producer

2019

Lynch: A History

as Executive Producer

1994

Override

as Director

2018

Capernaum

as Executive Producer

2016

Shadow World

as Executive Producer

2021

In Between Dying

as Executive Producer

2016

2008

Salt of This Sea

as Co-Producer

1990

To Sleep with Anger

as Executive Producer

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