Danny Glover

Actor

Danny Glover

Born July 22, 1946 in San Francisco, California, USA163 films

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.

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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.

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The Color Purple posterFirst watchThe Color Purple19857.7as AlbertA leading role in one of the best-rated films of their career.An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry.View film

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163 films as actor
  1. TBAKilling Winston JonesWashington Carver
  2. 2025Grizzly PeakWill
  3. 2025Newbies
  4. 2023The Naughty NineSanta Claus
  5. 2023Double SoulMichael Tedeschi
  6. 2022American DreamerJerry
  7. 2022Press PlayCooper
  8. 2020The DrummerMark Walker
  9. 2019Jumanji: The Next LevelMilo
  10. 2019The Last Black Man in San FranciscoGrandpa Allen
  11. 2019Strive
  12. 2019The Dead Don't DieHank Thompson
  13. 2018Christmas Break-InRay
  14. 2018Death Race: Beyond AnarchyBaltimore Bob
  15. 2018The Old Man & the GunTeddy
  16. 2018Sorry to Bother YouLangston
  17. 2018Ulysses: A Dark OdysseyMr. Ocean
  18. 2018Come SundayGilbert Pearson
  19. 2018Proud MaryBenny
  20. 2017The Christmas TrainMax Powers
  21. 2017The Curse of Buckout RoadDr. Powell
  22. 2017VagabondsUncle Issa
  23. 2017The Good CatholicVictor
  24. 2017Tour de PharmacySlim Robinson Present Day
  25. 2017ExtortionDetective Constable Haagen
  26. 2016Monster TrucksMr. Weathers
  27. 2016Almost ChristmasWalter
  28. 2016Pushing DeadBob
  29. 2016Complete UnknownRoger
  30. 2016Mr. PigAmbrose
  31. 2016GridlockedSully
  32. 2016Back in the DayEddie 'Rocks' Travor
  33. 2016Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ RightsNarrator (voice)
  34. 201693 DaysDr. Benjamin Ohiaeri
  35. 2016DarkwebThe Boss
  36. 2016Dirty GrandpaStinky
  37. 2016DiabloBenjamin Carver
  38. 2015AndronChancellor Gordon
  39. 2015Waffle StreetEdward Collins
  40. 2015CheckmateElohim
  41. 2015ConsumedHal Westbrook
  42. 2015About ScoutRed
  43. 2015Bad Asses on the BayouBernie Pope
  44. 2015ToxinDr. Locke
  45. 2014Beyond the LightsCaptain Nicol
  46. 2014Day of the MummyCarl
  47. 20142047: Sights of DeathSponge
  48. 2014SupremacyMr. Walker
  49. 2014RageDetective St. John
  50. 2014Bad Ass 2: Bad AssesBernie Pope
  51. 2014The Ninja Immovable HeartEx Director Matthew Reynolds
  52. 2014Chasing ShakespeareWilliam Ward
  53. 2013Muhammad Ali's Greatest FightJustice Thurgood Marshall
  54. 2013ExtractionHarding
  55. 2013Tula: The RevoltShinishi
  56. 2013Highland ParkEd
  57. 2013Shuffleton's BarbershopCharlie Shuffleton
  58. 2013Space WarriorsCommander Phillips
  59. 2013The ShiftFloyd
  60. 2013The BouquetReverend John
  61. 2013LUVArthur
  62. 2012The Children's RepublicDubem
  63. 2012The LighthouseDuncan
  64. 2012Hannah's LawIsom Dart
  65. 2012SinsFather Leonard
  66. 2011MysteriaInvestigator
  67. 2011Donovan's EchoDonovan Matheson
  68. 2011Age of the DragonsAhab
  69. 2011Son of MorningGabriel Peters
  70. 2011Mooz-lumDean Francis
  71. 2010I Want to Be a SoldierSchool Director
  72. 2010Down for LifeMr. Shannon
  73. 2010I'm Still HereDanny Glover
  74. 2010LegendaryHarry 'Red' Newman
  75. 2010Dear AliceFranzis
  76. 2010Alpha and OmegaWinston (voice)
  77. 2010Death at a FuneralUncle Russell
  78. 2010Five Minarets in New YorkMarcus
  79. 20092012President Thomas Wilson
  80. 2009The Harimaya BridgeJoseph Holder
  81. 2009Night TrainMiles
  82. 2008Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. HareWalter Tortoise (voice)
  83. 2008Fats Waller Was Born Here"Fats" Waller's Father/Mr. Fletcher
  84. 2008BlindnessMan with Black Eye Patch
  85. 2008Be Kind RewindMr. Fletcher
  86. 2008Gospel HillJohn Malcolm
  87. 2008Agent CrushMajor Rusty Gubbins
  88. 2007HoneydripperTyrone Purvis
  89. 2007Battle for TerraPresident Chen (voice)
  90. 2007Namibia: The Struggle for LiberationFather Elias
  91. 2007ShooterColonel Isaac Johnson
  92. 2007BamakoCow-boy
  93. 2007Poor Boy's GameGeorge
  94. 2006DreamgirlsMarty Madison
  95. 2006Read You Like a Book
  96. 2006BarnyardMiles (voice)
  97. 2006The Adventures of Brer RabbitBrer Turtle (voice)
  98. 2006The Shaggy DogKen Hollister
  99. 2006The ExoneratedDavid Keaton
  100. 2005Full Disclosure ReportDavid Tapp
  101. 2005ManderlayWilhelm
  102. 2005Missing in AmericaJake Neely
  103. 2005P.N.O.K.Col. Weldon
  104. 2004SawDavid Tapp
  105. 2004The CookoutJudge Crowley
  106. 2004Earthed
  107. 2003Good FencesTom Spader
  108. 2001The Royal TenenbaumsHenry Sherman
  109. 20013 A.M.Hershey
  110. 2000Boesman and LenaBoesman
  111. 2000Bàttu
  112. 2000Freedom SongWill Walker
  113. 1999Our Friend, MartinTrain Conductor (voice)
  114. 1998The Prince of EgyptJethro (voice)
  115. 1998BelovedPaul D
  116. 1998AntzBarbatus (voice)
  117. 1998Lethal Weapon 4Roger Murtaugh
  118. 1997Buffalo SoldiersSgt. Washington Wyatt
  119. 1997The RainmakerRichter Tyrone Kipler
  120. 1997SwitchbackBob Goodall