John Glover

Actor

John Glover

Born August 7, 1944 in Salisbury, Maryland, USA71 films

John Soursby Glover Jr. (born August 7, 1944) is an American actor, perhaps best known for a range of villainous roles in films and television, including Lionel Luthor on the Superman-inspired television series Smallville.

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The Home posterFirst watchThe Home20256.9as LouA leading role.A troubled man starts working at a retirement home and realizes its residents and caretakers harbor sinister secrets.View film

Essential films

Ranked by role, acclaim and reach
Gremlins 2: The New Batch poster6.5Gremlins 2: The New Batch1990In the Mouth of Madness poster7.2In the Mouth of Madness1995Scrooged poster6.8Scrooged1988We Go On poster5.8We Go On2016Last Embrace poster5.5Last Embrace1979Ed and His Dead Mother poster5.5Ed and His Dead Mother199352 Pick-Up poster6.152 Pick-Up1986Masquerade poster5.7Masquerade1988

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Payback poster6.8Payback1999

Filmography

71 films as actor
  1. 2026WoodstockersJupiter
  2. 2025A Natural SelectionDonald Spar
  3. 2025The HomeLou
  4. 2025The Motorcycle ManPat
  5. 2022Fatal Influence: Like. Follow. Survive.The Grand Zel
  6. 2019Shazam!Mr. Sivana
  7. 2017The Lost Wife of Robert DurstSeymour Durst
  8. 2016We Go OnDr. Ellison
  9. 2015You Bury Your OwnDetective Gillespie
  10. 2015RealityZog
  11. 2013Sweet TalkProfessor / Count
  12. 2013SanitariumGustav
  13. 2005The Civilization of Maxwell BrightOgden
  14. 2004TricksRalph
  15. 2002SmallvilleLionel Luthor
  16. 2001On EdgeYuri Moskvin
  17. 1999PaybackPhil
  18. 1998The TempestAnthony Prosper
  19. 1998Dead BrokeSam
  20. 1997Dead by MidnightDr. Armand Drake / Ben Hamill
  21. 1997Medusa's ChildRogers Henry
  22. 1997The Broken GiantBennett Hale
  23. 1997Batman & RobinDr. Jason Woodrue
  24. 1997Love! Valour! Compassion!John & James Jeckyll
  25. 1995AutomaticGoddard Marx
  26. 1995In the Mouth of MadnessSaperstein
  27. 1995Night of the Running ManDerek Mills
  28. 1994SchemesVictor Kraft
  29. 1994Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson WhittakerMaj. Asa Bird Gardiner
  30. 1993Ed and His Dead MotherA.J. Pattle
  31. 1992Majority RuleBradley Mackin
  32. 1992Grass RootsHarold Perkerson / Jason Ross
  33. 1992Drug Wars: The Cocaine CartelLoco Garrison
  34. 1991Dead on the MoneyRussell Blake
  35. 1991What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?Billy Korn
  36. 1990El DiabloThe Preacher
  37. 1990RoboCop 2Magnavolt Salesman
  38. 1990Gremlins 2: The New BatchDaniel Clamp
  39. 1990An Enemy of the PeopleDr. Thomas Stockman
  40. 1990HomeEric Hochmann
  41. 1989Meet the HollowheadsHenry Hollowhead
  42. 1989Breaking PointDr. Gerber
  43. 1989Traveling ManChick Beeler
  44. 1988ScroogedBryce Cummings
  45. 1988The Chocolate WarBrother Leon
  46. 1988DavidCharles Rothenberg
  47. 1988Rocket GibraltarRolo Rockwell
  48. 1988Hot PaintAlgernon
  49. 1988MasqueradeTony Gateworth
  50. 1988Moving TargetDobbins
  51. 1987Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim
  52. 1986Willy/MillyFred Niceman
  53. 198652 Pick-UpAlan Raimy
  54. 1986ApologyPhilip
  55. 1985White NightsWynn Scott
  56. 1985Don't TouchMr. Stewart
  57. 1985A Killing AffairSheb Sheppard
  58. 1985An Early FrostVictor DiMato
  59. 1984A Flash of GreenRoss Halley
  60. 1984Ernie Kovacs: Between the LaughterPierre Lafitte
  61. 1984The Evil That Men DoPaul Briggs, U.S. Embassy
  62. 1983The Face of Rage
  63. 1981The Incredible Shrinking WomanTom Keller
  64. 1980Melvin and Howard2nd Attorney (Freese)
  65. 1980The Mountain MenNathan Wyeth
  66. 1980The American Success CompanyErnst
  67. 1979Last EmbraceRichard Peabody
  68. 1978Somebody Killed Her HusbandHerbert Little
  69. 1977JuliaSammy
  70. 1977Annie HallActor Boy Friend
  71. 1973ShamusJohnnie Brosten