Danny Glover
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.
Acted in
The Naughty Nine
2023
as Santa Claus
Double Soul
2023
as Michael Tedeschi
American Dreamer
2022
as Jerry
De Quanta Terra Precisa o Homem?
2022
as Ele mesmo
Press Play
2022
as Cooper
A Night at the Academy Museum
2021
as Self
The Drummer
2020
as Mark Walker
The Bee
2020
as Roger Murtaugh (archive footage)
Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man
2020
as Narrator (voice)
After Fact
2020
as Self
Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War
2020
as Narrator (voice)
Jumanji: The Next Level
2019
as Milo
The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs
2019
as Narrator (voice)
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
2019
as Grandpa Allen
Strive
2019
The Dead Don't Die
2019
as Hank Thompson
Redeeming Uncle Tom: The Josiah Henson Story
2019
as Narrator
Always in Season
2019
as Narrator (voice)
The Robeson Effect
2019
as Self
Christmas Break-In
2018
as Ray
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
2018
as Self
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy
2018
as Baltimore Bob
The Old Man & the Gun
2018
as Teddy
Sorry to Bother You
2018
as Langston
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
2018
as Mr. Ocean
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
2018
as Narrator (voice)
Howard
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Survivor's Guide to Prison
2018
as Self
Come Sunday
2018
as Gilbert Pearson
Proud Mary
2018
as Benny
The Christmas Train
2017
as Max Powers
The Curse of Buckout Road
2017
as Dr. Powell
Vagabonds
2017
as Uncle Issa
The Good Catholic
2017
as Victor
Tour de Pharmacy
2017
as Slim Robinson Present Day
Agents of Change
2017
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Cold Case Files
2017
as Narrator (voice)
Birth of a Movement
2017
as Narrator (voice)
Extortion
2017
as Constable Haagen
Abderrahmane Sissako: Beyond Territories
2017
as Self
Monster Trucks
2016
as Mr. Weathers
Almost Christmas
2016
as Walter
Pushing Dead
2016
as Bob
Complete Unknown
2016
as Roger
Mr. Pig
2016
as Ambrose
Gridlocked
2016
as Sully
Back in the Day
2016
as Eddie 'Rocks' Travor
Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ Rights
2016
as Narrator (voice)
93 Days
2016
Darkweb
2016
as The Boss
Dirty Grandpa
2016
as Stinky
Diablo
2016
as Benjamin Carver
Andron
2015
as Chancellor Gordon
Waffle Street
2015
as Edward Collins
Checkmate
2015
as Elohim
Consumed
2015
as Hal Westbrook
About Scout
2015
as Red
Bad Asses on the Bayou
2015
as Bernie Pope
Mississippi Inferno
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Caffeinated
2015
as Coffee Lover
Toxin
2015
as Dr. Locke
Beyond the Lights
2014
as Captain Nicol
Day of the Mummy
2014
as Carl
Yellowbird
2014
as Darius (voice)
black-ish
2014
as Uncle Norman
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014
as Self
2047: Sights of Death
2014
as Sponge
Supremacy
2014
as Mr. Walker
We Are Many
2014
as Self
Rage
2014
as Detective St. John
Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses
2014
as Bernie Pope
The Ninja Immovable Heart
2014
as Ex Director Matthew Reynolds
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
2014
Mozart in the Jungle
2014
as Mayor
Chasing Shakespeare
2014
as William Ward
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013
as Justice Thurgood Marshall
Ironside
2013
as Frank Ironside
Extraction
2013
as Harding
Tula: The Revolt
2013
as Shinishi
Highland Park
2013
as Ed
Shuffleton's Barbershop
2013
as Charlie Shuffleton
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
2013
as Self
Space Warriors
2013
as Commander Phillips
The Shift
2013
as Floyd
The Bouquet
2013
as Reverend John
LUV
2013
as Arthur
Casting By
2012
as Self
The Children's Republic
2012
as Dubem
The Lighthouse
2012
as Duncan
Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon'
2012
as Self
Shadows of Liberty
2012
as Self
Hannah's Law
2012
as Isom Dart
Sins
2012
as Father Leonard
Touch
2012
as Professor Arthur Teller
Mysteria
2011
as Investigator
Rise Like Lions
2011
as Self (Occupy Oakland)
Donovan's Echo
2011
as Donovan Matheson
Age of the Dragons
2011
as Ahab
Son of Morning
2011
as Gabriel Peters
Mooz-lum
2011
as Dean Francis
I Want to Be a Soldier
2010
as School Director
Down for Life
2010
as Mr. Shannon
Alpha and Omega
2010
as Winston (voice)
I'm Still Here
2010
as Danny Glover
Legendary
2010
as Harry 'Red' Newman
Dear Alice
2010
as Franzis
Death at a Funeral
2010
as Uncle Russell
Five Minarets in New York
2010
as Marcus
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2010
as Self
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
2010
as Self
Sam Cooke: Crossing Over
2010
as Narrator (voice)
The People Speak
2009
as Self
2012
2009
as President Thomas Wilson
PoliWood
2009
as Self
The Harimaya Bridge
2009
as Joseph Holder
Night Train
2009
as Miles
Leverage
2008
as Charlie Lawson
Saw V
2008
as David Tapp (archive footage) (uncredited)
Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare
2008
as Walter Tortoise (voice)
The Garden
2008
as Self
Blindness
2008
as Man with Black Eye Patch
Gospel Hill
2008
as John Malcolm
Be Kind Rewind
2008
as Mr. Fletcher
Honeydripper
2007
as Tyrone Purvis
Battle for Terra
2007
as President Chen (voice)
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
2007
as Father Elias
Shooter
2007
as Colonel Isaac Johnson
Poor Boy's Game
2007
as George
Dreamgirls
2006
as Marty Madison
Read You Like a Book
2006
Brothers and Sisters
2006
as Isaac Marshall
Barnyard
2006
as Miles the Mule (voice)
Psych
2006
as Mel Hornsby
Bamako
2006
as Cow-boy
The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
2006
as Brer Turtle (voice)
The Shaggy Dog
2006
as Ken Hollister
The Exonerated
2006
as David Keaton
Full Disclosure Report
2005
as David Tapp
Criminal Minds
2005
as Hank Morgan
The Peace!
2005
as Self
My Name Is Earl
2005
as Thomas
Manderlay
2005
as Wilhelm
American Dad!
2005
as Minstrel Krampus (voice)
The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Missing in America
2005
as Jake Neely
P.N.O.K.
2005
as Col. Weldon
Legend of Earthsea
2004
as Ogion
Saw
2004
as David Tapp
The Cookout
2004
as Judge Crowley
The John Garfield Story
2003
as Self
Good Fences
2003
as Tom Spader
The Real Eve
2002
as Narrator (voice)
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001
as Henry Sherman
3 A.M.
2001
as Hershey
Boesman and Lena
2000
as Boesman
Bàttu
2000
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
2000
as Self
Freedom Song
2000
as Will Walker
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
1999
as Self (archive footage)
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
1999
as Narrator (voice)
Scared Straight! 20 Years Later
1999
as Host
Our Friend, Martin
1999
as Train Conductor (voice)
The Prince of Egypt
1998
as Jethro (voice)
Beloved
1998
as Paul D
Antz
1998
as Barbatus (voice)
Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life & Music of Robert Johnson
1998
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Hollywood Squares
1998
as Self - Panelist
Hollywood Squares
1998
Lethal Weapon 4
1998
as Roger Murtaugh
Buffalo Soldiers
1997
as Sgt. Washington Wyatt
The Rainmaker
1997
as Richter Tyrone Kipler
Switchback
1997
as Bob Goodall
Wild America
1997
as Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited)
Gone Fishin'
1997
as Gus Green
America's Dream
1996
as Silas (segment "Long Black Song")
Red Wind
1995
as Philip Marlowe
Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities
1995
as Self
Operation Dumbo Drop
1995
as Capt. Sam Cahill
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
1995
as Isaac Jefferson (voice)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
as The King (voice)
ER
1994
as Charlie Pratt Sr.
Angels in the Outfield
1994
as George Knox
Maverick
1994
as Bank Robber (uncredited)
The Saint of Fort Washington
1993
as Jerry
Bopha!
1993
as Micah Mangena
Civil War Journal
1993
as Self - Host
Civil War Journal
1993
as Host
Fallen Angels
1993
as Marlowe
The Talking Eggs
1993
as Narrator (voice)
Alex Haley's Queen
1993
as Alec Haley
Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion
1992
as Narrator (voice)
Lethal Weapon 3
1992
as Roger Murtaugh
Grand Canyon
1991
as Simon
Pure Luck
1991
as Raymond Campanella
A Rage in Harlem
1991
as Easy Money
Flight of the Intruder
1991
as Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli
Predator 2
1990
as Lieutenant Mike Harrigan
To Sleep with Anger
1990
as Harry
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
as Dr. Apollo (voice)
Rabbit Ears - Moses in Egypt
1990
as Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby
1990
as Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - How the Leopard Got His Spots
1989
as Narrator (voice)
Lethal Weapon 2
1989
as Roger Murtaugh
Dead Man Out
1989
as Dr. Alex Marsh
Lonesome Dove
1989
as Joshua Deets
A Raisin in the Sun
1989
as Walter Lee Younger
Hollywood on Horses
1989
as Self
Bat★21
1988
as Capt. Bartholomew Clark
A Place at the Table
1988
as Mr. Scott
Mandela
1987
as Nelson Mandela
Lethal Weapon
1987
as Roger Murtaugh
John Henry
1986
as John Henry
The Color Purple
1985
as Albert
Tall Tales & Legends
1985
as John Henry
Silverado
1985
as Malachi 'Mal' Johnson
The Stand-In
1985
as Apples Finnerty
Witness
1985
as McFee
And the Children Shall Lead
1985
as William
Places in the Heart
1984
as Moze
Iceman
1984
as Loomis
Memorial Day
1983
as Willie Monroe
The Face of Rage
1983
as Gary
Keeping On
1983
as Lester Traylor
Out
1982
as Jojo / Roland
Gimme a Break!
1981
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
1981
as Morgan
Hill Street Blues
1981
Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer
1981
as Oscar Micheaux
Great Railway Journeys
1980
as Self - Presenter
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
1980
Escape from Alcatraz
1979
as Inmate
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
San Francisco State: On Strike
1969
as self
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Lethal Weapon 5
as Roger Murtaugh
Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story
as Narrator (voice)