Danny Glover

Acting

Danny Glover

Born July 22, 1946San Francisco, California, USA273 credits

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.

Known For

Filmography

Our Land
2026Our Land
Executive ProducerMovie
The Naughty Nine
2023The Naughty Nine
as Santa ClausMovie
The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane
2023The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane
Executive ProducerMovie
Double Soul
2023Double Soul
as Michael TedeschiMovie
President
2023President
Executive ProducerMovie
Press Play
2022Press Play
as CooperMovie
Crane Lantern
2022Crane Lantern
Executive ProducerMovie
In Between Dying
2021In Between Dying
Executive ProducerMovie
The War on Cuba
2020The War on Cuba
Executive ProducerTV
The Drummer
2020The Drummer
as Mark WalkerMovie
After Fact
2020After Fact
as SelfMovie
Lynch: A History
2019Lynch: A History
Executive ProducerMovie
The Dead Don't Die
2019The Dead Don't Die
as Hank ThompsonMovie
Always in Season
2019Always in Season
as Narrator (voice)Movie
Easter Snap
2019Easter Snap
Executive ProducerMovie
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy
2018Death Race: Beyond Anarchy
as Baltimore BobMovie
Capernaum
2018Capernaum
Executive ProducerMovie
Angels Are Made of Light
2018Angels Are Made of Light
Executive ProducerMovie
Sorry to Bother You
2018Sorry to Bother You
as LangstonMovie
Howard
2018Howard
as Self (archive footage)Movie
Come Sunday
2018Come Sunday
as Gilbert PearsonMovie
Proud Mary
2018Proud Mary
as BennyMovie
The Christmas Train
2017The Christmas Train
as Max PowersMovie
Vagabonds
2017Vagabonds
as Uncle IssaMovie
The Good Catholic
2017The Good Catholic
as VictorMovie
That Summer
2017That Summer
Executive ProducerMovie
Tour de Pharmacy
2017Tour de Pharmacy
as Slim Robinson Present DayMovie
Agents of Change
2017Agents of Change
as Self - Narrator (voice)Movie
Cold Case Files
2017Cold Case Files
as Self - Narrator (voice)TV
Birth of a Movement
2017Birth of a Movement
as Narrator (voice)Movie
Strong Island
2017Strong Island
Executive ProducerMovie
Extortion
2017Extortion
as Detective Constable HaagenMovie
Monster Trucks
2016Monster Trucks
as Mr. WeathersMovie
Almost Christmas
2016Almost Christmas
as WalterMovie
Shadow World
2016Shadow World
Executive ProducerMovie
Pushing Dead
2016Pushing Dead
as BobMovie
White Sun
2016White Sun
Executive ProducerMovie
Mr. Pig
2016Mr. Pig
as AmbroseMovie
Gridlocked
2016Gridlocked
as SullyMovie
Back in the Day
2016Back in the Day
as Eddie 'Rocks' TravorMovie
93 Days
201693 Days
as Dr. Benjamin OhiaeriMovie
Darkweb
2016Darkweb
as The BossMovie
Dirty Grandpa
2016Dirty Grandpa
as StinkyMovie
Diablo
2016Diablo
as Benjamin CarverMovie
Andron
2015Andron
as Chancellor GordonMovie
Waffle Street
2015Waffle Street
as Edward CollinsMovie
This Changes Everything
2015This Changes Everything
Executive ProducerMovie
Checkmate
2015Checkmate
as ElohimMovie
Consumed
2015Consumed
as Hal WestbrookMovie
About Scout
2015About Scout
as RedMovie
Bad Asses on the Bayou
2015Bad Asses on the Bayou
as Bernie PopeMovie
Mississippi Inferno
2015Mississippi Inferno
as Narrator (voice)Movie
Caffeinated
2015Caffeinated
as Coffee LoverMovie
Toxin
2015Toxin
as Dr. LockeMovie
Beyond the Lights
2014Beyond the Lights
as Captain NicolMovie
Life Is Sacred
2014Life Is Sacred
Executive ProducerMovie
Yellowbird
2014Yellowbird
as Darius (voice)Movie
black-ish
2014black-ish
as Uncle NormanTV
Supremacy
2014Supremacy
as Mr. WalkerMovie
We Are Many
2014We Are Many
as SelfMovie
Rage
2014Rage
as Detective St. JohnMovie
Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses
2014Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses
as Bernie PopeMovie
The Ninja Immovable Heart
2014The Ninja Immovable Heart
as Ex Director Matthew ReynoldsMovie
Chasing Shakespeare
2014Chasing Shakespeare
as William WardMovie
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
as Justice Thurgood MarshallMovie
Ironside
2013Ironside
as Frank IronsideTV
Extraction
2013Extraction
as HardingMovie
Tula: The Revolt
2013Tula: The Revolt
as ShinishiMovie
Shuffleton's Barbershop
2013Shuffleton's Barbershop
as Charlie ShuffletonMovie
Space Warriors
2013Space Warriors
as Commander PhillipsMovie
The Shift
2013The Shift
as FloydMovie
The Bouquet
2013The Bouquet
as Reverend JohnMovie
LUV
2013LUV
as ArthurMovie
Casting By
2012Casting By
as SelfMovie
Shenandoah
2012Shenandoah
Executive ProducerMovie
The House I Live In
2012The House I Live In
Executive ProducerMovie
T
2012The Lighthouse
as DuncanMovie
Hannah's Law
2012Hannah's Law
as Isom DartMovie
Sins
2012Sins
as Father LeonardMovie
Touch
2012Touch
as Professor Arthur TellerTV
Mysteria
2011Mysteria
as InvestigatorMovie
R
2011Rise Like Lions
as Self (Occupy Oakland)Movie
Donovan's Echo
2011Donovan's Echo
as Donovan MathesonMovie
Dum Maaro Dum
2011Dum Maaro Dum
Executive ProducerMovie
Son of Morning
2011Son of Morning
as Gabriel PetersMovie
Mooz-lum
2011Mooz-lum
as Dean FrancisMovie
I Want to Be a Soldier
2010I Want to Be a Soldier
as School DirectorMovie
Down for Life
2010Down for Life
as Mr. ShannonMovie
I'm Still Here
2010I'm Still Here
as Danny GloverMovie
Legendary
2010Legendary
as Harry 'Red' NewmanMovie
Dear Alice
2010Dear Alice
as FranzisMovie
Alpha and Omega
2010Alpha and Omega
as Winston (voice)Movie
Death at a Funeral
2010Death at a Funeral
as Uncle RussellMovie
Human Target
2010Human Target
as ClientTV
Sam Cooke: Crossing Over
2010Sam Cooke: Crossing Over
as Narrator (voice)Movie
2012
20092012
as President Thomas WilsonMovie
PoliWood
2009PoliWood
as SelfMovie
The Harimaya Bridge
2009The Harimaya Bridge
as Joseph HolderMovie
Night Train
2009Night Train
as MilesMovie
Leverage
2008Leverage
as Charlie LawsonTV
Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare
2008Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare
as Walter Tortoise (voice)Movie
Fats Waller Was Born Here
2008Fats Waller Was Born Here
as "Fats" Waller's Father/Mr. FletcherMovie
Blindness
2008Blindness
as Man with Black Eye PatchMovie
Be Kind Rewind
2008Be Kind Rewind
as Mr. FletcherMovie
Gospel Hill
2008Gospel Hill
as John MalcolmMovie
Trouble the Water
2008Trouble the Water
Executive ProducerMovie
Agent Crush
2008Agent Crush
as Major Rusty GubbinsMovie
Honeydripper
2007Honeydripper
as Tyrone PurvisMovie
Battle for Terra
2007Battle for Terra
as President Chen (voice)Movie
Shooter
2007Shooter
as Colonel Isaac JohnsonMovie
Poor Boy's Game
2007Poor Boy's Game
as GeorgeMovie
Dreamgirls
2006Dreamgirls
as Marty MadisonMovie
Brothers and Sisters
2006Brothers and Sisters
as Isaac MarshallTV
Barnyard
2006Barnyard
as Miles (voice)Movie
Psych
2006Psych
as Mel HornsbyTV
Bamako
2006Bamako
as Cow-boyMovie
The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
2006The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
as Brer Turtle (voice)Movie
The Shaggy Dog
2006The Shaggy Dog
as Ken HollisterMovie
The Exonerated
2006The Exonerated
as David KeatonMovie
Full Disclosure Report
2005Full Disclosure Report
as David TappMovie
Criminal Minds
2005Criminal Minds
as Hank MorganTV
T
2005The Peace!
as SelfMovie
Manderlay
2005Manderlay
as WilhelmMovie
American Dad!
2005American Dad!
as Minstrel Krampus (voice)TV
Missing in America
2005Missing in America
as Jake NeelyMovie
P
2005P.N.O.K.
as Col. WeldonMovie
Saw
2004Saw
as David TappMovie
The Cookout
2004The Cookout
as Judge CrowleyMovie
Good Fences
2003Good Fences
as Tom SpaderMovie
The Real Eve
2002The Real Eve
as Narrator (voice)Movie
Just a Dream
2002Just a Dream
DirectorMovie
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001The Royal Tenenbaums
as Henry ShermanMovie
3 A.M.
20013 A.M.
as HersheyMovie
Boesman and Lena
2000Boesman and Lena
as BoesmanMovie
Freedom Song
2000Freedom Song
as Will WalkerMovie
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
1999The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
as Self (archive footage)Movie
Our Friend, Martin
1999Our Friend, Martin
as Train Conductor (voice)Movie
The Prince of Egypt
1998The Prince of Egypt
as Jethro (voice)Movie
Beloved
1998Beloved
as Paul DMovie
Antz
1998Antz
as Barbatus (voice)Movie
Hollywood Squares
1998Hollywood Squares
as Self - PanelistTV
Lethal Weapon 4
1998Lethal Weapon 4
as Roger MurtaughMovie
Soldier Child
1998Soldier Child
as Self - NarratorMovie
Buffalo Soldiers
1997Buffalo Soldiers
as Sgt. Washington WyattMovie
The Rainmaker
1997The Rainmaker
as Richter Tyrone KiplerMovie
Switchback
1997Switchback
as Bob GoodallMovie
The View
1997The View
as SelfTV
Wild America
1997Wild America
as Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited)Movie
Gone Fishin'
1997Gone Fishin'
as Gus GreenMovie
America's Dream
1996America's Dream
as Silas (segment "Long Black Song")Movie
Red Wind
1995Red Wind
as Philip MarloweMovie
Operation Dumbo Drop
1995Operation Dumbo Drop
as Capt. Sam CahillMovie
Override
1994Override
DirectorMovie
ER
1994ER
as Charlie Pratt Sr.TV
Angels in the Outfield
1994Angels in the Outfield
as George KnoxMovie
Maverick
1994Maverick
as Bank Robber (uncredited)Movie
Bopha!
1993Bopha!
as Micah MangenaMovie
Civil War Journal
1993Civil War Journal
as Self - HostTV
Fallen Angels
1993Fallen Angels
as MarloweTV
The Talking Eggs
1993The Talking Eggs
as Narrator (voice)Movie
Alex Haley's Queen
1993Alex Haley's Queen
as Alec HaleyTV
Lethal Weapon 3
1992Lethal Weapon 3
as Roger MurtaughMovie
Grand Canyon
1991Grand Canyon
as SimonMovie
Pure Luck
1991Pure Luck
as Raymond CampanellaMovie
A Rage in Harlem
1991A Rage in Harlem
as Easy MoneyMovie
Flight of the Intruder
1991Flight of the Intruder
as Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' CamparelliMovie
Predator 2
1990Predator 2
as Lieutenant Mike HarriganMovie
R
1990Rabbit Ears - Moses in Egypt
as Narrator (voice)Movie
Lethal Weapon 2
1989Lethal Weapon 2
as Roger MurtaughMovie
Dead Man Out
1989Dead Man Out
as Dr. Alex MarshMovie
Lonesome Dove
1989Lonesome Dove
as Joshua DeetsTV
A Raisin in the Sun
1989A Raisin in the Sun
as Walter Lee YoungerMovie
Bat★21
1988Bat★21
as Capt. Bartholomew ClarkMovie
A
1988A Place at the Table
as Mr. ScottMovie
Mandela
1987Mandela
as Nelson MandelaMovie
Lethal Weapon
1987Lethal Weapon
as Roger MurtaughMovie
John Henry
1986John Henry
as John HenryMovie
The Color Purple
1985The Color Purple
as AlbertMovie
Silverado
1985Silverado
as Malachi 'Mal' JohnsonMovie
The Stand-In
1985The Stand-In
as Apples FinnertyMovie
Witness
1985Witness
as McFeeMovie
Iceman
1984Iceman
as LoomisMovie
M
1983Memorial Day
as Willie MonroeMovie
Chiefs
1983Chiefs
as Marshall PetersTV
Keeping On
1983Keeping On
as Lester TraylorMovie
Out
1982Out
as Jojo / RolandMovie
Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer
1981Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer
as Oscar MicheauxMovie
Great Railway Journeys
1980Great Railway Journeys
as Self - PresenterTV
Saturday Night Live
1975Saturday Night Live
as Roger Murtaugh (uncredited)TV
Tony Awards
1956Tony Awards
as Self - PresenterTV
Today
1952Today
as SelfTV
Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story
Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story
as Narrator (voice)Movie
L
Lethal Weapon 5
as Roger MurtaughMovie
Grizzly Peak
Grizzly Peak
as WillMovie
Killing Winston Jones
Killing Winston Jones
as Washington CarverMovie