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