Danny Glover
Born: 1946-07-22 in San Francisco, California, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2026
- Landmarks ... (Executive Producer)
2025
2023
- Double Soul as Michael Tedeschi
- The Naughty Nine as Santa Claus
- President ... (Executive Producer)
- The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane ... (Executive Producer)
2022
- American Dreamer as Jerry
- Press Play as Cooper
- De Quanta Terra Precisa o Homem? as Self
- Crane Lantern ... (Executive Producer)
2021
- Prayers for the Stolen ... (Co-Producer)
- In Between Dying ... (Executive Producer)
- A Night at the Academy Museum as Self
- Memoria ... (Co-Producer)
2020
- The Drummer as Mark Walker
- Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War as Narrator (voice)
- The War on Cuba ... (Executive Producer)
- After Fact as Self
- Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man as Narrator (voice)
2019
- Jumanji: The Next Level as Milo
- The Dead Don't Die as Hank Thompson
- The Last Black Man in San Francisco as Grandpa Allen
- Strive
- Lynch: A History ... (Executive Producer)
- The Robeson Effect as Self
- Always in Season as Narrator (voice)
- The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs as Narrator (voice)
- Easter Snap ... (Executive Producer)
- Redeeming Uncle Tom: The Josiah Henson Story as Narrator
2018
- Capernaum ... (Executive Producer)
- Death Race: Beyond Anarchy as Baltimore Bob
- Christmas Break-In as Ray
- Come Sunday as Gilbert Pearson
- The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution as Narrator (voice)
- Sorry to Bother You as Langston
- Hale County This Morning, This Evening ... (Executive Producer)
- Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey as Mr. Ocean
- Survivor's Guide to Prison as Self
- The Old Man & the Gun as Teddy
- Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones as Self
- Angels Are Made of Light ... (Executive Producer)
- Proud Mary as Benny
- Howard as Self (archive footage)
2017
- Extortion as Constable Haagen
- That Summer ... (Executive Producer)
- Strong Island ... (Executive Producer)
- Vagabonds as Uncle Issa
- Zama ... (Co-Producer)
- Cold Case Files as Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Christmas Train as Max Powers
- Tour de Pharmacy as Slim Robinson Present Day
- The Curse of Buckout Road as Dr. Powell
- The Good Catholic as Victor
- Agents of Change as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Birth of a Movement as Narrator (voice)
- Abderrahmane Sissako: Beyond Territories as Self
2016
- Diablo as Benjamin Carver
- Almost Christmas as Walter
- Pushing Dead as Bob
- Monster Trucks as Mr. Weathers
- Shadow World ... (Executive Producer)
- Dirty Grandpa as Stinky
- Mr. Pig as Ambrose
- 93 Days as Dr. Benjamin Ohiaeri
- Complete Unknown as Roger
- Darkweb as The Boss
- Back in the Day as Eddie 'Rocks' Travor
- White Sun ... (Executive Producer)
- Gridlocked as Sully
- The House on Coco Road ... (Producer)
- Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ Rights as Narrator (voice)
2015
- About Scout as Red
- Toxin as Dr. Locke
- Waffle Street as Edward Collins
- This Changes Everything ... (Executive Producer)
- Andron as Chancellor Gordon
- Consumed as Hal Westbrook
- Cemetery of Splendor ... (Co-Producer)
- Checkmate as Elohim
- Caffeinated as Coffee Lover
- Bad Asses on the Bayou as Bernie Pope
- Mississippi Inferno as Narrator (voice)
2014
- black-ish as Uncle Norman
- Rage as Detective St. John
- Chasing Shakespeare as William Ward
- Mozart in the Jungle as Mayor
- Concerning Violence ... (Co-Producer)
- Supremacy as Mr. Walker
- Beyond the Lights as Captain Nicol
- Day of the Mummy as Carl
- 2047: Sights of Death as Sponge
- We Are Many as Self
- The Ninja Immovable Heart as Ex Director Matthew Reynolds
- Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses as Bernie Pope
- Yellowbird as Darius (voice)
- Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee as Self
- Life Is Sacred ... (Executive Producer)
- We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
2013
- Extraction as Harding
- The Shift as Floyd
- Highland Park as Ed
- The Bouquet as Reverend John
- Tula: The Revolt as Shinishi
- Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth as Self
- Shuffleton's Barbershop as Charlie Shuffleton
- Ironside as Frank Ironside
- LUV as Arthur
- Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight as Justice Thurgood Marshall
- Space Warriors as Commander Phillips
2012
- Touch as Professor Arthur Teller
- Sins as Father Leonard
- Highway ... (Producer)
- Casting By as Self
- Hannah's Law as Isom Dart
- The House I Live In ... (Executive Producer)
- Shadows of Liberty as Self
- Shenandoah ... (Executive Producer)
- The Children's Republic as Dubem
- Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon' as Self
- The Lighthouse as Duncan
2011
- Mysteria as Investigator
- Mooz-lum as Dean Francis
- The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 ... (Producer)
- Age of the Dragons as Ahab
- Dum Maaro Dum ... (Executive Producer)
- Donovan's Echo as Donovan Matheson
- Son of Morning as Gabriel Peters
- Rise Like Lions as Self (Occupy Oakland)
2010
- Human Target as Client
- Death at a Funeral as Uncle Russell
- Dear Alice as Franzis
- Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives ... (Associate Producer)
- Alpha and Omega as Winston (voice)
- Five Minarets in New York as Marcus
- I'm Still Here as Danny Glover
- I Want to Be a Soldier as School Director
- The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective as Self
- 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic as Self
- Down for Life as Mr. Shannon
- Legendary as Harry 'Red' Newman
- Sam Cooke: Crossing Over as Narrator (voice)
2009
- 2012 as President Thomas Wilson
- Night Train as Miles
- PoliWood as Self
- The Time That Remains ... (Associate Producer)
- The Harimaya Bridge as Joseph Holder
- The People Speak as Self
- Nite Tales: The Series as Jeremiah
2008
- Leverage as Charlie Lawson
- Blindness as Man with Black Eye Patch
- Gospel Hill as John Malcolm
- Be Kind Rewind as Mr. Fletcher
- Trouble the Water ... (Executive Producer)
- Salt of This Sea ... (Co-Producer)
- Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare as Walter Tortoise (voice)
2007
- Shooter as Colonel Isaac Johnson
- Battle for Terra as President Chen (voice)
- Honeydripper as Tyrone Purvis
- Poor Boy's Game as George
- Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation as Father Elias
2006
- Psych as Mel Hornsby
- Brothers and Sisters as Isaac Marshall
- Barnyard as Miles (voice)
- Dreamgirls as Marty Madison
- Bamako as Cow-boy
- The Shaggy Dog as Ken Hollister
- The Adventures of Brer Rabbit as Brer Turtle (voice)
- The Exonerated as David Keaton
- Read You Like a Book
2005
- Criminal Minds as Hank Morgan
- American Dad! as Minstrel Krampus (voice)
- My Name Is Earl as Thomas
- The Reichen Show as Self
- Manderlay as Wilhelm
- The Peace! as Self
- Full Disclosure Report as David Tapp
- The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2' as Self (archive footage)
- Missing in America as Jake Neely
- P.N.O.K. as Col. Weldon
2004
- Saw as David Tapp
- The Cookout as Judge Crowley
- Legend of Earthsea as Ogion
2003
- Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- Good Fences as Tom Spader
- The John Garfield Story as Self
2002
- Just a Dream ... (Director)
- The Real Eve as Narrator (voice)
2001
- The Royal Tenenbaums as Henry Sherman
- 3 A.M. as Hershey
2000
- Bàttu
- Boesman and Lena as Boesman
- Freedom Song as Will Walker
- Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration as Self
1999
- Our Friend, Martin as Train Conductor (voice)
- The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong as Narrator (voice)
- The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen as Self (archive footage)
- Scared Straight! 20 Years Later as Host
1998
- Hollywood Squares as Self - Panelist
- The Prince of Egypt as Jethro (voice)
- Beloved as Paul D
- Antz as Barbatus (voice)
- Lethal Weapon 4 as Roger Murtaugh
- Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life & Music of Robert Johnson as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Soldier Child as Self - Narrator
1997
- The View as Self
- The Rainmaker as Richter Tyrone Kipler
- Gone Fishin' as Gus Green
- Wild America as Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited)
- Switchback as Bob Goodall
- Buffalo Soldiers as Sgt. Washington Wyatt
1996
- America's Dream as Silas (segment "Long Black Song")
1995
- Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child as The King (voice)
- Operation Dumbo Drop as Capt. Sam Cahill
- The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies as Self
- Red Wind as Philip Marlowe
- Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities as Self
- Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain as Isaac Jefferson (voice)
1994
- ER as Charlie Pratt Sr.
- Maverick as Bank Robber (uncredited)
- Angels in the Outfield as George Knox
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- Override ... (Director)
1993
- Fallen Angels as Marlowe
- Bopha! as Micah Mangena
- The Saint of Fort Washington as Jerry
- Alex Haley's Queen as Alec Haley
- The Talking Eggs as Narrator (voice)
- Civil War Journal as Self - Host
1992
- Lethal Weapon 3 as Roger Murtaugh
- Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion as Narrator (voice)
1991
- Grand Canyon as Simon
- Pure Luck as Raymond Campanella
- Flight of the Intruder as Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli
- A Rage in Harlem as Easy Money
1990
- Predator 2 as Lieutenant Mike Harrigan
- Captain Planet and the Planeteers as Dr. Apollo (voice)
- To Sleep with Anger as Harry
- Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby as Narrator (voice)
- Rabbit Ears - Moses in Egypt as Narrator (voice)
1989
- Lethal Weapon 2 as Roger Murtaugh
- Lonesome Dove as Joshua Deets
- A Raisin in the Sun as Walter Lee Younger
- Dead Man Out as Dr. Alex Marsh
- Hollywood on Horses as Self
- Rabbit Ears - How the Leopard Got His Spots as Narrator (voice)
1988
- Bat★21 as Capt. Bartholomew Clark
- A Place at the Table as Mr. Scott
1987
- Lethal Weapon as Roger Murtaugh
- Mandela as Nelson Mandela
1986
- John Henry as John Henry
1985
- Witness as McFee
- The Color Purple as Albert
- Silverado as Malachi 'Mal' Johnson
- Tall Tales & Legends as John Henry
- And the Children Shall Lead as William
- The Stand-In as Apples Finnerty
1984
- Places in the Heart as Moze
- Iceman as Loomis
1983
- Memorial Day as Willie Monroe
- Keeping On as Lester Traylor
- The Face of Rage as Gary
- Chiefs as Marshall Peters
1982
- Out as Jojo / Roland
1981
- Hill Street Blues
- Gimme a Break!
- Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer as Oscar Micheaux
- Chu Chu and the Philly Flash as Morgan
1980
- Palmerstown, U.S.A.
- Great Railway Journeys as Self - Presenter
1979
- Escape from Alcatraz as Inmate
1973
1969
- San Francisco State: On Strike as self
1962
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
1952
- Today as Self