Danny Glover
1 FOLLOWER • 76 CREDITS • JUL 22, 1946 • 78
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.
Known For
Criminal Minds
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Tony Awards
American Dad!
My Name Is Earl
Psych
ER
Hollywood Squares
Hill Street Blues
Mozart in the Jungle
Ironside
Leverage
black-ish
Real Time with Bill Maher
Brothers and Sisters
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Today
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
Gimme a Break!
Fallen Angels
Touch
Maverick
Escape from Alcatraz
Saw V
The American West
Tour de Pharmacy
Tall Tales & Legends
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Jumanji: The Next Level
Dirty Grandpa
Death at a Funeral
Chiefs
The Rainmaker
The Royal Tenenbaums
2012
Sorry to Bother You
Witness
The Dead Don't Die
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Alex Haley's Queen
The Prince of Egypt
Lonesome Dove
American Dreamer
Space Warriors
Rage
Monster Trucks
Dreamgirls
Places in the Heart
The Memory Police
The Shaggy Dog
Saw
Be Kind Rewind
Shooter
Come Sunday
Blindness
The Christmas Train
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy
Legend of Earthsea
Extraction
Lethal Weapon 4
93 Days
Lethal Weapon 2
Lethal Weapon 3
Lethal Weapon
Switchback
America's Dream
Flight of the Intruder
Predator 2
The Color Purple
Day of the Mummy
Operation Dumbo Drop
Angels in the Outfield
Production Credits
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