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