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Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 22, 1946
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Also Known As
- Danny Lebern Glover
Danny Glover
2.8 Popularity
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
0.0
Newbies
2025
6.3
Santa Claus
The Naughty Nine
2023
5.5
Michael Tedeschi
Double Soul
2023
5.7
Jerry
American Dreamer
2022
0.0
Self
De Quanta Terra Precisa o Homem?
2022
6.5
Cooper
Press Play
2022
7.0
Self
A Night at the Academy Museum
2021
5.8
Mark Walker
The Drummer
2020
8.0
Narrator (voice)
Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man
2020
0.0
Self
After Fact
2020
Credits
Newbies
2025
0.0
The Naughty Nine
as Santa Claus
2023
6.3
Double Soul
as Michael Tedeschi
2023
5.5
American Dreamer
as Jerry
2022
5.7
De Quanta Terra Precisa o Homem?
as Self
2022
0.0
Press Play
as Cooper
2022
6.5
A Night at the Academy Museum
as Self
2021
7.0
The Drummer
as Mark Walker
2020
5.8
Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man
as Narrator (voice)
2020
8.0
After Fact
as Self
2020
0.0
Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War
as Narrator (voice)
2020
0.0
Jumanji: The Next Level
as Milo
2019
6.9
The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs
as Narrator (voice)
2019
10.0
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
as Grandpa Allen
2019
7.0
Strive
2019
1.0
The Dead Don't Die
as Hank Thompson
2019
5.4
Redeeming Uncle Tom: The Josiah Henson Story
as Narrator
2019
0.0
Always in Season
as Narrator (voice)
2019
6.8
The Robeson Effect
as Self
2019
5.0
Christmas Break-In
as Ray
2018
5.7
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
as Self
2018
7.0
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy
as Baltimore Bob
2018
6.2
The Old Man & the Gun
as Teddy
2018
6.4
Sorry to Bother You
as Langston
2018
6.8
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
as Mr. Ocean
2018
4.8
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
as Narrator (voice)
2018
0.0
Howard
as Self (archive footage)
2018
6.8
Survivor's Guide to Prison
as Self
2018
6.3
Come Sunday
as Gilbert Pearson
2018
5.8
Proud Mary
as Benny
2018
5.5
The Christmas Train
as Max Powers
2017
6.4
The Curse of Buckout Road
as Dr. Powell
2017
6.5
Vagabonds
as Uncle Issa
2017
1.0
The Good Catholic
as Victor
2017
5.5
Tour de Pharmacy
as Slim Robinson Present Day
2017
6.7
Agents of Change
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2017
0.0
Cold Case Files
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2017
7.8
Birth of a Movement
as Narrator (voice)
2017
6.4
Extortion
as Constable Haagen
2017
6.2
Abderrahmane Sissako: Beyond Territories
as Self
2017
0.0
Monster Trucks
as Mr. Weathers
2016
6.1
Almost Christmas
as Walter
2016
6.0
Pushing Dead
as Bob
2016
6.0
Complete Unknown
as Roger
2016
5.1
Mr. Pig
as Ambrose
2016
6.0
Gridlocked
as Sully
2016
5.9
Back in the Day
as Eddie 'Rocks' Travor
2016
3.0
Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ Rights
as Narrator (voice)
2016
0.0
93 Days
as Dr. Benjamin Ohiaeri
2016
5.7
Darkweb
as The Boss
2016
2.8
Dirty Grandpa
as Stinky
2016
5.9
Diablo
as Benjamin Carver
2016
4.9
Andron
as Chancellor Gordon
2015
3.7
Waffle Street
as Edward Collins
2015
6.1
Checkmate
as Elohim
2015
3.8
Consumed
as Hal Westbrook
2015
5.4
About Scout
as Red
2015
5.8
Bad Asses on the Bayou
as Bernie Pope
2015
6.0
Mississippi Inferno
as Narrator (voice)
2015
0.0
Caffeinated
as Coffee Lover
2015
6.0
Toxin
as Dr. Locke
2015
3.1
Beyond the Lights
as Captain Nicol
2014
6.8
Day of the Mummy
as Carl
2014
5.2
Yellowbird
as Darius (voice)
2014
5.1
black-ish
as Uncle Norman
2014
7.1
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
as Self
2014
1.5
2047: Sights of Death
as Sponge
2014
2.9
Supremacy
as Mr. Walker
2014
5.7
We Are Many
as Self
2014
6.7
Rage
as Detective St. John
2014
5.3
Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses
as Bernie Pope
2014
6.1
The Ninja Immovable Heart
as Ex Director Matthew Reynolds
2014
4.1
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
2014
0.0
Mozart in the Jungle
as Mayor
2014
7.5
Chasing Shakespeare
as William Ward
2014
3.1
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
as Justice Thurgood Marshall
2013
6.3
Ironside
as Frank Ironside
2013
5.1
Extraction
as Harding
2013
4.9
Tula: The Revolt
as Shinishi
2013
4.5
Highland Park
as Ed
2013
5.6
Shuffleton's Barbershop
as Charlie Shuffleton
2013
5.2
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
as Self
2013
6.0
Space Warriors
as Commander Phillips
2013
5.2
The Shift
as Floyd
2013
5.0
The Bouquet
as Reverend John
2013
5.0
LUV
as Arthur
2013
5.8
Casting By
as Self
2012
6.9
The Children's Republic
as Dubem
2012
5.8
🎬
The Lighthouse
as Duncan
2012
0.0
Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon'
as Self
2012
6.7
Shadows of Liberty
as Self
2012
6.6
Hannah's Law
as Isom Dart
2012
4.9
Sins
as Father Leonard
2012
2.3
Touch
as Professor Arthur Teller
2012
6.6
Mysteria
as Investigator
2011
3.9
🎬
Rise Like Lions
as Self (Occupy Oakland)
2011
0.0
Donovan's Echo
as Donovan Matheson
2011
6.0
Age of the Dragons
as Ahab
2011
4.1
Son of Morning
as Gabriel Peters
2011
2.9
Mooz-lum
as Dean Francis
2011
4.6
I Want to Be a Soldier
as School Director
2010
5.6
Down for Life
as Mr. Shannon
2010
3.5
I'm Still Here
as Danny Glover
2010
6.0
Legendary
as Harry 'Red' Newman
2010
6.5
Dear Alice
as Franzis
2010
5.6
Alpha and Omega
as Winston (voice)
2010
6.0
Death at a Funeral
as Uncle Russell
2010
5.9
Five Minarets in New York
as Marcus
2010
5.6
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
as Self
2010
7.8
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
as Self
2010
7.0
Human Target
as Client
2010
7.2
Sam Cooke: Crossing Over
as Narrator (voice)
2010
0.0
The People Speak
as Self
2009
7.2
2012
as President Thomas Wilson
2009
5.9
Nite Tales: The Series
as Jeremiah
2009
0.0
PoliWood
as Self
2009
6.5
The Harimaya Bridge
as Joseph Holder
2009
4.9
Night Train
as Miles
2009
5.6
Leverage
as Charlie Lawson
2008
7.6
Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare
as Walter Tortoise (voice)
2008
5.7
Blindness
as Man with Black Eye Patch
2008
6.5
Gospel Hill
as John Malcolm
2008
4.7
Be Kind Rewind
as Mr. Fletcher
2008
6.3
Honeydripper
as Tyrone Purvis
2007
5.9
Battle for Terra
as President Chen (voice)
2007
6.2
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
as Father Elias
2007
5.9
Shooter
as Colonel Isaac Johnson
2007
7.1
Poor Boy's Game
as George
2007
5.5
Dreamgirls
as Marty Madison
2006
6.7
Read You Like a Book
2006
3.6
Brothers and Sisters
as Isaac Marshall
2006
7.1
Barnyard
as Miles (voice)
2006
5.9
Psych
as Mel Hornsby
2006
7.9
Bamako
as Cow-boy
2006
6.9
The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
as Brer Turtle (voice)
2006
6.1
The Shaggy Dog
as Ken Hollister
2006
4.9
The Exonerated
as David Keaton
2006
7.2
The Reichen Show
as Self
2005
4.8
Full Disclosure Report
as David Tapp
2005
4.0
Criminal Minds
as Hank Morgan
2005
8.3
My Name Is Earl
as Thomas
2005
7.7
🎬
The Peace!
as Self
2005
5.0
Manderlay
as Wilhelm
2005
6.9
American Dad!
as Minstrel Krampus (voice)
2005
7.0
The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'
as Self (archive footage)
2005
6.0
Missing in America
as Jake Neely
2005
5.8
🎬
P.N.O.K.
as Col. Weldon
2005
0.0
Legend of Earthsea
as Ogion
2004
5.8
Saw
as David Tapp
2004
7.4
The Cookout
as Judge Crowley
2004
4.6
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
2003
6.0
The John Garfield Story
as Self
2003
8.0
Good Fences
as Tom Spader
2003
5.7
The Real Eve
as Narrator (voice)
2002
10.0
The Royal Tenenbaums
as Henry Sherman
2001
7.5
3 A.M.
as Hershey
2001
5.7
Boesman and Lena
as Boesman
2000
5.0
Bàttu
2000
1.0
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
2000
6.2
Freedom Song
as Will Walker
2000
5.5
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
as Self (archive footage)
1999
6.6
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
as Narrator (voice)
1999
0.0
Scared Straight! 20 Years Later
as Host
1999
6.8
Our Friend, Martin
as Train Conductor (voice)
1999
6.9
The Prince of Egypt
as Jethro (voice)
1998
7.3
Beloved
as Paul D
1998
5.8
Antz
as Barbatus (voice)
1998
6.2
Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life & Music of Robert Johnson
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1998
8.8
Hollywood Squares
as Self - Panelist
1998
7.3
Hollywood Squares
as Self
1998
7.3
Lethal Weapon 4
as Roger Murtaugh
1998
6.6
Soldier Child
as Self - Narrator
1998
0.0
Buffalo Soldiers
as Sgt. Washington Wyatt
1997
5.4
The Rainmaker
as Richter Tyrone Kipler
1997
7.0
Switchback
as Bob Goodall
1997
6.0
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
Wild America
as Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited)
1997
6.1
Gone Fishin'
as Gus Green
1997
4.8
America's Dream
as Silas (segment "Long Black Song")
1996
6.4
Red Wind
as Philip Marlowe
1995
0.0
🎬
Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities
as Self
1995
10.0
Operation Dumbo Drop
as Capt. Sam Cahill
1995
5.2
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self
1995
7.8
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
as Isaac Jefferson (voice)
1995
0.0
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as The King (voice)
1995
6.0
ER
as Charlie Pratt Sr.
1994
7.8
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
1994
7.5
Angels in the Outfield
as George Knox
1994
6.0
Maverick
as Bank Robber (uncredited)
1994
6.9
The Saint of Fort Washington
as Jerry
1993
6.6
Bopha!
as Micah Mangena
1993
5.3
🎬
Civil War Journal
as Self - Host
1993
6.3
🎬
Civil War Journal
as Host
1993
6.3
Fallen Angels
as Marlowe
1993
5.9
The Talking Eggs
as Narrator (voice)
1993
0.0
Alex Haley's Queen
as Alec Haley
1993
7.0
🎬
Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion
as Narrator (voice)
1992
0.0
Lethal Weapon 3
as Roger Murtaugh
1992
6.7
Grand Canyon
as Simon
1991
6.4
Pure Luck
as Raymond Campanella
1991
5.5
A Rage in Harlem
as Easy Money
1991
5.4
Flight of the Intruder
as Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli
1991
5.7
Predator 2
as Lieutenant Mike Harrigan
1990
6.3
To Sleep with Anger
as Harry
1990
6.7
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
as Dr. Apollo (voice)
1990
6.8
🎬
Rabbit Ears - Moses in Egypt
as Narrator (voice)
1990
0.0
🎬
Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby
as Narrator (voice)
1990
0.0
Rabbit Ears - How the Leopard Got His Spots
as Narrator (voice)
1989
0.0
Lethal Weapon 2
as Roger Murtaugh
1989
7.0
Dead Man Out
as Dr. Alex Marsh
1989
6.3
Lonesome Dove
as Joshua Deets
1989
7.9
A Raisin in the Sun
as Walter Lee Younger
1989
7.5
🎬
Hollywood on Horses
as Self
1989
3.0
Bat★21
as Capt. Bartholomew Clark
1988
6.3
🎬
A Place at the Table
as Mr. Scott
1988
1.0
Mandela
as Nelson Mandela
1987
4.4
Lethal Weapon
as Roger Murtaugh
1987
7.3
John Henry
as John Henry
1986
0.0
The Color Purple
as Albert
1985
7.7
Tall Tales & Legends
as John Henry
1985
5.4
Silverado
as Malachi 'Mal' Johnson
1985
7.0
The Stand-In
as Apples Finnerty
1985
0.0
Witness
as McFee
1985
7.1
And the Children Shall Lead
as William
1985
10.0
Places in the Heart
as Moze
1984
7.2
Iceman
as Loomis
1984
6.2
🎬
Memorial Day
as Willie Monroe
1983
5.3
Chiefs
as Marshall Peters
1983
8.0
🎬
The Face of Rage
as Gary
1983
1.0
Keeping On
as Lester Traylor
1983
0.0
Out
as Jojo / Roland
1982
4.3
Gimme a Break!
1981
6.6
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
as Morgan
1981
4.6
Hill Street Blues
1981
7.6
Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer
as Oscar Micheaux
1981
0.0
Great Railway Journeys
as Self - Presenter
1980
7.0
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
1980
5.5
Escape from Alcatraz
as Inmate
1979
7.5
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
6.3
San Francisco State: On Strike
as self
1969
0.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
Today
as Self
1952
5.6
🎬
Lethal Weapon 5
as Roger Murtaugh
N/A
0.0
Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story
as Narrator (voice)
N/A
0.0