Danny Glover
Acting
Born: July 22, 1946 (age 80) · San Francisco, California, USA
Highest Rated
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
2012
2009
Saw
2004
Jumanji: The Next Level
2019
Shooter
2007
Lethal Weapon
1987
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001
Antz
1998
Dirty Grandpa
2016
The Prince of Egypt
1998
Criminal Minds
2005
Predator 2
1990
Lethal Weapon 2
1989
Photos (8)
Movies (170)
2012
President Thomas Wilson
Jumanji: The Next Level
Milo
Saw
David Tapp
Shooter
Colonel Isaac Johnson
The Prince of Egypt
Jethro (voice)
Lethal Weapon
Roger Murtaugh
Escape from Alcatraz
Inmate
Predator 2
Lieutenant Mike Harrigan
Antz
Barbatus (voice)
Lethal Weapon 2
Roger Murtaugh
Lethal Weapon 4
Roger Murtaugh
Lethal Weapon 3
Roger Murtaugh
The Royal Tenenbaums
Henry Sherman
Barnyard
Miles (voice)
The Rainmaker
Richter Tyrone Kipler
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy
Baltimore Bob
Dirty Grandpa
Stinky
Dreamgirls
Marty Madison
Maverick
Bank Robber (uncredited)
Sorry to Bother You
Langston
Monster Trucks
Mr. Weathers
The Color Purple
Albert
Witness
McFee
The Dead Don't Die
Hank Thompson
Blindness
Man with Black Eye Patch
Silverado
Malachi 'Mal' Johnson
Extortion
Detective Constable Haagen
Mr. Pig
Ambrose
Death at a Funeral
Uncle Russell
Angels in the Outfield
George Knox
Places in the Heart
Moze
Rage
Detective St. John
Almost Christmas
Walter
Battle for Terra
President Chen (voice)
Be Kind Rewind
Mr. Fletcher
The Shaggy Dog
Ken Hollister
Switchback
Bob Goodall
The Old Man & the Gun
Teddy
Alpha and Omega
Winston (voice)
Gone Fishin'
Gus Green
Manderlay
Wilhelm
I'm Still Here
Danny Glover
Complete Unknown
Roger
Beloved
Paul D
Iceman
Loomis
Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses
Bernie Pope
The Naughty Nine
Santa Claus
Pure Luck
Raymond Campanella
Operation Dumbo Drop
Capt. Sam Cahill
Tour de Pharmacy
Slim Robinson Present Day
Yellowbird
Darius (voice)
Flight of the Intruder
Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli
Proud Mary
Benny
Andron
Chancellor Gordon
Bad Asses on the Bayou
Bernie Pope
Night Train
Miles
Press Play
Cooper
Extraction
Harding
Grand Canyon
Simon
Beyond the Lights
Captain Nicol
Grizzly Peak
Will
Come Sunday
Gilbert Pearson
Toxin
Dr. Locke
American Dreamer
Jerry
Bat★21
Capt. Bartholomew Clark
Age of the Dragons
Ahab
A Rage in Harlem
Easy Money
The Cookout
Judge Crowley
Our Friend, Martin
Train Conductor (voice)
The Christmas Train
Max Powers
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Grandpa Allen
Five Minarets in New York
Marcus
Honeydripper
Tyrone Purvis
LUV
Arthur
Gospel Hill
John Malcolm
Wild America
Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited)
The Children's Republic
Dubem
Bopha!
Micah Mangena
Consumed
Hal Westbrook
Agent Crush
Major Rusty Gubbins
Diablo
Benjamin Carver
Mandela
Nelson Mandela
Gridlocked
Sully
2047: Sights of Death
Sponge
The Saint of Fort Washington
Jerry
3 A.M.
Hershey
Bamako
Cow-boy
Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare
Walter Tortoise (voice)
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
Mr. Ocean
Hannah's Law
Isom Dart
Missing in America
Jake Neely
To Sleep with Anger
Harry
Waffle Street
Edward Collins
Supremacy
Mr. Walker
Poor Boy's Game
George
Donovan's Echo
Donovan Matheson
Vagabonds
Uncle Issa
Christmas Break-In
Ray
Tula: The Revolt
Shinishi
Son of Morning
Gabriel Peters
Darkweb
The Boss
Back in the Day
Eddie 'Rocks' Travor
Checkmate
Elohim
Buffalo Soldiers
Sgt. Washington Wyatt
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Justice Thurgood Marshall
Legendary
Harry 'Red' Newman
Highland Park
Ed
The Real Eve
Narrator (voice)
Space Warriors
Commander Phillips
The Curse of Buckout Road
Dr. Powell
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
Father Elias
Earthed
2004
The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
Brer Turtle (voice)
Double Soul
Michael Tedeschi
Down for Life
Mr. Shannon
The Ninja Immovable Heart
Ex Director Matthew Reynolds
About Scout
Red
93 Days
Dr. Benjamin Ohiaeri
Good Fences
Tom Spader
Shuffleton's Barbershop
Charlie Shuffleton
Pushing Dead
Bob
America's Dream
Silas (segment "Long Black Song")
Day of the Mummy
Carl
Mysteria
Investigator
Mississippi Inferno
Narrator (voice)
Dead Man Out
Dr. Alex Marsh
Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer
Oscar Micheaux
Caffeinated
Coffee Lover
Chasing Shakespeare
William Ward
Boesman and Lena
Boesman
The Drummer
Mark Walker
Keeping On
Lester Traylor
The Bouquet
Reverend John
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
Morgan
I Want to Be a Soldier
School Director
Dear Alice
Franzis
The Harimaya Bridge
Joseph Holder
The Exonerated
David Keaton
Freedom Song
Will Walker
Full Disclosure Report
David Tapp
Always in Season
Narrator (voice)
Mooz-lum
Dean Francis
Out
Jojo / Roland
Fats Waller Was Born Here
"Fats" Waller's Father/Mr. Fletcher
Sins
Father Leonard
A Raisin in the Sun
Walter Lee Younger
And the Children Shall Lead
William
The Stand-In
Apples Finnerty
Sam Cooke: Crossing Over
Narrator (voice)
The Shift
Floyd
When I See Them, I See Us
2021
The Good Catholic
Victor
Red Wind
Philip Marlowe
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
2014
Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ Rights
Narrator (voice)
Scared Straight! 20 Years Later
Host
John Henry
John Henry
The Talking Eggs
Narrator (voice)
The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs
Narrator (voice)
Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Narrator (voice)
Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War
Narrator (voice)
Birth of a Movement
Narrator (voice)
Strive
2019
Read You Like a Book
2006
Bàttu
2000
Redeeming Uncle Tom: The Josiah Henson Story
Narrator
Newbies
2025
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
Narrator (voice)
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - How the Leopard Got His Spots
Narrator (voice)
TV Shows (28)
Criminal Minds
Hank Morgan · 1 eps
American Dad!
Minstrel Krampus (voice) · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Roger Murtaugh (uncredited) · 1 eps
Psych
Mel Hornsby · 1 eps
ER
Charlie Pratt Sr. · 4 eps
American Playhouse
Lester Traylor · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Walter Lee Younger · 1 eps
Hill Street Blues
4 eps
black-ish
Uncle Norman · 1 eps
My Name Is Earl
Thomas · 1 eps
Brothers and Sisters
Isaac Marshall · 6 eps
Leverage
Charlie Lawson · 1 eps
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Dr. Apollo (voice) · 1 eps
Human Target
Client · 1 eps
Mozart in the Jungle
Mayor · 1 eps
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
The King (voice) · 1 eps
Touch
Professor Arthur Teller · 5 eps
Fallen Angels
Marlowe · 1 eps
Gimme a Break!
1 eps
Lonesome Dove
Joshua Deets · 4 eps
Ironside
Frank Ironside · 1 eps
Tall Tales & Legends
John Henry · 1 eps
Alex Haley's Queen
Alec Haley · 3 eps
Legend of Earthsea
Ogion · 2 eps
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
1 eps
Civil War Journal
Host · 54 eps
Nite Tales: The Series
Jeremiah · 1 eps
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
Isaac Jefferson (voice) · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (40)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 1 eps
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self · 1 eps
Hollywood Squares
Self - Panelist · 20 eps
The View
Self · 3 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
Today
Self · 2 eps
Cold Case Files
Self - Narrator (voice) · 10 eps
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self · 1 eps
Civil War Journal
Self - Host · 4 eps
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self
The People Speak
Self
Great Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
Howard
Self (archive footage)
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
Self
We Are Many
Self
Survivor's Guide to Prison
Self
San Francisco State: On Strike
self
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 eps
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
Self (archive footage)
The John Garfield Story
Self
PoliWood
Self
Casting By
Self
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
Self
Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary
Self
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Self
After Fact
Self
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
Self
Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'
Self
Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon'
Self
Soldier Child
Self - Narrator
The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'
Self (archive footage)
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
Self
De Quanta Terra Precisa o Homem?
Self
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
Self
Abderrahmane Sissako: Beyond Territories
Self
Shadows of Liberty
Self
A Night at the Academy Museum
Self
The Robeson Effect
Self
Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life & Music of Robert Johnson
Self - Narrator (voice)
Agents of Change
Self - Narrator (voice)
Upcoming (3)
Directing (2)
Producing (39)
Capernaum
Executive Producer
Crane Lantern
Executive Producer
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Associate Producer
Prayers for the Stolen
Co-Producer
Memoria
Co-Producer
President
Executive Producer
The House I Live In
Executive Producer
Zama
Co-Producer
Concerning Violence
Co-Producer
3 A.M.
Executive Producer
Bamako
Executive Producer
Highway
Producer
Shadow World
Executive Producer
Cemetery of Splendor
Co-Producer
Our Land
Executive Producer
To Sleep with Anger
Executive Producer
Dum Maaro Dum
Executive Producer
Buffalo Soldiers
Executive Producer
This Changes Everything
Executive Producer
The Time That Remains
Associate Producer
The War on Cuba
Executive Producer
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Producer
Good Fences
Producer
Strong Island
Executive Producer
America's Dream
Executive Producer
Lynch: A History
Executive Producer
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Executive Producer
Salt of This Sea
Co-Producer
White Sun
Executive Producer
Freedom Song
Executive Producer
Angels Are Made of Light
Executive Producer
Life Is Sacred
Executive Producer
That Summer
Executive Producer
In Between Dying
Executive Producer
Easter Snap
Executive Producer
Trouble the Water
Executive Producer
The House on Coco Road
Producer
The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane
Executive Producer
Shenandoah
Executive Producer