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 (171)
The Prince of Egypt
Jethro (voice)
Jumanji: The Next Level
Milo
Antz
Barbatus (voice)
Saw
David Tapp
Lethal Weapon
Roger Murtaugh
2012
President Thomas Wilson
Lethal Weapon 2
Roger Murtaugh
Escape from Alcatraz
Inmate
Lethal Weapon 4
Roger Murtaugh
Dirty Grandpa
Stinky
Predator 2
Lieutenant Mike Harrigan
The Royal Tenenbaums
Henry Sherman
Lethal Weapon 3
Roger Murtaugh
Sorry to Bother You
Langston
Almost Christmas
Walter
The Rainmaker
Richter Tyrone Kipler
Battle for Terra
President Chen (voice)
Shooter
Colonel Isaac Johnson
The Color Purple
Albert
Saw V
David Trapp (archive footage)
Rage
Detective St. John
Blindness
Man with Black Eye Patch
Death at a Funeral
Uncle Russell
Witness
McFee
The Dead Don't Die
Hank Thompson
Barnyard
Miles (voice)
American Dreamer
Jerry
Monster Trucks
Mr. Weathers
The Shaggy Dog
Ken Hollister
Alpha and Omega
Winston (voice)
Complete Unknown
Roger
Places in the Heart
Moze
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy
Baltimore Bob
I'm Still Here
Danny Glover
The Old Man & the Gun
Teddy
Press Play
Cooper
The Naughty Nine
Santa Claus
Be Kind Rewind
Mr. Fletcher
Yellowbird
Darius (voice)
Iceman
Loomis
Maverick
Bank Robber (uncredited)
Dreamgirls
Marty Madison
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Grandpa Allen
Bad Asses on the Bayou
Bernie Pope
Age of the Dragons
Ahab
Switchback
Bob Goodall
Silverado
Malachi 'Mal' Johnson
Gone Fishin'
Gus Green
Angels in the Outfield
George Knox
Beloved
Paul D
The Christmas Train
Max Powers
Manderlay
Wilhelm
Bat★21
Capt. Bartholomew Clark
Night Train
Miles
The Saint of Fort Washington
Jerry
Extortion
Detective Constable Haagen
Legendary
Harry 'Red' Newman
Wild America
Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited)
Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses
Bernie Pope
Beyond the Lights
Captain Nicol
Flight of the Intruder
Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli
Come Sunday
Gilbert Pearson
Gridlocked
Sully
Proud Mary
Benny
Pure Luck
Raymond Campanella
Tour de Pharmacy
Slim Robinson Present Day
Double Soul
Michael Tedeschi
Supremacy
Mr. Walker
A Rage in Harlem
Easy Money
To Sleep with Anger
Harry
Toxin
Dr. Locke
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Justice Thurgood Marshall
Consumed
Hal Westbrook
Diablo
Benjamin Carver
Waffle Street
Edward Collins
Agent Crush
Major Rusty Gubbins
Day of the Mummy
Carl
Operation Dumbo Drop
Capt. Sam Cahill
Sins
Father Leonard
Donovan's Echo
Donovan Matheson
Extraction
Harding
About Scout
Red
Mr. Pig
Ambrose
The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
Brer Turtle (voice)
Grand Canyon
Simon
Andron
Chancellor Gordon
Checkmate
Elohim
2047: Sights of Death
Sponge
Grizzly Peak
Will
Five Minarets in New York
Marcus
Poor Boy's Game
George
Honeydripper
Tyrone Purvis
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
Mr. Ocean
Freedom Song
Will Walker
The Cookout
Judge Crowley
Down for Life
Mr. Shannon
Our Friend, Martin
Train Conductor (voice)
Back in the Day
Eddie 'Rocks' Travor
Son of Morning
Gabriel Peters
Bamako
Cow-boy
Space Warriors
Commander Phillips
Mandela
Nelson Mandela
Christmas Break-In
Ray
The Ninja Immovable Heart
Ex Director Matthew Reynolds
Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare
Walter Tortoise (voice)
The Curse of Buckout Road
Dr. Powell
LUV
Arthur
Darkweb
The Boss
The Bouquet
Reverend John
Birth of a Movement
Narrator (voice)
The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America
Count Basie (voice)
Dear Alice
Franzis
Bopha!
Micah Mangena
Hannah's Law
Isom Dart
Gospel Hill
John Malcolm
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
Morgan
Missing in America
Jake Neely
3 A.M.
Hershey
Always in Season
Narrator (voice)
Shuffleton's Barbershop
Charlie Shuffleton
Earthed
2004
The Drummer
Mark Walker
And the Children Shall Lead
William
Mississippi Inferno
Narrator (voice)
Pushing Dead
Bob
Tula: The Revolt
Shinishi
Buffalo Soldiers
Sgt. Washington Wyatt
Read You Like a Book
2006
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
Father Elias
Caffeinated
Coffee Lover
Sam Cooke: Crossing Over
Narrator (voice)
When I See Them, I See Us
2021
The Children's Republic
Dubem
I Want to Be a Soldier
School Director
Vagabonds
Uncle Issa
Out
Jojo / Roland
Good Fences
Tom Spader
93 Days
Dr. Benjamin Ohiaeri
Mooz-lum
Dean Francis
Chasing Shakespeare
William Ward
Boesman and Lena
Boesman
Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer
Oscar Micheaux
Dead Man Out
Dr. Alex Marsh
A Raisin in the Sun
Walter Lee Younger
The Harimaya Bridge
Joseph Holder
Keeping On
Lester Traylor
The Stand-In
Apples Finnerty
Highland Park
Ed
The Exonerated
David Keaton
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
Narrator (voice)
Full Disclosure Report
David Tapp
The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs
Narrator (voice)
Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Narrator (voice)
America's Dream
Silas (segment "Long Black Song")
Mysteria
Investigator
John Henry
John Henry
Strive
2019
Red Wind
Philip Marlowe
The Real Eve
Narrator (voice)
The Talking Eggs
Narrator (voice)
Fats Waller Was Born Here
"Fats" Waller's Father/Mr. Fletcher
The Shift
Floyd
Newbies
2025
Scared Straight! 20 Years Later
Host
Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War
Narrator (voice)
Bàttu
2000
The Good Catholic
Victor
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
Narrator (voice)
Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ Rights
Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - How the Leopard Got His Spots
Narrator (voice)
Redeeming Uncle Tom: The Josiah Henson Story
Narrator
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
My Name Is Earl
Thomas · 1 eps
Hill Street Blues
4 eps
black-ish
Uncle Norman · 1 eps
Brothers and Sisters
Isaac Marshall · 6 eps
American Playhouse
Lester Traylor · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Walter Lee Younger · 1 eps
Leverage
Charlie Lawson · 1 eps
Mozart in the Jungle
Mayor · 1 eps
Touch
Professor Arthur Teller · 5 eps
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Dr. Apollo (voice) · 1 eps
Human Target
Client · 1 eps
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
The King (voice) · 1 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
Legend of Earthsea
Ogion · 2 eps
Alex Haley's Queen
Alec Haley · 3 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 (45)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 1 eps
The View
Self · 3 eps
Hollywood Squares
Self - Panelist · 20 eps
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
Democracy Now!
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Democracy Now!
Self · 1 eps
Today
Self · 2 eps
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self · 1 eps
Cold Case Files
Self - Narrator (voice) · 10 eps
Civil War Journal
Self - Host · 4 eps
Great Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
Survivor's Guide to Prison
Self
The People Speak
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 eps
We Are Many
Self
Howard
Self (archive footage)
Casting By
Self
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Self
The John Garfield Story
Self
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
Self (archive footage)
Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon'
Self
A Night at the Academy Museum
Self
After Fact
Self
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
Self
PoliWood
Self
Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'
Self
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
Self
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
Self
African Redemption: The Life and Legacy of Marcus Garvey
Self
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
Self
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
Self
Soldier Child
Self - Narrator
The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'
Self (archive footage)
San Francisco State: On Strike
self
Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life & Music of Robert Johnson
Self - Narrator (voice)
Shadows of Liberty
Self
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
Self
Abderrahmane Sissako: Beyond Territories
Self
The Robeson Effect
Self
De Quanta Terra Precisa o Homem?
Self
Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary
Self
Agents of Change
Self - Narrator (voice)
Upcoming (2)
Directing (2)
Producing (39)
Prayers for the Stolen
Co-Producer
Capernaum
Executive Producer
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Associate Producer
Strong Island
Executive Producer
Zama
Co-Producer
To Sleep with Anger
Executive Producer
Memoria
Co-Producer
Dum Maaro Dum
Executive Producer
Freedom Song
Executive Producer
President
Executive Producer
Our Land
Executive Producer
The House I Live In
Executive Producer
Bamako
Executive Producer
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Executive Producer
The War on Cuba
Executive Producer
Highway
Producer
Cemetery of Splendor
Co-Producer
Crane Lantern
Executive Producer
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Producer
3 A.M.
Executive Producer
Trouble the Water
Executive Producer
White Sun
Executive Producer
The Time That Remains
Associate Producer
In Between Dying
Executive Producer
Buffalo Soldiers
Executive Producer
Salt of This Sea
Co-Producer
Lynch: A History
Executive Producer
Life Is Sacred
Executive Producer
Good Fences
Producer
This Changes Everything
Executive Producer
That Summer
Executive Producer
Shadow World
Executive Producer
Angels Are Made of Light
Executive Producer
America's Dream
Executive Producer
The House on Coco Road
Producer
Shenandoah
Executive Producer
The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane
Executive Producer
Concerning Violence
Co-Producer
Easter Snap
Executive Producer
