Danny Glover
ActingAlso Known As
Danny Lebern Glover
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.
Movies
(210 total)
2012
as President Thomas Wilson
Saw
as David Tapp
Shooter
as Colonel Isaac Johnson
Lethal Weapon
as Roger Murtaugh
The Royal Tenenbaums
as Henry Sherman
Antz
as Barbatus (voice)
Dirty Grandpa
as Stinky
The Prince of Egypt
as Jethro (voice)
Predator 2
as Lieutenant Mike Harrigan
Lethal Weapon 2
as Roger Murtaugh
Lethal Weapon 3
as Roger Murtaugh
Escape from Alcatraz
as Inmate
Lethal Weapon 4
as Roger Murtaugh
The Dead Don't Die
as Hank Thompson
The Color Purple
as Albert
Witness
as McFee
Maverick
as Bank Robber (uncredited)
Sorry to Bother You
as Langston
The Old Man & the Gun
as Teddy
TV Shows
(38 total)
Criminal Minds
as Hank Morgan
American Dad!
as Minstrel Krampus (voice)
My Name Is Earl
as Thomas
Psych
as Mel Hornsby
ER
as Charlie Pratt Sr.
Saturday Night Live
as Roger Murtaugh (uncredited)
Leverage
as Charlie Lawson
black-ish
as Uncle Norman
Touch
as Professor Arthur Teller
Mozart in the Jungle
as Mayor
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
as Dr. Apollo (voice)
Lonesome Dove
as Joshua Deets
Brothers and Sisters
as Isaac Marshall
Human Target
as Client
The View
as Self
Legend of Earthsea
as Ogion
