Danny Glover
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 22, 1946 (age 80)
- Place of birth
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Credits
- 261
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
Filmography
Grizzly Peak
2025Movie
Will
Newbies
2025Movie
The Naughty Nine
2023Movie
Santa Claus
Double Soul
2023Movie
Michael Tedeschi
American Dreamer
2022Movie
Jerry
De Quanta Terra Precisa o Homem?
2022Movie
Self
Press Play
2022Movie
Cooper
African Redemption: The Life and Legacy of Marcus Garvey
2022Movie
Self
A Night at the Academy Museum
2021Movie
Self
When I See Them, I See Us
2021Movie
The Drummer
2020Movie
Mark Walker
Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man
2020Movie
Narrator (voice)
After Fact
2020Movie
Self
Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War
2020Movie
Narrator (voice)
Jumanji: The Next Level
2019Movie
Milo
The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs
2019Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
2019Movie
Grandpa Allen
Strive
2019Movie
The Dead Don't Die
2019Movie
Hank Thompson
Redeeming Uncle Tom: The Josiah Henson Story
2019Movie
Narrator
Always in Season
2019Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Robeson Effect
2019Movie
Self
Christmas Break-In
2018Movie
Ray
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
2018Movie
Self
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy
2018Movie
Baltimore Bob
The Old Man & the Gun
2018Movie
Teddy
Sorry to Bother You
2018Movie
Langston
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
2018Movie
Mr. Ocean
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
2018Movie
Narrator (voice)
Howard
2018Movie
Self (archive footage)
Survivor's Guide to Prison
2018Movie
Self
Come Sunday
2018Movie
Gilbert Pearson
Proud Mary
2018Movie
Benny
The Christmas Train
2017Movie
Max Powers
The Curse of Buckout Road
2017Movie
Dr. Powell
Vagabonds
2017Movie
Uncle Issa
The Good Catholic
2017Movie
Victor
Tour de Pharmacy
2017Movie
Slim Robinson Present Day
Agents of Change
2017Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Cold Case Files
2017TV
Self - Narrator (voice)
Birth of a Movement
2017Movie
Narrator (voice)
Extortion
2017Movie
Detective Constable Haagen
Abderrahmane Sissako: Beyond Territories
2017Movie
Self
Monster Trucks
2016Movie
Mr. Weathers
Almost Christmas
2016Movie
Walter
Pushing Dead
2016Movie
Bob
Complete Unknown
2016Movie
Roger
Mr. Pig
2016Movie
Ambrose
Gridlocked
2016Movie
Sully
Dirt & Deeds in Mississippi
2016Movie
Narrator (voice)
Back in the Day
2016Movie
Eddie 'Rocks' Travor
Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ Rights
2016Movie
Narrator (voice)
93 Days
2016Movie
Dr. Benjamin Ohiaeri
Darkweb
2016Movie
The Boss
Dirty Grandpa
2016Movie
Stinky
Diablo
2016Movie
Benjamin Carver
Andron
2015Movie
Chancellor Gordon
Waffle Street
2015Movie
Edward Collins
Checkmate
2015Movie
Elohim
Consumed
2015Movie
Hal Westbrook
About Scout
2015Movie
Red
Bad Asses on the Bayou
2015Movie
Bernie Pope
Mississippi Inferno
2015Movie
Narrator (voice)
Caffeinated
2015Movie
Coffee Lover
Toxin
2015Movie
Dr. Locke
Beyond the Lights
2014Movie
Captain Nicol
Day of the Mummy
2014Movie
Carl
Yellowbird
2014Movie
Darius (voice)
black-ish
2014TV
Uncle Norman
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014Movie
Self
2047: Sights of Death
2014Movie
Sponge
Supremacy
2014Movie
Mr. Walker
We Are Many
2014Movie
Self
Rage
2014Movie
Detective St. John
Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses
2014Movie
Bernie Pope
The Ninja Immovable Heart
2014Movie
Ex Director Matthew Reynolds
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
2014Movie
Self
Mozart in the Jungle
2014TV
Mayor
Chasing Shakespeare
2014Movie
William Ward
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013Movie
Justice Thurgood Marshall
Ironside
2013TV
Frank Ironside
Extraction
2013Movie
Harding
Tula: The Revolt
2013Movie
Shinishi
Highland Park
2013Movie
Ed
Shuffleton's Barbershop
2013Movie
Charlie Shuffleton
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
2013Movie
Self
Space Warriors
2013Movie
Commander Phillips
The Shift
2013Movie
Floyd
The Bouquet
2013Movie
Reverend John
LUV
2013Movie
Arthur
Casting By
2012Movie
Self
The Children's Republic
2012Movie
Dubem
The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America
2012Movie
Count Basie (voice)
The Lighthouse
2012Movie
Duncan
Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon'
2012Movie
Self
Shadows of Liberty
2012Movie
Self
Hannah's Law
2012Movie
Isom Dart
Sins
2012Movie
Father Leonard
Touch
2012TV
Professor Arthur Teller
Mysteria
2011Movie
Investigator
Rise Like Lions
2011Movie
Self (Occupy Oakland)
Donovan's Echo
2011Movie
Donovan Matheson
Age of the Dragons
2011Movie
Ahab
Son of Morning
2011Movie
Gabriel Peters
Mooz-lum
2011Movie
Dean Francis
I Want to Be a Soldier
2010Movie
School Director
Down for Life
2010Movie
Mr. Shannon
I'm Still Here
2010Movie
Danny Glover
Legendary
2010Movie
Harry 'Red' Newman
Dear Alice
2010Movie
Franzis
Alpha and Omega
2010Movie
Winston (voice)
Death at a Funeral
2010Movie
Uncle Russell
Five Minarets in New York
2010Movie
Marcus
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2010Movie
Self
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
2010Movie
Self
Human Target
2010TV
Client
Sam Cooke: Crossing Over
2010Movie
Narrator (voice)
The People Speak
2009Movie
Self
2012
2009Movie
President Thomas Wilson
Nite Tales: The Series
2009TV
Jeremiah
PoliWood
2009Movie
Self
The Harimaya Bridge
2009Movie
Joseph Holder
Night Train
2009Movie
Miles
Leverage
2008TV
Charlie Lawson
Saw V
2008Movie
David Trapp (archive footage)
Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare
2008Movie
Walter Tortoise (voice)
Fats Waller Was Born Here
2008Movie
"Fats" Waller's Father/Mr. Fletcher
Blindness
2008Movie
Man with Black Eye Patch
Be Kind Rewind
2008Movie
Mr. Fletcher
Gospel Hill
2008Movie
John Malcolm
Agent Crush
2008Movie
Major Rusty Gubbins
Honeydripper
2007Movie
Tyrone Purvis
Battle for Terra
2007Movie
President Chen (voice)
Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'
2007Movie
Self
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
2007Movie
Father Elias
Shooter
2007Movie
Colonel Isaac Johnson
Bamako
2007Movie
Cow-boy
Poor Boy's Game
2007Movie
George
Dreamgirls
2006Movie
Marty Madison
Read You Like a Book
2006Movie
Brothers and Sisters
2006TV
Isaac Marshall
Barnyard
2006Movie
Miles (voice)
Psych
2006TV
Mel Hornsby
The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
2006Movie
Brer Turtle (voice)
The Shaggy Dog
2006Movie
Ken Hollister
The Exonerated
2006Movie
David Keaton
The Reichen Show
2005TV
Self
Full Disclosure Report
2005Movie
David Tapp
Criminal Minds
2005TV
Hank Morgan
The Peace!
2005Movie
Self
My Name Is Earl
2005TV
Thomas
Manderlay
2005Movie
Wilhelm
American Dad!
2005TV
Minstrel Krampus (voice)
The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'
2005Movie
Self (archive footage)
Missing in America
2005Movie
Jake Neely
P.N.O.K.
2005Movie
Col. Weldon
Legend of Earthsea
2004TV
Ogion
Saw
2004Movie
David Tapp
The Cookout
2004Movie
Judge Crowley
Earthed
2004Movie
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003TV
Self
The John Garfield Story
2003Movie
Self
Good Fences
2003Movie
Tom Spader
The Real Eve
2002Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001Movie
Henry Sherman
3 A.M.
2001Movie
Hershey
Democracy Now!
2001TV
Self (archive footage)
Boesman and Lena
2000Movie
Boesman
Bàttu
2000Movie
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
2000Movie
Self
Freedom Song
2000Movie
Will Walker
Ennis' Gift
2000Movie
Self
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
1999Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
1999Movie
Narrator (voice)
Scared Straight! 20 Years Later
1999Movie
Host
Our Friend, Martin
1999Movie
Train Conductor (voice)
The Prince of Egypt
1998Movie
Jethro (voice)
Beloved
1998Movie
Paul D
Antz
1998Movie
Barbatus (voice)
Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life & Music of Robert Johnson
1998Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Hollywood Squares
1998TV
Self - Panelist
Lethal Weapon 4
1998Movie
Roger Murtaugh
Soldier Child
1998Movie
Self - Narrator
Buffalo Soldiers
1997Movie
Sgt. Washington Wyatt
The Rainmaker
1997Movie
Richter Tyrone Kipler
Switchback
1997Movie
Bob Goodall
The View
1997TV
Self
Wild America
1997Movie
Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited)
Gone Fishin'
1997Movie
Gus Green
America's Dream
1996Movie
Silas (segment "Long Black Song")
Red Wind
1995Movie
Philip Marlowe
Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities
1995Movie
Self
Operation Dumbo Drop
1995Movie
Capt. Sam Cahill
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995Movie
Self
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
1995TV
Isaac Jefferson (voice)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995TV
The King (voice)
ER
1994TV
Charlie Pratt Sr.
Inside the Actors Studio
1994TV
Self
Angels in the Outfield
1994Movie
George Knox
Maverick
1994Movie
Bank Robber (uncredited)
The Saint of Fort Washington
1993Movie
Jerry
Bopha!
1993Movie
Micah Mangena
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993TV
Self - Guest
Civil War Journal
1993TV
Self - Host, Host
Fallen Angels
1993TV
Marlowe
The Talking Eggs
1993Movie
Narrator (voice)
Alex Haley's Queen
1993TV
Alec Haley
Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion
1992Movie
Narrator (voice)
Lethal Weapon 3
1992Movie
Roger Murtaugh
Grand Canyon
1991Movie
Simon
A Party For Richard Pryor
1991Movie
Self
Pure Luck
1991Movie
Raymond Campanella
A Rage in Harlem
1991Movie
Easy Money
Flight of the Intruder
1991Movie
Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli
Predator 2
1990Movie
Lieutenant Mike Harrigan
To Sleep with Anger
1990Movie
Harry
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990TV
Dr. Apollo (voice)
Rabbit Ears - Moses in Egypt
1990Movie
Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby
1990Movie
Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - How the Leopard Got His Spots
1989Movie
Narrator (voice)
Lethal Weapon 2
1989Movie
Roger Murtaugh
Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary
1989Movie
Self
Dead Man Out
1989Movie
Dr. Alex Marsh
Lonesome Dove
1989TV
Joshua Deets
A Raisin in the Sun
1989Movie
Walter Lee Younger
Hollywood on Horses
1989Movie
Self
Bat★21
1988Movie
Capt. Bartholomew Clark
A Place at the Table
1988Movie
Mr. Scott
Mandela
1987Movie
Nelson Mandela
Lethal Weapon
1987Movie
Roger Murtaugh
The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson
1987Movie
Self
John Henry
1986Movie
John Henry
The Color Purple
1985Movie
Albert
Tall Tales & Legends
1985TV
John Henry
Silverado
1985Movie
Malachi 'Mal' Johnson
The Stand-In
1985Movie
Apples Finnerty
Witness
1985Movie
McFee
And the Children Shall Lead
1985Movie
William
Places in the Heart
1984Movie
Moze
Iceman
1984Movie
Loomis
Memorial Day
1983Movie
Willie Monroe
The Face of Rage
1983Movie
Gary
Keeping On
1983Movie
Lester Traylor
American Playhouse
1982TV
Lester Traylor, Walter Lee Younger
Out
1982Movie
Jojo / Roland
Gimme a Break!
1981TV
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
1981Movie
Morgan
Hill Street Blues
1981TV
Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer
1981Movie
Oscar Micheaux
Great Railway Journeys
1980TV
Self - Presenter
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
1980TV
Escape from Alcatraz
1979Movie
Inmate
Saturday Night Live
1975TV
Roger Murtaugh (uncredited)
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973TV
Self
San Francisco State: On Strike
1969Movie
self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962TV
Self
Tony Awards
1956TV
Self - Presenter
Today
1952TV
Self
Lethal Weapon 5
Movie
Roger Murtaugh
Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story
Movie
Narrator (voice)
Killing Winston Jones
Movie
Washington Carver