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Danny Glover
Born July 22, 1946
Place of birth: San Francisco, California, USA

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, an...
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Filmography
Actor (243 credits)
Movies
Double SoulMichael Tedeschi
2023
The Naughty NineSanta Claus
2023
American DreamerJerry
2022
De Quanta Terra Precisa o Homem?Ele mesmo
2022
A Night at the Academy MuseumSelf
2021
The DrummerMark Walker
2020
After FactSelf
2020
The Robeson EffectSelf
2019
Redeeming Uncle Tom: The Josiah Henson StoryNarrator
2019
HowardSelf (archive footage)
2018
Death Race: Beyond AnarchyBaltimore Bob
2018
Come SundayGilbert Pearson
2018
The Old Man & the GunTeddy
2018
Proud MaryBenny
2018
VagabondsUncle Issa
2017
ExtortionConstable Haagen
2017
Birth of a MovementNarrator (voice)
2017
The Good CatholicVictor
2017
Monster TrucksMr. Weathers
2016
Back in the DayEddie 'Rocks' Travor
2016
Complete UnknownRoger
2016
DiabloBenjamin Carver
2016
Dirty GrandpaStinky
2016
DarkwebThe Boss
2016
Mr. PigAmbrose
2016
GridlockedSully
2016
Pushing DeadBob
2016
Almost ChristmasWalter
2016
93 DaysDr. Benjamin Ohiaeri
2016
Bad Asses on the BayouBernie Pope
2015
ToxinDr. Locke
2015
ConsumedHal Westbrook
2015
About ScoutRed
2015
CheckmateElohim
2015
Waffle StreetEdward Collins
2015
AndronChancellor Gordon
2015
CaffeinatedCoffee Lover
2015
Chasing ShakespeareWilliam Ward
2014
Beyond the LightsCaptain Nicol
2014
Bad Ass 2: Bad AssesBernie Pope
2014
RageDetective St. John
2014
2047: Sights of DeathSponge
2014
SupremacyMr. Walker
2014
YellowbirdDarius (voice)
2014
Day of the MummyCarl
2014
We Are ManySelf
2014
The Ninja Immovable HeartEx Director Matthew Reynolds
2014
LUVArthur
2013
Highland ParkEd
2013
Tula: The RevoltShinishi
2013
Muhammad Ali's Greatest FightJustice Thurgood Marshall
2013
Space WarriorsCommander Phillips
2013
The BouquetReverend John
2013
ExtractionHarding
2013
Shuffleton's BarbershopCharlie Shuffleton
2013
Alice Walker: Beauty in TruthSelf
2013
The ShiftFloyd
2013
Casting BySelf
2012
The Children's RepublicDubem
2012
Hannah's LawIsom Dart
2012
SinsFather Leonard
2012
The LighthouseDuncan
2012
Mooz-lumDean Francis
2011
Son of MorningGabriel Peters
2011
MysteriaInvestigator
2011
Age of the DragonsAhab
2011
Rise Like LionsSelf (Occupy Oakland)
2011
Donovan's EchoDonovan Matheson
2011
Alpha and OmegaWinston (voice)
2010
Death at a FuneralUncle Russell
2010
LegendaryHarry 'Red' Newman
2010
Down for LifeMr. Shannon
2010
Five Minarets in New YorkMarcus
2010
I Want to Be a SoldierSchool Director
2010
Dear AliceFranzis
2010
2012President Thomas Wilson
2009
Night TrainMiles
2009
The Harimaya BridgeJoseph Holder
2009
The People SpeakSelf
2009
Gospel HillJohn Malcolm
2008
Be Kind RewindMr. Fletcher
2008
BlindnessMan with Black Eye Patch
2008
Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. HareWalter Tortoise (voice)
2008
Saw VDavid Tapp (archive footage) (uncredited)
2008
ShooterColonel Isaac Johnson
2007
HoneydripperTyrone Purvis
2007
Poor Boy's GameGeorge
2007
Battle for TerraPresident Chen (voice)
2007
Namibia: The Struggle for LiberationFather Elias
2007
DreamgirlsMarty Madison
2006
The Shaggy DogKen Hollister
2006
BarnyardMiles the Mule (voice)
2006
The ExoneratedDavid Keaton
2006
BamakoCow-boy
2006
The Adventures of Brer RabbitBrer Turtle (voice)
2006
ManderlayWilhelm
2005
Missing in AmericaJake Neely
2005
The Peace!Self
2005
Full Disclosure ReportDavid Tapp
2005
P.N.O.K.Col. Weldon
2005
SawDavid Tapp
2004
Good FencesTom Spader
2003
The Real EveNarrator (voice)
2002
The Royal TenenbaumsHenry Sherman
2001
3 A.M.Hershey
2001
Boesman and LenaBoesman
2000
Freedom SongWill Walker
2000
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary CelebrationSelf
2000
Scared Straight! 20 Years LaterHost
1999
Our Friend, MartinTrain Conductor (voice)
1999
Lethal Weapon 4Roger Murtaugh
1998
AntzBarbatus (voice)
1998
The Prince of EgyptJethro (voice)
1998
BelovedPaul D
1998
Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life & Music of Robert JohnsonSelf - Narrator (voice)
1998
SwitchbackBob Goodall
1997
The RainmakerRichter Tyrone Kipler
1997
Gone Fishin'Gus Green
1997
Buffalo SoldiersSgt. Washington Wyatt
1997
Wild AmericaBigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited)
1997
America's DreamSilas (segment "Long Black Song")
1996
Operation Dumbo DropCapt. Sam Cahill
1995
Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood CelebritiesSelf
1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American MoviesSelf
1995
Red WindPhilip Marlowe
1995
Angels in the OutfieldGeorge Knox
1994
MaverickBank Robber (uncredited)
1994
The Saint of Fort WashingtonJerry
1993
Bopha!Micah Mangena
1993
The Talking EggsNarrator (voice)
1993
Lethal Weapon 3Roger Murtaugh
1992
Grand CanyonSimon
1991
A Rage in HarlemEasy Money
1991
Flight of the IntruderCmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli
1991
Pure LuckRaymond Campanella
1991
Predator 2Lieutenant Mike Harrigan
1990
To Sleep with AngerHarry
1990
Lethal Weapon 2Roger Murtaugh
1989
Bat★21Capt. Bartholomew Clark
1988
A Place at the TableMr. Scott
1988
Lethal WeaponRoger Murtaugh
1987
MandelaNelson Mandela
1987
John HenryJohn Henry
1986
The Color PurpleAlbert
1985
SilveradoMalachi 'Mal' Johnson
1985
WitnessMcFee
1985
IcemanLoomis
1984
Places in the HeartMoze
1984
Keeping OnLester Traylor
1983
The Face of RageGary
1983
Memorial DayWillie Monroe
1983
Chu Chu and the Philly FlashMorgan
1981
Escape from AlcatrazInmate
1979
San Francisco State: On Strikeself
1969
Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse StoryNarrator (voice)
Newbies
2025
Press PlayCooper
2022
Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq WarNarrator (voice)
2020
Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome ManNarrator (voice)
2020
The Last Black Man in San FranciscoGrandpa Allen
2019
Always in SeasonNarrator (voice)
2019
Jumanji: The Next LevelMilo
2019
The Dead Don't DieHank Thompson
2019
The Revolutionist: Eugene V. DebsNarrator (voice)
2019
Strive
2019
Sorry to Bother YouLangston
2018
Ulysses: A Dark OdysseyMr. Ocean
2018
Survivor's Guide to PrisonSelf
2018
Christmas Break-InRay
2018
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy JonesSelf
2018
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights RevolutionNarrator (voice)
2018
Tour de PharmacySlim Robinson Present Day
2017
Agents of ChangeSelf - Narrator (voice)
2017
The Curse of Buckout RoadDr. Powell
2017
The Christmas TrainMax Powers
2017
Abderrahmane Sissako: Beyond TerritoriesSelf
2017
Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ RightsNarrator (voice)
2016
Mississippi InfernoNarrator (voice)
2015
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
2014
Life's Essentials with Ruby DeeSelf
2014
Shadows of LibertySelf
2012
Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon'Self
2012
I'm Still HereDanny Glover
2010
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern EpicSelf
2010
The End of the World: The Actor's PerspectiveSelf
2010
Sam Cooke: Crossing OverNarrator (voice)
2010
PoliWoodSelf
2009
Read You Like a Book
2006
The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'Self (archive footage)
2005
The CookoutJudge Crowley
2004
The John Garfield StorySelf
2003
Bàttu
2000
The Wonderful World of Louis ArmstrongNarrator (voice)
1999
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to ScreenSelf (archive footage)
1999
Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and Boss LionNarrator (voice)
1992
Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar BabyNarrator (voice)
1990
Rabbit Ears - Moses in EgyptNarrator (voice)
1990
Dead Man OutDr. Alex Marsh
1989
A Raisin in the SunWalter Lee Younger
1989
Hollywood on HorsesSelf
1989
Rabbit Ears - How the Leopard Got His SpotsNarrator (voice)
1989
And the Children Shall LeadWilliam
1985
The Stand-InApples Finnerty
1985
OutJojo / Roland
1982
Oscar Micheaux, Film PioneerOscar Micheaux
1981
Tv
The BeeRoger Murtaugh (archive footage)
2020
Cold Case FilesNarrator (voice)
2017
Mozart in the JungleMayor
2014
black-ishUncle Norman
2014
IronsideFrank Ironside
2013
TouchProfessor Arthur Teller
2012
Nite Tales: The SeriesJeremiah
2009
LeverageCharlie Lawson
2008
Brothers and SistersIsaac Marshall
2006
PsychMel Hornsby
2006
The Reichen ShowSelf
2005
My Name Is EarlThomas
2005
American Dad!Minstrel Krampus (voice)
2005
Criminal MindsHank Morgan
2005
Legend of EarthseaOgion
2004
Real Time with Bill MaherSelf
2003
Hollywood SquaresSelf - Panelist
1998
Hollywood Squares
1998
The ViewSelf
1997
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the MountainIsaac Jefferson (voice)
1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildThe King (voice)
1995
Inside the Actors StudioSelf
1994
ERCharlie Pratt Sr.
1994
Fallen AngelsMarlowe
1993
Alex Haley's QueenAlec Haley
1993
Civil War JournalSelf - Host
1993
Civil War JournalHost
1993
Captain Planet and the PlaneteersDr. Apollo (voice)
1990
Lonesome DoveJoshua Deets
1989
Tall Tales & LegendsJohn Henry
1985
Hill Street Blues
1981
Gimme a Break!
1981
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
1980
Great Railway JourneysSelf - Presenter
1980
The American Film Institute Salute to ...Self
1973
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
1962
Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter
1956
TodaySelf
1952
Producer (38 credits)
Movie
PresidentExecutive Producer
2023
The 9 Lives of Barbara DaneExecutive Producer
2023
Crane LanternExecutive Producer
2022
MemoriaCo-Producer
2021
Prayers for the StolenCo-Producer
2021
In Between DyingExecutive Producer
2021
Easter SnapExecutive Producer
2019
Lynch: A HistoryExecutive Producer
2019
Hale County This Morning, This EveningExecutive Producer
2018
Angels Are Made of LightExecutive Producer
2018
CapernaumExecutive Producer
2018
That SummerExecutive Producer
2017
Strong IslandExecutive Producer
2017
ZamaCo-Producer
2017
White SunExecutive Producer
2016
Shadow WorldExecutive Producer
2016
The House on Coco RoadProducer
2016
Cemetery of SplendorCo-Producer
2015
This Changes EverythingExecutive Producer
2015
Concerning ViolenceCo-Producer
2014
Life Is SacredExecutive Producer
2014
ShenandoahExecutive Producer
2012
The House I Live InExecutive Producer
2012
HighwayProducer
2012
Dum Maaro DumExecutive Producer
2011
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975Producer
2011
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past LivesAssociate Producer
2010
The Time That RemainsAssociate Producer
2009
Trouble the WaterExecutive Producer
2008
Salt of This SeaCo-Producer
2008
BamakoExecutive Producer
2006
Good FencesProducer
2003
3 A.M.Executive Producer
2001
Freedom SongExecutive Producer
2000
Buffalo SoldiersExecutive Producer
1997
America's DreamExecutive Producer
1996
To Sleep with AngerExecutive Producer
1990