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Danny Glover
Known for: ActingDanny 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.
Filmography 138
The Prince of Egypt
as Jethro (voice) 
Antz
as Barbatus (voice) 
2012
as President Thomas Wilson 
Predator 2
as Lieutenant Mike Harrigan 
Jumanji: The Next Level
as Milo 
The Royal Tenenbaums
as Henry Sherman 
Lethal Weapon
as Roger Murtaugh 
Saw
as David Tapp 
Lethal Weapon 4
as Roger Murtaugh 
Rage
as Detective St. John 
Lethal Weapon 3
as Roger Murtaugh 
Lethal Weapon 2
as Roger Murtaugh 
Blindness
as Man with Black Eye Patch 
Legend of Earthsea
as Ogion 
Shooter
as Colonel Isaac Johnson 
Dirty Grandpa
as Stinky 
Lonesome Dove
as Joshua Deets 
The Dead Don't Die
as Hank Thompson 
The Rainmaker
as Richter Tyrone Kipler 
The Color Purple
as Albert 
Monster Trucks
as Mr. Weathers 
Sorry to Bother You
as Langston 
Barnyard
as Miles (voice) 
Witness
as McFee 
Death at a Funeral
as Uncle Russell 
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
as Grandpa Allen 
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy
as Baltimore Bob 
Alpha and Omega
as Winston (voice) 
The Naughty Nine
as Santa Claus 
The Old Man & the Gun
as Teddy 
Battle for Terra
as President Chen (voice) 
Alex Haley's Queen
as Alec Haley 
The Shaggy Dog
as Ken Hollister 
Dreamgirls
as Marty Madison 
Almost Christmas
as Walter 
Be Kind Rewind
as Mr. Fletcher 
I'm Still Here
as Danny Glover 
Angels in the Outfield
as George Knox 
Silverado
as Malachi 'Mal' Johnson 
American Dreamer
as Jerry 
Places in the Heart
as Moze 
Press Play
as Cooper 
Proud Mary
as Benny 
Yellowbird
as Darius (voice) 
The Christmas Train
as Max Powers 
Gone Fishin'
as Gus Green 
Bad Asses on the Bayou
as Bernie Pope 
Manderlay
as Wilhelm 
Civil War Journal
as Host 
Mr. Pig
as Ambrose 
Extortion
as Detective Constable Haagen 
Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses
as Bernie Pope 
Night Train
as Miles 
Beyond the Lights
as Captain Nicol 
Beloved
as Paul D 
Flight of the Intruder
as Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli 
Tour de Pharmacy
as Slim Robinson Present Day 
Age of the Dragons
as Ahab 
Pure Luck
as Raymond Campanella 
Switchback
as Bob Goodall 
Iceman
as Loomis 
Five Minarets in New York
as Marcus 
Complete Unknown
as Roger 
Come Sunday
as Gilbert Pearson 
Operation Dumbo Drop
as Capt. Sam Cahill 
A Rage in Harlem
as Easy Money 
Wild America
as Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited) 
Extraction
as Harding 
Supremacy
as Mr. Walker 
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
as Justice Thurgood Marshall 
The Cookout
as Judge Crowley 
Back in the Day
as Eddie 'Rocks' Travor 
Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare
as Walter Tortoise (voice) 
Legendary
as Harry 'Red' Newman 
Andron
as Chancellor Gordon 
The Saint of Fort Washington
as Jerry 
Checkmate
as Elohim 
Gridlocked
as Sully 
To Sleep with Anger
as Harry 
Shuffleton's Barbershop
as Charlie Shuffleton 
Bat★21
as Capt. Bartholomew Clark 
Poor Boy's Game
as George 
Survivor's Guide to Prison
as Self 
Toxin
as Dr. Locke 
About Scout
as Red 
2047: Sights of Death
as Sponge 
We Are Many
as Self 
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
as Mr. Ocean 
Missing in America
as Jake Neely 
The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
as Brer Turtle (voice) 
LUV
as Arthur 
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Producer 
Space Warriors
as Commander Phillips 
Dear Alice
as Franzis 
Day of the Mummy
as Carl 
Hannah's Law
as Isom Dart 
Buffalo Soldiers
as Sgt. Washington Wyatt 
Diablo
as Benjamin Carver 
The Curse of Buckout Road
as Dr. Powell 
Bopha!
as Micah Mangena 
The Drummer
as Mark Walker 
The People Speak
as Self 
Christmas Break-In
as Ray 
Donovan's Echo
as Donovan Matheson 
Son of Morning
as Gabriel Peters 
Consumed
as Hal Westbrook 
Agent Crush
as Major Rusty Gubbins 
Birth of a Movement
as Narrator (voice) 
Pushing Dead
as Bob 
Honeydripper
as Tyrone Purvis 
The Ninja Immovable Heart
as Ex Director Matthew Reynolds 
Just a Dream
Director 
The Bouquet
as Reverend John 
Sins
as Father Leonard 
Waffle Street
as Edward Collins 
Mandela
as Nelson Mandela 
Bamako
as Cow-boy 
The Children's Republic
as Dubem 
PoliWood
as Self 
The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America
as Count Basie (voice) 
The Good Catholic
as Victor 
Highland Park
as Ed 
And the Children Shall Lead
as William 
3 A.M.
as Hershey 
Tula: The Revolt
as Shinishi 
Good Fences
as Tom Spader 
Vagabonds
as Uncle Issa 
After Fact
as Self 
Mysteria
as Investigator 
Mooz-lum
as Dean Francis 
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
as Narrator (voice) 
The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs
as Narrator (voice) 
Shadows of Liberty
as Self