Danny Glover
Born in San Francisco, California, USA — Jul 22 1946
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 Opera…
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Criminal Minds
Hank Morgan
American Dad!
Minstrel Krampus (voice)
ER
Charlie Pratt Sr.
Psych
Mel Hornsby
black-ish
Uncle Norman
My Name Is Earl
Thomas
Brothers and Sisters
Isaac Marshall
Hollywood Squares
Self - Panelist
Hill Street Blues
Leverage
Charlie Lawson
Touch
Professor Arthur Teller
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Dr. Apollo (voice)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
The King (voice)
Fallen Angels
Marlowe
Human Target
Client
Gimme a Break!
2012
President Thomas Wilson
Mozart in the Jungle
Mayor
Saw
David Tapp
Shooter
Colonel Isaac Johnson
Jumanji: The Next Level
Milo
Lethal Weapon
Roger Murtaugh
Ironside
Frank Ironside
Capernaum
Production
Predator 2
Lieutenant Mike Harrigan
The Prince of Egypt
Jethro (voice)
Lonesome Dove
Joshua Deets
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
Antz
Barbatus (voice)
Lethal Weapon 4
Roger Murtaugh
Cold Case Files
Self - Narrator (voice)
Tall Tales & Legends
John Henry
Lethal Weapon 2
Roger Murtaugh
Silverado
Malachi 'Mal' Johnson
Dreamgirls
Marty Madison
Lethal Weapon 3
Roger Murtaugh
The Color Purple
Albert
Monster Trucks
Mr. Weathers
The Royal Tenenbaums
Henry Sherman
The Rainmaker
Richter Tyrone Kipler
Barnyard
Miles (voice)
Escape from Alcatraz
Inmate
Witness
McFee
Extortion
Detective Constable Haagen
Dirty Grandpa
Stinky
Blindness
Man with Black Eye Patch
Maverick
Bank Robber (uncredited)
Alex Haley's Queen
Alec Haley
Legend of Earthsea
Ogion
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy
Baltimore Bob
The Dead Don't Die
Hank Thompson
Death at a Funeral
Uncle Russell
Howard
Self (archive footage)
Beloved
Paul D
Yellowbird
Darius (voice)
Sorry to Bother You
Langston
Places in the Heart
Moze
Alpha and Omega
Winston (voice)
Great Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
Rage
Detective St. John
I'm Still Here
Danny Glover
Chiefs
Marshall Peters
The Old Man & the Gun
Teddy
Manderlay
Wilhelm
Angels in the Outfield
George Knox
Grand Canyon
Simon
Tour de Pharmacy
Slim Robinson Present Day
Zama
Production
Be Kind Rewind
Mr. Fletcher
Civil War Journal
Self - Host
Gone Fishin'
Gus Green
Flight of the Intruder
Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli
The Shaggy Dog
Ken Hollister
Honeydripper
Tyrone Purvis
Press Play
Cooper
Almost Christmas
Walter
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Production
Come Sunday
Gilbert Pearson
Extraction
Harding
Proud Mary
Benny
American Dreamer
Jerry
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Grandpa Allen
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self
The Cookout
Judge Crowley
Switchback
Bob Goodall
Beyond the Lights
Captain Nicol
Wild America
Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited)
Pure Luck
Raymond Campanella
Iceman
Loomis
The Naughty Nine
Santa Claus
Battle for Terra
President Chen (voice)
The People Speak
Self
Night Train
Miles
Supremacy
Mr. Walker
Consumed
Hal Westbrook
Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses
Bernie Pope
Casting By
Self
To Sleep with Anger
Harry
The War on Cuba
Production
Complete Unknown
Roger
Prayers for the Stolen
Production
Nite Tales: The Series
Jeremiah
Legendary
Harry 'Red' Newman
Bat★21
Capt. Bartholomew Clark
LUV
Arthur
3 A.M.
Hershey
Son of Morning
Gabriel Peters
Concerning Violence
Production
The Exonerated
David Keaton
Space Warriors
Commander Phillips
Pushing Dead
Bob
Survivor's Guide to Prison
Self
The Time That Remains
Production
Andron
Chancellor Gordon
Toxin
Dr. Locke
Checkmate
Elohim
Donovan's Echo
Donovan Matheson
PoliWood
Self
Hannah's Law
Isom Dart
We Are Many
Self
Red Wind
Philip Marlowe
Mandela
Nelson Mandela
Down for Life
Mr. Shannon
Five Minarets in New York
Marcus
Cemetery of Splendor
Production
The Christmas Train
Max Powers
Mooz-lum
Dean Francis
Diablo
Benjamin Carver
Sins
Father Leonard
Operation Dumbo Drop
Capt. Sam Cahill
Caffeinated
Coffee Lover
Our Friend, Martin
Train Conductor (voice)
Bopha!
Micah Mangena
Just a Dream
Directing
A Night at the Academy Museum
Self
The Curse of Buckout Road
Dr. Powell
Poor Boy's Game
George
Gospel Hill
John Malcolm
Memorial Day
Willie Monroe
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
Self
Bamako
Cow-boy
Waffle Street
Edward Collins
The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
Brer Turtle (voice)
Highland Park
Ed
Agent Crush
Major Rusty Gubbins
Mr. Pig
Ambrose
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Self
The Saint of Fort Washington
Jerry
Freedom Song
Will Walker
Strong Island
Production
Back in the Day
Eddie 'Rocks' Travor
Gridlocked
Sully
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
Self (archive footage)
Mysteria
Investigator
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
Self
About Scout
Red
The Peace!
Self
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Production
A Rage in Harlem
Easy Money
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
Self
The Face of Rage
Gary
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Justice Thurgood Marshall
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
Morgan
President
Production
Darkweb
The Boss
And the Children Shall Lead
William
Missing in America
Jake Neely
Bad Asses on the Bayou
Bernie Pope
Double Soul
Michael Tedeschi
Day of the Mummy
Carl
The House I Live In
Production
Shenandoah
Production
The Good Catholic
Victor
John Henry
John Henry
Buffalo Soldiers
Sgt. Washington Wyatt
Bàttu
Our Land
Production
Christmas Break-In
Ray
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
Self
Override
Directing
Trouble the Water
Production
The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'
Self (archive footage)
The Ninja Immovable Heart
Ex Director Matthew Reynolds
Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare
Walter Tortoise (voice)
Age of the Dragons
Ahab
White Sun
Production
Shadow World
Production
Dead Man Out
Dr. Alex Marsh
Shuffleton's Barbershop
Charlie Shuffleton
A Place at the Table
Mr. Scott
The Bouquet
Reverend John
Dum Maaro Dum
Production
America's Dream
Silas (segment "Long Black Song")
Out
Jojo / Roland
Tula: The Revolt
Shinishi
Memoria
Production
Keeping On
Lester Traylor
Hollywood on Horses
Self
Full Disclosure Report
David Tapp
Good Fences
Tom Spader
Salt of This Sea
Production
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
Isaac Jefferson (voice)
2047: Sights of Death
Sponge
The House on Coco Road
Production
Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story
Narrator (voice)
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
Self
The Drummer
Mark Walker
The Harimaya Bridge
Joseph Holder
93 Days
Dr. Benjamin Ohiaeri
P.N.O.K.
Col. Weldon
This Changes Everything
Production
I Want to Be a Soldier
School Director
Chasing Shakespeare
William Ward
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Production
Vagabonds
Uncle Issa
Dear Alice
Franzis
The John Garfield Story
Self
The Shift
Floyd
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
Mr. Ocean
Easter Snap
Production
The Lighthouse
Duncan
Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities
Self
Highway
Production
Crane Lantern
Production
The Talking Eggs
Narrator (voice)
Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon'
Self
A Raisin in the Sun
Walter Lee Younger
Boesman and Lena
Boesman
Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'
Self
That Summer
Production
Shadows of Liberty
Self
The Real Eve
Narrator (voice)
Lethal Weapon 5
Roger Murtaugh
Strive
The Children's Republic
Dubem
Lynch: A History
Production
Newbies
Birth of a Movement
Narrator (voice)
Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life & Music of Robert Johnson
Self - Narrator (voice)
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
Father Elias
The Stand-In
Apples Finnerty
De Quanta Terra Precisa o Homem?
Self
Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Narrator (voice)
Always in Season
Narrator (voice)
The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane
Production
The Robeson Effect
Self
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
Agents of Change
Self - Narrator (voice)
Read You Like a Book
In Between Dying
Production
San Francisco State: On Strike
self
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
Narrator (voice)
Killing Winston Jones
Washington Carver
Abderrahmane Sissako: Beyond Territories
Self
Life Is Sacred
Production
After Fact
Self
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
Narrator (voice)
Rise Like Lions
Self (Occupy Oakland)
Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War
Narrator (voice)
Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer
Oscar Micheaux
Scared Straight! 20 Years Later
Host
The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs
Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby
Narrator (voice)
Grizzly Peak
Will
Angels Are Made of Light
Production
Mississippi Inferno
Narrator (voice)
Soldier Child
Self - Narrator
Sam Cooke: Crossing Over
Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion
Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - How the Leopard Got His Spots
Narrator (voice)
Redeeming Uncle Tom: The Josiah Henson Story
Narrator
Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ Rights
Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - Moses in Egypt
Narrator (voice)
Fats Waller Was Born Here
"Fats" Waller's Father/Mr. Fletcher
Untitled Dinah Washington Biopic
Production
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter