Danny Glover
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1946-07-22
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Danny 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.
Also Known For
Predator 2
Nov 21, 1990
Saw
Oct 01, 2004
The Color Purple
Dec 18, 1985
Lethal Weapon
Mar 06, 1987
Lethal Weapon 2
Jul 07, 1989
Lethal Weapon 3
May 15, 1992
Lethal Weapon 4
Jul 10, 1998
Dreamgirls
Dec 25, 2006
The Shaggy Dog
Mar 09, 2006
Manderlay
Jun 03, 2005
Vagabonds
Oct 01, 2017
Switchback
Oct 31, 1997
Gospel Hill
Feb 09, 2008
Be Kind Rewind
Jan 20, 2008
A Night at the Academy Museum
Oct 12, 2021
Shooter
Mar 22, 2007
Blindness
May 14, 2008
Silverado
Jul 10, 1985
Iceman
Apr 13, 1984
Angels in the Outfield
Jul 15, 1994
The Rainmaker
Nov 18, 1997
Antz
Oct 02, 1998
The Royal Tenenbaums
Oct 05, 2001
Gone Fishin'
May 30, 1997
Witness
Feb 08, 1985
Alpha and Omega
Sep 16, 2010
Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare
Sep 12, 2008
The Drummer
Oct 01, 2020
Maverick
May 20, 1994
The Prince of Egypt
Dec 16, 1998
Operation Dumbo Drop
Jul 28, 1995
Barnyard
Aug 04, 2006
Death at a Funeral
Apr 15, 2010
Double Soul
Jul 13, 2023
Places in the Heart
Sep 11, 1984
Grand Canyon
Dec 25, 1991
Missing in America
Jan 01, 2005
2012
Oct 10, 2009
Honeydripper
Sep 10, 2007
A Rage in Harlem
May 03, 1991
Night Train
Apr 15, 2009
Keeping On
Feb 08, 1983
Bat★21
Jul 21, 1988
Poor Boy's Game
Feb 11, 2007
Good Fences
Jan 22, 2003
The Face of Rage
Mar 20, 1983
Legendary
Sep 09, 2010
Scared Straight! 20 Years Later
Apr 15, 1999
Down for Life
Oct 01, 2010
Battle for Terra
Sep 06, 2007
Mooz-lum
Feb 11, 2011
Beloved
Oct 16, 1998
Flight of the Intruder
Jan 18, 1991
Casting By
Nov 01, 2012
The Harimaya Bridge
Jun 13, 2009
Pure Luck
Aug 09, 1991
Five Minarets in New York
Mar 09, 2010
American Dreamer
Nov 04, 2022
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
Jun 27, 2007
I Want to Be a Soldier
Oct 14, 2010
The Real Eve
Apr 21, 2002
Son of Morning
Feb 28, 2011
LUV
Jan 18, 2013
John Henry
Dec 01, 1986
The Saint of Fort Washington
Nov 03, 1993
Out
Jan 01, 1982
Dear Alice
Jul 09, 2010
Bopha!
Sep 16, 1993
3 A.M.
Jul 01, 2001
To Sleep with Anger
Oct 12, 1990
The Children's Republic
Oct 04, 2012
Mysteria
Oct 23, 2011
Age of the Dragons
Mar 21, 2011
Rise Like Lions
Oct 12, 2011
Chasing Shakespeare
Feb 03, 2014
Boesman and Lena
Nov 03, 2000
The Peace!
Sep 20, 2005
Hannah's Law
Jun 09, 2012
Donovan's Echo
Sep 17, 2011
Full Disclosure Report
Oct 31, 2005
Highland Park
Jun 08, 2013
Tula: The Revolt
Jul 04, 2013
Sins
May 05, 2012
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Oct 04, 2013
Space Warriors
Apr 26, 2013
The Bouquet
Feb 05, 2013
Buffalo Soldiers
Dec 07, 1997
After Fact
Jun 15, 2020
The Robeson Effect
Jan 01, 2019
Extraction
Sep 05, 2013
Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life & Music of Robert Johnson
Sep 26, 1998
Beyond the Lights
Nov 14, 2014
The Exonerated
Mar 06, 2006
The Naughty Nine
Nov 09, 2023
Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses
Apr 08, 2014
Howard
Apr 22, 2018
Monster Trucks
Dec 21, 2016
Mandela
Sep 20, 1987
The Talking Eggs
Jun 01, 1993
Rage
May 09, 2014
2047: Sights of Death
Jun 13, 2014
Supremacy
Jun 12, 2014
De Quanta Terra Precisa o Homem?
Oct 20, 2022
Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities
Aug 28, 1995
Yellowbird
Oct 17, 2014
Day of the Mummy
Oct 20, 2014
Shuffleton's Barbershop
Jun 01, 2013
Our Friend, Martin
Jan 12, 1999
Bad Asses on the Bayou
Mar 06, 2015
Toxin
Jan 29, 2015
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
May 13, 2013
The Lighthouse
Sep 07, 2012
The Shift
Apr 05, 2013
We Are Many
Jun 08, 2014
Consumed
Jun 01, 2015
About Scout
Apr 25, 2015
Freedom Song
Feb 27, 2000
San Francisco State: On Strike
Jan 01, 1969
Checkmate
Jul 03, 2015
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Jun 05, 1995
Back in the Day
May 20, 2016
The Ninja Immovable Heart
Feb 27, 2014
Complete Unknown
Aug 26, 2016
Diablo
Jan 08, 2016
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
Aug 28, 1981
Bamako
Jun 21, 2006
Dirty Grandpa
Jan 20, 2016
Saw V
Oct 23, 2008
Darkweb
Mar 08, 2016
Waffle Street
Sep 24, 2015
Wild America
Jul 02, 1997
Andron
Nov 08, 2015
Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story
Mr. Pig
Jul 22, 2016
Gridlocked
Jun 14, 2016
Pushing Dead
Sep 29, 2016
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
Jun 06, 2000
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy
Oct 02, 2018
A Place at the Table
Mar 20, 1988
P.N.O.K.
Jan 01, 2005
Extortion
Jan 02, 2017
Almost Christmas
Nov 11, 2016
Escape from Alcatraz
Jun 22, 1979
Caffeinated
Jan 31, 2015
America's Dream
Feb 17, 1996
Redeeming Uncle Tom: The Josiah Henson Story
Feb 04, 2019
93 Days
Apr 24, 2016
Red Wind
Nov 26, 1995
Memorial Day
Nov 23, 1983
Come Sunday
Jan 21, 2018
Birth of a Movement
Feb 06, 2017
The People Speak
Dec 13, 2009
The Old Man & the Gun
Sep 27, 2018
The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
Mar 21, 2006
Proud Mary
Jan 12, 2018
The Good Catholic
Sep 08, 2017
Dead Man Out
Mar 12, 1989
Tour de Pharmacy
Jul 08, 2017
Agents of Change
Jun 24, 2017
The Curse of Buckout Road
Nov 24, 2017
Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer
Jan 01, 1981
The Christmas Train
Nov 25, 2017
Bàttu
Sep 24, 2000
Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ Rights
Apr 28, 2016
I'm Still Here
Sep 10, 2010
Sorry to Bother You
Jul 06, 2018
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Jun 07, 2019
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
Jun 14, 2018
Survivor's Guide to Prison
Feb 23, 2018
The Cookout
Sep 03, 2004
Shadows of Liberty
Jun 12, 2012
Always in Season
Jan 26, 2019
A Raisin in the Sun
Feb 01, 1989
Christmas Break-In
Dec 27, 2018
Jumanji: The Next Level
Dec 04, 2019
Mississippi Inferno
Feb 16, 2015
The Dead Don't Die
May 15, 2019
And the Children Shall Lead
Jan 01, 1985
Abderrahmane Sissako: Beyond Territories
Jan 01, 2017
The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs
Sep 27, 2019
Read You Like a Book
Oct 01, 2006
The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'
Jan 25, 2005
Press Play
Jun 16, 2022
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
Mar 02, 2010
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
Dec 09, 2018
Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War
Feb 16, 2020
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
Mar 02, 2010
Strive
May 19, 2019
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
Feb 11, 2014
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Jun 22, 2014
The John Garfield Story
Feb 03, 2003
The Stand-In
Jun 01, 1985
Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Sep 11, 2020
Sam Cooke: Crossing Over
Jan 11, 2010
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
Aug 27, 1999
Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon'
Jul 04, 2012
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
Sep 14, 1999
Hollywood on Horses
Jan 01, 1989
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
Apr 26, 2018
PoliWood
Jul 03, 2009
Rabbit Ears - How the Leopard Got His Spots
Sep 01, 1989
Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby
Aug 17, 1990
Rabbit Ears - Moses in Egypt
Sep 01, 1990
Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion
Aug 17, 1992
Newbies
Mar 07, 2025
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Sep 15, 1990
Inside the Actors Studio
Aug 14, 1994
Brothers and Sisters
Sep 24, 2006
Today
Jan 14, 1952
The View
Aug 11, 1997
Hill Street Blues
Jan 15, 1981
Gimme a Break!
Oct 29, 1981
Fallen Angels
Aug 01, 1993
ER
Sep 19, 1994
Legend of Earthsea
Dec 13, 2004
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
Mar 20, 1980
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Apr 02, 1973
Alex Haley's Queen
Feb 14, 1993
Touch
Jan 25, 2012
Lonesome Dove
Feb 05, 1989
Psych
Jul 07, 2006
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
Apr 04, 1995
Hollywood Squares
Sep 14, 1998
Tony Awards
Apr 01, 1956
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Oct 01, 1962
Civil War Journal
Sep 01, 1993
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Mar 12, 1995
The Reichen Show
Nov 11, 2005
Great Railway Journeys
Oct 23, 1980
Hollywood Squares
Sep 14, 1998
Tall Tales & Legends
Sep 25, 1985
Cold Case Files
Feb 27, 2017
Civil War Journal
Sep 01, 1993
My Name Is Earl
Sep 20, 2005
Ironside
Oct 02, 2013
Leverage
Dec 07, 2008
American Dad!
Feb 06, 2005
Real Time with Bill Maher
Feb 21, 2003
Mozart in the Jungle
Feb 06, 2014
Criminal Minds
Sep 22, 2005
black-ish
Sep 24, 2014
Nite Tales: The Series
Aug 14, 2009
Chiefs
Nov 13, 1983
