Danny Glover
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 22, 1946
- Birthplace
- 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, 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
- Untitled Dinah Washington Biopic
Untitled Dinah Washington Biopic TBA
Executive Producer
- Lethal Weapon 5
Lethal Weapon 5 TBA
as Roger Murtaugh
Killing Winston Jones TBA
as Washington Carver
Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story TBA
as Narrator (voice)
Our Land 2026
Executive Producer
Grizzly Peak 2025
as Will
Harvest 2025
Thanks
Newbies 2025
Actor
The Naughty Nine 2023
as Santa Claus
The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane 2023
Executive Producer
Double Soul 2023
as Michael Tedeschi
President 2023
Executive Producer
American Dreamer 2022
as Jerry
De Quanta Terra Precisa o Homem? 2022
as Self
Press Play 2022
as Cooper
African Redemption: The Life and Legacy of Marcus Garvey 2022
as Self
Crane Lantern 2022
Executive Producer
A Night at the Academy Museum 2021
as Self
Memoria 2021
Co-Producer
Prayers for the Stolen 2021
Co-Producer
In Between Dying 2021
Executive Producer
When I See Them, I See Us 2021
Actor
The Drummer 2020
as Mark Walker
Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man 2020
as Narrator (voice)
After Fact 2020
as Self
Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War 2020
as Narrator (voice)
Jumanji: The Next Level 2019
as Milo
The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs 2019
as Narrator (voice)
Lynch: A History 2019
Executive Producer
The Last Black Man in San Francisco 2019
as Grandpa Allen
Strive 2019
Actor
The Dead Don't Die 2019
as Hank Thompson
Redeeming Uncle Tom: The Josiah Henson Story 2019
as Narrator
Always in Season 2019
as Narrator (voice)
Easter Snap 2019
Executive Producer
The Robeson Effect 2019
as Self
Christmas Break-In 2018
as Ray
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones 2018
as Self
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy 2018
as Baltimore Bob
The Old Man & the Gun 2018
as Teddy
Capernaum 2018
Executive Producer
Hale County This Morning, This Evening 2018
Executive Producer
Angels Are Made of Light 2018
Executive Producer
Sorry to Bother You 2018
as Langston
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey 2018
as Mr. Ocean
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution 2018
as Narrator (voice)
Howard 2018
as Self (archive footage)
Survivor's Guide to Prison 2018
as Self
Come Sunday 2018
as Gilbert Pearson
Proud Mary 2018
as Benny
The Christmas Train 2017
as Max Powers
The Curse of Buckout Road 2017
as Dr. Powell
Vagabonds 2017
as Uncle Issa
Zama 2017
Co-Producer
The Good Catholic 2017
as Victor
That Summer 2017
Executive Producer
Tour de Pharmacy 2017
as Slim Robinson Present Day
Agents of Change 2017
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Birth of a Movement 2017
as Narrator (voice)
Strong Island 2017
Executive Producer
Extortion 2017
as Detective Constable Haagen
Abderrahmane Sissako: Beyond Territories 2017
as Self
Monster Trucks 2016
as Mr. Weathers
White Sun 2016
Executive Producer
Almost Christmas 2016
as Walter
Shadow World 2016
Executive Producer
Pushing Dead 2016
as Bob
Complete Unknown 2016
as Roger
Mr. Pig 2016
as Ambrose
Gridlocked 2016
as Sully
- Dirt & Deeds in Mississippi
Dirt & Deeds in Mississippi 2016
as Narrator (voice)
The House on Coco Road 2016
Producer
Back in the Day 2016
as Eddie 'Rocks' Travor
Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ Rights 2016
as Narrator (voice)
93 Days 2016
as Dr. Benjamin Ohiaeri
Darkweb 2016
as The Boss
Dirty Grandpa 2016
as Stinky
Diablo 2016
as Benjamin Carver
Andron 2015
as Chancellor Gordon
Waffle Street 2015
as Edward Collins
This Changes Everything 2015
Executive Producer
Cemetery of Splendor 2015
Co-Producer
Checkmate 2015
as Elohim
Consumed 2015
as Hal Westbrook
About Scout 2015
as Red
Bad Asses on the Bayou 2015
as Bernie Pope
Mississippi Inferno 2015
as Narrator (voice)
Caffeinated 2015
as Coffee Lover
Toxin 2015
as Dr. Locke
Beyond the Lights 2014
as Captain Nicol
Life Is Sacred 2014
Executive Producer
Day of the Mummy 2014
as Carl
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee 2014
as Self
2047: Sights of Death 2014
as Sponge
Supremacy 2014
as Mr. Walker
We Are Many 2014
as Self
Rage 2014
as Detective St. John
Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses 2014
as Bernie Pope
The Ninja Immovable Heart 2014
as Ex Director Matthew Reynolds
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama 2014
as Self
Chasing Shakespeare 2014
as William Ward
Concerning Violence 2014
Co-Producer
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight 2013
as Justice Thurgood Marshall
Extraction 2013
as Harding
Tula: The Revolt 2013
as Shinishi
Highland Park 2013
as Ed
Shuffleton's Barbershop 2013
as Charlie Shuffleton
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth 2013
as Self
Space Warriors 2013
as Commander Phillips
The Shift 2013
as Floyd
The Bouquet 2013
as Reverend John
LUV 2013
as Arthur
Casting By 2012
as Self
Shenandoah 2012
Executive Producer
The House I Live In 2012
Executive Producer
The Children's Republic 2012
as Dubem
The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America 2012
as Count Basie (voice)
- The Lighthouse
The Lighthouse 2012
as Duncan
Highway 2012
Producer
Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon' 2012
as Self
Shadows of Liberty 2012
as Self
Hannah's Law 2012
as Isom Dart
Sins 2012
as Father Leonard
Mysteria 2011
as Investigator
- Rise Like Lions
Rise Like Lions 2011
as Self (Occupy Oakland)
Donovan's Echo 2011
as Donovan Matheson
Dum Maaro Dum 2011
Executive Producer
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 2011
Producer
Age of the Dragons 2011
as Ahab
Son of Morning 2011
as Gabriel Peters
Mooz-lum 2011
as Dean Francis
I Want to Be a Soldier 2010
as School Director
Down for Life 2010
as Mr. Shannon
I'm Still Here 2010
as Danny Glover
Legendary 2010
as Harry 'Red' Newman
Dear Alice 2010
as Franzis
Alpha and Omega 2010
as Winston (voice)
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives 2010
Associate Producer
Death at a Funeral 2010
as Uncle Russell
Five Minarets in New York 2010
as Marcus
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective 2010
as Self, Presenter
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic 2010
as Self, Presenter
Sam Cooke: Crossing Over 2010
as Narrator (voice)
The People Speak 2009
as Self
2012 2009
as President Thomas Wilson
The Time That Remains 2009
Associate Producer
PoliWood 2009
as Self
The Harimaya Bridge 2009
as Joseph Holder
Night Train 2009
as Miles
Saw V 2008
as David Trapp (archive footage)
Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare 2008
as Walter Tortoise (voice)
Salt of This Sea 2008
Co-Producer
Fats Waller Was Born Here 2008
as "Fats" Waller's Father/Mr. Fletcher
Blindness 2008
as Man with Black Eye Patch
Be Kind Rewind 2008
as Mr. Fletcher
Gospel Hill 2008
as John Malcolm
Trouble the Water 2008
Executive Producer
Agent Crush 2008
as Major Rusty Gubbins
Honeydripper 2007
as Tyrone Purvis
Battle for Terra 2007
as President Chen (voice)
Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker' 2007
as Self
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation 2007
as Father Elias
Shooter 2007
as Colonel Isaac Johnson
Bamako 2007
as Cow-boy, Executive Producer
Poor Boy's Game 2007
as George
Dreamgirls 2006
as Marty Madison
Read You Like a Book 2006
Actor
Barnyard 2006
as Miles (voice)
The Adventures of Brer Rabbit 2006
as Brer Turtle (voice)
The Shaggy Dog 2006
as Ken Hollister
The Exonerated 2006
as David Keaton
Full Disclosure Report 2005
as David Tapp
- The Peace!
The Peace! 2005
as Self
Manderlay 2005
as Wilhelm
The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2' 2005
as Self (archive footage)
- P.N.O.K.
P.N.O.K. 2005
as Col. Weldon
Missing in America 2005
as Jake Neely
Saw 2004
as David Tapp
The Cookout 2004
as Judge Crowley
Earthed 2004
Actor
The John Garfield Story 2003
as Self
Good Fences 2003
as Tom Spader, Producer
The Real Eve 2002
as Narrator (voice)
Just a Dream 2002
Director
The Royal Tenenbaums 2001
as Henry Sherman
3 A.M. 2001
as Hershey, Executive Producer
Boesman and Lena 2000
as Boesman
Bàttu 2000
Actor
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration 2000
as Self
Freedom Song 2000
as Will Walker, Executive Producer
- Ennis' Gift
Ennis' Gift 2000
as Self
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen 1999
as Self (archive footage)
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong 1999
as Narrator (voice)
Scared Straight! 20 Years Later 1999
as Host
Our Friend, Martin 1999
as Train Conductor (voice)
The Prince of Egypt 1998
as Jethro (voice)
Beloved 1998
as Paul D
Antz 1998
as Barbatus (voice)
Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life & Music of Robert Johnson 1998
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Lethal Weapon 4 1998
as Roger Murtaugh
Soldier Child 1998
as Self - Narrator
Buffalo Soldiers 1997
as Sgt. Washington Wyatt, Executive Producer
The Rainmaker 1997
as Richter Tyrone Kipler
Switchback 1997
as Bob Goodall
Wild America 1997
as Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited)
Gone Fishin' 1997
as Gus Green
America's Dream 1996
as Silas (segment "Long Black Song"), Executive Producer
Red Wind 1995
as Philip Marlowe
- Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities
Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities 1995
as Self
Operation Dumbo Drop 1995
as Capt. Sam Cahill
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies 1995
as Self
Override 1994
Director
Angels in the Outfield 1994
as George Knox
Maverick 1994
as Bank Robber (uncredited)
The Saint of Fort Washington 1993
as Jerry
Bopha! 1993
as Micah Mangena
The Talking Eggs 1993
as Narrator (voice)
- Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion
Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion 1992
as Narrator (voice)
Lethal Weapon 3 1992
as Roger Murtaugh
Grand Canyon 1991
as Simon
- A Party For Richard Pryor
A Party For Richard Pryor 1991
as Self
Pure Luck 1991
as Raymond Campanella
A Rage in Harlem 1991
as Easy Money
Flight of the Intruder 1991
as Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli
Predator 2 1990
as Lieutenant Mike Harrigan
To Sleep with Anger 1990
as Harry, Executive Producer
- Rabbit Ears - Moses in Egypt
Rabbit Ears - Moses in Egypt 1990
as Narrator (voice)
- Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby
Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby 1990
as Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - How the Leopard Got His Spots 1989
as Narrator (voice)
Lethal Weapon 2 1989
as Roger Murtaugh
Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary 1989
as Self
Dead Man Out 1989
as Dr. Alex Marsh
A Raisin in the Sun 1989
as Walter Lee Younger
- Hollywood on Horses
Hollywood on Horses 1989
as Self
Bat★21 1988
as Capt. Bartholomew Clark
- A Place at the Table
A Place at the Table 1988
as Mr. Scott
Mandela 1987
as Nelson Mandela
Lethal Weapon 1987
as Roger Murtaugh
- The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson
The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson 1987
as Self
John Henry 1986
as John Henry
The Color Purple 1985
as Albert
Silverado 1985
as Malachi 'Mal' Johnson
The Stand-In 1985
as Apples Finnerty
Witness 1985
as McFee
And the Children Shall Lead 1985
as William
Places in the Heart 1984
as Moze
Iceman 1984
as Loomis
- Memorial Day
Memorial Day 1983
as Willie Monroe
- The Face of Rage
The Face of Rage 1983
as Gary
Keeping On 1983
as Lester Traylor
Out 1982
as Jojo / Roland
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash 1981
as Morgan
Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer 1981
as Oscar Micheaux
Escape from Alcatraz 1979
as Inmate
San Francisco State: On Strike 1969
as self
Credits from TMDB.