John Glover
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 7, 1944
- Birthplace
- Salisbury, Maryland, USA
John Soursby Glover Jr. (born August 7, 1944) is an American actor, perhaps best known for a range of villainous roles in films and television, including Lionel Luthor on the Superman-inspired television series Smallville.
Filmography
Woodstockers 2026
as Jupiter
A Natural Selection 2025
as Donald Spar
The Home 2025
as Lou
The Motorcycle Man 2025
as Pat
Fatal Influence: Like. Follow. Survive. 2022
as The Grand Zel
Shazam! 2019
as Mr. Sivana
Every Act of Life 2018
as Self
The Lost Wife of Robert Durst 2017
as Seymour Durst
We Go On 2016
as Dr. Ellison
You Bury Your Own 2015
as Detective Gillespie
Reality 2015
as Zog
Sweet Talk 2013
as Professor / Count
Sanitarium 2013
as Gustav
The Civilization of Maxwell Bright 2005
as Ogden
- Tricks
Tricks 2004
as Ralph
Smallville 2002
as Lionel Luthor
On Edge 2001
as Yuri Moskvin
Payback 1999
as Phil
The Tempest 1998
as Anthony Prosper
Dead Broke 1998
as Sam
Dead by Midnight 1997
as Dr. Armand Drake / Ben Hamill
Medusa's Child 1997
as Rogers Henry
The Broken Giant 1997
as Bennett Hale
Batman & Robin 1997
as Dr. Jason Woodrue
Love! Valour! Compassion! 1997
as John & James Jeckyll
Automatic 1995
as Goddard Marx
In the Mouth of Madness 1995
as Saperstein
Night of the Running Man 1995
as Derek Mills
Schemes 1994
as Victor Kraft
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker 1994
as Maj. Asa Bird Gardiner
Ed and His Dead Mother 1993
as A.J. Pattle
Majority Rule 1992
as Bradley Mackin
Grass Roots 1992
as Harold Perkerson / Jason Ross
Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel 1992
as Loco Garrison
Dead on the Money 1991
as Russell Blake
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 1991
as Billy Korn
El Diablo 1990
as The Preacher
RoboCop 2 1990
as Magnavolt Salesman
Gremlins 2: The New Batch 1990
as Daniel Clamp
- Home
Home 1990
as Eric Hochmann
- An Enemy of the People
An Enemy of the People 1990
as Dr. Thomas Stockman
Meet the Hollowheads 1989
as Henry Hollowhead
Breaking Point 1989
as Dr. Gerber
Traveling Man 1989
as Chick Beeler
Scrooged 1988
as Bryce Cummings
The Chocolate War 1988
as Brother Leon
David 1988
as Charles Rothenberg
Rocket Gibraltar 1988
as Rolo Rockwell
Hot Paint 1988
as Algernon
Masquerade 1988
as Tony Gateworth
Moving Target 1988
as Dobbins
Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim 1987
Actor
Willy/Milly 1986
as Fred Niceman
52 Pick-Up 1986
as Alan Raimy
Apology 1986
as Philip
White Nights 1985
as Wynn Scott
Don't Touch 1985
as Mr. Stewart
A Killing Affair 1985
as Sheb Sheppard
An Early Frost 1985
as Victor DiMato
A Flash of Green 1984
as Ross Halley
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter 1984
as Pierre Lafitte
The Evil That Men Do 1984
as Paul Briggs, U.S. Embassy
- The Face of Rage
The Face of Rage 1983
Actor
A Little Sex 1982
as Walter
The Incredible Shrinking Woman 1981
as Tom Keller
Melvin and Howard 1980
as 2nd Attorney (Freese)
The Mountain Men 1980
as Nathan Wyeth
The American Success Company 1980
as Ernst
Last Embrace 1979
as Richard Peabody
Somebody Killed Her Husband 1978
as Herbert Little
Julia 1977
as Sammy
Annie Hall 1977
as Actor Boy Friend
Shamus 1973
as Johnnie Brosten
Credits from TMDB.