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Danny Glover

Actor / Film Director / Film Producer / Character Actor / Executive Producer / Television Producer | * 07/22/1946 (77) | San Francisco, California (United States of America (USA))
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Danny Lebern Glover ( GLUV-ər; born July 22, 1946) is an American actor, producer and political activist. Over his career he has received numerous accolades including the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the NAACP's President's Award, as well as nominations for five Emmy Awards and four Grammy Awards. Glover made his film acting debut in Escape from Alcatraz (1979). He is widely known for his lead role as Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon film series. Glover's other notable films include Places in the Heart (1984), The Color Purple (1985), Witness (1985), To Sleep with Anger (1990), Grand Canyon..."> ()
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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 asSergeant Roger Murtaughin theLethal Weaponfilm series.Glover has had a variety of film, stage, and television roles. He starred as the husband toWhoopi Goldberg's character, Celie in the celebrated literary adaptation of The Color Purple, and as Lieutenant James McFee in the filmWitness. He had leading roles in other films includingTo Sleep with Anger,Predator 2,Angels in the Outfield, andOperation Dumbo Drop. He won theIndependent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for his starring role inCharles Burnett'sTo Sleep with Anger.Also, he has had prominent supporting roles inSilverado,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 inPredator 2, the sequel to thescience fictionaction filmPredator. During his career, he has also made several cameos, appearing, for example, in theMichael Jacksonvideo "Liberian Girl" of 1987.In 1994, he made his directorial debut with theShowtimechannel short film Override. Also in 1994, Glover and actorBen Guilloryfounded theRobey Theatre Companyin Los Angeles, focusing on theatre by and about black people.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Documentaries

Known for these Movies & Shows

Officers Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh of the Los Angeles Police Department must stop a dangerous crime lord from China from getting his brother out of jail. ...

Lethal Weapon 4

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1998 | 3.3/5 | 2h 7min
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
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Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. ...

2012

PG

2009 | 2.9/5 | 2h 38min
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
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In the opening chase, Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh stumble across a trunk full of Krugerrands. They follow the trail to a South African diplomat who's using his immunity to conceal a smuggling oper ...

Lethal Weapon 2

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1989 | 3.5/5 | 1h 54min
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
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Veteran buttoned-down LAPD detective Roger Murtaugh is partnered with unhinged cop Martin Riggs, who -- distraught after his wife's death -- has a death wish and takes unnecessary risks with criminals ...

Lethal Weapon

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1987 | 3.6/5 | 1h 50min
Adventure, Action, Comedy, Thriller, Crime
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Awards & Nominations for Danny Glover

Marian Anderson Award Theatre World Award NAACP Image Award – Chairman's Award Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame Chevalier Des Arts Et Des Lettres Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Academy Honorary Award Eugene V. Debs Award Honorary Degree From Spelman College
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Movies with Danny Glover as Actor(186)

2024 American Dreamer
as Roger Murtaugh2023 Lethal Weapon 5
2023 Double Soul
as Narrator2023 Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story
as Cooper2022 Press Play
as himself2021 A Night at the Academy Museum
as Narrator (voice)2020 Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man
as himself2020 After Fact
2020 The Drummer
as Narrator2020 Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War
as himself2019 The Robeson Effect
as Grandpa Allen2019 The Last Black Man in San Francisco
as Milo2019 Jumanji: The Next Level
as Hank Thompson2019 The Dead Don't Die
as Narrator (voice)2019 Always in Season
as Ray2018 Christmas Break-In
as Baltimore Bob2018 Death Race: Beyond Anarchy
as Benny2018 Proud Mary
as himself2018 Survivor's Guide to Prison
as Mr. Ocean2018 Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
as Narrator2018 The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
2018 Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
as Langston2018 Sorry to Bother You
as Self (archive footage)2018 Howard
as Teddy2018 The Old Man & the Gun
as Gilbert Pearson2018 Come Sunday
as Dr. Powell2017 The Curse of Buckout Road
as Slim Robinson Present Day2017 Tour de Pharmacy
as Uncle Issa2017 Vagabonds
as Victor2017 The Good Catholic
as Max Powers2017 The Christmas Train
as Narrator2017 Birth of a Movement
as Constable Haagen2017 Extortion
as Walter2016 Almost Christmas
as Eddie 'Rocks' Travor2016 Back in the Day
as The Boss2016 Darkweb
as Sully2016 Gridlocked
as Mr. Weathers2016 Monster Trucks
as Roger2016 Complete Unknown
as Stinky2016 Dirty Grandpa
2016 93 Days
as Bob2016 Pushing Dead
as Ambrose2016 Mr. Pig
as Benjamin Carver2016 Diablo
as Dr. Locke2015 Toxin
as Bernie Pope2015 Bad Asses on the Bayou
as Coffee Lover2015 Caffeinated
as Red2015 About Scout
as Elohim2015 Checkmate
as Hal Westbrook2015 Consumed
as Edward Collins2015 Waffle Street
as Chancellor Gordon2015 Andron
as Detective St. John2014 Rage
2014 We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
as William Ward2014 From Above
as Captain Nicol2014 Beyond the Lights
as Sponge2014 2047: Sights of Death
as himself2014 Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
as Mr. Walker2014 Supremacy
as Darius (voice)2014 Yellowbird
as Bernie Pope2014 Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses
as himself2014 We Are Many
as Ex Director Matthew Reynolds2014 The Ninja Immovable Heart
as Carl2014 Day of the Mummy
as Ed2013 Highland Park
as Arthur2013 LUV
as Reverend John2013 The Bouquet
as Shinishi2013 Tula: The Revolt
as Commander Phillips2013 Space Warriors
as Charlie Shuffleton2013 Shuffleton's Barbershop
as Floyd2013 The Shift
as Harding2013 Extraction
as Justice Thurgood Marshall2013 Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
as Duncan2012 The Lighthouse
as Dubem2012 The Children's Republic
as Isom Dart2012 Hannah's Law
as Father Leonard2012 Sins
as himself2012 Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon'
as himself2012 Shadows of Liberty
as himself2012 Casting By
as Self (Occupy Oakland)2011 Rise Like Lions
as Ahab2011 Age of the Dragons
as Donovan Matheson2011 Donovan's Echo
as Dean Francis2011 Mooz-lum
as Gabriel Peters2011 Son of Morning
as Investigator2011 Mysteria
as School Director2010 I Want to Be a Soldier
as himself2010 The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
as Harry 'Red' Newman2010 Legendary
as Narrator2010 Sam Cooke: Crossing Over
as himself2010 I'm Still Here
as Marcus2010 Five Minarets in New York
as Uncle Russell2010 Death at a Funeral
as Winston (voice)2010 Alpha and Omega
as Franzis2010 Dear Alice
as himself2010 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
as Mr. Shannon2010 Down for Life
as Joseph Holder2009 The Harimaya Bridge
as himself2009 The People Speak
as Miles2009 Night Train
as himself2009 PoliWood
as President Thomas Wilson2009 2012
as John Malcolm2008 Gospel Hill
as himself2008 The Garden
as Mr. Fletcher2008 Be Kind Rewind
as David Tapp (archive footage)2008 Saw V
as Walter Tortoise (voice)2008 Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare
as Man with Black Eye Patch2008 Blindness
as President Chen (voice)2007 Battle for Terra
as Colonel Isaac Johnson2007 Shooter
as Father Elias2007 Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
as Tyrone Purvis2007 Honeydripper
as George2007 Poor Boy's Game
as Marty Madison2006 Dreamgirls
as Brer Turtle (voice)2006 The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
as Miles the Mule (voice)2006 Barnyard
as David Keaton2006 The Exonerated
as Ken Hollister2006 The Shaggy Dog
as (archive footage)2005 The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'
as himself2005 The Peace!
as Col. Weldon2005 P.N.O.K.
as Wilhelm2005 Manderlay
as Jake Neely2005 Missing in America
as David Tapp2004 Saw
as Judge Crowley2004 The Cookout
as Tom Spader2003 Good Fences
as himself2003 The John Garfield Story
as Narrator2002 The Real Eve
as Hershey2001 3 A.M.
as Henry Sherman2001 The Royal Tenenbaums
2000 Bàttu
as Will Walker2000 Freedom Song
as Boesman2000 Boesman and Lena
as Host1999 Scared Straight! 20 Years Later
as Train Conductor (voice)1999 Our Friend, Martin
as Himself - Narrator (voice)1998 Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life & Music of Robert Johnson
as Barbatus (voice)1998 Antz
as Roger Murtaugh1998 Lethal Weapon 4
as Jethro (voice)1998 The Prince of Egypt
as (scenes deleted)1998 How Stella Got Her Groove Back
as Paul D. Garner1998 Beloved
as Richter Tyrone Kipler1997 The Rainmaker
as Bob Goodall1997 Switchback
as Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited)1997 Wild America
as Sgt. Washington Wyatt1997 Buffalo Soldiers
as Gus Green1997 Gone Fishin'
as Silas (segment "Long Black Song")1996 America's Dream
as Philip Marlowe1995 Red Wind
as Capt. Sam Cahill1995 Operation Dumbo Drop
as himself1995 Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities
as himself1995 The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Bank Robber (uncredited)1994 Maverick
as George Knox1994 Angels in the Outfield
as Micah Mangena1993 Bopha!
as Narrator (voice)1993 The Talking Eggs
as Jerry1993 The Saint of Fort Washington
as Roger Murtaugh1992 Lethal Weapon 3
as Easy Money1991 A Rage in Harlem
as Raymond Campanella1991 Pure Luck
as Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli1991 Flight of the Intruder
as Simon1991 Grand Canyon
as Lieutenant Mike Harrigan1990 Predator 2
as Harry1990 To Sleep with Anger
as himself1989 Hollywood on Horses
as Roger Murtaugh1989 Lethal Weapon 2
as Dr. Alex Marsh1989 Dead Man Out
as Walter Lee Younger1989 A Raisin in the Sun
as Capt. Bartholomew Clark1988 Bat★21
as Nelson Mandela1987 Mandela
as Roger Murtaugh1987 Lethal Weapon
as John Henry1986 John Henry
as Malachi 'Mal' Johnson1985 Silverado
as Albert Johnson1985 The Color Purple
as McFee1985 Witness
as Apples Finnerty1985 The Stand-In
as William1985 And the Children Shall Lead
as Loomis1984 Iceman
as Moze1984 Places in the Heart
as Gary1983 The Face of Rage
as Willie Monroe1983 Memorial Day
as Lester Traylor1983 Keeping On
as Jojo / Roland1982 Deadly Drifter
as Morgan1981 Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
as Oscar Micheaux1981 Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer
as Inmate1979 Escape from Alcatraz
as himself1969 San Francisco State: On Strike

TV Shows/Series with Danny Glover as Actor(26)

as Narrator (voice)2017 Cold Case Files
as himself2016 The American West
as Mayor2014 Mozart in the Jungle
as Uncle Norman2014 black-ish
as Professor Arthur Teller2012 Touch
as Charlie Lawson2008 Leverage
as Mel Hornsby2006 Psych
as Isaac Marshall2006 Brothers and Sisters
as Hank Morgan2005 Criminal Minds
as Minstrel Krampus (voice)2005 American Dad!
as himself2005 The Reichen Show
as himself2003 Real Time with Bill Maher
as himself1997 The View
as Charlie Pratt Sr.1994 ER
as himself1994 Inside the Actors Studio
as Alec Haley1993 Alex Haley's Queen
1993 Fallen Angels
1990 Captain Planet and the Planeteers
as John Henry1985 Tall Tales & Legends
1981 Hill Street Blues
1981 Gimme a Break!
1981 The Greatest American Hero
1980 Palmerstown, U.S.A.
as Himself - Presenter1980 Great Railway Journeys
as himself1973 The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as himself1952 Today

Movies with Danny Glover as Crew(35)

Production/Executive Producer2023 President
Production/Executive Producer2022 Crane Lantern
Production/Co-Producer2021 Prayers for the Stolen
Production/Executive Producer2021 In Between Dying
Production/Co-Producer2021 Memoria
Production/Executive Producer2019 Lynch: A History
Production/Executive Producer2019 Easter Snap
Production/Executive Producer2018 Angels Are Made of Light
Production/Executive Producer2018 Capernaum
Production/Executive Producer2018 Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Production/Co-Producer2017 Zama
Production/Executive Producer2017 Strong Island
Production/Executive Producer2017 That Summer
Production/Producer2016 The House on Coco Road
Production/Executive Producer2016 White Sun
Production/Executive Producer2016 Shadow World
Production/Co-Producer2015 Cemetery of Splendor
Production/Executive Producer2014 Life Is Sacred
Production/Co-Producer2014 Concerning Violence
Production/Executive Producer2012 Shenandoah
Production/Producer2012 Highway
Production/Executive Producer2012 The House I Live In
Production/Producer2011 The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Production/Executive Producer2011 Dum Maaro Dum
Production/Associate Producer2010 Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Crew/Presenter2010 The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
Crew/Presenter2010 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
Production/Executive Producer2008 Trouble the Water
Production/Producer2003 Good Fences
Directing/Director2002 Just a Dream
Production/Executive Producer2001 3 A.M.
Production/Executive Producer2000 Freedom Song
Production/Executive Producer1997 Buffalo Soldiers
Production/Executive Producer1996 America's Dream
Directing/Director1994 Override

Additional Information

Full Name: Danny Glover
Born: Monday, 07/22 1946 (July) in San Francisco, California (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 77 years + 278 days)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: San Francisco State University, City College of San Francisco, George Washington High School
Employer: UNICEF
Father: James Glover
Other names for Danny Glover (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Danny Lebern Glover"
Danny Glover frequently works together with these people:
Mike Barker (34x, Actor)
Kevin Michael Richardson (30x, Actor)
Paget Brewster (23x, Actress)
Chris Diamantopoulos (23x, Actor)
Joslyn Barnes (20x, Crew)
Fred Tatasciore (16x, Actor)
Jill Talley (16x, Actress)
John DiMaggio (15x, Actor)
Mike Henry (15x, Actor)
Alan Tudyk (14x, Actor)
Richard Donner (14x, Crew)
Susan Rockefeller (13x, Crew)
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