
Danny Glover
Known for Acting · 252 credits
- Born
- 1946-07-22 (age 79)
- Place of birth
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Also known as
- Danny Lebern 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.
Known For
TV Shows (37)

Criminal Minds
2005
as Hank Morgan

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

American Dad!
2005
as Minstrel Krampus (voice)

Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self

Saturday Night Live
1975
as Roger Murtaugh (uncredited)

ER
1994
as Charlie Pratt Sr.

Psych
2006
as Mel Hornsby

The View
1997
as Self

Hollywood Squares
1998
as Self - Panelist

Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter

Hill Street Blues
1981

black-ish
2014
as Uncle Norman

Brothers and Sisters
2006
as Isaac Marshall

My Name Is Earl
2005
as Thomas

Leverage
2008
as Charlie Lawson

The Reichen Show
2005
as Self

Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
as Dr. Apollo (voice)

Touch
2012
as Professor Arthur Teller

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
as The King (voice)

Mozart in the Jungle
2014
as Mayor

Human Target
2010
as Client

Today
1952
as Self

Fallen Angels
1993
as Marlowe

Gimme a Break!
1981

Lonesome Dove
1989
as Joshua Deets

Tall Tales & Legends
1985
as John Henry

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self

Ironside
2013
as Frank Ironside

Cold Case Files
2017
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Alex Haley's Queen
1993
as Alec Haley

Legend of Earthsea
2004
as Ogion

Great Railway Journeys
1980
as Self - Presenter

Palmerstown, U.S.A.
1980

Civil War Journal
1993
as Self - Host

Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self

Nite Tales: The Series
2009
as Jeremiah

Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
1995
as Isaac Jefferson (voice)
Movies (215)

2012
2009
as President Thomas Wilson

Shooter
2007
as Colonel Isaac Johnson

Jumanji: The Next Level
2019
as Milo

Saw
2004
as David Tapp

The Prince of Egypt
1998
as Jethro (voice)

Lethal Weapon
1987
as Roger Murtaugh

Predator 2
1990
as Lieutenant Mike Harrigan

Lethal Weapon 4
1998
as Roger Murtaugh

Escape from Alcatraz
1979
as Inmate

Antz
1998
as Barbatus (voice)

Lethal Weapon 2
1989
as Roger Murtaugh

Barnyard
2006
as Miles (voice)

Dirty Grandpa
2016
as Stinky

Lethal Weapon 3
1992
as Roger Murtaugh

Witness
1985
as McFee

The Color Purple
1985
as Albert

Death Race: Beyond Anarchy
2018
as Baltimore Bob

The Royal Tenenbaums
2001
as Henry Sherman

Silverado
1985
as Malachi 'Mal' Johnson

The Rainmaker
1997
as Richter Tyrone Kipler

Monster Trucks
2016
as Mr. Weathers

Maverick
1994
as Bank Robber (uncredited)

Sorry to Bother You
2018
as Langston

Alpha and Omega
2010
as Winston (voice)

The Dead Don't Die
2019
as Hank Thompson

Death at a Funeral
2010
as Uncle Russell

Rage
2014
as Detective St. John

Dreamgirls
2006
as Marty Madison

The Shaggy Dog
2006
as Ken Hollister

Places in the Heart
1984
as Moze

Beloved
1998
as Paul D

Iceman
1984
as Loomis

Battle for Terra
2007
as President Chen (voice)

Blindness
2008
as Man with Black Eye Patch

Manderlay
2005
as Wilhelm

Yellowbird
2014
as Darius (voice)

Be Kind Rewind
2008
as Mr. Fletcher

Extraction
2013
as Harding

Extortion
2017
as Detective Constable Haagen

Angels in the Outfield
1994
as George Knox

Tour de Pharmacy
2017
as Slim Robinson Present Day

Switchback
1997
as Bob Goodall

Mr. Pig
2016
as Ambrose

I'm Still Here
2010
as Danny Glover

Flight of the Intruder
1991
as Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli

Proud Mary
2018
as Benny

Pure Luck
1991
as Raymond Campanella

Complete Unknown
2016
as Roger

Gridlocked
2016
as Sully

The Cookout
2004
as Judge Crowley

Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses
2014
as Bernie Pope

Grand Canyon
1991
as Simon

Almost Christmas
2016
as Walter

Beyond the Lights
2014
as Captain Nicol

Survivor's Guide to Prison
2018
as Self

The Last Black Man in San Francisco
2019
as Grandpa Allen

Sins
2012
as Father Leonard

Howard
2018
as Self (archive footage)

Diablo
2016
as Benjamin Carver

Bat★21
1988
as Capt. Bartholomew Clark

Supremacy
2014
as Mr. Walker

The Bouquet
2013
as Reverend John

Legendary
2010
as Harry 'Red' Newman

Wild America
1997
as Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited)

Casting By
2012
as Self

Gone Fishin'
1997
as Gus Green

The Old Man & the Gun
2018
as Teddy

Bopha!
1993
as Micah Mangena

Press Play
2022
as Cooper

Our Friend, Martin
1999
as Train Conductor (voice)

Down for Life
2010
as Mr. Shannon

The Naughty Nine
2023
as Santa Claus

Bad Asses on the Bayou
2015
as Bernie Pope

Andron
2015
as Chancellor Gordon

Waffle Street
2015
as Edward Collins

The People Speak
2009
as Self

The Saint of Fort Washington
1993
as Jerry

A Rage in Harlem
1991
as Easy Money

Buffalo Soldiers
1997
as Sgt. Washington Wyatt

Checkmate
2015
as Elohim

The Children's Republic
2012
as Dubem

Five Minarets in New York
2010
as Marcus

Shadows of Liberty
2012
as Self

Operation Dumbo Drop
1995
as Capt. Sam Cahill

The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'
2005
as Self (archive footage)

Night Train
2009
as Miles

The Curse of Buckout Road
2017
as Dr. Powell

American Dreamer
2022
as Jerry

Freedom Song
2000
as Will Walker

PoliWood
2009
as Self

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self

Highland Park
2013
as Ed

Honeydripper
2007
as Tyrone Purvis

The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
2010
as Self

Mandela
1987
as Nelson Mandela

About Scout
2015
as Red

Come Sunday
2018
as Gilbert Pearson

3 A.M.
2001
as Hershey

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013
as Justice Thurgood Marshall

Toxin
2015
as Dr. Locke

Tula: The Revolt
2013
as Shinishi

Pushing Dead
2016
as Bob

Space Warriors
2013
as Commander Phillips

Consumed
2015
as Hal Westbrook

Hannah's Law
2012
as Isom Dart

Gospel Hill
2008
as John Malcolm

The Christmas Train
2017
as Max Powers

The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
1999
as Self (archive footage)

The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
2006
as Brer Turtle (voice)

LUV
2013
as Arthur

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014
as Self

Donovan's Echo
2011
as Donovan Matheson

Back in the Day
2016
as Eddie 'Rocks' Travor

Good Fences
2003
as Tom Spader
The Peace!
2005
as Self

Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
2007
as Father Elias

To Sleep with Anger
1990
as Harry

Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare
2008
as Walter Tortoise (voice)

93 Days
2016
as Dr. Benjamin Ohiaeri

Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
2018
as Self
About Danny Glover
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,… With 252 credits spanning from 1952 to 2025, Danny Glover has appeared in 215 films and 37 TV shows.
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Most Popular Danny Glover Movies
- 2012 (2009) — as President Thomas Wilson
- Shooter (2007) — as Colonel Isaac Johnson
- Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) — as Milo
- Saw (2004) — as David Tapp
- The Prince of Egypt (1998) — as Jethro (voice)
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