Danny Glover
Acting
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
Acting253
movieThe Naughty Nine
2023
Santa Claus
movieDouble Soul
2023
Michael Tedeschi
moviePress Play
2022
Cooper
movieThe Drummer
2020
Mark Walker
movieChuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man
2020
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs
2019
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Last Black Man in San Francisco
2019
Grandpa Allen
movieThe Dead Don't Die
2019
Hank Thompson
movieAlways in Season
2019
Narrator (voice)
movieDeath Race: Beyond Anarchy
2018
Baltimore Bob
movieSorry to Bother You
2018
Langston
movieUlysses: A Dark Odyssey
2018
Mr. Ocean
movieHoward
2018
Self (archive footage)
movieCome Sunday
2018
Gilbert Pearson
movieProud Mary
2018
Benny
movieThe Christmas Train
2017
Max Powers
movieThe Curse of Buckout Road
2017
Dr. Powell
movieVagabonds
2017
Uncle Issa
movieTour de Pharmacy
2017
Slim Robinson Present Day
movieAgents of Change
2017
Self - Narrator (voice)
tvCold Case Files
2017
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieBirth of a Movement
2017
Narrator (voice)
movieExtortion
2017
Detective Constable Haagen
movieMonster Trucks
2016
Mr. Weathers
movieMr. Pig
2016
Ambrose
movieGridlocked
2016
Sully
Dirt & Deeds in Mississippi
2016
Narrator (voice)
movieBack in the Day
2016
Eddie 'Rocks' Travor
movieUnion Time: Fighting for Workers’ Rights
2016
Narrator (voice)
movie93 Days
2016
Dr. Benjamin Ohiaeri
movieDarkweb
2016
The Boss
movieDirty Grandpa
2016
Stinky
movieDiablo
2016
Benjamin Carver
movieAndron
2015
Chancellor Gordon
movieWaffle Street
2015
Edward Collins
movieCheckmate
2015
Elohim
movieConsumed
2015
Hal Westbrook
movieBad Asses on the Bayou
2015
Bernie Pope
movieMississippi Inferno
2015
Narrator (voice)
movieCaffeinated
2015
Coffee Lover
movieToxin
2015
Dr. Locke
movieBeyond the Lights
2014
Captain Nicol
movieYellowbird
2014
Darius (voice)
tvblack-ish
2014
Uncle Norman
movieSupremacy
2014
Mr. Walker
movieRage
2014
Detective St. John
movieBad Ass 2: Bad Asses
2014
Bernie Pope
movieThe Ninja Immovable Heart
2014
Ex Director Matthew Reynolds
movieChasing Shakespeare
2014
William Ward
movieMuhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013
Justice Thurgood Marshall
tvIronside
2013
Frank Ironside
movieExtraction
2013
Harding
movieTula: The Revolt
2013
Shinishi
movieShuffleton's Barbershop
2013
Charlie Shuffleton
movieSpace Warriors
2013
Commander Phillips
movieThe Shift
2013
Floyd
movieThe Bouquet
2013
Reverend John
movieLUV
2013
Arthur
movieHannah's Law
2012
Isom Dart
movieSins
2012
Father Leonard
tvTouch
2012
Professor Arthur Teller
movieMysteria
2011
Investigator
Rise Like Lions
2011
Self (Occupy Oakland)
movieDonovan's Echo
2011
Donovan Matheson
movieSon of Morning
2011
Gabriel Peters
movieMooz-lum
2011
Dean Francis
movieI Want to Be a Soldier
2010
School Director
movieDown for Life
2010
Mr. Shannon
movieI'm Still Here
2010
Danny Glover
movieLegendary
2010
Harry 'Red' Newman
movieDear Alice
2010
Franzis
movieAlpha and Omega
2010
Winston (voice)
movieDeath at a Funeral
2010
Uncle Russell
tvHuman Target
2010
Client
movieSam Cooke: Crossing Over
2010
Narrator (voice)
movie2012
2009
President Thomas Wilson
tvNite Tales: The Series
2009
Jeremiah
movieThe Harimaya Bridge
2009
Joseph Holder
movieNight Train
2009
Miles
tvLeverage
2008
Charlie Lawson
movieUnstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare
2008
Walter Tortoise (voice)
movieFats Waller Was Born Here
2008
"Fats" Waller's Father/Mr. Fletcher
movieBlindness
2008
Man with Black Eye Patch
movieBe Kind Rewind
2008
Mr. Fletcher
movieGospel Hill
2008
John Malcolm
movieAgent Crush
2008
Major Rusty Gubbins
movieHoneydripper
2007
Tyrone Purvis
movieBattle for Terra
2007
President Chen (voice)
movieNamibia: The Struggle for Liberation
2007
Father Elias
movieShooter
2007
Colonel Isaac Johnson
movieBamako
2007
Cow-boy
moviePoor Boy's Game
2007
George
movieDreamgirls
2006
Marty Madison
tvBrothers and Sisters
2006
Isaac Marshall
movieBarnyard
2006
Miles (voice)
tvPsych
2006
Mel Hornsby
movieThe Adventures of Brer Rabbit
2006
Brer Turtle (voice)
movieThe Shaggy Dog
2006
Ken Hollister
movieThe Exonerated
2006
David Keaton
movieFull Disclosure Report
2005
David Tapp
tvCriminal Minds
2005
Hank Morgan
tvMy Name Is Earl
2005
Thomas
movieManderlay
2005
Wilhelm
tvAmerican Dad!
2005
Minstrel Krampus (voice)
movieThe Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'
2005
Self (archive footage)
movieMissing in America
2005
Jake Neely
P.N.O.K.
2005
Col. Weldon
movieSaw
2004
David Tapp
movieThe Cookout
2004
Judge Crowley
movieGood Fences
2003
Tom Spader
movieThe Real Eve
2002
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Royal Tenenbaums
2001
Henry Sherman
movie3 A.M.
2001
Hershey
movieBoesman and Lena
2000
Boesman
movieFreedom Song
2000
Will Walker
movieThe Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
1999
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
1999
Narrator (voice)
movieOur Friend, Martin
1999
Train Conductor (voice)
movieThe Prince of Egypt
1998
Jethro (voice)
movieBeloved
1998
Paul D
movieAntz
1998
Barbatus (voice)
movieCan't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life & Music of Robert Johnson
1998
Self - Narrator (voice)
tvHollywood Squares
1998
Self - Panelist
movieLethal Weapon 4
1998
Roger Murtaugh
movieSoldier Child
1998
Self - Narrator
movieBuffalo Soldiers
1997
Sgt. Washington Wyatt
movieThe Rainmaker
1997
Richter Tyrone Kipler
movieSwitchback
1997
Bob Goodall
tvThe View
1997
Self
movieWild America
1997
Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited)
movieGone Fishin'
1997
Gus Green
movieAmerica's Dream
1996
Silas (segment "Long Black Song")
movieRed Wind
1995
Philip Marlowe
movieOperation Dumbo Drop
1995
Capt. Sam Cahill
tvThomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
1995
Isaac Jefferson (voice)
tvHappily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
The King (voice)
tvER
1994
Charlie Pratt Sr.
movieAngels in the Outfield
1994
George Knox
movieMaverick
1994
Bank Robber (uncredited)
movieBopha!
1993
Micah Mangena
tvCivil War Journal
1993
Self - Host / Host
tvFallen Angels
1993
Marlowe
movieThe Talking Eggs
1993
Narrator (voice)
tvAlex Haley's Queen
1993
Alec Haley
Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion
1992
Narrator (voice)
movieLethal Weapon 3
1992
Roger Murtaugh
moviePure Luck
1991
Raymond Campanella
movieA Rage in Harlem
1991
Easy Money
movieFlight of the Intruder
1991
Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli
moviePredator 2
1990
Lieutenant Mike Harrigan
tvCaptain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
Dr. Apollo (voice)
Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby
1990
Narrator (voice)
movieRabbit Ears - How the Leopard Got His Spots
1989
Narrator (voice)
movieLethal Weapon 2
1989
Roger Murtaugh
movieDead Man Out
1989
Dr. Alex Marsh
tvLonesome Dove
1989
Joshua Deets
movieA Raisin in the Sun
1989
Walter Lee Younger
movieBat★21
1988
Capt. Bartholomew Clark
movieMandela
1987
Nelson Mandela
movieLethal Weapon
1987
Roger Murtaugh
movieJohn Henry
1986
John Henry
tvTall Tales & Legends
1985
John Henry
movieSilverado
1985
Malachi 'Mal' Johnson
movieThe Stand-In
1985
Apples Finnerty
movieWitness
1985
McFee
movieIceman
1984
Loomis
Memorial Day
1983
Willie Monroe
movieKeeping On
1983
Lester Traylor
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982
Lester Traylor / Walter Lee Younger
movieOut
1982
Jojo / Roland
movieOscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer
1981
Oscar Micheaux
tvGreat Railway Journeys
1980
Self - Presenter
tvSaturday Night Live
1975
Roger Murtaugh (uncredited)
tvTony Awards
1956
Self - Presenter
tvToday
1952
Self
movieDreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story
Narrator (voice)
movieLethal Weapon 5
Roger Murtaugh
movieKilling Winston Jones
Washington Carver
Production40
movieOur Land
2026
Executive Producer
movieThe 9 Lives of Barbara Dane
2023
Executive Producer
moviePresident
2023
Executive Producer
movieCrane Lantern
2022
Executive Producer
movieMemoria
2021
Co-Producer
moviePrayers for the Stolen
2021
Co-Producer
movieIn Between Dying
2021
Executive Producer
tvThe War on Cuba
2020
Executive Producer
movieLynch: A History
2019
Executive Producer
movieEaster Snap
2019
Executive Producer
movieCapernaum
2018
Executive Producer
movieHale County This Morning, This Evening
2018
Executive Producer
movieAngels Are Made of Light
2018
Executive Producer
movieZama
2017
Co-Producer
movieThat Summer
2017
Executive Producer
movieStrong Island
2017
Executive Producer
movieWhite Sun
2016
Executive Producer
movieShadow World
2016
Executive Producer
movieThe House on Coco Road
2016
Producer
movieThis Changes Everything
2015
Executive Producer
movieCemetery of Splendor
2015
Co-Producer
movieLife Is Sacred
2014
Executive Producer
movieConcerning Violence
2014
Co-Producer
movieShenandoah
2012
Executive Producer
movieThe House I Live In
2012
Executive Producer
movieHighway
2012
Producer
movieDum Maaro Dum
2011
Executive Producer
movieUncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
2010
Associate Producer
movieThe Time That Remains
2009
Associate Producer
movieSalt of This Sea
2008
Co-Producer
movieTrouble the Water
2008
Executive Producer
movieBamako
2007
Executive Producer
movieGood Fences
2003
Producer
movie3 A.M.
2001
Executive Producer
movieFreedom Song
2000
Executive Producer
movieBuffalo Soldiers
1997
Executive Producer
movieAmerica's Dream
1996
Executive Producer
movieTo Sleep with Anger
1990
Executive Producer
Untitled Dinah Washington Biopic
Executive Producer
Crew2
Directing2
movieJust a Dream
2002
Director
movieOverride
1994
Director