Danny Glover
Acting
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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 Sle...
Known For
Filmography
Newbies
2025
Double Soul
2023
as Michael Tedeschi
The Naughty Nine
2023
as Santa Claus
American Dreamer
2022
as Jerry
De Quanta Terra Precisa o Homem?
2022
as Self
Press Play
2022
as Cooper
A Night at the Academy Museum
2021
as Self
The Drummer
2020
as Mark Walker
After Fact
2020
as Self
Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War
2020
as Narrator (voice)
Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man
2020
as Narrator (voice)
The Robeson Effect
2019
as Self
Redeeming Uncle Tom: The Josiah Henson Story
2019
as Narrator
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
2019
as Grandpa Allen
Always in Season
2019
as Narrator (voice)
Jumanji: The Next Level
2019
as Milo
The Dead Don't Die
2019
as Hank Thompson
The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs
2019
as Narrator (voice)
Strive
2019
Howard
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy
2018
as Baltimore Bob
Come Sunday
2018
as Gilbert Pearson
The Old Man & the Gun
2018
as Teddy
Proud Mary
2018
as Benny
Sorry to Bother You
2018
as Langston
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
2018
as Mr. Ocean
Survivor's Guide to Prison
2018
as Self
Christmas Break-In
2018
as Ray
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
2018
as Self
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
2018
as Narrator (voice)
Vagabonds
2017
as Uncle Issa
Extortion
2017
as Detective Constable Haagen
Birth of a Movement
2017
as Narrator (voice)
The Good Catholic
2017
as Victor
Tour de Pharmacy
2017
as Slim Robinson Present Day
Agents of Change
2017
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Curse of Buckout Road
2017
as Dr. Powell
The Christmas Train
2017
as Max Powers
Abderrahmane Sissako: Beyond Territories
2017
as Self
Cold Case Files
2017
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Monster Trucks
2016
as Mr. Weathers
Back in the Day
2016
as Eddie 'Rocks' Travor
Complete Unknown
2016
as Roger
Diablo
2016
as Benjamin Carver
Dirty Grandpa
2016
as Stinky
Darkweb
2016
as The Boss
Mr. Pig
2016
as Ambrose
Gridlocked
2016
as Sully
Pushing Dead
2016
as Bob
Almost Christmas
2016
as Walter
93 Days
2016
as Dr. Benjamin Ohiaeri
Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ Rights
2016
as Narrator (voice)
Bad Asses on the Bayou
2015
as Bernie Pope
Toxin
2015
as Dr. Locke
Consumed
2015
as Hal Westbrook
About Scout
2015
as Red
Checkmate
2015
as Elohim
Waffle Street
2015
as Edward Collins
Andron
2015
as Chancellor Gordon
Caffeinated
2015
as Coffee Lover
Mississippi Inferno
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Chasing Shakespeare
2014
as William Ward
Beyond the Lights
2014
as Captain Nicol
Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses
2014
as Bernie Pope
Rage
2014
as Detective St. John
2047: Sights of Death
2014
as Sponge
Supremacy
2014
as Mr. Walker
Yellowbird
2014
as Darius (voice)
Day of the Mummy
2014
as Carl
We Are Many
2014
as Self
The Ninja Immovable Heart
2014
as Ex Director Matthew Reynolds
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
2014
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014
as Self
Mozart in the Jungle
2014
as Mayor
black-ish
2014
as Uncle Norman
LUV
2013
as Arthur
Highland Park
2013
as Ed
Tula: The Revolt
2013
as Shinishi
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013
as Justice Thurgood Marshall
Space Warriors
2013
as Commander Phillips
The Bouquet
2013
as Reverend John
Extraction
2013
as Harding
Shuffleton's Barbershop
2013
as Charlie Shuffleton
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
2013
as Self
The Shift
2013
as Floyd
Ironside
2013
as Frank Ironside
Casting By
2012
as Self
The Children's Republic
2012
as Dubem
Hannah's Law
2012
as Isom Dart
Sins
2012
as Father Leonard
The Lighthouse
2012
as Duncan
Shadows of Liberty
2012
as Self
Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon'
2012
as Self
Touch
2012
as Professor Arthur Teller
Mooz-lum
2011
as Dean Francis
Son of Morning
2011
as Gabriel Peters
Mysteria
2011
as Investigator
Age of the Dragons
2011
as Ahab
Rise Like Lions
2011
as Self (Occupy Oakland)
Donovan's Echo
2011
as Donovan Matheson
Alpha and Omega
2010
as Winston (voice)
Death at a Funeral
2010
as Uncle Russell
Legendary
2010
as Harry 'Red' Newman
Down for Life
2010
as Mr. Shannon
Five Minarets in New York
2010
as Marcus
I Want to Be a Soldier
2010
as School Director
Dear Alice
2010
as Franzis
I'm Still Here
2010
as Danny Glover
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2010
as Self
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
2010
as Self
Sam Cooke: Crossing Over
2010
as Narrator (voice)
Human Target
2010
as Client
2012
2009
as President Thomas Wilson
Night Train
2009
as Miles
The Harimaya Bridge
2009
as Joseph Holder
The People Speak
2009
as Self
PoliWood
2009
as Self
Nite Tales: The Series
2009
as Jeremiah
Gospel Hill
2008
as John Malcolm
Be Kind Rewind
2008
as Mr. Fletcher
Blindness
2008
as Man with Black Eye Patch
Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare
2008
as Walter Tortoise (voice)
Agent Crush
2008
as Major Rusty Gubbins
Fats Waller Was Born Here
2008
as "Fats" Waller's Father/Mr. Fletcher
Leverage
2008
as Charlie Lawson
Shooter
2007
as Colonel Isaac Johnson
Honeydripper
2007
as Tyrone Purvis
Poor Boy's Game
2007
as George
Battle for Terra
2007
as President Chen (voice)
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
2007
as Father Elias
Dreamgirls
2006
as Marty Madison
The Shaggy Dog
2006
as Ken Hollister
Barnyard
2006
as Miles (voice)
The Exonerated
2006
as David Keaton
The Court
2006
as Cow-boy
The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
2006
as Brer Turtle (voice)
Read You Like a Book
2006
Brothers and Sisters
2006
as Isaac Marshall
Psych
2006
as Mel Hornsby
Manderlay
2005
as Wilhelm
Missing in America
2005
as Jake Neely
The Peace!
2005
as Self
Full Disclosure Report
2005
as David Tapp
P.N.O.K.
2005
as Col. Weldon
The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'
2005
as Self (archive footage)
The Reichen Show
2005
as Self
My Name Is Earl
2005
as Thomas
American Dad!
2005
as Minstrel Krampus (voice)
Criminal Minds
2005
as Hank Morgan
Saw
2004
as David Tapp
The Cookout
2004
as Judge Crowley
Legend of Earthsea
2004
as Ogion
Good Fences
2003
as Tom Spader
The John Garfield Story
2003
as Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
The Real Eve
2002
as Narrator (voice)
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001
as Henry Sherman
3 A.M.
2001
as Hershey
Boesman and Lena
2000
as Boesman
Freedom Song
2000
as Will Walker
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
2000
as Self
Bàttu
2000
Scared Straight! 20 Years Later
1999
as Host
Our Friend, Martin
1999
as Train Conductor (voice)
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
1999
as Narrator (voice)
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
1999
as Self (archive footage)
Lethal Weapon 4
1998
as Roger Murtaugh
Antz
1998
as Barbatus (voice)
The Prince of Egypt
1998
as Jethro (voice)
Beloved
1998
as Paul D
Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life & Music of Robert Johnson
1998
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Soldier Child
1998
as Self - Narrator
Hollywood Squares
1998
as Self - Panelist
Switchback
1997
as Bob Goodall
The Rainmaker
1997
as Richter Tyrone Kipler
Gone Fishin'
1997
as Gus Green
Buffalo Soldiers
1997
as Sgt. Washington Wyatt
Wild America
1997
as Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited)
The View
1997
as Self
America's Dream
1996
as Silas (segment "Long Black Song")
Operation Dumbo Drop
1995
as Capt. Sam Cahill
Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities
1995
as Self
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self
Red Wind
1995
as Philip Marlowe
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
1995
as Isaac Jefferson (voice)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
as The King (voice)
Angels in the Outfield
1994
as George Knox
Maverick
1994
as Bank Robber (uncredited)
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
ER
1994
as Charlie Pratt Sr.
The Saint of Fort Washington
1993
as Jerry
Bopha!
1993
as Micah Mangena
The Talking Eggs
1993
as Narrator (voice)
Fallen Angels
1993
as Marlowe
Alex Haley's Queen
1993
as Alec Haley
Civil War Journal
1993
as Self - Host
Civil War Journal
1993
as Host
Lethal Weapon 3
1992
as Roger Murtaugh
Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion
1992
as Narrator (voice)
Grand Canyon
1991
as Simon
A Rage in Harlem
1991
as Easy Money
Flight of the Intruder
1991
as Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli
Pure Luck
1991
as Raymond Campanella
Predator 2
1990
as Lieutenant Mike Harrigan
To Sleep with Anger
1990
as Harry
Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby
1990
as Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - Moses in Egypt
1990
as Narrator (voice)
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
as Dr. Apollo (voice)
Lethal Weapon 2
1989
as Roger Murtaugh
Dead Man Out
1989
as Dr. Alex Marsh
A Raisin in the Sun
1989
as Walter Lee Younger
Hollywood on Horses
1989
as Self
Rabbit Ears - How the Leopard Got His Spots
1989
as Narrator (voice)
Lonesome Dove
1989
as Joshua Deets
Bat★21
1988
as Capt. Bartholomew Clark
A Place at the Table
1988
as Mr. Scott
Lethal Weapon
1987
as Roger Murtaugh
Mandela
1987
as Nelson Mandela
John Henry
1986
as John Henry
The Color Purple
1985
as Albert
Silverado
1985
as Malachi 'Mal' Johnson
Witness
1985
as McFee
And the Children Shall Lead
1985
as William
The Stand-In
1985
as Apples Finnerty
Tall Tales & Legends
1985
as John Henry
Iceman
1984
as Loomis
Places in the Heart
1984
as Moze
Keeping On
1983
as Lester Traylor
The Face of Rage
1983
as Gary
Memorial Day
1983
as Willie Monroe
Chiefs
1983
as Marshall Peters
Out
1982
as Jojo / Roland
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
1981
as Morgan
Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer
1981
as Oscar Micheaux
Hill Street Blues
1981
Gimme a Break!
1981
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
1980
Great Railway Journeys
1980
as Self - Presenter
Escape from Alcatraz
1979
as Inmate
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Roger Murtaugh (uncredited)
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
San Francisco State: On Strike
1969
as self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Today
1952
as Self