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Danny Glover

Danny Glover

Birthday: 1946-07-22 | Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2024
American Dreamer

as    Jerry

2023
Double Soul

as    Michael Tedeschi

2023
The Naughty Nine

as    Santa Claus

2022
Press Play

as    Cooper

2022
De Quanta Terra Precisa o Homem?

as    Ele mesmo

2020
Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man

as    Narrator (voice)

2020
After Fact

as    Self

2019
The Last Black Man in San Francisco

as    Grandpa Allen

2019
The Dead Don't Die

as    Hank Thompson

2019
Always in Season

as    Narrator (voice)

2019
The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs

as    Narrator (voice)

2018
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy

as    Baltimore Bob

2018
Proud Mary

as    Benny

2018
Come Sunday

as    Gilbert Pearson

2018
Sorry to Bother You

as    Langston

2018
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey

as    Mr. Ocean

2018
Christmas Break-In

as    Ray

2018
2018
The Old Man & the Gun

as    Teddy

2017
Extortion

as    Constable Haagen

2017
Monster Trucks

as    Mr. Weathers

2017
Birth of a Movement

as    Narrator (voice)