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Danny Glover
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Glover in 2014
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Danny Lebern Glover
July 22, 1946 San Francisco, California, U.S.
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| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Actor, director, activist |
| Years active | 1967–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Asake Bomani
(m. 1975; div. 2000) Eliane Cavalleiro
(m. 2009) |
| Children | 1 |
Danny Lebern Glover (born July 22, 1946) is an American actor, director and activist. He was born in San Francisco, California. Glover made his big screen debut in the 1979 movie Escape from Alcatraz. Glover won an MTV Movie Award in 1993 for Best On-Screen Duo in the movie Lethal Weapon 3 which he shared with Mel Gibson.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | ||||
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| 1979 | Escape from Alcatraz | Inmate | Acting debut | ||||
| 1981 | Chu Chu and the Philly Flash | Morgan | |||||
| 1982 | Deadly Drifter | Jojo/Roland | Alternative title: Out | ||||
| 1984 | Iceman | Loomis | |||||
| Places in the Heart | Moze | ||||||
| 1985 | Witness | Det. Lt. James McFee | |||||
| Silverado | Malachi 'Mal' Johnson | ||||||
| The Color Purple | Mr. Albert Johnson | ||||||
| 1987 | Lethal Weapon | Sergeant Roger Murtaugh | |||||
| 1988 | Bat*21 | Capt. Bartholomew Clark | |||||
| 1989 | Lethal Weapon 2 | Roger Murtaugh | |||||
| 1990 | To Sleep with Anger | Harry | Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead | ||||
| Predator 2 | Lt. Mike Harrigan | ||||||
| 1991 | Flight of the Intruder | Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli | |||||
| A Rage in Harlem | Easy Money | ||||||
| Grand Canyon | Simon | ||||||
| Pure Luck | Raymond Campanella | ||||||
| 1992 | Lethal Weapon 3 | Roger Murtaugh | |||||
| 1993 | The Saint of Fort Washington | Jerry / Narrator | |||||
| Bopha! | Micah Mangena | ||||||
| 1994 | Maverick | Bank Robber | Uncredited cameo | ||||
| Angels in the Outfield | George Knox | ||||||
| Override | Director, TV short | ||||||
| 1995 | Operation Dumbo Drop | Capt. Sam Cahill | 1996 | Harriet the Spy | Cop | Uncredited cameo | |
| 1997 | Wild America | Bigfoot | Uncredited cameo | ||||
| The Rainmaker | Judge Tyrone Kipler | Uncredited cameo | |||||
| Gone Fishin' | Gus Green | ||||||
| Switchback | Bob Goodall | ||||||
| 1998 | Lethal Weapon 4 | Roger Murtaugh | |||||
| Antz | Barbatus | Voice only | |||||
| Beloved | Paul D. Garner | ||||||
| The Prince of Egypt | Jethro | Voice only | |||||
| 1999 | Our Friend, Martin | Train Conductor | Voice only | ||||
| 2000 | Boesman and Lena | Boesman | |||||
| 2001 | 3 A.M. | Charles "Hershey" Riley | |||||
| The Royal Tenenbaums | Henry Sherman | ||||||
| 2002 | Just a Dream | Director Nominated—Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Children/Youth/Family Special |
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| 2003 | Good Fences | Tom Spader | |||||
| 2004 | The Cookout | Judge Crowley | |||||
| Saw | Detective David Tapp | ||||||
| 2005 | Manderlay | Wilhelm | |||||
| Missing in America | Jake Neeley | ||||||
| 2006 | Bamako | Cow-boy | |||||
| Barnyard | Miles | Voice | |||||
| The Shaggy Dog | Ken Hollister | ||||||
| Dreamgirls | Marty Madison | ||||||
| 2007 | Shooter | Colonel Isaac Johnson | |||||
| Poor Boy's Game | George | Nominated—Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | |||||
| Battle for Terra | President Chen | Voice only | |||||
| Honeydripper | Tyrone Purvis | ||||||
| Miranda Regresa | John Doe | ||||||
| 2008 | Be Kind Rewind | Horace Fletcher | |||||
| Gospel Hill | John Malcolm | ||||||
| Tiny Tears | Himself | ||||||
| Blindness | Old man with the black eye patch/Narrator | ||||||
| The Garden | Himself | ||||||
| Saw V | Detective David Tapp | Cameo and archive footage from Saw | |||||
| Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare | Walter Tortoise | Voice | |||||
| 2009 | Night Train | Miles | |||||
| Down for Life | Mr. Shannon | ||||||
| The People Speak | Himself | Documentary | |||||
| The Harimaya Bridge | Joseph Holder | ||||||
| 2012 | President Wilson | Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | |||||
| At the End of Slavery | Narrator | ||||||
| 2010 | Stride | James 'Honeybear' Powell | |||||
| Death at a Funeral | Uncle Russell | ||||||
| Dear Alice | Franzis | Original title: För kärleken | |||||
| Legendary | Harry "Red" Newman | ||||||
| Alpha and Omega | Winston | Voice | |||||
| Son of Morning | Gabriel Peters | ||||||
| Age of the Dragons | Ahab | ||||||
| Mooz-lum | Dean Francis | ||||||
| I Want to Be a Soldier | The Principal | ||||||
| Five Minarets in New York | Marcus | Original title: New York'ta Beş Minare | |||||
| 2011 | Heart of Blackness | Vaudreuil | |||||
| Donovan's Echo | Donovan | ||||||
| 2012 | Highland Park | Ed | |||||
| LUV | Arthur | ||||||
| Sins Expiation | Father Leonard | ||||||
| The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America | Count Basie | Voice | |||||
| 2013 | Space Warriors | Commander | |||||
| Chasing Shakespeare | William Ward | ||||||
| Tula: The Revolt | Shinishi | ||||||
| Extraction | Colonel | ||||||
| Alpha and Omega 2: A Howl-iday Adventure | Winston | ||||||
| 2014 | Bad Asses | Bernie Pope | |||||
| Rage | Detective St. John | ||||||
| Beyond the Lights | Captain David Nicol | ||||||
| Supremacy | Mr. Walker | ||||||
| S.O.S - Sights of Death | Sponge | ||||||
| Yellowbird | Darius (voice) | English version | |||||
| Day of the Mummy | Carl | ||||||
| 2047: The Final War | Sponge | Italian film also known as 2047: Sights of Death | |||||
| 2015 | Bad Asses on the Bayou | Bernie Pope | |||||
| Checkmate | Elohim | ||||||
| Gridlocked | Sully | ||||||
| Waffle Street | Edward Collins | ||||||
| About Scout | Red Freston | ||||||
| Diablo | Benjamin Carver | ||||||
| Andron | Chancellor Gordon | ||||||
| 2016 | Dirty Grandpa | Stinky | |||||
| Complete Unknown | Roger | ||||||
| Back in the Day | Eddie "Rocks" Travor | ||||||
| Mr. Pig | Ambrose | Nominated—Ariel Award for Best Actor | |||||
| 93 Days | Dr. Benjamin Ohiaeri | ||||||
| Almost Christmas | Walter | ||||||
| Dark Web | The Boss | ||||||
| Pushing Dead | Bob | ||||||
| Monster Trucks | Mr. Weathers | ||||||
| 2017 | Vagabonds | Uncle Issa | Short film | ||||
| Extortion | Constable Haagen | ||||||
| The Good Catholic | Father Victor | ||||||
| Donald Trump, The Koch Brothers & Their War on Climate Science | Narrator | ||||||
| Buckout Road | Victor | ||||||
| 2018 | Proud Mary | Benny | |||||
| Sorry to Bother You | Langston | ||||||
| Come Sunday | Gilbert Pearson | ||||||
| The Old Man & the Gun | Teddy Green | ||||||
| Death Race: Beyond Anarchy | Baltimore Bob | Direct-to-video | |||||
| 2019 | The Last Black Man in San Francisco | Grandpa | |||||
| The Dead Don't Die | Hank Thompson | ||||||
| Strive | Mr. Rose | ||||||
| Jumanji: The Next Level | Milo Walker | In post-production | |||||
| TBA | Killing Winston Jones | Washington Carver | In post-production Filming started in 2012. The filmas originally scheduled to be released in 2014. By 2019, the film had still not been released in theaters and no release date has been set. |
Images for kids
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Glover in 1997
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Glover at the 2014 Phoenix Comicon
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Glover in 2016
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Glover in Ecuador in November 2013, protesting against Chevron and issues relating to the Lago Agrio oil field
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Glover speaks at a March for Immigrants Rights in Madison, Wisconsin, in 2007
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