Danny Glover
Born July 22, 1946 (Age: 79)
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San Francisco, California, USA
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.
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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Filmography
Jumanji: The Next Level
2019
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as Milo
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Age: 73
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
2019
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as Grandpa Allen
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Age: 72
The Dead Don't Die
2019
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as Hank Thompson
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Age: 72
The Old Man & the Gun
2018
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as Teddy
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Age: 72
Sorry to Bother You
2018
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as Langston
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Age: 71
Come Sunday
2018
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as Gilbert Pearson
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Age: 71
Proud Mary
2018
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as Benny
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Age: 71
Monster Trucks
2016
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as Mr. Weathers
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Age: 70
Almost Christmas
2016
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as Walter
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Age: 70
Complete Unknown
2016
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as Roger
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Age: 70
Dirty Grandpa
2016
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as Stinky
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Age: 69
Beyond the Lights
2014
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as Captain Nicol
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Age: 68
Yellowbird
2014
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as Darius (voice)
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Age: 68
Supremacy
2014
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as Mr. Walker
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Age: 67
Rage
2014
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as Detective St. John
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Age: 67
Casting By
2012
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as Self
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Age: 66
Mooz-lum
2011
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as Dean Francis
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Age: 64
I'm Still Here
2010
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as Danny Glover
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Age: 64
Legendary
2010
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as Harry 'Red' Newman
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Age: 64
Alpha and Omega
2010
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as Winston (voice)
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Age: 63
Death at a Funeral
2010
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as Uncle Russell
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Age: 63
2012
2009
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as President Thomas Wilson
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Age: 63
Blindness
2008
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as Man with Black Eye Patch
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Age: 61
Be Kind Rewind
2008
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as Mr. Fletcher
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Age: 61
Battle for Terra
2007
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as President Chen (voice)
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Age: 61
Shooter
2007
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as Colonel Isaac Johnson
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Age: 60
Dreamgirls
2006
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as Marty Madison
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Age: 60
Barnyard
2006
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as Miles (voice)
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Age: 60
The Court
2006
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as Cow-boy
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Age: 59
The Shaggy Dog
2006
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as Ken Hollister
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Age: 59
Manderlay
2005
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as Wilhelm
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Age: 58
Saw
2004
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as David Tapp
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Age: 58
The Cookout
2004
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as Judge Crowley
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Age: 58
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001
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as Henry Sherman
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Age: 55
Bàttu
2000
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as
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Age: 54
Freedom Song
2000
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as Will Walker
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Age: 53
The Prince of Egypt
1998
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as Jethro (voice)
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Age: 52
Beloved
1998
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as Paul D
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Age: 52
Antz
1998
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as Barbatus (voice)
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Age: 52
Lethal Weapon 4
1998
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as Roger Murtaugh
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Age: 51
The Rainmaker
1997
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as Richter Tyrone Kipler
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Age: 51
Switchback
1997
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as Bob Goodall
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Age: 51
Gone Fishin'
1997
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as Gus Green
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Age: 50
Angels in the Outfield
1994
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as George Knox
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Age: 47
Maverick
1994
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as Bank Robber (uncredited)
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Age: 47
Bopha!
1993
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as Micah Mangena
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Age: 47
Lethal Weapon 3
1992
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as Roger Murtaugh
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Age: 45
Grand Canyon
1991
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as Simon
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Age: 45
Pure Luck
1991
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as Raymond Campanella
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Age: 45
A Rage in Harlem
1991
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as Easy Money
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Age: 44
Flight of the Intruder
1991
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as Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli
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Age: 44
Predator 2
1990
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as Lieutenant Mike Harrigan
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Age: 44
To Sleep with Anger
1990
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as Harry
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Age: 44
Lethal Weapon 2
1989
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as Roger Murtaugh
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Age: 42
Bat★21
1988
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as Capt. Bartholomew Clark
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Age: 41
Lethal Weapon
1987
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as Roger Murtaugh
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Age: 40
John Henry
1986
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as John Henry
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Age: 40
The Color Purple
1985
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as Albert
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Age: 39
Silverado
1985
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as Malachi 'Mal' Johnson
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Age: 38
Witness
1985
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as McFee
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Age: 38
Places in the Heart
1984
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as Moze
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Age: 38
Escape from Alcatraz
1979
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as Inmate
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Age: 32
San Francisco State: On Strike
1969
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as self
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Age: 22