Acting
Danny Glover
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.
Filmography
Newbies
Film · 2025
Grizzly Peak
Film · 2025
Double Soul
Film · 2023
The Naughty Nine
Film · 2023
American Dreamer
Film · 2022
De Quanta Terra Precisa o Homem?
Film · 2022
Press Play
Film · 2022
African Redemption: The Life and Legacy of Marcus Garvey
Film · 2022
A Night at the Academy Museum
Film · 2021
When I See Them, I See Us
Film · 2021
The Drummer
Film · 2020
After Fact
Film · 2020
Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War
Film · 2020
Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Film · 2020
The Robeson Effect
Film · 2019
Redeeming Uncle Tom: The Josiah Henson Story
Film · 2019
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Film · 2019
Always in Season
Film · 2019
Jumanji: The Next Level
Film · 2019
The Dead Don't Die
Film · 2019
The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs
Film · 2019
Strive
Film · 2019
Howard
Film · 2018
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy
Film · 2018
Come Sunday
Film · 2018
The Old Man & the Gun
Film · 2018
Proud Mary
Film · 2018
Sorry to Bother You
Film · 2018
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
Film · 2018
Survivor's Guide to Prison
Film · 2018
Christmas Break-In
Film · 2018
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
Film · 2018
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
Film · 2018
Vagabonds
Film · 2017
Extortion
Film · 2017
Birth of a Movement
Film · 2017
The Good Catholic
Film · 2017
Tour de Pharmacy
Film · 2017
Agents of Change
Film · 2017
The Curse of Buckout Road
Film · 2017
The Christmas Train
Film · 2017
Abderrahmane Sissako: Beyond Territories
Film · 2017
Cold Case Files
Series · 2017
Monster Trucks
Film · 2016
Back in the Day
Film · 2016
Complete Unknown
Film · 2016
Diablo
Film · 2016
Dirty Grandpa
Film · 2016
Darkweb
Film · 2016
Mr. Pig
Film · 2016
Gridlocked
Film · 2016
Pushing Dead
Film · 2016
Almost Christmas
Film · 2016
93 Days
Film · 2016
Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ Rights
Film · 2016
Dirt & Deeds in Mississippi
Film · 2016
Bad Asses on the Bayou
Film · 2015
Toxin
Film · 2015
Consumed
Film · 2015
About Scout
Film · 2015
Checkmate
Film · 2015
Waffle Street
Film · 2015
Andron
Film · 2015
Caffeinated
Film · 2015
Mississippi Inferno
Film · 2015
Chasing Shakespeare
Film · 2014
Beyond the Lights
Film · 2014
Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses
Film · 2014
Rage
Film · 2014
2047: Sights of Death
Film · 2014
Supremacy
Film · 2014
Yellowbird
Film · 2014
Day of the Mummy
Film · 2014
We Are Many
Film · 2014
The Ninja Immovable Heart
Film · 2014
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
Film · 2014
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Film · 2014
Mozart in the Jungle
Series · 2014
black-ish
Series · 2014
LUV
Film · 2013
Highland Park
Film · 2013
Tula: The Revolt
Film · 2013
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Film · 2013
Space Warriors
Film · 2013
The Bouquet
Film · 2013
Extraction
Film · 2013
Shuffleton's Barbershop
Film · 2013
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
Film · 2013
The Shift
Film · 2013
Ironside
Series · 2013
Casting By
Film · 2012
The Children's Republic
Film · 2012
Hannah's Law
Film · 2012
Sins
Film · 2012
The Lighthouse
Film · 2012
Shadows of Liberty
Film · 2012
Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon'
Film · 2012
The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America
Film · 2012
Touch
Series · 2012
Mooz-lum
Film · 2011
Son of Morning
Film · 2011
Mysteria
Film · 2011
Age of the Dragons
Film · 2011
Rise Like Lions
Film · 2011
Donovan's Echo
Film · 2011
Alpha and Omega
Film · 2010
Death at a Funeral
Film · 2010
Legendary
Film · 2010
Down for Life
Film · 2010
Five Minarets in New York
Film · 2010
I Want to Be a Soldier
Film · 2010
Dear Alice
Film · 2010
I'm Still Here
Film · 2010
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
Film · 2010
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
Film · 2010
Sam Cooke: Crossing Over
Film · 2010
Human Target
Series · 2010
2012
Film · 2009
Night Train
Film · 2009
The Harimaya Bridge
Film · 2009
The People Speak
Film · 2009
PoliWood
Film · 2009
Nite Tales: The Series
Series · 2009
Gospel Hill
Film · 2008
Be Kind Rewind
Film · 2008
Blindness
Film · 2008
Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare
Film · 2008
Agent Crush
Film · 2008
Fats Waller Was Born Here
Film · 2008
Saw V
Film · 2008
Leverage
Series · 2008
Shooter
Film · 2007
Honeydripper
Film · 2007
Poor Boy's Game
Film · 2007
Battle for Terra
Film · 2007
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
Film · 2007
Bamako
Film · 2007
Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'
Film · 2007
Dreamgirls
Film · 2006
The Shaggy Dog
Film · 2006
Barnyard
Film · 2006
The Exonerated
Film · 2006
The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
Film · 2006
Read You Like a Book
Film · 2006
Brothers and Sisters
Series · 2006
Psych
Series · 2006
Manderlay
Film · 2005
Missing in America
Film · 2005
The Peace!
Film · 2005
Full Disclosure Report
Film · 2005
P.N.O.K.
Film · 2005
The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'
Film · 2005
The Reichen Show
Series · 2005
My Name Is Earl
Series · 2005
American Dad!
Series · 2005
Criminal Minds
Series · 2005
Saw
Film · 2004
The Cookout
Film · 2004
Earthed
Film · 2004
Legend of Earthsea
Series · 2004
Good Fences
Film · 2003
The John Garfield Story
Film · 2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
Series · 2003
The Real Eve
Film · 2002
The Royal Tenenbaums
Film · 2001
3 A.M.
Film · 2001
Democracy Now!
Series · 2001
Boesman and Lena
Film · 2000
Freedom Song
Film · 2000
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
Film · 2000
Bàttu
Film · 2000
Ennis' Gift
Film · 2000
Scared Straight! 20 Years Later
Film · 1999
Our Friend, Martin
Film · 1999
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
Film · 1999
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
Film · 1999
Lethal Weapon 4
Film · 1998
Antz
Film · 1998
The Prince of Egypt
Film · 1998
Beloved
Film · 1998
Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life & Music of Robert Johnson
Film · 1998
Soldier Child
Film · 1998
Hollywood Squares
Series · 1998
Switchback
Film · 1997
The Rainmaker
Film · 1997
Gone Fishin'
Film · 1997
Buffalo Soldiers
Film · 1997
Wild America
Film · 1997
The View
Series · 1997
America's Dream
Film · 1996
Operation Dumbo Drop
Film · 1995
Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities
Film · 1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Film · 1995
Red Wind
Film · 1995
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
Series · 1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Series · 1995
Angels in the Outfield
Film · 1994
Maverick
Film · 1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Series · 1994
ER
Series · 1994
The Saint of Fort Washington
Film · 1993
Bopha!
Film · 1993
The Talking Eggs
Film · 1993
Fallen Angels
Series · 1993
Alex Haley's Queen
Series · 1993
Civil War Journal
Series · 1993
Civil War Journal
Series · 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Series · 1993
Lethal Weapon 3
Film · 1992
Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion
Film · 1992
Grand Canyon
Film · 1991
A Rage in Harlem
Film · 1991
Flight of the Intruder
Film · 1991
Pure Luck
Film · 1991
A Party For Richard Pryor
Film · 1991
Predator 2
Film · 1990
To Sleep with Anger
Film · 1990
Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby
Film · 1990
Rabbit Ears - Moses in Egypt
Film · 1990
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Series · 1990
Lethal Weapon 2
Film · 1989
Dead Man Out
Film · 1989
A Raisin in the Sun
Film · 1989
Hollywood on Horses
Film · 1989
Rabbit Ears - How the Leopard Got His Spots
Film · 1989
Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary
Film · 1989
Lonesome Dove
Series · 1989
Bat★21
Film · 1988
A Place at the Table
Film · 1988
Lethal Weapon
Film · 1987
Mandela
Film · 1987
The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson
Film · 1987
John Henry
Film · 1986
The Color Purple
Film · 1985
Silverado
Film · 1985
Witness
Film · 1985
And the Children Shall Lead
Film · 1985
The Stand-In
Film · 1985
Tall Tales & Legends
Series · 1985
Iceman
Film · 1984
Places in the Heart
Film · 1984
Keeping On
Film · 1983
The Face of Rage
Film · 1983
Memorial Day
Film · 1983
Out
Film · 1982
American Playhouse
Series · 1982
American Playhouse
Series · 1982
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
Film · 1981
Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer
Film · 1981
Hill Street Blues
Series · 1981
Gimme a Break!
Series · 1981
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
Series · 1980
Great Railway Journeys
Series · 1980
Escape from Alcatraz
Film · 1979
Saturday Night Live
Series · 1975
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Series · 1973
San Francisco State: On Strike
Film · 1969
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Series · 1962
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Today
Series · 1952
Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story
Film
Killing Winston Jones
Film
Lethal Weapon 5
Film