Danny Glover
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.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Criminal Minds
2005
American Dad!
2005
Saturday Night Live
1975
The View
1997
Hollywood Squares
1998
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
ER
1994
Psych
2006
Democracy Now!
2001
0Tony Awards
1956
Filmography
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self · 1962
Criminal Minds
as Hank Morgan · 2005
American Dad!
as Minstrel Krampus (voice) · 2005
Saturday Night Live
as Roger Murtaugh (uncredited) · 1975
The View
as Self · 1997
Hollywood Squares
as Self - Panelist · 1998
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self · 2003
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest · 1993
ER
as Charlie Pratt Sr. · 1994
Psych
as Mel Hornsby · 2006
Democracy Now!
as Self (archive footage) · 2001
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter · 1956
black-ish
as Uncle Norman · 2014
American Playhouse
as Lester Traylor · 1982
American Playhouse
as Walter Lee Younger · 1982
Hill Street Blues
· 1981
Brothers and Sisters
as Isaac Marshall · 2006
My Name Is Earl
as Thomas · 2005
The Reichen Show
as Self · 2005
Leverage
as Charlie Lawson · 2008
Touch
as Professor Arthur Teller · 2012
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
as Dr. Apollo (voice) · 1990
Today
as Self · 1952
Mozart in the Jungle
as Mayor · 2014
Human Target
as Client · 2010
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as The King (voice) · 1995
Saw
as David Tapp · 2004
Jumanji: The Next Level
as Milo · 2019
The Prince of Egypt
as Jethro (voice) · 1998
Gimme a Break!
· 1981
Lethal Weapon
as Roger Murtaugh · 1987
Shooter
as Colonel Isaac Johnson · 2007
2012
as President Thomas Wilson · 2009
Lethal Weapon 2
as Roger Murtaugh · 1989
Escape from Alcatraz
as Inmate · 1979
Fallen Angels
as Marlowe · 1993
Lethal Weapon 3
as Roger Murtaugh · 1992
Lethal Weapon 4
as Roger Murtaugh · 1998
Predator 2
as Lieutenant Mike Harrigan · 1990
Antz
as Barbatus (voice) · 1998
Dirty Grandpa
as Stinky · 2016
Legend of Earthsea
as Ogion · 2004
Lonesome Dove
as Joshua Deets · 1989
The Royal Tenenbaums
as Henry Sherman · 2001
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self · 1973
The Dead Don't Die
as Hank Thompson · 2019
The Rainmaker
as Richter Tyrone Kipler · 1997
Saw V
as David Trapp (archive footage) · 2008
Tall Tales & Legends
as John Henry · 1985
Barnyard
as Miles (voice) · 2006
Monster Trucks
as Mr. Weathers · 2016
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
as Grandpa Allen · 2019
The Color Purple
as Albert · 1985
Silverado
as Malachi 'Mal' Johnson · 1985
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy
as Baltimore Bob · 2018
Ironside
as Frank Ironside · 2013
Sorry to Bother You
as Langston · 2018
Maverick
as Bank Robber (uncredited) · 1994
Cold Case Files
as Self - Narrator (voice) · 2017
Death at a Funeral
as Uncle Russell · 2010
Witness
as McFee · 1985
Alex Haley's Queen
as Alec Haley · 1993
Almost Christmas
as Walter · 2016
Alpha and Omega
as Winston (voice) · 2010
Dreamgirls
as Marty Madison · 2006
The Old Man & the Gun
as Teddy · 2018
Battle for Terra
as President Chen (voice) · 2007
Places in the Heart
as Moze · 1984
The Naughty Nine
as Santa Claus · 2023
Be Kind Rewind
as Mr. Fletcher · 2008
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
· 1980
The Shaggy Dog
as Ken Hollister · 2006
I'm Still Here
as Danny Glover · 2010
Angels in the Outfield
as George Knox · 1994
Blindness
as Man with Black Eye Patch · 2008
Rage
as Detective St. John · 2014
Extortion
as Detective Constable Haagen · 2017
Beyond the Lights
as Captain Nicol · 2014
A Rage in Harlem
as Easy Money · 1991
Bad Asses on the Bayou
as Bernie Pope · 2015
Yellowbird
as Darius (voice) · 2014
American Dreamer
as Jerry · 2022
Tour de Pharmacy
as Slim Robinson Present Day · 2017
Gone Fishin'
as Gus Green · 1997
Manderlay
as Wilhelm · 2005
Great Railway Journeys
as Self - Presenter · 1980
Switchback
as Bob Goodall · 1997
Pure Luck
as Raymond Campanella · 1991
Press Play
as Cooper · 2022
Flight of the Intruder
as Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli · 1991
Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses
as Bernie Pope · 2014
Civil War Journal
as Self - Host · 1993
Civil War Journal
as Host · 1993
Extraction
as Harding · 2013
Strive
· 2019
Proud Mary
as Benny · 2018
Supremacy
as Mr. Walker · 2014
Age of the Dragons
as Ahab · 2011
Beloved
as Paul D · 1998
Nite Tales: The Series
as Jeremiah · 2009
Complete Unknown
as Roger · 2016
The Christmas Train
as Max Powers · 2017
Operation Dumbo Drop
as Capt. Sam Cahill · 1995
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
as Self · 2000
Iceman
as Loomis · 1984
Bat★21
as Capt. Bartholomew Clark · 1988
Five Minarets in New York
as Marcus · 2010
Survivor's Guide to Prison
as Self · 2018
Night Train
as Miles · 2009
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
as Morgan · 1981
Wild America
as Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited) · 1997
Our Friend, Martin
as Train Conductor (voice) · 1999
Space Warriors
as Commander Phillips · 2013
Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare
as Walter Tortoise (voice) · 2008
Mr. Pig
as Ambrose · 2016
The Saint of Fort Washington
as Jerry · 1993
Grand Canyon
as Simon · 1991
Diablo
as Benjamin Carver · 2016
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self · 1994
Howard
as Self (archive footage) · 2018
Consumed
as Hal Westbrook · 2015
The Cookout
as Judge Crowley · 2004
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
as Mr. Ocean · 2018
The Curse of Buckout Road
as Dr. Powell · 2017
The People Speak
as Self · 2009
Poor Boy's Game
as George · 2007
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
as Justice Thurgood Marshall · 2013
Andron
as Chancellor Gordon · 2015
Bamako
as Cow-boy · 2007
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
as Self · 2010
To Sleep with Anger
as Harry · 1990
The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
as Brer Turtle (voice) · 2006
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
as Father Elias · 2007
Buffalo Soldiers
as Sgt. Washington Wyatt · 1997
2047: Sights of Death
as Sponge · 2014
Gridlocked
as Sully · 2016
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self · 1995
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
as Self (archive footage) · 1999
Casting By
as Self · 2012
Toxin
as Dr. Locke · 2015
Dear Alice
as Franzis · 2010
The Children's Republic
as Dubem · 2012
Day of the Mummy
as Carl · 2014
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
as Isaac Jefferson (voice) · 1995
LUV
as Arthur · 2013
The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America
as Count Basie (voice) · 2012
Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities
as Self · 1995
Back in the Day
as Eddie 'Rocks' Travor · 2016
I Want to Be a Soldier
as School Director · 2010
Checkmate
as Elohim · 2015
Mandela
as Nelson Mandela · 1987
A Night at the Academy Museum
as Self · 2021
Son of Morning
as Gabriel Peters · 2011
Come Sunday
as Gilbert Pearson · 2018
3 A.M.
as Hershey · 2001
Legendary
as Harry 'Red' Newman · 2010
The John Garfield Story
as Self · 2003
Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'
as Self · 2007
The Ninja Immovable Heart
as Ex Director Matthew Reynolds · 2014
Hannah's Law
as Isom Dart · 2012
PoliWood
as Self · 2009
Honeydripper
as Tyrone Purvis · 2007
Double Soul
as Michael Tedeschi · 2023
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
as Self · 2014
The Peace!
as Self · 2005
The Face of Rage
as Gary · 1983
Birth of a Movement
as Narrator (voice) · 2017
Gospel Hill
as John Malcolm · 2008
Donovan's Echo
as Donovan Matheson · 2011
A Raisin in the Sun
as Walter Lee Younger · 1989
Waffle Street
as Edward Collins · 2015
Freedom Song
as Will Walker · 2000
About Scout
as Red · 2015
And the Children Shall Lead
as William · 1985
A Party For Richard Pryor
as Self · 1991
The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'
as Self (archive footage) · 2005
Read You Like a Book
· 2006
The Drummer
as Mark Walker · 2020
Christmas Break-In
as Ray · 2018
When I See Them, I See Us
· 2021
Lethal Weapon 5
as Roger Murtaugh
The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson
as Self · 1987
Ennis' Gift
as Self · 2000
Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon'
as Self · 2012
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
as Self · 2010
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
as Self · 2014
Shuffleton's Barbershop
as Charlie Shuffleton · 2013
93 Days
as Dr. Benjamin Ohiaeri · 2016
Pushing Dead
as Bob · 2016
Good Fences
as Tom Spader · 2003
Dead Man Out
as Dr. Alex Marsh · 1989
Agent Crush
as Major Rusty Gubbins · 2008
Killing Winston Jones
as Washington Carver
Highland Park
as Ed · 2013
Grizzly Peak
as Will · 2025
Full Disclosure Report
as David Tapp · 2005
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
as Self · 2013
Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story
as Narrator (voice)
Darkweb
as The Boss · 2016
A Place at the Table
as Mr. Scott · 1988
Missing in America
as Jake Neely · 2005
America's Dream
as Silas (segment "Long Black Song") · 1996
We Are Many
as Self · 2014
Down for Life
as Mr. Shannon · 2010
Sins
as Father Leonard · 2012
Mysteria
as Investigator · 2011
Chasing Shakespeare
as William Ward · 2014
Tula: The Revolt
as Shinishi · 2013
Bopha!
as Micah Mangena · 1993
Boesman and Lena
as Boesman · 2000
De Quanta Terra Precisa o Homem?
as Self · 2022
Vagabonds
as Uncle Issa · 2017
Abderrahmane Sissako: Beyond Territories
as Self · 2017
The Good Catholic
as Victor · 2017
San Francisco State: On Strike
as self · 1969
The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs
as Narrator (voice) · 2019
Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer
as Oscar Micheaux · 1981
Fats Waller Was Born Here
as "Fats" Waller's Father/Mr. Fletcher · 2008
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
as Narrator (voice) · 1999
P.N.O.K.
as Col. Weldon · 2005
Sam Cooke: Crossing Over
as Narrator (voice) · 2010
The Bouquet
as Reverend John · 2013
After Fact
as Self · 2020
Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life & Music of Robert Johnson
as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1998
Shadows of Liberty
as Self · 2012
African Redemption: The Life and Legacy of Marcus Garvey
as Self · 2022
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
as Self · 2018
Earthed
· 2004
Caffeinated
as Coffee Lover · 2015
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
as Narrator (voice) · 2018
Memorial Day
as Willie Monroe · 1983
Mississippi Inferno
as Narrator (voice) · 2015
Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man
as Narrator (voice) · 2020
Red Wind
as Philip Marlowe · 1995
Keeping On
as Lester Traylor · 1983
Hollywood on Horses
as Self · 1989
The Exonerated
as David Keaton · 2006
Out
as Jojo / Roland · 1982
Mooz-lum
as Dean Francis · 2011
The Harimaya Bridge
as Joseph Holder · 2009
John Henry
as John Henry · 1986
The Stand-In
as Apples Finnerty · 1985
The Shift
as Floyd · 2013
Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War
as Narrator (voice) · 2020
The Robeson Effect
as Self · 2019
Always in Season
as Narrator (voice) · 2019
Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary
as Self · 1989
Soldier Child
as Self - Narrator · 1998
Rabbit Ears - Moses in Egypt
as Narrator (voice) · 1990
Scared Straight! 20 Years Later
as Host · 1999
The Lighthouse
as Duncan · 2012
Dirt & Deeds in Mississippi
as Narrator (voice) · 2016
Redeeming Uncle Tom: The Josiah Henson Story
as Narrator · 2019
Rabbit Ears - How the Leopard Got His Spots
as Narrator (voice) · 1989
Agents of Change
as Self - Narrator (voice) · 2017
The Talking Eggs
as Narrator (voice) · 1993
Bàttu
· 2000
Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ Rights
as Narrator (voice) · 2016
The Real Eve
as Narrator (voice) · 2002
Newbies
· 2025
Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion
as Narrator (voice) · 1992
Rise Like Lions
as Self (Occupy Oakland) · 2011
Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby
as Narrator (voice) · 1990