Danny Glover
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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
Criminal Minds
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Tony Awards
American Dad!
Psych
ER
Hill Street Blues
Mozart in the Jungle
Hollywood Squares
Real Time with Bill Maher
black-ish
Brothers and Sisters
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Today
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
Gimme a Break!
Fallen Angels
Maverick
Escape from Alcatraz
The American West
Saw V
Tall Tales & Legends
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Jumanji: The Next Level
Dirty Grandpa
Death at a Funeral
Blindness
2012
Sorry to Bother You
The Rainmaker
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
The Dead Don't Die
Alex Haley's Queen
Witness
The Royal Tenenbaums
The Prince of Egypt
Lonesome Dove
Monster Trucks
Space Warriors
American Dreamer
Rage
Dreamgirls
Places in the Heart
Saw
Come Sunday
The Christmas Train
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy
The Memory Police
Shooter
Be Kind Rewind
The Shaggy Dog
Extraction
Lethal Weapon 3
93 Days
Lethal Weapon 2
The Color Purple
Switchback
Legend of Earthsea
Touch
Lethal Weapon
Lethal Weapon 4
America's Dream
Predator 2
Day of the Mummy
Operation Dumbo Drop
Angels in the Outfield
Flight of the Intruder
Production Credits
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