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.
Acting
Movie
2012
as President Thomas Wilson
2009
Movie
Saw
as David Tapp
2004
Movie
Jumanji: The Next Level
as Milo
2019
Movie
Shooter
as Colonel Isaac Johnson
2007
Movie
Lethal Weapon
as Roger Murtaugh
1987
Movie
The Royal Tenenbaums
as Henry Sherman
2001
Movie
Antz
as Barbatus (voice)
1998
Movie
Dirty Grandpa
as Stinky
2016
Movie
The Prince of Egypt
as Jethro (voice)
1998
TV
Criminal Minds
as Hank Morgan
2005
Movie
Predator 2
as Lieutenant Mike Harrigan
1990
Movie
Lethal Weapon 2
as Roger Murtaugh
1989
Movie
Lethal Weapon 3
as Roger Murtaugh
1992
Movie
Escape from Alcatraz
as Inmate
1979
Movie
Lethal Weapon 4
as Roger Murtaugh
1998
Movie
The Dead Don't Die
as Hank Thompson
2019
TV
American Dad!
as Minstrel Krampus (voice)
2005
Movie
The Color Purple
as Albert
1985
Movie
Witness
as McFee
1985
Movie
Maverick
as Bank Robber (uncredited)
1994
Movie
Sorry to Bother You
as Langston
2018
Movie
The Old Man & the Gun
as Teddy
2018
Movie
The Rainmaker
as Richter Tyrone Kipler
1997
Movie
Be Kind Rewind
as Mr. Fletcher
2008
Crew
Movie
Capernaum
Executive Producer
2018
Movie
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Associate Producer
2010
Movie
Memoria
Co-Producer
2021
Movie
Prayers for the Stolen
Co-Producer
2021
Movie
Cemetery of Splendor
Co-Producer
2015
Movie
Zama
Co-Producer
2017
Movie
Strong Island
Executive Producer
2017
Movie
The House I Live In
Executive Producer
2012
Movie
To Sleep with Anger
Executive Producer
1990
Movie
The Time That Remains
Associate Producer
2009
Movie
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Executive Producer
2018
Movie
Bamako
Executive Producer
2007