Acting · San Francisco, California, USA · Born July 22, 1946
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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2025
as Will
MovieNewbies
2025
MovieThe Naughty Nine
2023
as Santa Claus
MovieDouble Soul
2023
as Michael Tedeschi
MovieAmerican Dreamer
2022
as Jerry
MovieDe Quanta Terra Precisa o Homem?
2022
as Self
MoviePress Play
2022
as Cooper
MovieA Night at the Academy Museum
2021
as Self
MovieWhen I See Them, I See Us
2021
MovieThe Drummer
2020
as Mark Walker
MovieChuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man
2020
as Narrator (voice)
MovieAfter Fact
2020
as Self
MovieWorth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War
2020
as Narrator (voice)
MovieJumanji: The Next Level
2019
as Milo
MovieThe Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs
2019
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Last Black Man in San Francisco
2019
as Grandpa Allen
MovieStrive
2019
MovieThe Dead Don't Die
2019
as Hank Thompson
MovieRedeeming Uncle Tom: The Josiah Henson Story
2019
as Narrator
MovieAlways in Season
2019
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Robeson Effect
2019
as Self
MovieChristmas Break-In
2018
as Ray
MovieQ85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
2018
as Self
MovieDeath Race: Beyond Anarchy
2018
as Baltimore Bob
MovieThe Old Man & the Gun
2018
as Teddy
MovieSorry to Bother You
2018
as Langston
MovieUlysses: A Dark Odyssey
2018
as Mr. Ocean
MovieThe Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
2018
as Narrator (voice)
MovieHoward
2018
as Self (archive footage)
MovieSurvivor's Guide to Prison
2018
as Self
MovieCome Sunday
2018
as Gilbert Pearson
MovieProud Mary
2018
as Benny
MovieThe Christmas Train
2017
as Max Powers
MovieThe Curse of Buckout Road
2017
as Dr. Powell
MovieVagabonds
2017
as Uncle Issa
MovieThe Good Catholic
2017
as Victor
MovieTour de Pharmacy
2017
as Slim Robinson Present Day
MovieAgents of Change
2017
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TVCold Case Files
2017
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieBirth of a Movement
2017
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MovieExtortion
2017
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MovieAbderrahmane Sissako: Beyond Territories
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MovieMonster Trucks
2016
as Mr. Weathers
MovieAlmost Christmas
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MoviePushing Dead
2016
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MovieComplete Unknown
2016
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MovieMr. Pig
2016
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MovieGridlocked
2016
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Dirt & Deeds in Mississippi
2016
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MovieBack in the Day
2016
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MovieUnion Time: Fighting for Workers’ Rights
2016
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Movie93 Days
2016
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MovieDarkweb
2016
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MovieDirty Grandpa
2016
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MovieDiablo
2016
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MovieAndron
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MovieWaffle Street
2015
as Edward Collins
MovieCheckmate
2015
as Elohim
MovieConsumed
2015
as Hal Westbrook
MovieAbout Scout
2015
as Red
MovieBad Asses on the Bayou
2015
as Bernie Pope
MovieMississippi Inferno
2015
as Narrator (voice)
MovieCaffeinated
2015
as Coffee Lover
MovieToxin
2015
as Dr. Locke
MovieBeyond the Lights
2014
as Captain Nicol
MovieDay of the Mummy
2014
as Carl
MovieYellowbird
2014
as Darius (voice)
TVblack-ish
2014
as Uncle Norman
MovieLife's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014
as Self
Movie2047: Sights of Death
2014
as Sponge
MovieSupremacy
2014
as Mr. Walker
MovieWe Are Many
2014
as Self
MovieRage
2014
as Detective St. John
MovieBad Ass 2: Bad Asses
2014
as Bernie Pope
MovieThe Ninja Immovable Heart
2014
as Ex Director Matthew Reynolds
MovieWe the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
2014
TVMozart in the Jungle
2014
as Mayor
MovieChasing Shakespeare
2014
as William Ward
MovieMuhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013
as Justice Thurgood Marshall
TVIronside
2013
as Frank Ironside
MovieExtraction
2013
as Harding
MovieTula: The Revolt
2013
as Shinishi
MovieHighland Park
2013
as Ed
MovieShuffleton's Barbershop
2013
as Charlie Shuffleton
MovieAlice Walker: Beauty in Truth
2013
as Self
MovieSpace Warriors
2013
as Commander Phillips
MovieThe Shift
2013
as Floyd
MovieThe Bouquet
2013
as Reverend John
MovieLUV
2013
as Arthur
MovieCasting By
2012
as Self
MovieThe Children's Republic
2012
as Dubem
The Lighthouse
2012
as Duncan
MovieMaximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon'
2012
as Self
MovieShadows of Liberty
2012
as Self
MovieHannah's Law
2012
as Isom Dart
MovieSins
2012
as Father Leonard
TVTouch
2012
as Professor Arthur Teller
MovieMysteria
2011
as Investigator
Rise Like Lions
2011
as Self (Occupy Oakland)
MovieDonovan's Echo
2011
as Donovan Matheson
MovieAge of the Dragons
2011
as Ahab
MovieSon of Morning
2011
as Gabriel Peters
MovieMooz-lum
2011
as Dean Francis
MovieI Want to Be a Soldier
2010
as School Director
MovieDown for Life
2010
as Mr. Shannon
MovieI'm Still Here
2010
as Danny Glover
MovieLegendary
2010
as Harry 'Red' Newman
MovieDear Alice
2010
as Franzis
MovieAlpha and Omega
2010
as Winston (voice)
MovieDeath at a Funeral
2010
as Uncle Russell
MovieFive Minarets in New York
2010
as Marcus
Movie2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2010
as Self
MovieThe End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
2010
as Self
TVHuman Target
2010
as Client
MovieSam Cooke: Crossing Over
2010
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe People Speak
2009
as Self
Movie2012
2009
as President Thomas Wilson
TVNite Tales: The Series
2009
as Jeremiah
MoviePoliWood
2009
as Self
MovieThe Harimaya Bridge
2009
as Joseph Holder
MovieNight Train
2009
as Miles
TVLeverage
2008
as Charlie Lawson
MovieUnstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare
2008
as Walter Tortoise (voice)
MovieFats Waller Was Born Here
2008
as "Fats" Waller's Father/Mr. Fletcher
MovieBlindness
2008
as Man with Black Eye Patch
MovieBe Kind Rewind
2008
as Mr. Fletcher
MovieGospel Hill
2008
as John Malcolm
MovieAgent Crush
2008
as Major Rusty Gubbins
MovieHoneydripper
2007
as Tyrone Purvis
MovieBattle for Terra
2007
as President Chen (voice)
MovieFrancis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'
2007
as Self
MovieNamibia: The Struggle for Liberation
2007
as Father Elias
MovieShooter
2007
as Colonel Isaac Johnson
MovieBamako
2007
as Cow-boy
MoviePoor Boy's Game
2007
as George
MovieDreamgirls
2006
as Marty Madison
MovieRead You Like a Book
2006
TVBrothers and Sisters
2006
as Isaac Marshall
MovieBarnyard
2006
as Miles (voice)
TVPsych
2006
as Mel Hornsby
MovieThe Adventures of Brer Rabbit
2006
as Brer Turtle (voice)
MovieThe Shaggy Dog
2006
as Ken Hollister
MovieThe Exonerated
2006
as David Keaton
The Reichen Show
2005
as Self
MovieFull Disclosure Report
2005
as David Tapp
TVCriminal Minds
2005
as Hank Morgan
The Peace!
2005
as Self
TVMy Name Is Earl
2005
as Thomas
MovieManderlay
2005
as Wilhelm
TVAmerican Dad!
2005
as Minstrel Krampus (voice)
MovieThe Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'
2005
as Self (archive footage)
MovieMissing in America
2005
as Jake Neely
P.N.O.K.
2005
as Col. Weldon
TVLegend of Earthsea
2004
as Ogion
MovieSaw
2004
as David Tapp
MovieThe Cookout
2004
as Judge Crowley
MovieEarthed
2004
TVReal Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
MovieThe John Garfield Story
2003
as Self
MovieGood Fences
2003
as Tom Spader
MovieThe Real Eve
2002
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Royal Tenenbaums
2001
as Henry Sherman
Movie3 A.M.
2001
as Hershey
MovieBoesman and Lena
2000
as Boesman
MovieBàttu
2000
MovieArista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
2000
as Self
MovieFreedom Song
2000
as Will Walker
MovieThe Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
1999
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
1999
as Narrator (voice)
MovieScared Straight! 20 Years Later
1999
as Host
MovieOur Friend, Martin
1999
as Train Conductor (voice)
MovieThe Prince of Egypt
1998
as Jethro (voice)
MovieBeloved
1998
as Paul D
MovieAntz
1998
as Barbatus (voice)
MovieCan't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life & Music of Robert Johnson
1998
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TVHollywood Squares
1998
as Self - Panelist
MovieLethal Weapon 4
1998
as Roger Murtaugh
MovieSoldier Child
1998
as Self - Narrator
MovieBuffalo Soldiers
1997
as Sgt. Washington Wyatt
MovieThe Rainmaker
1997
as Richter Tyrone Kipler
MovieSwitchback
1997
as Bob Goodall
TVThe View
1997
as Self
MovieWild America
1997
as Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited)
MovieGone Fishin'
1997
as Gus Green
MovieAmerica's Dream
1996
as Silas (segment "Long Black Song")
MovieRed Wind
1995
as Philip Marlowe
Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities
1995
as Self
MovieOperation Dumbo Drop
1995
as Capt. Sam Cahill
MovieThe First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self
TVThomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
1995
as Isaac Jefferson (voice)
TVHappily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
as The King (voice)
TVER
1994
as Charlie Pratt Sr.
TVInside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
MovieAngels in the Outfield
1994
as George Knox
MovieMaverick
1994
as Bank Robber (uncredited)
MovieThe Saint of Fort Washington
1993
as Jerry
MovieBopha!
1993
as Micah Mangena
TVCivil War Journal
1993
as Self - Host
TVFallen Angels
1993
as Marlowe
MovieThe Talking Eggs
1993
as Narrator (voice)
TVAlex Haley's Queen
1993
as Alec Haley
Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion
1992
as Narrator (voice)
MovieLethal Weapon 3
1992
as Roger Murtaugh
MovieGrand Canyon
1991
as Simon
MoviePure Luck
1991
as Raymond Campanella
MovieA Rage in Harlem
1991
as Easy Money
MovieFlight of the Intruder
1991
as Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli
MoviePredator 2
1990
as Lieutenant Mike Harrigan
MovieTo Sleep with Anger
1990
as Harry
TVCaptain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
as Dr. Apollo (voice)
Rabbit Ears - Moses in Egypt
1990
as Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby
1990
as Narrator (voice)
MovieRabbit Ears - How the Leopard Got His Spots
1989
as Narrator (voice)
MovieLethal Weapon 2
1989
as Roger Murtaugh
MovieMel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary
1989
as Self
MovieDead Man Out
1989
as Dr. Alex Marsh
TVLonesome Dove
1989
as Joshua Deets
MovieA Raisin in the Sun
1989
as Walter Lee Younger
Hollywood on Horses
1989
as Self
MovieBat★21
1988
as Capt. Bartholomew Clark
A Place at the Table
1988
as Mr. Scott
MovieMandela
1987
as Nelson Mandela
MovieLethal Weapon
1987
as Roger Murtaugh
MovieJohn Henry
1986
as John Henry
MovieThe Color Purple
1985
as Albert
TVTall Tales & Legends
1985
as John Henry
MovieSilverado
1985
as Malachi 'Mal' Johnson
MovieThe Stand-In
1985
as Apples Finnerty
MovieWitness
1985
as McFee
MovieAnd the Children Shall Lead
1985
as William
MoviePlaces in the Heart
1984
as Moze
MovieIceman
1984
as Loomis
Memorial Day
1983
as Willie Monroe
The Face of Rage
1983
as Gary
MovieKeeping On
1983
as Lester Traylor
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Lester Traylor
MovieOut
1982
as Jojo / Roland
TVGimme a Break!
1981
MovieChu Chu and the Philly Flash
1981
as Morgan
TVHill Street Blues
1981
MovieOscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer
1981
as Oscar Micheaux
TVGreat Railway Journeys
1980
as Self - Presenter
TVPalmerstown, U.S.A.
1980
MovieEscape from Alcatraz
1979
as Inmate
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Roger Murtaugh (uncredited)
TVThe American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
MovieSan Francisco State: On Strike
1969
as self
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
TVToday
1952
as Self
MovieDreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story
as Narrator (voice)
MovieLethal Weapon 5
as Roger Murtaugh
MovieKilling Winston Jones
as Washington Carver
