Acting · Salisbury, Maryland, USA · Born August 7, 1944
John Soursby Glover Jr. (born August 7, 1944) is an American actor, perhaps best known for a range of villainous roles in films and television, including Lionel Luthor on the Superman-inspired television series Smallville.
MovieWoodstockers
2026
as Jupiter
MovieA Natural Selection
2025
as Donald Spar
MovieThe Home
2025
as Lou
MovieThe Motorcycle Man
2025
as Pat
TVGremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai
2023
as Rodney (voice)
MovieFatal Influence: Like. Follow. Survive.
2022
as The Grand Zel
TVFear the Walking Dead: Dead in the Water
2022
as Teddy Maddox
TVAnd Just Like That…
2021
as Elliot
TVEvil
2019
as Byron Duke
TVTales of the City
2019
as Bill Schwartz
MovieShazam!
2019
as Mr. Sivana
MovieEvery Act of Life
2018
as Self
MovieThe Lost Wife of Robert Durst
2017
as Seymour Durst
TVThe Good Fight
2017
as Jared Andrews
MovieWe Go On
2016
as Dr. Ellison
TVLucifer
2016
as Peter Peterson
MovieYou Bury Your Own
2015
as Detective Gillespie
TVFear the Walking Dead
2015
as Teddy Maddox
MovieReality
2015
as Zog
TVMarvel's Agent Carter
2015
as SSR Informant
TVThe Blacklist
2013
as Dr. Bruce Sanders
MovieSweet Talk
2013
as Professor / Count
MovieSanitarium
2013
as Gustav
TVPerception
2012
as The Devil
TVThe Good Wife
2009
as Jared Andrews
TVHeroes
2006
as Samson Gray
TVBrothers and Sisters
2006
as Henry Mittner
MovieThe Civilization of Maxwell Bright
2005
as Ogden
TVNumb3rs
2005
as Simon Kraft
TVMedium
2005
as Carson Churchill
Tricks
2004
as Ralph
MovieSmallville
2002
as Lionel Luthor
TVSmallville
2001
as Lionel Luthor
TVLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Declan Gage
MovieOn Edge
2001
as Yuri Moskvin
TVSnoops
1999
as Gary Hyndman
TVGet Real
1999
as Fate
MoviePayback
1999
as Phil
MovieThe Tempest
1998
as Anthony Prosper
TVHaunted History
1998
TVBrimstone
1998
as The Devil
MovieDead Broke
1998
as Sam
MovieDead by Midnight
1997
as Dr. Armand Drake / Ben Hamill
MovieMedusa's Child
1997
as Rogers Henry
TVThe New Batman Adventures
1997
as The Riddler (voice)
MovieThe Broken Giant
1997
as Bennett Hale
MovieBatman & Robin
1997
as Dr. Jason Woodrue
MovieLove! Valour! Compassion!
1997
as John & James Jeckyll
TVSuperman: The Animated Series
1996
as The Riddler (voice)
TVArli$$
1996
as Bobby Salmon
TVRemember WENN
1996
as Adrian Carr
TVCaroline in the City
1995
as Hilton Traynor
TVPinky and the Brain
1995
MovieAutomatic
1995
as Goddard Marx
MovieIn the Mouth of Madness
1995
as Saperstein
MovieNight of the Running Man
1995
as Derek Mills
TVChicago Hope
1994
as Max Demming
MovieSchemes
1994
as Victor Kraft
MovieAssault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
1994
as Maj. Asa Bird Gardiner
TVFrasier
1993
as Ned Miller
TVAnimaniacs
1993
as Rasputin (voice)
TVSouth Beach
1993
as Roberts
MovieEd and His Dead Mother
1993
as A.J. Pattle
TVHomicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Nelson Broyles
TVStar Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
as Verad
MovieMajority Rule
1992
as Bradley Mackin
TVBatman: The Animated Series
1992
as The Riddler (voice)
MovieGrass Roots
1992
as Harold Perkerson / Jason Ross
MovieDrug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel
1992
as Loco Garrison
TVDrug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel
1992
as Loco Garrison
TVThe Legend of Prince Valiant
1991
TVThe Hidden Room
1991
as John Burke
MovieDead on the Money
1991
as Russell Blake
TVDinosaurs
1991
as Lucius (voice)
MovieWhat Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1991
as Billy Korn
TVAmerican Dreamer
1990
MovieEl Diablo
1990
as The Preacher
MovieRoboCop 2
1990
as Magnavolt Salesman
MovieGremlins 2: The New Batch
1990
as Daniel Clamp
An Enemy of the People
1990
as Dr. Thomas Stockman
Home
1990
as Eric Hochmann
MovieMeet the Hollowheads
1989
as Henry Hollowhead
MovieBreaking Point
1989
as Dr. Gerber
MovieTraveling Man
1989
as Chick Beeler
TVTales from the Crypt
1989
as Undertaker
TVTwist of Fate
1989
as Max Brodsky
MovieScrooged
1988
as Bryce Cummings
MovieThe Chocolate War
1988
as Brother Leon
MovieDavid
1988
as Charles Rothenberg
MovieRocket Gibraltar
1988
as Rolo Rockwell
MovieHot Paint
1988
as Algernon
MovieMasquerade
1988
as Tony Gateworth
MovieMoving Target
1988
as Dobbins
MoviePaul Reiser: Out on a Whim
1987
TVThe Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1987
as Mike Sayles
TVNutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder
1987
as Richard Behrens
MovieWilly/Milly
1986
as Fred Niceman
Movie52 Pick-Up
1986
as Alan Raimy
TVL.A. Law
1986
as Dr. Paul Kohler
MovieApology
1986
as Philip
MovieWhite Nights
1985
as Wynn Scott
MovieDon't Touch
1985
as Mr. Stewart
MovieA Killing Affair
1985
as Sheb Sheppard
TVThe Twilight Zone
1985
as Alien Ambassador (segment "A Small Talent for War")
TVLime Street
1985
TVThe Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
MovieAn Early Frost
1985
as Victor DiMato
MovieA Flash of Green
1984
as Ross Halley
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Franz Mueller
TVMiami Vice
1984
as Steve Duddy
MovieErnie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
1984
as Pierre Lafitte
MovieThe Evil That Men Do
1984
as Paul Briggs, U.S. Embassy
TVThe Hitchhiker
1983
as Miles Duchet
The Face of Rage
1983
TVRage of Angels
1983
as Scanlon / Jackson
MovieA Little Sex
1982
as Walter
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Ross Hailey
MovieThe Incredible Shrinking Woman
1981
as Tom Keller
MovieMelvin and Howard
1980
as 2nd Attorney (Freese)
MovieThe Mountain Men
1980
as Nathan Wyeth
MovieThe American Success Company
1980
as Ernst
MovieLast Embrace
1979
as Richard Peabody
MovieSomebody Killed Her Husband
1978
as Herbert Little
MovieJulia
1977
as Sammy
MovieAnnie Hall
1977
as Actor Boy Friend
TVThe Andros Targets
1977
as Wiggs
TVKojak
1973
as Billy Jo
MovieShamus
1973
as Johnnie Brosten
TVABC Afterschool Special
1972
as Mr. Stewart
