Danny Glover
Biografía
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.
Filmografía
Newbies
(2025)
Los nueve traviesos
Santa Claus (2023)
Double Soul
Michael Tedeschi (2023)
El soñador americano
Jerry (2022)
De Quanta Terra Precisa o Homem?
Self (2022)
Press Play
Cooper (2022)
A Night at the Academy Museum
Self (2021)
The Drummer
Mark Walker (2020)
Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Narrator (voice) (2020)
After Fact
Self (2020)
Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War
Narrator (voice) (2020)
Jumanji: Siguiente nivel
Milo (2019)
The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs
Narrator (voice) (2019)
El último hombre negro en San Francisco
Grandpa Allen (2019)
Strive
(2019)
Los muertos no mueren
Hank Thompson (2019)
Redeeming Uncle Tom: The Josiah Henson Story
Narrator (2019)
Always in Season
Narrator (voice) (2019)
The Robeson Effect
Self (2019)
Christmas Break-In
Ray (2018)
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
Self (2018)
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy
Baltimore Bob (2018)
The Old Man & the Gun
Teddy (2018)
Perdona que te moleste
Langston (2018)
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
Mr. Ocean (2018)
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
Narrator (voice) (2018)
Howard
Self (archive footage) (2018)
La guía de los supervivientes de la prisión
Self (2018)
Come Sunday
Gilbert Pearson (2018)
Proud Mary
Benny (2018)
El Tren De La Navidad
Max Powers (2017)
The Curse of Buckout Road
Dr. Powell (2017)
Vagabonds
Uncle Issa (2017)
The Good Catholic
Victor (2017)
Ruta adulterada (Pharmacy Road)
Slim Robinson Present Day (2017)
Agents of Change
Self - Narrator (voice) (2017)
Casos sin resolver
Self - Narrator (voice) (2017)
Birth of a Movement
Narrator (voice) (2017)
Extorsión
Detective Constable Haagen (2017)
Abderrahmane Sissako - Par-delà les frontières
Self (2017)
Monster Trucks
Mr. Weathers (2016)
Casi Navidad
Walter (2016)
Pushing Dead
Bob (2016)
La perfecta desconocida
Roger (2016)
Sr. Pig
Ambrose (2016)
Gridlocked
Sully (2016)
Back in the Day
Eddie 'Rocks' Travor (2016)
Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ Rights
Narrator (voice) (2016)
93 Days
Dr. Benjamin Ohiaeri (2016)
Darkweb
The Boss (2016)
Dirty Grandpa
Stinky (2016)
Diablo
Benjamin Carver (2016)
Andron
Chancellor Gordon (2015)
Waffle Street
Edward Collins (2015)
Jaque Mate
Elohim (2015)
Consumed
Hal Westbrook (2015)
About Scout
Red (2015)
Un tipo duro 3: En el pantano
Bernie Pope (2015)
Mississippi Inferno
Narrator (voice) (2015)
Caffeinated
Coffee Lover (2015)
Toxin
Dr. Locke (2015)
Beyond the Lights
Captain Nicol (2014)
Day of the Mummy
Carl (2014)
Amarillito
Darius (voice) (2014)
Black-ish
Uncle Norman (2014)
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Self (2014)
2047 - Sights of Death
Sponge (2014)
Supremacy
Mr. Walker (2014)
We Are Many
Self (2014)
Tokarev
Detective St. John (2014)
Tipos duros
Bernie Pope (2014)
The Ninja Immovable Heart
Ex Director Matthew Reynolds (2014)
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
(2014)
Mozart in the Jungle
Mayor (2014)
Chasing Shakespeare
William Ward (2014)
El gran combate de Muhammad Ali
Justice Thurgood Marshall (2013)
Ironside
Frank Ironside (2013)
Misión secreta (Extraction)
Harding (2013)
Tula: The Revolt
Shinishi (2013)
Highland Park
Ed (2013)
De vuelta a casa
Charlie Shuffleton (2013)
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
Self (2013)
Space Warriors
Commander Phillips (2013)
The Shift
Floyd (2013)
Flores para mi madre
Reverend John (2013)
LUV
Arthur (2013)
Casting By
Self (2012)
A República di Mininus
Dubem (2012)
The Lighthouse
Duncan (2012)
Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon'
Self (2012)
Sombras de libertad
Self (2012)
Hannah's Law
Isom Dart (2012)
Sins
Father Leonard (2012)
Touch
Professor Arthur Teller (2012)
Mysteria
Investigator (2011)
Rise Like Lions
Self (Occupy Oakland) (2011)
El destino está escrito
Donovan Matheson (2011)
En tiempo de dragones
Ahab (2011)
Son of Morning
Gabriel Peters (2011)
Mooz-lum
Dean Francis (2011)
De mayor quiero ser soldado
School Director (2010)
Down for Life
Mr. Shannon (2010)
I'm Still Here
Danny Glover (2010)
Legendary
Harry 'Red' Newman (2010)
För kärleken
Franzis (2010)
Alpha y Omega
Winston (voice) (2010)
Un funeral de muerte
Uncle Russell (2010)
Five minarets in New York
Marcus (2010)
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
Self (2010)
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
Self (2010)
Escudo humano
Client (2010)
Sam Cooke: Crossing Over
Narrator (voice) (2010)
The People Speak
Self (2009)
2012
President Thomas Wilson (2009)
Nite Tales: The Series
Jeremiah (2009)
PoliWood
Self (2009)
The Harimaya Bridge
Joseph Holder (2009)
Night Train
Miles (2009)
Tortuga contra Liebre
Walter Tortoise (voice) (2008)
Fats Waller Was Born Here
"Fats" Waller's Father/Mr. Fletcher (2008)
A ciegas
Man with Black Eye Patch (2008)
Rebobine, por favor
Mr. Fletcher (2008)
Gospel Hill
John Malcolm (2008)
Agent Crush
Major Rusty Gubbins (2008)
Honeydripper
Tyrone Purvis (2007)
Objetivo: Terrum
President Chen (voice) (2007)
Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'
Self (2007)
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
Father Elias (2007)
Shooter: El tirador
Colonel Isaac Johnson (2007)
Último asalto
George (2007)
Dreamgirls
Marty Madison (2006)
Read You Like a Book
(2006)
Cinco hermanos
Isaac Marshall (2006)
El corral, una fiesta muy bestia
Miles (voice) (2006)
Psych
Mel Hornsby (2006)
Bamako
Cow-boy (2006)
The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
Brer Turtle (voice) (2006)
Cariño, estoy hecho un perro
Ken Hollister (2006)
The Exonerated
David Keaton (2006)
The Reichen Show
Self (2005)
Full Disclosure Report
David Tapp (2005)
Mentes criminales
Hank Morgan (2005)
The Peace!
Self (2005)
Me llamo Earl
Thomas (2005)
Manderlay
Wilhelm (2005)
Padre made in USA
Minstrel Krampus (voice) (2005)
The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'
Self (archive footage) (2005)
P.N.O.K.
Col. Weldon (2005)
Missing in America
Jake Neely (2005)
La leyenda de Terramar
Ogion (2004)
Saw
David Tapp (2004)
The Cookout
Judge Crowley (2004)
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self (2003)
The John Garfield Story
Self (2003)
Las buenas relaciones
Tom Spader (2003)
El origen del Hombre y su Evolución
Narrator (voice) (2002)
Los Tenenbaums. Una familia de genios
Henry Sherman (2001)
3 A.M.
Hershey (2001)
Boesman and Lena
Boesman (2000)
Bàttu
(2000)
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
Self (2000)
Freedom Song
Will Walker (2000)
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
Self (archive footage) (1999)
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
Narrator (voice) (1999)
Scared Straight! 20 Years Later
Host (1999)
Our Friend, Martin
Train Conductor (voice) (1999)
El príncipe de Egipto
Jethro (voice) (1998)
Amada hija (Beloved)
Paul D (1998)
Antz (Hormigaz)
Barbatus (voice) (1998)
Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life & Music of Robert Johnson
Self - Narrator (voice) (1998)
Hollywood Squares
Self - Panelist (1998)
Lethal Weapon 4
Roger Murtaugh (1998)
Soldier Child
Self - Narrator (1998)
Buffalo Soldiers
Sgt. Washington Wyatt (1997)
Legítima defensa, de John Grisham
Richter Tyrone Kipler (1997)
Secuestro
Bob Goodall (1997)
The View
Self (1997)
Jóvenes Aventureros
Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited) (1997)
Dos chiflados en remojo
Gus Green (1997)
America's Dream
Silas (segment "Long Black Song") (1996)
Red Wind
Philip Marlowe (1995)
Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities
Self (1995)
Operación Elefante
Capt. Sam Cahill (1995)
Los primeros 100 años: Un homenaje al cine norteamericano
Self (1995)
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
Isaac Jefferson (voice) (1995)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
The King (voice) (1995)
Urgencias
Charlie Pratt Sr. (1994)
Inside the Actors Studio
Self (1994)
Angeles
George Knox (1994)
Maverick
Bank Robber (uncredited) (1994)
Ángeles sin cielo
Jerry (1993)
Bopha!
Micah Mangena (1993)
Civil War Journal
Host (1993)
Fallen Angels
Marlowe (1993)
The Talking Eggs
Narrator (voice) (1993)
Alex Haley's Queen
Alec Haley (1993)
Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion
Narrator (voice) (1992)
Lethal Weapon 3
Roger Murtaugh (1992)
Grand Canyon (El alma de la ciudad)
Simon (1991)
Poli con suerte
Raymond Campanella (1991)
Redada en Harlem
Easy Money (1991)
El vuelo del Intruder
Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli (1991)
Depredador 2
Lieutenant Mike Harrigan (1990)
Nunca te acuestes enfadado
Harry (1990)
El Capitán Planeta y los Planetarios
Dr. Apollo (voice) (1990)
Rabbit Ears - Moses in Egypt
Narrator (voice) (1990)
Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby
Narrator (voice) (1990)
Rabbit Ears - How the Leopard Got His Spots
Narrator (voice) (1989)
Lethal Weapon 2
Roger Murtaugh (1989)
Dead Man Out
Dr. Alex Marsh (1989)
Paloma solitaria
Joshua Deets (1989)
A Raisin in the Sun
Walter Lee Younger (1989)
Hollywood on Horses
Self (1989)
Bat 21
Capt. Bartholomew Clark (1988)
A Place at the Table
Mr. Scott (1988)
Mandela hijo de África
Nelson Mandela (1987)
Arma letal
Roger Murtaugh (1987)
John Henry
John Henry (1986)
El color púrpura
Albert (1985)
Tall Tales & Legends
John Henry (1985)
Silverado
Malachi 'Mal' Johnson (1985)
The Stand-In
Apples Finnerty (1985)
Único testigo
McFee (1985)
And the Children Shall Lead
William (1985)
En un lugar del corazón
Moze (1984)
El hombre de hielo
Loomis (1984)
Memorial Day
Willie Monroe (1983)
Jefes
Marshall Peters (1983)
The Face of Rage
Gary (1983)
Keeping On
Lester Traylor (1983)
Out
Jojo / Roland (1982)
Gimme a Break!
(1981)
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
Morgan (1981)
Canción triste de Hill Street
(1981)
Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer
Oscar Micheaux (1981)
Great Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter (1980)
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
(1980)
Fuga de Alcatraz
Inmate (1979)
Saturday Night Live
Roger Murtaugh (uncredited) (1975)
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self (1973)
Colombo
Albert (1971)
San Francisco State: On Strike
self (1969)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self (1962)
Today
Self (1952)
Leverage
Charlie Lawson
Grizzly Peak
Will
Lethal Weapon 5
Roger Murtaugh
Killing Winston Jones
Washington Carver
Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story
Narrator (voice)