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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.
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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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Grizzly Peak
as Will
Newbies
The Naughty Nine
as Santa Claus
Double Soul
as Michael Tedeschi
American Dreamer
as Jerry
De Quanta Terra Precisa o Homem?
as Self
Press Play
as Cooper
African Redemption: The Life and Legacy of Marcus Garvey
as Self
A Night at the Academy Museum
as Self
When I See Them, I See Us
The Drummer
as Mark Walker
Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man
as Narrator (voice)
After Fact
as Self
Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War
as Narrator (voice)
Jumanji: The Next Level
as Milo
The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs
as Narrator (voice)
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
as Grandpa Allen
Strive
The Dead Don't Die
as Hank Thompson
Redeeming Uncle Tom: The Josiah Henson Story
as Narrator
Always in Season
as Narrator (voice)
The Robeson Effect
as Self
Christmas Break-In
as Ray
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
as Self
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy
as Baltimore Bob
The Old Man & the Gun
as Teddy
Sorry to Bother You
as Langston
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
as Mr. Ocean
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
as Narrator (voice)
Howard
as Self (archive footage)
Survivor's Guide to Prison
as Self
Come Sunday
as Gilbert Pearson
Proud Mary
as Benny
The Christmas Train
as Max Powers
The Curse of Buckout Road
as Dr. Powell
Vagabonds
as Uncle Issa
The Good Catholic
as Victor
Tour de Pharmacy
as Slim Robinson Present Day
Agents of Change
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Birth of a Movement
as Narrator (voice)
Extortion
as Detective Constable Haagen
Abderrahmane Sissako: Beyond Territories
as Self
Monster Trucks
as Mr. Weathers
Almost Christmas
as Walter
Pushing Dead
as Bob
Complete Unknown
as Roger
Mr. Pig
as Ambrose
Gridlocked
as Sully
No Poster
Dirt & Deeds in Mississippi
as Narrator (voice)
Back in the Day
as Eddie 'Rocks' Travor
Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ Rights
as Narrator (voice)
93 Days
as Dr. Benjamin Ohiaeri
Darkweb
as The Boss
Dirty Grandpa
as Stinky
Diablo
as Benjamin Carver
Andron
as Chancellor Gordon
Waffle Street
as Edward Collins
Checkmate
as Elohim
Consumed
as Hal Westbrook
About Scout
as Red
Bad Asses on the Bayou
as Bernie Pope
Mississippi Inferno
as Narrator (voice)
Caffeinated
as Coffee Lover
Toxin
as Dr. Locke
Beyond the Lights
as Captain Nicol
Day of the Mummy
as Carl
Yellowbird
as Darius (voice)
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
as Self
2047: Sights of Death
as Sponge
Supremacy
as Mr. Walker
We Are Many
as Self
Rage
as Detective St. John
Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses
as Bernie Pope
The Ninja Immovable Heart
as Ex Director Matthew Reynolds
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
as Self
Chasing Shakespeare
as William Ward
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
as Justice Thurgood Marshall
Extraction
as Harding
Tula: The Revolt
as Shinishi
Highland Park
as Ed
Shuffleton's Barbershop
as Charlie Shuffleton
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
as Self
Space Warriors
as Commander Phillips
The Shift
as Floyd
The Bouquet
as Reverend John
LUV
as Arthur
Casting By
as Self
The Children's Republic
as Dubem
The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America
as Count Basie (voice)
No Poster
The Lighthouse
as Duncan
Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon'
as Self
Shadows of Liberty
as Self
Hannah's Law
as Isom Dart
Sins
as Father Leonard
Mysteria
as Investigator
No Poster
Rise Like Lions
as Self (Occupy Oakland)
Donovan's Echo
as Donovan Matheson
Age of the Dragons
as Ahab
Son of Morning
as Gabriel Peters
Mooz-lum
as Dean Francis
I Want to Be a Soldier
as School Director
Down for Life
as Mr. Shannon
I'm Still Here
as Danny Glover
Legendary
as Harry 'Red' Newman
Dear Alice
as Franzis
Alpha and Omega
as Winston (voice)
Death at a Funeral
as Uncle Russell
Five Minarets in New York
as Marcus
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
as Self
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
as Self
Sam Cooke: Crossing Over
as Narrator (voice)
The People Speak
as Self
2012
as President Thomas Wilson
PoliWood
as Self
The Harimaya Bridge
as Joseph Holder
Night Train
as Miles
Saw V
as David Trapp (archive footage)
Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare
as Walter Tortoise (voice)
Fats Waller Was Born Here
as "Fats" Waller's Father/Mr. Fletcher
Blindness
as Man with Black Eye Patch
Be Kind Rewind
as Mr. Fletcher
Gospel Hill
as John Malcolm
Agent Crush
as Major Rusty Gubbins
Honeydripper
as Tyrone Purvis
Battle for Terra
as President Chen (voice)
Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'
as Self
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
as Father Elias
Shooter
as Colonel Isaac Johnson
Bamako
as Cow-boy
Poor Boy's Game
as George
Dreamgirls
as Marty Madison
Read You Like a Book
Barnyard
as Miles (voice)
The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
as Brer Turtle (voice)
The Shaggy Dog
as Ken Hollister
The Exonerated
as David Keaton
Full Disclosure Report
as David Tapp
No Poster
The Peace!
as Self
Manderlay
as Wilhelm
The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
P.N.O.K.
as Col. Weldon
Missing in America
as Jake Neely
Saw
as David Tapp
The Cookout
as Judge Crowley
Earthed
The John Garfield Story
as Self
Good Fences
as Tom Spader
The Real Eve
as Narrator (voice)
The Royal Tenenbaums
as Henry Sherman
3 A.M.
as Hershey
Boesman and Lena
as Boesman
Bàttu
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
Freedom Song
as Will Walker
No Poster
Ennis' Gift
as Self
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
as Self (archive footage)
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
as Narrator (voice)
Scared Straight! 20 Years Later
as Host
Our Friend, Martin
as Train Conductor (voice)
The Prince of Egypt
as Jethro (voice)
Beloved
as Paul D
Antz
as Barbatus (voice)
Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life & Music of Robert Johnson
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Lethal Weapon 4
as Roger Murtaugh
Soldier Child
as Self - Narrator
Buffalo Soldiers
as Sgt. Washington Wyatt
The Rainmaker
as Richter Tyrone Kipler
Switchback
as Bob Goodall
Wild America
as Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited)
Gone Fishin'
as Gus Green
America's Dream
as Silas (segment "Long Black Song")
Red Wind
as Philip Marlowe
No Poster
Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities
as Self
Operation Dumbo Drop
as Capt. Sam Cahill
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self
Angels in the Outfield
as George Knox
Maverick
as Bank Robber (uncredited)
The Saint of Fort Washington
as Jerry
Bopha!
as Micah Mangena
The Talking Eggs
as Narrator (voice)
No Poster
Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion
as Narrator (voice)
Lethal Weapon 3
as Roger Murtaugh
Grand Canyon
as Simon
No Poster
A Party For Richard Pryor
as Self
Pure Luck
as Raymond Campanella
A Rage in Harlem
as Easy Money
Flight of the Intruder
as Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli
Predator 2
as Lieutenant Mike Harrigan
To Sleep with Anger
as Harry
No Poster
Rabbit Ears - Moses in Egypt
as Narrator (voice)
No Poster
Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby
as Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - How the Leopard Got His Spots
as Narrator (voice)
Lethal Weapon 2
as Roger Murtaugh
Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary
as Self
Dead Man Out
as Dr. Alex Marsh
A Raisin in the Sun
as Walter Lee Younger
No Poster
Hollywood on Horses
as Self
Bat★21
as Capt. Bartholomew Clark
No Poster
A Place at the Table
as Mr. Scott
Mandela
as Nelson Mandela
Lethal Weapon
as Roger Murtaugh
No Poster
The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson
as Self
John Henry
as John Henry
The Color Purple
as Albert
Silverado
as Malachi 'Mal' Johnson
The Stand-In
as Apples Finnerty
Witness
as McFee
And the Children Shall Lead
as William
Places in the Heart
as Moze
Iceman
as Loomis
No Poster
Memorial Day
as Willie Monroe
No Poster
The Face of Rage
as Gary
Keeping On
as Lester Traylor
Out
as Jojo / Roland
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
as Morgan
Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer
as Oscar Micheaux
Escape from Alcatraz
as Inmate
San Francisco State: On Strike
as self
Killing Winston Jones
as Washington Carver
No Poster
Lethal Weapon 5
as Roger Murtaugh
Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story
as Narrator (voice)