Acteur
Danny Glover
Geboren 22 juli 1946 · San Francisco, California, USA
Danny Lebern Glover (geboren op 22 juli 1946) is een Amerikaanse acteur, filmregisseur en politiek activist. Hij is vooral bekend om zijn co-starring hoofdrol als Sergeant Roger Murtaugh in de Lethal Weapon filmreeks. Glover heeft verschillende film-, toneel- en televisierollen gehad. Hij speelde de echtgenoot van Whoopi Goldbergs personage, Celie in de gevierde literaire verfilming van The Color Purple, en als luitenant James McFee in de film Witness. Hij had hoofdrollen in andere films, waaronder To Sleep with Anger, Predator 2, Angels in the Outfield en Operation Dumbo Drop. Hij won de Independent Spirit Award voor Beste Mannelijke Hoofdrol voor zijn hoofdrol in Charles Burnetts To Sleep with Anger. Ook had hij prominente bijrollen 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 en Jumanji: The Next Level. Glover verdiende voor het eerst de hoofdprijs in Predator 2, het vervolg op de sciencefiction-actiefilm Predator. Tijdens zijn carrière maakte hij ook verschillende cameo's, bijvoorbeeld in de Michael Jackson-video "Liberian Girl" uit 1987. In 1994 maakte hij zijn regiedebuut met de korte film Override van Showtime Channel. Ook in 1994 richtten Glover en acteur Ben Guillory het Robey Theatre Company op in Los Angeles, met een focus op theater door en over zwarte mensen.
Films en series
- 2026
Our Land1u 59mExecutive Producer - 2025
Newbies17m - 2025
Grizzly Peak14mWill - 2023
The Naughty Nine1u 23mSanta Claus - 2023
Double Soul1u 34mMichael Tedeschi - 2023
President1u 55mExecutive Producer - 2023
The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane1u 47mExecutive Producer - 2022
Press Play1u 25mCooper - 2022
African Redemption: The Life and Legacy of Marcus Garvey1u 25mSelf - 2022
American Dreamer1u 46mJerry - 2022
Crane Lantern1u 41mExecutive Producer - 2021
When I See Them, I See Us3m - 2021
A Night at the Academy Museum1uSelf - 2021
Memoria2u 16mCo-Producer - 2021
In Between Dying1u 28mExecutive Producer - 2020
The Drummer1u 39mMark Walker - 2020
Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq WarNarrator (voice) - 2020
Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man54mNarrator (voice) - 2020
After Fact55mSelf - 2020
The War on Cuba2 seizoenenExecutive Producer - 2019
Redeeming Uncle Tom: The Josiah Henson Story55mNarrator - 2019
Always in Season1u 29mNarrator (voice) - 2019
The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs57mNarrator (voice) - 2019
Strive1u 22m - 2019
The Robeson Effect1u 38mSelf - 2019
The Dead Don't Die1u 44mHank Thompson - 2019
The Last Black Man in San Francisco2u 1mGrandpa Allen - 2019
Jumanji: The Next Level2u 3mMilo - 2019
Easter Snap14mExecutive Producer - 2019
Lynch: A History1u 25mExecutive Producer - 2018
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution56mNarrator (voice) - 2018
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey1u 50mMr. Ocean - 2018
Proud Mary1u 28mBenny - 2018
Come Sunday1u 46mGilbert Pearson - 2018
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy1u 51mBaltimore Bob - 2018
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones1u 30mSelf - 2018
Survivor's Guide to Prison1u 42mSelf - 2018
The Old Man & the Gun1u 34mTeddy - 2018
Christmas Break-In1u 27mRay - 2018
Sorry to Bother You1u 52mLangston - 2018
Angels Are Made of Light1u 57mExecutive Producer - 2017
Agents of Change1u 6mSelf - Narrator (voice) - 2017
Vagabonds15mUncle Issa - 2017
Birth of a Movement57mNarrator (voice) - 2017
The Christmas Train1u 38mMax Powers - 2017
Abderrahmane Sissako: Beyond Territories1u 10mSelf - 2017
The Good Catholic1u 36mVictor - 2017
The Curse of Buckout Road1u 37mDr. Powell - 2017
Extortion1u 48mDetective Constable Haagen - 2017
Tour de Pharmacy40mSlim Robinson Present Day - 2017
Strong Island1u 47mExecutive Producer - 2017
That Summer1u 20mExecutive Producer - 2016
Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ Rights1u 26mNarrator (voice) - 2016
Darkweb1u 29mThe Boss - 2016
Mr. Pig1u 40mAmbrose - 2016Dirt & Deeds in Mississippi1u 21mNarrator (voice)
- 2016
93 Days2u 4mDr. Benjamin Ohiaeri - 2016
Pushing Dead1u 48mBob - 2016
Almost Christmas1u 51mWalter - 2016
Complete Unknown1u 30mRoger - 2016
Back in the Day2u 1mEddie 'Rocks' Travor - 2016
Diablo1u 23mBenjamin Carver - 2016
Monster Trucks1u 44mMr. Weathers - 2016
Gridlocked1u 54mSully - 2016
Dirty Grandpa1u 42mStinky - 2016
Shadow World1u 34mExecutive Producer - 2016
The House on Coco Road1u 19mProducer - 2016
White Sun1u 27mExecutive Producer - 2015
Checkmate1u 42mElohim - 2015
Mississippi Inferno46mNarrator (voice) - 2015
Toxin1u 21mDr. Locke - 2015
Bad Asses on the Bayou1u 25mBernie Pope - 2015
Waffle Street1u 26mEdward Collins - 2015
Andron1u 40mChancellor Gordon - 2015
Caffeinated1u 20mCoffee Lover - 2015
About Scout1u 32mRed - 2015
Consumed1u 37mHal Westbrook - 2015
This Changes Everything1u 29mExecutive Producer - 2014
2047: Sights of Death1u 25mSponge - 2014
Day of the Mummy1u 16mCarl - 2014
Chasing Shakespeare1u 52mWilliam Ward - 2014
Supremacy1u 50mMr. Walker - 2014
Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses1u 31mBernie Pope - 2014
The Ninja Immovable Heart1u 44mEx Director Matthew Reynolds - 2014
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee1u 30mSelf - 2014
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama1u 8mSelf - 2014
We Are Many1u 44mSelf - 2014
Rage1u 38mDetective St. John - 2014
Beyond the Lights1u 56mCaptain Nicol - 2014
Life Is Sacred1u 44mExecutive Producer - 2014
Concerning Violence1u 25mCo-Producer - 2013
Tula: The Revolt1u 40mShinishi - 2013
Extraction1u 42mHarding - 2013
The Shift1u 15mFloyd - 2013
Shuffleton's Barbershop1u 24mCharlie Shuffleton - 2013
LUV1u 34mArthur - 2013
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth1u 24mSelf - 2013
Space Warriors1u 33mCommander Phillips - 2013
Highland Park1u 23mEd - 2013
The Bouquet1u 39mReverend John - 2013
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight1u 37mJustice Thurgood Marshall - 2012
The Children's Republic1u 18mDubem - 2012
Sins1u 18mFather Leonard - 2012
Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon'22mSelf - 2012
Shadows of Liberty1u 33mSelf - 2012
Hannah's Law1u 28mIsom Dart - 2012The Lighthouse1u 33mDuncan
- 2012
The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America1u 32mCount Basie (voice) - 2012
Highway1u 20mProducer - 2012
Shenandoah1u 37mExecutive Producer - 2012
The House I Live In1u 50mExecutive Producer - 2011
Donovan's Echo1u 32mDonovan Matheson - 2011
Mysteria1u 34mInvestigator - 2011
Mooz-lum1u 35mDean Francis - 2011
Age of the Dragons1u 31mAhab - 2011
Son of Morning1u 21mGabriel Peters - 2011Rise Like Lions1u 37mSelf (Occupy Oakland)
- 2011
Dum Maaro Dum2u 10mExecutive Producer - 2011
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-19751u 40mProducer - 2010
Dear Alice1u 37mFranzis - 2010
Sam Cooke: Crossing Over54mNarrator (voice) - 2010
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective8mSelf - 2010
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic9mSelf - 2010
Alpha and Omega1u 28mWinston (voice) - 2010
Legendary1u 47mHarry 'Red' Newman - 2010
Down for Life1u 33mMr. Shannon - 2010
Five Minarets in New York1u 59mMarcus - 2010
I'm Still Here1u 47mDanny Glover - 2010
I Want to Be a Soldier1u 40mSchool Director - 2010
Death at a Funeral1u 32mUncle Russell - 2009
Night Train1u 27mMiles - 2009
PoliWood1u 30mSelf - 2009
The Harimaya Bridge2uJoseph Holder - 2009
The People Speak1u 53mSelf - 2009
20122u 38mPresident Thomas Wilson - 2009
The Time That Remains1u 49mAssociate Producer - 2008
Be Kind Rewind1u 42mMr. Fletcher - 2008
Blindness2u 1mMan with Black Eye Patch - 2008
Fats Waller Was Born Here11m"Fats" Waller's Father/Mr. Fletcher - 2008
Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare1u 20mWalter Tortoise (voice) - 2008
Gospel Hill1u 39mJohn Malcolm - 2008
Agent Crush1u 33mMajor Rusty Gubbins - 2008
Trouble the Water1u 33mExecutive Producer - 2007
Honeydripper2u 4mTyrone Purvis - 2007
Poor Boy's Game1u 44mGeorge - 2007
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation2u 41mFather Elias - 2007
Shooter2u 4mColonel Isaac Johnson - 2007
Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'27mSelf - 2007
Battle for Terra1u 25mPresident Chen (voice) - 2007
Bamako1u 55mCow-boy - 2006
Read You Like a Book1u 41m - 2006
The Exonerated1u 35mDavid Keaton - 2006
Barnyard1u 30mMiles (voice) - 2006
The Adventures of Brer Rabbit1u 11mBrer Turtle (voice) - 2006
Dreamgirls2u 10mMarty Madison - 2006
The Shaggy Dog1u 38mKen Hollister - 2005
Missing in America1u 42mJake Neely - 2005
Manderlay2u 18mWilhelm - 2005P.N.O.K.18mCol. Weldon
- 2005
Full Disclosure Report14mDavid Tapp - 2005The Peace!2u 4mSelf
- 2005
The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'36mSelf (archive footage) - 2004
Earthed - 2004
Legend of Earthsea1 seizoenOgion - 2004
Saw1u 43mDavid Tapp - 2004
The Cookout1u 37mJudge Crowley - 2003
Good Fences1u 59mTom Spader - 2003
The John Garfield Story58mSelf - 2002
The Real Eve1u 43mNarrator (voice) - 2002
Just a Dream1u 37mDirector - 2001
3 A.M.1u 32mHershey - 2001
The Royal Tenenbaums1u 50mHenry Sherman - 2000
Boesman and Lena1u 30mBoesman - 2000
Freedom Song1u 52mWill Walker - 2000
Bàttu1u 45m - 2000Ennis' Gift51mSelf
- 2000
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration2u 7mSelf - 1999
Scared Straight! 20 Years Later1u 35mHost - 1999
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong1u 4mNarrator (voice) - 1999
Our Friend, Martin1uTrain Conductor (voice) - 1999
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen21mSelf (archive footage) - 1998
Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life & Music of Robert Johnson1u 17mSelf - Narrator (voice) - 1998
Soldier Child1u 5mSelf - Narrator - 1998
Lethal Weapon 42u 7mRoger Murtaugh - 1998
Beloved2u 52mPaul D - 1998
Antz1u 23mBarbatus (voice) - 1998
The Prince of Egypt1u 39mJethro (voice) - 1997
Buffalo Soldiers1u 34mSgt. Washington Wyatt - 1997
Switchback1u 58mBob Goodall - 1997
Gone Fishin'1u 34mGus Green - 1997
Wild America1u 46mBigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited) - 1997
The Rainmaker2u 15mRichter Tyrone Kipler - 1996
America's Dream1u 37mSilas (segment "Long Black Song") - 1995
Operation Dumbo Drop1u 47mCapt. Sam Cahill - 1995
Red Wind1uPhilip Marlowe - 1995
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain1 seizoenIsaac Jefferson (voice) - 1995Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities58mSelf
- 1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies1u 30mSelf - 1994
Angels in the Outfield1u 43mGeorge Knox - 1994
Override34mDirector - 1993
Civil War Journal3 seizoenenHost - 1993
Bopha!2uMicah Mangena - 1993
The Talking Eggs25mNarrator (voice) - 1993
The Saint of Fort Washington1u 39mJerry - 1993
Alex Haley's Queen1 seizoenAlec Haley - 1992Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and Boss LionNarrator (voice)
- 1992
Lethal Weapon 31u 58mRoger Murtaugh - 1991
Grand Canyon2u 14mSimon - 1991
Flight of the Intruder1u 55mCmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli - 1991
Pure Luck1u 36mRaymond Campanella - 1991A Party For Richard Pryor1u 30mSelf
- 1991
A Rage in Harlem1u 55mEasy Money - 1990Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby24mNarrator (voice)
- 1990
To Sleep with Anger1u 42mHarry - 1990
Predator 21u 48mLieutenant Mike Harrigan - 1990Rabbit Ears - Moses in EgyptNarrator (voice)
- 1989
Dead Man Out1u 27mDr. Alex Marsh - 1989
Rabbit Ears - How the Leopard Got His Spots30mNarrator (voice) - 1989
Lethal Weapon 21u 54mRoger Murtaugh - 1989Hollywood on Horses1u 10mSelf
- 1989
Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary30mSelf - 1989
A Raisin in the Sun2u 51mWalter Lee Younger - 1989
Lonesome Dove1 seizoenJoshua Deets - 1988
Bat★211u 45mCapt. Bartholomew Clark - 1988A Place at the Table48mMr. Scott
- 1987
Mandela2u 15mNelson Mandela - 1987
Lethal Weapon1u 50mRoger Murtaugh - 1987The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson1uSelf
- 1986
John Henry1u 1mJohn Henry - 1985
And the Children Shall Lead58mWilliam - 1985
The Color Purple2u 34mAlbert - 1985
The Stand-In1u 27mApples Finnerty - 1985
Silverado2u 13mMalachi 'Mal' Johnson - 1985
Witness1u 52mMcFee - 1984
Places in the Heart1u 51mMoze - 1984
Iceman1u 40mLoomis - 1983The Face of Rage1u 40mGary
- 1983
Keeping On1u 15mLester Traylor - 1983Memorial Day2uWillie Monroe
- 1982
Out1u 23mJojo / Roland - 1981
Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer29mOscar Micheaux - 1981
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash1u 32mMorgan - 1969
San Francisco State: On Strike19mself
Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse StoryNarrator (voice)- Lethal Weapon 5Roger Murtaugh
Killing Winston Jones1u 39mWashington Carver- Untitled Dinah Washington BiopicExecutive Producer
