Danny Glover

Danny Glover
Glover in 2014
Born	Danny Lebern Glover (1946-07-22) July 22, 1946 San Francisco, California, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	Actor, director, activist
Years active	1967–present
Spouse(s)	Asake Bomani ​ ​ (m. 1975; div. 2000)​ Eliane Cavalleiro ​ ​ (m. 2009)​
Children	1
Website	louverturefilms.com

Danny Lebern Glover (born July 22, 1946) is an American actor, director and activist. He was born in San Francisco, California. Glover made his big screen debut in the 1979 movie Escape from Alcatraz. Glover won an MTV Movie Award in 1993 for Best On-Screen Duo in the movie Lethal Weapon 3 which he shared with Mel Gibson.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	Escape from Alcatraz	Inmate	Acting debut
1981	Chu Chu and the Philly Flash	Morgan
1982	Deadly Drifter	Jojo/Roland	Alternative title: Out
1984	Iceman	Loomis
	Places in the Heart	Moze
1985	Witness	Det. Lt. James McFee
	Silverado	Malachi 'Mal' Johnson
	The Color Purple	Mr. Albert Johnson
1987	Lethal Weapon	Sergeant Roger Murtaugh
1988	Bat*21	Capt. Bartholomew Clark
1989	Lethal Weapon 2	Roger Murtaugh
1990	To Sleep with Anger	Harry	Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead
	Predator 2	Lt. Mike Harrigan
1991	Flight of the Intruder	Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli
	A Rage in Harlem	Easy Money
	Grand Canyon	Simon
	Pure Luck	Raymond Campanella
1992	Lethal Weapon 3	Roger Murtaugh
1993	The Saint of Fort Washington	Jerry / Narrator
	Bopha!	Micah Mangena
1994	Maverick	Bank Robber	Uncredited cameo
	Angels in the Outfield	George Knox
	Override		Director, TV short
1995	Operation Dumbo Drop	Capt. Sam Cahill
1996	Harriet the Spy	Cop	Uncredited cameo
1997	Wild America	Bigfoot	Uncredited cameo
	The Rainmaker	Judge Tyrone Kipler	Uncredited cameo
	Gone Fishin'	Gus Green
	The Prince of Egypt	Jethro	Voice only
Switchback	Bob Goodall
Antz	Barbatus	Voice only
1998	Lethal Weapon 4	Roger Murtaugh
	Beloved	Paul D. Garner
	1999	Our Friend, Martin	Train Conductor	Voice only
	2000	Boesman and Lena	Boesman
2001	3 A.M.	Charles "Hershey" Riley
	The Royal Tenenbaums	Henry Sherman
2002	Just a Dream		Director Nominated—Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Children/Youth/Family Special
2003	Good Fences	Tom Spader
2004	The Cookout	Judge Crowley
	Saw	Detective David Tapp
2005	Manderlay	Wilhelm
	Missing in America	Jake Neeley
2006	Bamako	Cow-boy
	Barnyard	Miles	Voice
	The Shaggy Dog	Ken Hollister
	Dreamgirls	Marty Madison
2007	Shooter	Colonel Isaac Johnson
	Poor Boy's Game	George	Nominated—Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
	Battle for Terra	President Chen	Voice only
	Honeydripper	Tyrone Purvis
	Miranda Regresa	John Doe
2008	Be Kind Rewind	Horace Fletcher
	Gospel Hill	John Malcolm
	Tiny Tears	Himself
	Blindness	Old man with the black eye patch/Narrator
	The Garden	Himself
	Saw V	Detective David Tapp	Cameo and archive footage from Saw
	Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare	Walter Tortoise	Voice
2009	Night Train	Miles
	Down for Life	Mr. Shannon
	The People Speak	Himself	Documentary
	The Harimaya Bridge	Joseph Holder
	2012	President Wilson	Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
	At the End of Slavery	Narrator
2010	Stride	James 'Honeybear' Powell
	Death at a Funeral	Uncle Russell
	Dear Alice	Franzis	Original title: För kärleken
	Legendary	Harry "Red" Newman
	Alpha and Omega	Winston	Voice
	Son of Morning	Gabriel Peters
	Age of the Dragons	Ahab
	Mooz-lum	Dean Francis
	I Want to Be a Soldier	The Principal
	Five Minarets in New York	Marcus	Original title: New York'ta Beş Minare
2011	Heart of Blackness	Vaudreuil
	Donovan's Echo	Donovan
2012	Highland Park	Ed
	LUV	Arthur
	Sins Expiation	Father Leonard
	The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America	Count Basie	Voice
2013	Space Warriors	Commander
	Chasing Shakespeare	William Ward
	Tula: The Revolt	Shinishi
	Extraction	Colonel
	Alpha and Omega 2: A Howl-iday Adventure	Winston
2014	Bad Asses	Bernie Pope
	Rage	Detective St. John
	Beyond the Lights	Captain David Nicol
	Supremacy	Mr. Walker
	S.O.S - Sights of Death	Sponge
	Yellowbird	Darius (voice)	English version
	Day of the Mummy	Carl
	2047: The Final War	Sponge	Italian film also known as 2047: Sights of Death
2015	Bad Asses on the Bayou	Bernie Pope
	Checkmate	Elohim
	Gridlocked	Sully
	Waffle Street	Edward Collins
	About Scout	Red Freston
	Diablo	Benjamin Carver
	Andron	Chancellor Gordon
2016	Dirty Grandpa	Stinky
	Complete Unknown	Roger
	Back in the Day	Eddie "Rocks" Travor
	Mr. Pig	Ambrose	Nominated—Ariel Award for Best Actor
	93 Days	Dr. Benjamin Ohiaeri
	Almost Christmas	Walter
	Dark Web	The Boss
	Pushing Dead	Bob
	Monster Trucks	Mr. Weathers
2017	Vagabonds	Uncle Issa	Short film
	Extortion	Constable Haagen
	The Good Catholic	Father Victor
	Donald Trump, The Koch Brothers & Their War on Climate Science	Narrator
	Buckout Road	Victor
2018	Proud Mary	Benny
	Sorry to Bother You	Langston
	Come Sunday	Gilbert Pearson
	The Old Man & the Gun	Teddy Green
	Death Race: Beyond Anarchy	Baltimore Bob	Direct-to-video
2019	The Last Black Man in San Francisco	Grandpa
	The Dead Don't Die	Hank Thompson
	Strive	Mr. Rose
	Jumanji: The Next Level	Milo Walker	In post-production
TBA	Killing Winston Jones	Washington Carver	In post-production Filming started in 2012. The filmas originally scheduled to be released in 2014. By 2019, the film had still not been released in theaters and no release date has been set.

Other websites

• Danny Glover on IMDb