Danny Glover

79 years old San Francisco, California, USA

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.

Recent movies

# Name Character Rating
1 The Naughty Nine (2023) Santa Claus 7
2 American Dreamer (2022) Jerry 6
3 Press Play (2022) Cooper -
4 The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019) Grandpa Allen 7.4
5 The Dead Don't Die (2019) Hank Thompson 6.1
6 Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) Milo 6.9
7 Proud Mary (2018) Benny 7.4
8 Howard (2018) Self (archive footage) 7.5
9 Survivor's Guide to Prison (2018) Self 5
10 Come Sunday (2018) Gilbert Pearson 6
11 The Old Man & the Gun (2018) Teddy 6.5
12 Sorry to Bother You (2018) Langston 7.2
13 Death Race: Beyond Anarchy (2018) Baltimore Bob 6.8
14 Christmas Break-In (2018) Ray 7.3
15 The Christmas Train (2017) Max Powers 6.3
16 The Good Catholic (2017) Victor 5.5
17 Extortion (2017) Constable Haagen 7.1
18 Tour de Pharmacy (2017) Slim Robinson Present Day 7.6
19 Diablo (2016) Benjamin Carver 6.4
20 Back in the Day (2016) Eddie 'Rocks' Travor -
21 Dirty Grandpa (2016) Stinky 6.2
22 Gridlocked (2016) Sully 6.5
23 Monster Trucks (2016) Mr. Weathers 6.9
24 Almost Christmas (2016) Walter 6.4
25 Mr. Pig (2016) Ambrose 7
26 Darkweb (2016) The Boss 5
27 93 Days (2016) Dr. Benjamin Ohiaeri 1
28 Complete Unknown (2016) Roger 4.5
29 Consumed (2015) Hal Westbrook 6.5
30 About Scout (2015) Red -
31 Checkmate (2015) Elohim 1
32 Andron (2015) Chancellor Gordon 3.4
33 Toxin (2015) Dr. Locke -
34 Bad Asses on the Bayou (2015) Bernie Pope 5
35 Waffle Street (2015) Edward Collins 6.5
36 Rage (2014) Detective St. John 4.8
37 Day of the Mummy (2014) Carl -
38 Beyond the Lights (2014)
Oscars 2015 		Captain Nicol 7
39 Supremacy (2014) Mr. Walker 3
40 2047: Sights of Death (2014) Sponge 2
41 Yellowbird (2014) Darius (voice) 6
42 Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses (2014) Bernie Pope 5.7
43 Highland Park (2013) Ed -
44 Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth (2013) Self -
45 Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013) Justice Thurgood Marshall -
46 Space Warriors (2013) Commander Phillips 6
47 LUV (2013) Arthur 7
48 Extraction (2013) Harding -
49 Tula: The Revolt (2013) Shinishi 6
50 The Shift (2013) Floyd -
51 Casting By (2012) Self -
52 Hannah's Law (2012) Isom Dart -
53 Age of the Dragons (2011) Ahab 2.5
54 Son of Morning (2011) Gabriel Peters -
55 Mysteria (2011) Investigator 6
56 Donovan's Echo (2011) Donovan Matheson 6.3
57 Mooz-lum (2011) Dean Francis -
58 I'm Still Here (2010) Danny Glover 5.3
59 Legendary (2010) Harry 'Red' Newman 6.4
60 Alpha and Omega (2010) Winston (voice) 4.8
61 Death at a Funeral (2010) Uncle Russell 7
62 Five Minarets in New York (2010) Marcus 6
63 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic (2010) Self 6
64 2012 (2009) President Thomas Wilson 6.1
65 Night Train (2009) Miles 6.2
66 The People Speak (2009) Self 7
67 Gospel Hill (2008) John Malcolm -
68 Blindness (2008) Man with Black Eye Patch 6.2
69 Be Kind Rewind (2008) Mr. Fletcher 6.3
70 Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare (2008) Walter Tortoise (voice) -
71 Saw V (2008) David Tapp (archive footage) (uncredited) 6.4
72 Shooter (2007) Colonel Isaac Johnson 7.3
73 Battle for Terra (2007) President Chen (voice) 6.3
74 Dreamgirls (2006)
Oscars 2007 		Marty Madison 7
75 Barnyard (2006) Miles the Mule (voice) 5.4
76 Bamako (2006) Cow-boy 5
77 The Shaggy Dog (2006) Ken Hollister 4
78 The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2' (2005) Self (archive footage) -
79 Manderlay (2005) Wilhelm 7.6
80 Missing in America (2005) Jake Neely 7
81 The Cookout (2004) Judge Crowley 6
82 Saw (2004) David Tapp 7.3
83 Good Fences (2003) Tom Spader -
84 3 A.M. (2001) Hershey -
85 The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Oscars 2002 		Henry Sherman 7.4
86 Boesman and Lena (2000) Boesman -
87 Scared Straight! 20 Years Later (1999) Host 5
88 Our Friend, Martin (1999) Train Conductor (voice) -
89 Antz (1998) Barbatus (voice) 6.4
90 The Prince of Egypt (1998)
Oscars 1999 		Jethro (voice) 7.4
91 Beloved (1998)
Oscars 1999 		Paul D 9.5
92 Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) Roger Murtaugh 6.8
93 Gone Fishin' (1997) Gus Green 7
94 Buffalo Soldiers (1997) Sgt. Washington Wyatt -
95 Switchback (1997) Bob Goodall 5.3
96 Wild America (1997) Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited) 7
97 The Rainmaker (1997) Richter Tyrone Kipler 7.2
98 Operation Dumbo Drop (1995) Capt. Sam Cahill 6
99 The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995) Self -
100 Maverick (1994) Bank Robber (uncredited) 7.1
101 Angels in the Outfield (1994) George Knox 5.8
102 The Saint of Fort Washington (1993) Jerry 7
103 Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) Roger Murtaugh 6.9
104 Grand Canyon (1991) Simon 6
105 Flight of the Intruder (1991) Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli 7
106 Pure Luck (1991) Raymond Campanella 8.5
107 A Rage in Harlem (1991) Easy Money -
108 To Sleep with Anger (1990) Harry 7
109 Predator 2 (1990) Lieutenant Mike Harrigan 6.2
110 Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) Roger Murtaugh 7.4
111 Dead Man Out (1989) Dr. Alex Marsh -
112 Lethal Weapon (1987) Roger Murtaugh 7.7
113 Silverado (1985) Malachi 'Mal' Johnson 6.9
114 The Color Purple (1985) Albert 8
115 Witness (1985) McFee 6.6
116 Iceman (1984) Loomis 7.5
117 Places in the Heart (1984) Moze 8.5
118 Escape from Alcatraz (1979) Inmate 7.7
119 Lethal Weapon 5 Roger Murtaugh -