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Danny Glover
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…
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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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2026
Our Land
Movie Executive Producer
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2025
Grizzly Peak
Movie Will
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2025
Harvest
Movie Thanks
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2025
Newbies
Movie
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2023
The Naughty Nine
Movie Santa Claus
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2023
The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane
Movie Executive Producer
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2023
Double Soul
Movie Michael Tedeschi
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2023
President
Movie Executive Producer
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2022
American Dreamer
Movie Jerry
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2022
De Quanta Terra Precisa o Homem?
Movie Self
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2022
Press Play
Movie Cooper
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2022
Crane Lantern
Movie Executive Producer
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2021
A Night at the Academy Museum
Movie Self
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2021
Memoria
Movie Co-Producer
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2021
Prayers for the Stolen
Movie Co-Producer
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2021
In Between Dying
Movie Executive Producer
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2020
The War on Cuba
TV show Executive Producer
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2020
The Drummer
Movie Mark Walker
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2020
Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2020
After Fact
Movie Self
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2020
Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2019
Jumanji: The Next Level
Movie Milo
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2019
The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2019
Lynch: A History
Movie Executive Producer
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2019
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Movie Grandpa Allen
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2019
Strive
Movie
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2019
The Dead Don't Die
Movie Hank Thompson
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2019
Redeeming Uncle Tom: The Josiah Henson Story
Movie Narrator
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2019
Always in Season
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2019
Easter Snap
Movie Executive Producer
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2019
The Robeson Effect
Movie Self
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2018
Christmas Break-In
Movie Ray
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2018
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
Movie Self
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2018
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy
Movie Baltimore Bob
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2018
The Old Man & the Gun
Movie Teddy
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2018
Capernaum
Movie Executive Producer
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2018
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Movie Executive Producer
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2018
Angels Are Made of Light
Movie Executive Producer
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2018
Sorry to Bother You
Movie Langston
