Danny Glover

Danny Glover

Acting

Born July 22, 1946 · San Francisco, California, USA

2 films as director · Active 1994–2002

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 fil…

Known for

Criminal Minds

Criminal Minds

2005

American Dad!

American Dad!

2005

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

Real Time with Bill Maher

Real Time with Bill Maher

2003

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975

American Playhouse

American Playhouse

1982

American Playhouse

American Playhouse

1982

Hollywood Squares

Hollywood Squares

1998

Directed(2)

Just a Dream

2002Just a Dream★ 5.3

Override

1994Override★ 8.0

Acting(255)

2025Grizzly PeakWill

2023The Naughty NineSanta Claus

2023Double SoulMichael Tedeschi

2022American DreamerJerry

2022De Quanta Terra Precisa o Homem?Self

2022Press PlayCooper

2021A Night at the Academy MuseumSelf

2021When I See Them, I See Us

2020The DrummerMark Walker

2020Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome ManNarrator (voice)

2020After FactSelf

2020Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq WarNarrator (voice)

2019Jumanji: The Next LevelMilo

2019The Revolutionist: Eugene V. DebsNarrator (voice)

2019The Last Black Man in San FranciscoGrandpa Allen

2019The Dead Don't DieHank Thompson

2019Redeeming Uncle Tom: The Josiah Henson StoryNarrator

2019Always in SeasonNarrator (voice)

2019The Robeson EffectSelf

2018Christmas Break-InRay

2018Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy JonesSelf

2018Death Race: Beyond AnarchyBaltimore Bob

2018The Old Man & the GunTeddy

2018Sorry to Bother YouLangston

2018Ulysses: A Dark OdysseyMr. Ocean

2018The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights RevolutionNarrator (voice)

2018HowardSelf (archive footage)

2018Survivor's Guide to PrisonSelf

2018Come SundayGilbert Pearson

2018Proud MaryBenny

2017The Christmas TrainMax Powers

2017The Curse of Buckout RoadDr. Powell

2017VagabondsUncle Issa

2017The Good CatholicVictor

2017Tour de PharmacySlim Robinson Present Day

2017Agents of ChangeSelf - Narrator (voice)

2017Cold Case FilesSelf - Narrator (voice)

2017Birth of a MovementNarrator (voice)

2017ExtortionDetective Constable Haagen

2017Abderrahmane Sissako: Beyond TerritoriesSelf

2016Monster TrucksMr. Weathers

2016Almost ChristmasWalter

2016Pushing DeadBob

2016Complete UnknownRoger

2016Mr. PigAmbrose

2016GridlockedSully

2016Dirt & Deeds in MississippiNarrator (voice)

2016Back in the DayEddie 'Rocks' Travor

2016Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ RightsNarrator (voice)

201693 DaysDr. Benjamin Ohiaeri

2016DarkwebThe Boss

2016Dirty GrandpaStinky

2016DiabloBenjamin Carver

2015AndronChancellor Gordon

2015Waffle StreetEdward Collins

2015CheckmateElohim

2015ConsumedHal Westbrook

2015About ScoutRed

2015Bad Asses on the BayouBernie Pope

2015Mississippi InfernoNarrator (voice)

2015CaffeinatedCoffee Lover

2015ToxinDr. Locke

2014Beyond the LightsCaptain Nicol

2014Day of the MummyCarl

2014YellowbirdDarius (voice)

2014black-ishUncle Norman

2014Life's Essentials with Ruby DeeSelf

20142047: Sights of DeathSponge

2014SupremacyMr. Walker

2014We Are ManySelf

2014RageDetective St. John

2014Bad Ass 2: Bad AssesBernie Pope

2014The Ninja Immovable HeartEx Director Matthew Reynolds

2014We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama

2014Mozart in the JungleMayor

2014Chasing ShakespeareWilliam Ward

2013Muhammad Ali's Greatest FightJustice Thurgood Marshall

2013IronsideFrank Ironside

2013ExtractionHarding

2013Tula: The RevoltShinishi

2013Highland ParkEd

2013Shuffleton's BarbershopCharlie Shuffleton

2013Alice Walker: Beauty in TruthSelf

2013Space WarriorsCommander Phillips

2013The ShiftFloyd

2013The BouquetReverend John

2012Casting BySelf

2012The Children's RepublicDubem

2012The LighthouseDuncan

2012Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon'Self

2012Shadows of LibertySelf

2012Hannah's LawIsom Dart

2012SinsFather Leonard

2012TouchProfessor Arthur Teller

2011MysteriaInvestigator

2011Rise Like LionsSelf (Occupy Oakland)

2011Donovan's EchoDonovan Matheson

2011Age of the DragonsAhab

2011Son of MorningGabriel Peters

2011Mooz-lumDean Francis

2010I Want to Be a SoldierSchool Director

2010Down for LifeMr. Shannon

2010I'm Still HereDanny Glover

2010LegendaryHarry 'Red' Newman

2010Dear AliceFranzis

2010Alpha and OmegaWinston (voice)

2010Death at a FuneralUncle Russell

2010Five Minarets in New YorkMarcus

20102012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern EpicSelf

2010The End of the World: The Actor's PerspectiveSelf

2010Human TargetClient

2010Sam Cooke: Crossing OverNarrator (voice)

2009The People SpeakSelf

20092012President Thomas Wilson

2009Nite Tales: The SeriesJeremiah

2009PoliWoodSelf

2009The Harimaya BridgeJoseph Holder

2009Night TrainMiles

2008LeverageCharlie Lawson

2008Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. HareWalter Tortoise (voice)

2008Fats Waller Was Born Here"Fats" Waller's Father/Mr. Fletcher

2008BlindnessMan with Black Eye Patch

2008Be Kind RewindMr. Fletcher

2008Gospel HillJohn Malcolm

2008Agent CrushMajor Rusty Gubbins

2007HoneydripperTyrone Purvis

2007Battle for TerraPresident Chen (voice)

2007Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'Self

2007Namibia: The Struggle for LiberationFather Elias

2007ShooterColonel Isaac Johnson

2007BamakoCow-boy

2007Poor Boy's GameGeorge

2006DreamgirlsMarty Madison

2006Read You Like a Book

2006Brothers and SistersIsaac Marshall

2006BarnyardMiles (voice)

2006PsychMel Hornsby

2006The Adventures of Brer RabbitBrer Turtle (voice)

2006The Shaggy DogKen Hollister

2006The ExoneratedDavid Keaton

2005The Reichen ShowSelf

2005Full Disclosure ReportDavid Tapp

2005Criminal MindsHank Morgan

2005The Peace!Self

2005My Name Is EarlThomas

2005ManderlayWilhelm

2005American Dad!Minstrel Krampus (voice)

2005The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'Self (archive footage)

2005Missing in AmericaJake Neely

2005P.N.O.K.Col. Weldon

2004Legend of EarthseaOgion

2004SawDavid Tapp

2004The CookoutJudge Crowley

2003Real Time with Bill MaherSelf

2003The John Garfield StorySelf

2003Good FencesTom Spader

2002The Real EveNarrator (voice)

2001The Royal TenenbaumsHenry Sherman

20013 A.M.Hershey

2000Boesman and LenaBoesman

2000Arista Records' 25th Anniversary CelebrationSelf

2000Freedom SongWill Walker

2000Ennis' GiftSelf

1999The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to ScreenSelf (archive footage)

1999The Wonderful World of Louis ArmstrongNarrator (voice)

1999Scared Straight! 20 Years LaterHost

1999Our Friend, MartinTrain Conductor (voice)

1998The Prince of EgyptJethro (voice)

1998BelovedPaul D

1998AntzBarbatus (voice)

1998Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life & Music of Robert JohnsonSelf - Narrator (voice)

1998Hollywood SquaresSelf - Panelist

1998Lethal Weapon 4Roger Murtaugh

1998Soldier ChildSelf - Narrator

1997Buffalo SoldiersSgt. Washington Wyatt

1997The RainmakerRichter Tyrone Kipler

1997SwitchbackBob Goodall

1997The ViewSelf

1997Wild AmericaBigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited)

1997Gone Fishin'Gus Green

1996America's DreamSilas (segment "Long Black Song")

1995Red WindPhilip Marlowe

1995Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood CelebritiesSelf

1995Operation Dumbo DropCapt. Sam Cahill

1995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American MoviesSelf

1995Thomas Jefferson: A View from the MountainIsaac Jefferson (voice)

1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildThe King (voice)

1994ERCharlie Pratt Sr.

1994Inside the Actors StudioSelf

1994Angels in the OutfieldGeorge Knox

1994MaverickBank Robber (uncredited)

1993The Saint of Fort WashingtonJerry

1993Bopha!Micah Mangena

1993Civil War JournalSelf - Host

1993Fallen AngelsMarlowe

1993The Talking EggsNarrator (voice)

1993Alex Haley's QueenAlec Haley

1992Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and Boss LionNarrator (voice)

1992Lethal Weapon 3Roger Murtaugh

1991Grand CanyonSimon

1991Pure LuckRaymond Campanella

1991A Rage in HarlemEasy Money

1991Flight of the IntruderCmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli

1990Predator 2Lieutenant Mike Harrigan

1990To Sleep with AngerHarry

1990Captain Planet and the PlaneteersDr. Apollo (voice)

1990Rabbit Ears - Moses in EgyptNarrator (voice)

1990Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar BabyNarrator (voice)

1989Rabbit Ears - How the Leopard Got His SpotsNarrator (voice)

1989Lethal Weapon 2Roger Murtaugh

1989Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video DiarySelf

1989Dead Man OutDr. Alex Marsh

1989Lonesome DoveJoshua Deets

1989A Raisin in the SunWalter Lee Younger

1989Hollywood on HorsesSelf

1988Bat★21Capt. Bartholomew Clark

1988A Place at the TableMr. Scott

1987MandelaNelson Mandela

1987Lethal WeaponRoger Murtaugh

1987The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar RobinsonSelf

1986John HenryJohn Henry

1985The Color PurpleAlbert

1985Tall Tales & LegendsJohn Henry

1985SilveradoMalachi 'Mal' Johnson

1985The Stand-InApples Finnerty

1985WitnessMcFee

1985And the Children Shall LeadWilliam

1984Places in the HeartMoze

1984IcemanLoomis

1983Memorial DayWillie Monroe

1983The Face of RageGary

1983Keeping OnLester Traylor

1982American PlayhouseLester Traylor

1982OutJojo / Roland

1981Gimme a Break!

1981Chu Chu and the Philly FlashMorgan

1981Hill Street Blues

1981Oscar Micheaux, Film PioneerOscar Micheaux

1980Great Railway JourneysSelf - Presenter

1980Palmerstown, U.S.A.

1979Escape from AlcatrazInmate

1975Saturday Night LiveRoger Murtaugh (uncredited)

1973The American Film Institute Salute to ...Self

1969San Francisco State: On Strikeself

1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf

1956Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter

Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse StoryNarrator (voice)

Lethal Weapon 5Roger Murtaugh

Killing Winston JonesWashington Carver