Acting credits
233
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Danny Glover
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.1
Moderate attention
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Movies: 229Series: 38Crew credits: 43
TMDB ID: 2047
IMDb ID: nm0000418
Known for: Acting
Born: July 22, 1946
Age: 79
Place of birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1952 - 2026
Years active: 75
Average TMDB rating: 6.18
Wikidata: Q192165
Also known as
Danny Lebern Glover
Other jobs
Executive Producer (27)Co-Producer (6)Producer (4)Associate Producer (2)Director (2)Presenter (2)
Biography
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Danny Glover.
Apr 1
Landmarks
Executive Producer
2026 Movie
Newbies
2025 Movie
6.3
The Naughty Nine
as Santa Claus
2023 Movie
The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane
Executive Producer
2023 Movie
5.5
Double Soul
as Michael Tedeschi
2023 Movie
7.5
President
Executive Producer
2023 Movie
5.7
American Dreamer
as Jerry
2022 Movie
De Quanta Terra Precisa o Homem?
as Self
2022 Movie
6.6
Press Play
as Cooper
2022 Movie
5.5
Crane Lantern
Executive Producer
2022 Movie
7.0
A Night at the Academy Museum
as Self
2021 Movie
6.0
Memoria
Co-Producer
2021 Movie
7.6
Prayers for the Stolen
Co-Producer
2021 Movie
6.2
In Between Dying
Executive Producer
2021 Movie
5.5
The Drummer
as Mark Walker
2020 Movie
8.0
Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man
as Narrator (voice)
2020 Movie
After Fact
as Self
2020 Movie
Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War
as Narrator (voice)
2020 Movie
6.9
Jumanji: The Next Level
as Milo
2019 Movie
10.0
The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs
as Narrator (voice)
2019 Movie
6.5
Lynch: A History
Executive Producer
2019 Movie
7.0
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
as Grandpa Allen
2019 Movie
1.0
Strive
2019 Movie
5.4
The Dead Don't Die
as Hank Thompson
2019 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Danny Glover.
The War on Cuba
Executive Producer • 6 eps
2020 Series
7.8
Cold Case Files
as Self - Narrator (voice) • 10 eps
2017 Series
7.1
black-ish
as Uncle Norman • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.5
Mozart in the Jungle
as Mayor • 1 eps
2014 Series
5.1
Ironside
as Frank Ironside • 1 eps
2013 Series
6.6
Touch
as Professor Arthur Teller • 5 eps
2012 Series
7.2
Human Target
as Client • 1 eps
2010 Series
Nite Tales: The Series
as Jeremiah • 1 eps
2009 Series
7.6
Leverage
as Charlie Lawson • 1 eps
2008 Series
7.1
Brothers and Sisters
as Isaac Marshall • 6 eps
2006 Series
7.9
Psych
as Mel Hornsby • 1 eps
2006 Series
4.8
The Reichen Show
as Self • 1 eps
2005 Series
8.3
Criminal Minds
as Hank Morgan • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.7
My Name Is Earl
as Thomas • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.0
American Dad!
as Minstrel Krampus (voice) • 1 eps
2005 Series
5.9
Legend of Earthsea
as Ogion • 2 eps
2004 Series
6.0
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.3
Hollywood Squares
as Self - Panelist • 5 eps
1998 Series
4.3
The View
as Self • 3 eps
1997 Series
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
as Isaac Jefferson (voice) • 2 eps
1995 Series
6.0
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as The King (voice) • 1 eps
1995 Series
7.8
ER
as Charlie Pratt Sr. • 4 eps
1994 Series
7.5
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self • 1 eps
1994 Series
6.3
Civil War Journal
as Self - Host • 4 eps
1993 Series