credits of
Danny Glover
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.
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
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November 9th, 2023 | The Naughty Nine | Santa Claus | 6.3 | |
July 13th, 2023 | Double Soul | Michael Tedeschi | 5.5 | |
November 4th, 2022 | American Dreamer | Jerry | 5.8 | |
October 20th, 2022 | De Quanta Terra Precisa o Homem? | Self | TBD | |
October 12th, 2021 | A Night at the Academy Museum | Self | 7 | |
October 1st, 2020 | The Drummer | Mark Walker | 5.5 | |
June 15th, 2020 | After Fact | Self | TBD | |
February 4th, 2019 | Redeeming Uncle Tom: The Josiah Henson Story | Narrator | TBD | |
January 1st, 2019 | The Robeson Effect | Self | 5 | |
October 2nd, 2018 | Death Race: Beyond Anarchy | Baltimore Bob | 6.2 | |
September 27th, 2018 | The Old Man & the Gun | Teddy | 6.5 | |
April 22nd, 2018 | Howard | Self (archive footage) | 6.8 | |
January 21st, 2018 | Come Sunday | Gilbert Pearson | 5.8 | |
January 12th, 2018 | Proud Mary | Benny | 5.5 | |
November 25th, 2017 | The Christmas Train | Max Powers | 6.4 | |
November 24th, 2017 | The Curse of Buckout Road | Dr. Powell | 6.5 | |
October 1st, 2017 | Vagabonds | Uncle Issa | 1 | |
September 8th, 2017 | The Good Catholic | Victor | 5.5 | |
July 8th, 2017 | Tour de Pharmacy | Slim Robinson Present Day | 6.7 | |
June 24th, 2017 | Agents of Change | Self - Narrator (voice) | TBD | |
February 6th, 2017 | Birth of a Movement | Narrator (voice) | 6.4 | |
January 2nd, 2017 | Extortion | Detective Constable Haagen | 6.2 | |
December 21st, 2016 | Monster Trucks | Mr. Weathers | 6.1 | |
November 11th, 2016 | Almost Christmas | Walter | 6 | |
September 29th, 2016 | Pushing Dead | Bob | 6 | |
August 26th, 2016 | Complete Unknown | Roger | 5.1 | |
July 22nd, 2016 | Mr. Pig | Ambrose | 6 | |
June 14th, 2016 | Gridlocked | Sully | 5.9 | |
May 20th, 2016 | Back in the Day | Eddie 'Rocks' Travor | 3 | |
April 24th, 2016 | 93 Days | Dr. Benjamin Ohiaeri | 5.7 | |
March 8th, 2016 | Darkweb | The Boss | 2.9 | |
January 20th, 2016 | Dirty Grandpa | Stinky | 5.9 | |
January 8th, 2016 | Diablo | Benjamin Carver | 4.9 | |
November 8th, 2015 | Andron | Chancellor Gordon | 3.7 | |
September 24th, 2015 | Waffle Street | Edward Collins | 6.1 | |
July 3rd, 2015 | Checkmate | Elohim | 3.9 | |
June 1st, 2015 | Consumed | Hal Westbrook | 5.5 | |
April 25th, 2015 | About Scout | Red | 5.9 | |
March 6th, 2015 | Bad Asses on the Bayou | Bernie Pope | 6 | |
January 31st, 2015 | Caffeinated | Coffee Lover | 6 | |
January 29th, 2015 | Toxin | Dr. Locke | 3.1 | |
November 14th, 2014 | Beyond the Lights | Captain Nicol | 6.8 | |
October 20th, 2014 | Day of the Mummy | Carl | 5.2 | |
October 17th, 2014 | Yellowbird | Darius (voice) | 5 | |
June 13th, 2014 | 2047: Sights of Death | Sponge | 2.9 | |
June 12th, 2014 | Supremacy | Mr. Walker | 5.7 | |
June 8th, 2014 | We Are Many | Self | 6.7 | |
May 9th, 2014 | Rage | Detective St. John | 5.3 | |
April 8th, 2014 | Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses | Bernie Pope | 6.1 | |
February 27th, 2014 | The Ninja Immovable Heart | Ex Director Matthew Reynolds | 4.5 | |
February 3rd, 2014 | Chasing Shakespeare | William Ward | 3.1 | |
October 4th, 2013 | Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight | Justice Thurgood Marshall | 6.4 | |
September 5th, 2013 | Extraction | Harding | 4.8 | |
July 4th, 2013 | Tula: The Revolt | Shinishi | 4.5 | |
June 8th, 2013 | Highland Park | Ed | 5.6 | |
June 1st, 2013 | Shuffleton's Barbershop | Charlie Shuffleton | 5.2 | |
May 13th, 2013 | Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth | Self | 3.5 | |
April 26th, 2013 | Space Warriors | Commander Phillips | 5.2 | |
April 5th, 2013 | The Shift | Floyd | 5 | |
February 5th, 2013 | The Bouquet | Reverend John | 5 | |
January 18th, 2013 | LUV | Arthur | 5.7 | |
November 1st, 2012 | Casting By | Self | 6.9 | |
October 4th, 2012 | The Children's Republic | Dubem | 5.8 | |
September 7th, 2012 | The Lighthouse | Duncan | TBD | |
June 9th, 2012 | Hannah's Law | Isom Dart | 4.9 | |
May 5th, 2012 | Sins | Father Leonard | 2.3 | |
October 23rd, 2011 | Mysteria | Investigator | 3.9 | |
October 12th, 2011 | Rise Like Lions | Self (Occupy Oakland) | TBD | |
September 17th, 2011 | Donovan's Echo | Donovan Matheson | 6 | |
March 21st, 2011 | Age of the Dragons | Ahab | 4 | |
February 28th, 2011 | Son of Morning | Gabriel Peters | 3 | |
February 11th, 2011 | Mooz-lum | Dean Francis | 4.6 | |
October 14th, 2010 | I Want to Be a Soldier | School Director | 5.7 | |
October 1st, 2010 | Down for Life | Mr. Shannon | 3.5 | |
September 9th, 2010 | Legendary | Harry 'Red' Newman | 6.6 | |
July 9th, 2010 | Dear Alice | Franzis | 5.6 | |
July 5th, 2010 | Alpha and Omega | Winston (voice) | 6 | |
April 15th, 2010 | Death at a Funeral | Uncle Russell | 5.9 | |
March 9th, 2010 | Five Minarets in New York | Marcus | 5.5 | |
December 13th, 2009 | The People Speak | Self | 7.2 | |
October 10th, 2009 | 2012 | President Thomas Wilson | 5.9 | |
June 13th, 2009 | The Harimaya Bridge | Joseph Holder | 4.9 | |
April 15th, 2009 | Night Train | Miles | 5.6 | |
September 12th, 2008 | Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare | Walter Tortoise (voice) | 5.8 | |
May 14th, 2008 | Blindness | Man with Black Eye Patch | 6.5 | |
February 21st, 2008 | Be Kind Rewind | Mr. Fletcher | 6.3 | |
February 9th, 2008 | Gospel Hill | John Malcolm | 4.7 | |
September 10th, 2007 | Honeydripper | Tyrone Purvis | 5.9 | |
September 6th, 2007 | Battle for Terra | President Chen (voice) | 6.2 | |
June 27th, 2007 | Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation | Father Elias | 6 | |
March 22nd, 2007 | Shooter | Colonel Isaac Johnson | 7.1 | |
February 11th, 2007 | Poor Boy's Game | George | 5.5 | |
December 25th, 2006 | Dreamgirls | Marty Madison | 6.7 | |
August 4th, 2006 | Barnyard | Miles (voice) | 5.9 | |
June 21st, 2006 | Bamako | Cow-boy | 7 | |
March 21st, 2006 | The Adventures of Brer Rabbit | Brer Turtle (voice) | 6.4 | |
March 9th, 2006 | The Shaggy Dog | Ken Hollister | 4.9 | |
March 6th, 2006 | The Exonerated | David Keaton | 7.6 | |
October 31st, 2005 | Full Disclosure Report | David Tapp | 4 | |
September 20th, 2005 | The Peace! | Self | 5 | |
June 3rd, 2005 | Manderlay | Wilhelm | 6.9 | |
January 1st, 2005 | Missing in America | Jake Neely | 5.8 | |
January 1st, 2005 | P.N.O.K. | Col. Weldon | TBD | |
October 1st, 2004 | Saw | David Tapp | 7.4 | |
January 22nd, 2003 | Good Fences | Tom Spader | 5.9 | |
April 21st, 2002 | The Real Eve | Narrator (voice) | 9 | |
October 5th, 2001 | The Royal Tenenbaums | Henry Sherman | 7.5 | |
July 1st, 2001 | 3 A.M. | Hershey | 5.8 | |
November 3rd, 2000 | Boesman and Lena | Boesman | 6 | |
September 24th, 2000 | Bàttu | TBD | 4.5 | |
June 6th, 2000 | Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration | Self | 7 | |
February 27th, 2000 | Freedom Song | Will Walker | 5.7 | |
April 15th, 1999 | Scared Straight! 20 Years Later | Host | 6.8 | |
January 12th, 1999 | Our Friend, Martin | Train Conductor (voice) | 7.1 | |
December 16th, 1998 | The Prince of Egypt | Jethro (voice) | 7.3 | |
October 16th, 1998 | Beloved | Paul D | 5.8 | |
October 2nd, 1998 | Antz | Barbatus (voice) | 6.2 | |
September 26th, 1998 | Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life & Music of Robert Johnson | Self - Narrator (voice) | 8.8 | |
July 10th, 1998 | Lethal Weapon 4 | Roger Murtaugh | 6.6 | |
December 7th, 1997 | Buffalo Soldiers | Sgt. Washington Wyatt | 5.6 | |
November 18th, 1997 | The Rainmaker | Richter Tyrone Kipler | 7 | |
October 31st, 1997 | Switchback | Bob Goodall | 6 | |
July 2nd, 1997 | Wild America | Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited) | 6.2 | |
May 30th, 1997 | Gone Fishin' | Gus Green | 4.9 | |
February 17th, 1996 | America's Dream | Silas (segment "Long Black Song") | 6.7 | |
November 26th, 1995 | Red Wind | Philip Marlowe | TBD | |
August 28th, 1995 | Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities | Self | 10 | |
July 28th, 1995 | Operation Dumbo Drop | Capt. Sam Cahill | 5.2 | |
June 5th, 1995 | The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self | 8 | |
July 15th, 1994 | Angels in the Outfield | George Knox | 6 | |
May 20th, 1994 | Maverick | Bank Robber (uncredited) | 6.9 | |
November 3rd, 1993 | The Saint of Fort Washington | Jerry | 6.7 | |
September 16th, 1993 | Bopha! | Micah Mangena | 5.6 | |
June 1st, 1993 | The Talking Eggs | Narrator (voice) | 8 | |
May 15th, 1992 | Lethal Weapon 3 | Roger Murtaugh | 6.7 | |
December 25th, 1991 | Grand Canyon | Simon | 6.4 | |
August 9th, 1991 | Pure Luck | Raymond Campanella | 5.6 | |
May 3rd, 1991 | A Rage in Harlem | Easy Money | 5.4 | |
January 18th, 1991 | Flight of the Intruder | Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli | 5.8 | |
November 21st, 1990 | Predator 2 | Lieutenant Mike Harrigan | 6.3 | |
October 12th, 1990 | To Sleep with Anger | Harry | 6.8 | |
July 7th, 1989 | Lethal Weapon 2 | Roger Murtaugh | 7 | |
March 12th, 1989 | Dead Man Out | Dr. Alex Marsh | 6.6 | |
July 21st, 1988 | Bat★21 | Capt. Bartholomew Clark | 6.3 | |
March 20th, 1988 | A Place at the Table | Mr. Scott | 4.5 | |
September 20th, 1987 | Mandela | Nelson Mandela | 4.8 | |
March 6th, 1987 | Lethal Weapon | Roger Murtaugh | 7.3 | |
December 1st, 1986 | John Henry | John Henry | 10 | |
December 18th, 1985 | The Color Purple | Albert | 7.7 | |
July 10th, 1985 | Silverado | Malachi 'Mal' Johnson | 6.9 | |
February 8th, 1985 | Witness | McFee | 7.1 | |
September 11th, 1984 | Places in the Heart | Moze | 7.2 | |
April 13th, 1984 | Iceman | Loomis | 6.2 | |
November 23rd, 1983 | Memorial Day | Willie Monroe | 6 | |
March 20th, 1983 | The Face of Rage | Gary | 5 | |
February 8th, 1983 | Keeping On | Lester Traylor | 7 | |
August 28th, 1981 | Chu Chu and the Philly Flash | Morgan | 5.2 | |
January 1st, 1981 | Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer | Oscar Micheaux | 7 | |
June 22nd, 1979 | Escape from Alcatraz | Inmate | 7.5 | |
January 1st, 1969 | San Francisco State: On Strike | self | 10 | |
TBD | Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story | Narrator (voice) | TBD | |
March 7th, 2025 | Newbies | TBD | TBD | |
June 16th, 2022 | Press Play | Cooper | 6.6 | |
September 11th, 2020 | Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man | Narrator (voice) | 8 | |
February 16th, 2020 | Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War | Narrator (voice) | TBD | |
December 4th, 2019 | Jumanji: The Next Level | Milo | 6.9 | |
September 27th, 2019 | The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs | Narrator (voice) | 10 | |
June 7th, 2019 | The Last Black Man in San Francisco | Grandpa Allen | 7 | |
May 19th, 2019 | Strive | TBD | 1 | |
May 15th, 2019 | The Dead Don't Die | Hank Thompson | 5.4 | |
January 26th, 2019 | Always in Season | Narrator (voice) | 6.8 | |
December 27th, 2018 | Christmas Break-In | Ray | 5.7 | |
December 9th, 2018 | Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones | Self | 7 | |
July 6th, 2018 | Sorry to Bother You | Langston | 6.8 | |
June 14th, 2018 | Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey | Mr. Ocean | 4.9 | |
April 26th, 2018 | The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution | Narrator (voice) | TBD | |
February 23rd, 2018 | Survivor's Guide to Prison | Self | 6.4 | |
January 1st, 2017 | Abderrahmane Sissako: Beyond Territories | Self | TBD | |
April 28th, 2016 | Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ Rights | Narrator (voice) | TBD | |
February 16th, 2015 | Mississippi Inferno | Narrator (voice) | TBD | |
June 22nd, 2014 | Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee | Self | 1.5 | |
February 11th, 2014 | We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama | TBD | TBD | |
July 4th, 2012 | Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon' | Self | 6.7 | |
June 12th, 2012 | Shadows of Liberty | Self | 6.6 | |
September 10th, 2010 | I'm Still Here | Danny Glover | 6 | |
March 2nd, 2010 | 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic | Self | 7 | |
March 2nd, 2010 | The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective | Self | 7.8 | |
January 11th, 2010 | Sam Cooke: Crossing Over | Narrator (voice) | TBD | |
July 3rd, 2009 | PoliWood | Self | 6.5 | |
June 17th, 2008 | Fats Waller Was Born Here | "Fats" Waller's Father/Mr. Fletcher | TBD | |
January 1st, 2008 | Agent Crush | Major Rusty Gubbins | 4.8 | |
July 24th, 2007 | Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker' | Self | TBD | |
October 1st, 2006 | Read You Like a Book | TBD | 3.6 | |
January 25th, 2005 | The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2' | Self (archive footage) | 6.7 | |
September 3rd, 2004 | The Cookout | Judge Crowley | 4.7 | |
February 3rd, 2003 | The John Garfield Story | Self | 8.4 | |
September 14th, 1999 | The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen | Self (archive footage) | 6.6 | |
August 27th, 1999 | The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong | Narrator (voice) | TBD | |
January 1st, 1998 | Soldier Child | Self - Narrator | 10 | |
August 17th, 1992 | Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion | Narrator (voice) | TBD | |
September 1st, 1990 | Rabbit Ears - Moses in Egypt | Narrator (voice) | TBD | |
August 17th, 1990 | Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby | Narrator (voice) | TBD | |
September 1st, 1989 | Rabbit Ears - How the Leopard Got His Spots | Narrator (voice) | TBD | |
June 15th, 1989 | Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary | Self | 10 | |
February 1st, 1989 | A Raisin in the Sun | Walter Lee Younger | 7 | |
January 1st, 1989 | Hollywood on Horses | Self | 6 | |
June 1st, 1985 | The Stand-In | Apples Finnerty | TBD | |
January 1st, 1985 | And the Children Shall Lead | William | 9 | |
January 1st, 1982 | Out | Jojo / Roland | 4.8 | |
TBD | Lethal Weapon 5 | Roger Murtaugh | TBD | |
TBD | Grizzly Peak | Will | TBD | |
TBD | Killing Winston Jones | Washington Carver | TBD | |
TBD | Dirt & Deeds in Mississippi | TBD | TBD |