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10.0
Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities
1995
as Self
Danny Glover
Also known as: Daniel Lebern Glover, Danny Lebern Glover
Nationality:United States
Education:San Francisco State University, City College of San Francisco, George Washington High School, Negro Ensemble Company, American Conservatory Theater
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Danny Glover ( GLUV-ər; born July 22, 1946) is an American actor, producer, and political activist. Over his career he has received numerous accolades including the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the NAACP's President's Award, as well as nominations for five Emmy Awards and four Grammy Awards. Glover made his film acting debut in Escape from Alcatraz in 1979. He rose to fame in the late 1980s for playing Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon film series. Glover's other notable films include Places in the Heart (1984), The Color Purple (1985), Witness (1985), To Sleep with Anger (1990), Predator 2 (1990), Grand Canyon (1991), Bopha! (1993), Angels in the Outfield (1994), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), Saw (2004), Dreamgirls (2006), Shooter (2007), Be Kind Rewind (2008), 2012 (2009), Death at a Funeral (2010), Beyond the Lights (2014), Sorry to Bother You (2018), and The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019). He is known for his work in television, receiving four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his roles as Nelson Mandela in the HBO television film Mandela (1987), Joshua Deets in CBS western miniseries Lonesome Dove (1989), Philip Marlowe in the Showtime neo-noir series Fallen Angels (1995), and Will Walker in TNT biographical film Freedom Song (2000). He had recurring roles in Hill Street Blues, ER, and Brothers & Sisters. Glover is also an active supporter of various political causes. He is a member of the TransAfrica Forum and the Center for Economic and Policy Research. For his political work, he was awarded the Cuban National Medal of Friendship by the Cuban Council of State.
Filmography (226 movies)
10.0
10.0
The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs
2019
as Narrator (voice)
10.0
10.0
And the Children Shall Lead
1985
as William
10.0
10.0
The Real Eve
2002
as Narrator (voice)
10.0
10.0
Angels Are Made of Light
2018
Executive Producer
8.8
8.8
Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life & Music of Robert Johnson
1998
as Self - Narrator (voice)
8.1
8.1
Capernaum
2018
Executive Producer
8.1
8.1
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self
8.0
8.0
Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man
2020
as Narrator (voice)
8.0
8.0
The John Garfield Story
2003
as Self
7.8
7.8
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
2010
as Self
7.7
7.7
The Color Purple
1985
as Albert
7.6
7.6
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
2011
Producer
7.5
7.5
A Raisin in the Sun
1989
as Walter Lee Younger
7.5
7.5
The House I Live In
2012
Executive Producer
7.5
7.5
President
2023
Executive Producer
7.5
7.5
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001
as Henry Sherman
7.4
7.4
Saw
2004
as David Tapp
7.4
7.4
Shadow World
2016
Executive Producer
7.3
7.3
The Prince of Egypt
1998
as Jethro (voice)
7.3
7.3
Lethal Weapon
1987
as Roger Murtaugh
7.2
7.2
The Exonerated
2006
as David Keaton
7.2
7.2
The People Speak
2009
as Self
7.2
7.2
Places in the Heart
1984
as Moze
7.1
7.1
Shooter
2007
as Colonel Isaac Johnson
7.1
7.1
Witness
1985
as McFee
7.1
7.1
White Sun
2016
Executive Producer
7.0
7.0
The Rainmaker
1997
as Richter Tyrone Kipler
7.0
7.0
Lethal Weapon 2
1989
as Roger Murtaugh
7.0
7.0
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2010
as Self
7.0
7.0
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
2019
as Grandpa Allen
7.0
7.0
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
2018
as Self
7.0
7.0
A Night at the Academy Museum
2021
as Self
7.0
7.0
Silverado
1985
as Malachi 'Mal' Johnson
6.9
6.9
Jumanji: The Next Level
2019
as Milo
6.9
6.9
Bamako
2006
Executive Producer
6.9
6.9
Manderlay
2005
as Wilhelm
6.9
6.9
Our Friend, Martin
1999
as Train Conductor (voice)
6.9
6.9
Trouble the Water
2008
Executive Producer
6.8
6.8
Scared Straight! 20 Years Later
1999
as Host
6.8
6.8
Always in Season
2019
as Narrator (voice)
6.8
6.8
Beyond the Lights
2014
as Captain Nicol
6.8
6.8
Sorry to Bother You
2018
as Langston
6.7
6.7
Dreamgirls
2006
as Marty Madison
6.7
6.7
Lethal Weapon 3
1992
as Roger Murtaugh
6.7
6.7
To Sleep with Anger
1990
Executive Producer
6.7
6.7
Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon'
2012
as Self
6.7
6.7
We Are Many
2014
as Self
6.7
6.7
The House on Coco Road
2016
Producer
6.7
6.7
Tour de Pharmacy
2017
as Slim Robinson Present Day
6.6
6.6
Lethal Weapon 4
1998
as Roger Murtaugh
6.6
6.6
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
1999
as Self (archive footage)
6.6
6.6
Shadows of Liberty
2012
as Self
6.6
6.6
The Saint of Fort Washington
1993
as Jerry
6.6
6.6
Shenandoah
2012
Executive Producer
6.6
6.6
Press Play
2022
as Cooper
6.5
6.5
Legendary
2010
as Harry 'Red' Newman
6.5
6.5
Blindness
2008
as Man with Black Eye Patch
6.5
6.5
PoliWood
2009
as Self
6.5
6.5
The Curse of Buckout Road
2017
as Dr. Powell
6.5
6.5
Lynch: A History
2019
Executive Producer
6.4
6.4
The Old Man & the Gun
2018
as Teddy
6.4
6.4
Grand Canyon
1991
as Simon
6.4
6.4
The Christmas Train
2017
as Max Powers
6.4
6.4
Birth of a Movement
2017
as Narrator (voice)
6.4
6.4
America's Dream
1996
Executive Producer
6.4
6.4
Strong Island
2017
Executive Producer
6.3
6.3
Be Kind Rewind
2008
as Mr. Fletcher
6.3
6.3
Bat★21
1988
as Capt. Bartholomew Clark
6.3
6.3
Dead Man Out
1989
as Dr. Alex Marsh
6.3
6.3
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013
as Justice Thurgood Marshall
6.3
6.3
Survivor's Guide to Prison
2018
as Self
6.3
6.3
Predator 2
1990
as Lieutenant Mike Harrigan
6.2
6.2
The Naughty Nine
2023
as Santa Claus
6.2
6.2
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
2000
as Self
6.2
6.2
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy
2018
as Baltimore Bob
6.2
6.2
Extortion
2017
as Constable Haagen
6.2
6.2
In Between Dying
2021
Executive Producer
6.2
6.2
Iceman
1984
as Loomis
6.2
6.2
Antz
1998
as Barbatus (voice)
6.2
6.2
Battle for Terra
2007
as President Chen (voice)
6.1
6.1
Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses
2014
as Bernie Pope
6.1
6.1
Waffle Street
2015
as Edward Collins
6.1
6.1
Wild America
1997
as Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited)
6.1
6.1
The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
2006
as Brer Turtle (voice)
6.1
6.1
Monster Trucks
2016
as Mr. Weathers
6.0
6.0
Mr. Pig
2016
as Ambrose
6.0
6.0
Donovan's Echo
2011
as Donovan Matheson
6.0
6.0
Switchback
1997
as Bob Goodall
6.0
6.0
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
2013
as Self
6.0
6.0
The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'
2005
as Self (archive footage)
6.0
6.0
Caffeinated
2015
as Coffee Lover
6.0
6.0
Bad Asses on the Bayou
2015
as Bernie Pope
6.0
6.0
Pushing Dead
2016
as Bob
6.0
6.0
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
2018
Executive Producer
6.0
6.0
This Changes Everything
2015
Executive Producer
6.0
6.0
Angels in the Outfield
1994
as George Knox
6.0
6.0
I'm Still Here
2010
as Danny Glover
6.0
6.0
Almost Christmas
2016
as Walter
6.0
6.0
Alpha and Omega
2010
as Winston (voice)
5.9
5.9
Dirty Grandpa
2016
as Stinky
5.9
5.9
Barnyard
2006
as Miles (voice)
5.9
5.9
Gridlocked
2016
as Sully
5.9
5.9
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
2007
as Father Elias
5.9
5.9
Honeydripper
2007
as Tyrone Purvis
5.9
5.9
Death at a Funeral
2010
as Uncle Russell
5.9
5.9
2012
2009
as President Thomas Wilson
5.8
5.8
About Scout
2015
as Red
5.8
5.8
The Children's Republic
2012
as Dubem
5.8
5.8
Come Sunday
2018
as Gilbert Pearson
5.8
5.8
The Drummer
2020
as Mark Walker
5.8
5.8
LUV
2013
as Arthur
5.8
5.8
Missing in America
2005
as Jake Neely
5.8
5.8
Beloved
1998
as Paul D
5.7
5.7
3 A.M.
2001
Executive Producer
5.7
5.7
Good Fences
2003
Producer
5.7
5.7
That Summer
2017
Executive Producer
5.7
5.7
Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare
2008
as Walter Tortoise (voice)
5.7
5.7
93 Days
2016
as Dr. Benjamin Ohiaeri
5.7
5.7
Supremacy
2014
as Mr. Walker
5.7
5.7
Flight of the Intruder
1991
as Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli
5.7
5.7
American Dreamer
2022
as Jerry
5.6
5.6
Night Train
2009
as Miles
5.6
5.6
Highland Park
2013
as Ed
5.6
5.6
Five Minarets in New York
2010
as Marcus
5.6
5.6
Dear Alice
2010
as Franzis
5.6
5.6
Highway
2012
Producer
5.6
5.6
Dum Maaro Dum
2011
Executive Producer
5.5
5.5
Pure Luck
1991
as Raymond Campanella
5.5
5.5
Freedom Song
2000
Executive Producer
5.5
5.5
Christmas Break-In
2021
as Ray
5.5
5.5
I Want to Be a Soldier
2010
as School Director
5.5
5.5
Life Is Sacred
2014
Executive Producer
5.5
5.5
Crane Lantern
2022
Executive Producer
5.5
5.5
Proud Mary
2018
as Benny
5.5
5.5
The Good Catholic
2017
as Victor
5.5
5.5
Poor Boy's Game
2007
as George
5.4
5.4
The Dead Don't Die
2019
as Hank Thompson
5.4
5.4
Buffalo Soldiers
1997
Executive Producer
5.4
5.4
Consumed
2015
as Hal Westbrook
5.4
5.4
A Rage in Harlem
1991
as Easy Money
5.3
5.3
Memorial Day
1983
as Willie Monroe
5.3
5.3
Double Soul
2023
as Michael Tedeschi
5.3
5.3
Bopha!
1993
as Micah Mangena
5.3
5.3
Rage
2014
as Detective St. John
5.2
5.2
Day of the Mummy
2014
as Carl
5.2
5.2
Space Warriors
2013
as Commander Phillips
5.2
5.2
Operation Dumbo Drop
1995
as Capt. Sam Cahill
5.2
5.2
Shuffleton's Barbershop
2013
as Charlie Shuffleton
5.1
5.1
Complete Unknown
2016
as Roger
5.1
5.1
Yellowbird
2014
as Darius (voice)
5.0
5.0
The Shift
2013
as Floyd
5.0
5.0
The Peace!
2005
as Self
5.0
5.0
Boesman and Lena
2000
as Boesman
5.0
5.0
The Bouquet
2013
as Reverend John
5.0
5.0
The Robeson Effect
2019
as Self
4.9
4.9
The Harimaya Bridge
2009
as Joseph Holder
4.9
4.9
Extraction
2013
as Harding
4.9
4.9
Hannah's Law
2012
as Isom Dart
4.9
4.9
The Shaggy Dog
2006
as Ken Hollister
4.9
4.9
Diablo
2016
as Benjamin Carver
4.8
4.8
Gone Fishin'
1997
as Gus Green
4.8
4.8
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
2018
as Mr. Ocean
4.8
4.8
Just a Dream
2002
Director
4.7
4.7
Gospel Hill
2008
as John Malcolm
4.6
4.6
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
1981
as Morgan
4.6
4.6
The Cookout
2004
as Judge Crowley
4.6
4.6
Mooz-lum
2011
as Dean Francis
4.5
4.5
Tula: The Revolt
2013
as Shinishi
4.4
4.4
Mandela
1987
as Nelson Mandela
4.3
4.3
Out
1982
as Jojo / Roland
4.0
4.0
Mysteria
2011
as Investigator
4.0
4.0
Age of the Dragons
2011
as Ahab
4.0
4.0
Full Disclosure Report
2005
as David Tapp
4.0
4.0
Easter Snap
2019
Executive Producer
3.8
3.8
Checkmate
2015
as Elohim
3.7
3.7
Andron
2015
as Chancellor Gordon
3.6
3.6
Read You Like a Book
2006
3.5
3.5
Down for Life
2010
as Mr. Shannon
3.2
3.2
The Ninja Immovable Heart
2014
as Ex Director Matthew Reynolds
3.1
3.1
Toxin
2015
as Dr. Locke
3.1
3.1
Chasing Shakespeare
2014
as William Ward
3.0
3.0
Son of Morning
2011
as Gabriel Peters
3.0
3.0
Back in the Day
2016
as Eddie 'Rocks' Travor
3.0
3.0
Hollywood on Horses
1989
as Self
2.9
2.9
2047: Sights of Death
2014
as Sponge
2.8
2.8
Darkweb
2016
as The Boss
2.3
2.3
Sins
2012
as Father Leonard
1.5
1.5
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014
as Self
1.0
1.0
Strive
2019
1.0
1.0
A Place at the Table
1988
as Mr. Scott
1.0
1.0
Bàttu
2000
1.0
1.0
Vagabonds
2017
as Uncle Issa
1.0
1.0
The Face of Rage
1983
as Gary
Soldier Child
1998
as Self - Narrator
Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War
2020
as Narrator (voice)
Agents of Change
2017
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ Rights
2016
as Narrator (voice)
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
2014
The Stand-In
1985
as Apples Finnerty
San Francisco State: On Strike
1969
as self
Sam Cooke: Crossing Over
2010
as Narrator (voice)
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
1999
as Narrator (voice)
The Lighthouse
2012
as Duncan
P.N.O.K.
2005
as Col. Weldon
Rise Like Lions
2011
as Self (Occupy Oakland)
After Fact
2020
as Self
Rabbit Ears - How the Leopard Got His Spots
1989
as Narrator (voice)
The Talking Eggs
1993
as Narrator (voice)
John Henry
1986
as John Henry
Rabbit Ears - Moses in Egypt
1990
as Narrator (voice)
Red Wind
1995
as Philip Marlowe
Newbies
2025
Lethal Weapon 5
TBA
as Roger Murtaugh
Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion
1992
as Narrator (voice)
Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story
TBA
as Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby
1990
as Narrator (voice)
Redeeming Uncle Tom: The Josiah Henson Story
2019
as Narrator
Mississippi Inferno
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer
1981
as Oscar Micheaux
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
2018
as Narrator (voice)
Keeping On
1983
as Lester Traylor
Abderrahmane Sissako: Beyond Territories
2017
as Self
The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane
2023
Executive Producer
Landmarks
2026
Executive Producer
Override
1994
Director
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