| 1 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/creatordannyglover_9740.jpg]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:300:Getting too old for this shit since 1987.]] |
| 3 | |
| 4 | ->''"When you've moved past a point where you're just scrambling for jobs, you think about the things that you want to do. And the things that you want to do are governed by what you've seen, what you choose to embrace."'' |
| 5 | |
| 6 | Danny Lebern Glover (born July 22, 1946) is an award-winning American actor. |
| 7 | |
| 8 | He is arguably most famous for his role as Detective Sergeant Roger Murtaugh in the ''Film/LethalWeapon'' film series alongside Creator/MelGibson's Martin Riggs. He has acting credits in over 100 different movies and TV series going back to 1979. He has been nominated four times for a Primetime Emmy award for acting, and is a six-time winner of the NAACP's Image award for acting. Glover has also directed films of his own, and is involved in a number of humanitarian and political causes. |
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| 10 | Since Glover's filmography is so large, the only works of his listed are the ones with pages on Website/ThisVeryWiki. If you want the full list, you can [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000418/ find it at IMDB]]. |
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| 12 | He is not related to Creator/DonaldGlover (or Creator/JohnGlover, or Creator/BruceGlover and his son Creator/{{Crispin|Glover}}, for that matter). |
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| 14 | !!This actor provides examples of the following tropes: |
| 15 | * CatchPhrase: "I'm getting too old for this shit." |
| 16 | * CelebrityVoiceActor: Glover's distinctly raspy voice (especially after he reached his 50s) has been put to good use in a number of animated features. |
| 17 | * MoneyDearBoy: His stated reason for doing ''Film/OperationDumboDrop'' and ''Film/GoneFishin''. |
| 18 | * {{Narrator}}: Glover has also done a fair amount of narration work for non-fiction television shows. |
| 19 | * ThoseTwoActors: Has done two movies in collaboration with both actor Creator/KevinKline and director Creator/LawrenceKasdan: ''{{Film/Silverado}}'' and ''Film/GrandCanyon''. |
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| 21 | ---- |
| 22 | !!Films include: |
| 23 | * ''Film/EscapeFromAlcatraz'' (1979) (film debut) |
| 24 | * ''Film/{{Iceman|1984}}'' (1984) |
| 25 | * ''Film/PlacesInTheHeart'' (1984) |
| 26 | * ''Film/TheColorPurple1985'' (1985) |
| 27 | * ''Film/{{Silverado}}'' (1985) |
| 28 | * ''Film/{{Witness}}'' (1985) |
| 29 | * ''Film/LethalWeapon'' |
| 30 | ** ''Film/{{Lethal Weapon|1987}}'' (1987) |
| 31 | ** ''Film/LethalWeapon2'' (1989) |
| 32 | ** ''Film/LethalWeapon3'' (1992) |
| 33 | ** ''Film/LethalWeapon4'' (1998) |
| 34 | ** ''Lethal Weapon 5'' (TBA) |
| 35 | * ''[[Film/{{Bat21}} Bat*21]]'' (1988) |
| 36 | * ''Film/{{Predator 2}}'' (1990) |
| 37 | * ''Film/ToSleepWithAnger'' (1990) |
| 38 | * ''Film/FlightOfTheIntruder'' (1991) |
| 39 | * ''Film/GrandCanyon'' (1991) |
| 40 | * ''Film/PureLuck'' (1991) |
| 41 | * ''Film/AngelsInTheOutfield'' (1994) |
| 42 | * ''Film/{{Maverick}}'' (1994) (uncredited) |
| 43 | * ''Film/OperationDumboDrop'' (1995) |
| 44 | * ''Literature/HarrietTheSpy'' (1996) (uncredited) |
| 45 | * ''Film/GoneFishin'' (1997) |
| 46 | * ''Film/WildAmerica'' (1997) (uncredited) |
| 47 | * ''Literature/TheRainmaker'' (1997) (uncredited) |
| 48 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Antz}}'' (1998) (voice) |
| 49 | * ''Literature/{{Beloved}}'' (1998) |
| 50 | * ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' (1998) (voice) |
| 51 | * ''Film/TheRoyalTenenbaums'' (2001) |
| 52 | * ''Film/SawI'' (2004) |
| 53 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Barnyard}}'' (2006) (voice) |
| 54 | * ''Theatre/{{Dreamgirls}}'' (2006) |
| 55 | * ''WesternAnimation/BattleForTerra'' (2007) (voice) |
| 56 | * ''Film/{{Shooter}}'' (2007) |
| 57 | * ''Film/BeKindRewind'' (2008) |
| 58 | * ''Film/TwoThousandTwelve'' (2009) |
| 59 | * ''WesternAnimation/AlphaAndOmega'' (2010) (voice) |
| 60 | * ''Film/DeathAtAFuneral'' (2010) |
| 61 | * ''Film/BeyondTheLights'' (2014) |
| 62 | * ''Film/AboutScout'' (2015) |
| 63 | * ''Film/DirtyGrandpa'' (2016) |
| 64 | * ''Film/MonsterTrucks'' (2017) |
| 65 | * ''Film/TourDePharmacy'' (2017) |
| 66 | * ''Film/ComeSunday'' (2018) |
| 67 | * ''Film/SorryToBotherYou'' (2018) |
| 68 | * ''Film/TheOldManAndTheGun'' (2018) |
| 69 | * ''Film/JumanjiTheNextLevel'' (2019) |
| 70 | * ''Film/TheNaughtyNine'' (2023) (TV movie) |
| 71 | |
| 72 | !!TV Shows include: |
| 73 | * ''Series/HillStreetBlues'' (1981) (recurring role) |
| 74 | * ''Series/{{Chiefs}}'' (1983 miniseries) |
| 75 | * ''Literature/LonesomeDove'' (1989 miniseries) |
| 76 | * ''Series/{{Earthsea}}'' (2004 miniseries) |
| 77 | * ''Series/{{ER}}'' (2005) (recurring role) |
| 78 | * ''Series/BrothersAndSisters'' (2007-2008) (recurring role) |
| 79 | * ''Series/{{Touch|2012}}'' (2012) (recurring role) |
| 80 | |
| 81 | !! Video Games includes: |
| 82 | * ''VideoGame/CrimeBossRockayCity'' (2023) |
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