Danny Lebern Glover (born July 22, 1946) is an award-winning American actor.
He is arguably most famous for his role as Detective Sergeant Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon series of movies. 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.
Since Glover's filmography is so large, the only works of his listed are the ones with pages on This Very Wiki. If you want the full list, you can find it at IMDB
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He is not related to Donald Glover (or John Glover, or Bruce Glover and his son Crispin, for that matter).
This actor provides examples of the following tropes:
- Basso Profundo: An example of this.
- Catchphrase: "I'm getting too old for this shit."
- Celebrity Voice Actor: Glover's distinctly raspy voice (especially after he reached his 50s) has been put to good use in a number of animated features.
- Money, Dear Boy: His stated reason for doing Operation: Dumbo Drop and Gone Fishin'.
- Narrator: Glover has also done a fair amount of narration work for non-fiction television shows.
- Those Two Actors: Has done two movies in collaboration with both actor Kevin Kline and director Lawrence Kasdan: Silverado and Grand Canyon.
Films include:
- Escape from Alcatraz (1979) (film debut)
- Iceman (1984)
- Places in the Heart (1984)
- The Color Purple (1985)
- Silverado (1985)
- Witness (1985)
- Lethal Weapon
- Lethal Weapon (1987)
- Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
- Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
- Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
- Bat*21 (1988)
- Predator 2 (1990)
- To Sleep with Anger (1990)
- Flight of the Intruder (1991)
- Grand Canyon (1991)
- Pure Luck (1991)
- Angels in the Outfield (1994)
- Maverick (1994) (uncredited)
- Operation: Dumbo Drop (1995)
- Harriet the Spy (1996) (uncredited)
- Gone Fishin' (1997)
- Wild America (1997) (uncredited)
- The Rainmaker (1997) (uncredited)
- Antz (1998) (voice)
- Beloved (1998)
- The Prince of Egypt (1998) (voice)
- The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
- Saw (2004)
- Barnyard (2006) (voice)
- Dreamgirls (2006)
- Battle for Terra (2007) (voice)
- Shooter (2007)
- Be Kind Rewind (2008)
- 2012 (2009)
- Alpha and Omega (2010) (voice)
- Death at a Funeral (2010)
- About Scout (2015)
- Dirty Grandpa (2016)
- Monster Trucks (2017)
- Tour de Pharmacy (2017)
- Come Sunday (2018)
- Sorry to Bother You (2018)
- The Old Man & the Gun (2018)
- Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)
TV Shows include:
- Hill Street Blues (1981) (recurring role)
- Chiefs (1983 miniseries)
- Lonesome Dove (1989 miniseries)
- Earthsea (2004 miniseries)
- ER (2005) (recurring role)
- Brothers & Sisters (2007-2008) (recurring role)
- Touch (2012) (recurring role)
Video Games includes:
- Crime Boss Rockay City (2023)
