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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.

Filmography

2019
Jumanji: The Next Level

as Milo

Movie
2019
The Dead Don't Die

as Hank Thompson

Movie
2018
The Old Man & the Gun

as Teddy

Movie
2010
Death at a Funeral

as Uncle Russell

Movie
2009
2012

as President Thomas Wilson

Movie
2007
Shooter

as Colonel Isaac Johnson

Movie
2004
Saw

as David Tapp

Movie
1998
The Prince of Egypt

as Jethro (voice)

Movie
1998
Antz

as Barbatus (voice)

Movie
1990
Predator 2

as Lieutenant Mike Harrigan

Movie
1985
Silverado

as Malachi 'Mal' Johnson

Movie
1985
Witness

as McFee

Movie
1981
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash

as Morgan

Movie