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Danny Glover

Danny Glover

Actor·b. 1946·San Francisco, California, USA

9 horror credits

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.

Actor9 films

The Dead Don't Die

The Dead Don't Die

Hank Thompson

2019 3.0
The Curse of Buckout Road

The Curse of Buckout Road

Dr. Powell

2017
Toxin

Toxin

Dr. Locke

2015
Day of the Mummy

Day of the Mummy

Carl

2014
Night Train

Night Train

Miles

2009
Blindness

Blindness

Man with Black Eye Patch

2008
Saw

Saw

David Tapp

2004 3.7
Beloved

Beloved

Paul D

1998
Predator 2

Predator 2

Lieutenant Mike Harrigan

1990 2.5