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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.
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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.
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Criminal Minds
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Tony Awards
American Dad!
My Name Is Earl
Psych
ER
Hill Street Blues
Mozart in the Jungle
Hollywood Squares
Ironside
Leverage
black-ish
Real Time with Bill Maher
Brothers and Sisters
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Today
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
Gimme a Break!
Fallen Angels
Touch
Maverick
Escape from Alcatraz
Saw V
The American West
Tour de Pharmacy
Tall Tales & Legends
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Jumanji: The Next Level
Dirty Grandpa
Death at a Funeral
Sorry to Bother You
2012
The Royal Tenenbaums
The Rainmaker
The Dead Don't Die
Alex Haley's Queen
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Witness
Lonesome Dove
American Dreamer
The Prince of Egypt
Space Warriors
Monster Trucks
Rage
Dreamgirls
Places in the Heart
Saw
Blindness
The Memory Police
The Shaggy Dog
Come Sunday
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy
The Christmas Train
Shooter
Be Kind Rewind
Lethal Weapon 2
93 Days
Switchback
Legend of Earthsea
Lethal Weapon 3
Extraction
Lethal Weapon
Lethal Weapon 4
Day of the Mummy
The Color Purple
Operation Dumbo Drop
Flight of the Intruder
America's Dream
Predator 2
Angels in the Outfield
Production Credits
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America's Dream
Strong Island
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