Danny Lebern Glover\u00a0(born July 22, 1946) is an American actor, film director, and political activist. He is best known for his co-starring lead role as\u00a0Sergeant Roger Murtaugh\u00a0in the\u00a0Lethal Weapon\u00a0film series.<\/p>\n
Glover has had a variety of film, stage, and television roles. He starred as the husband to\u00a0Whoopi Goldberg’s character, Celie in the celebrated literary adaptation of The Color Purple, and as Lieutenant James McFee in the film\u00a0Witness. He had leading roles in other films including\u00a0To Sleep with Anger,\u00a0Predator 2,\u00a0Angels in the Outfield, and\u00a0Operation Dumbo Drop. He won the\u00a0Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for his starring role in\u00a0Charles Burnett’s\u00a0To Sleep with Anger.<\/p>\n
Also, he has had prominent supporting roles in\u00a0Silverado,\u00a0Witness,\u00a0A Rage in Harlem,\u00a0Dreamgirls,\u00a0Shooter,\u00a0Death at a Funeral, Beyond the Lights,\u00a0Sorry to Bother You,\u00a0The Last Black Man in San Francisco,\u00a0The Dead Don’t Die,\u00a0Lonesome Dove and Jumanji: The Next Level. Glover earned top billing for the first time in\u00a0Predator 2, the sequel to the\u00a0science fiction\u00a0action film\u00a0Predator. During his career, he has also made several cameos, appearing, for example, in the\u00a0Michael Jackson\u00a0video “Liberian Girl” of 1987.<\/p>\n
In 1994, he made his directorial debut with the\u00a0Showtime\u00a0channel short film Override. Also in 1994, Glover and actor\u00a0Ben Guillory\u00a0founded the\u00a0Robey Theatre Company\u00a0in Los Angeles, focusing on theatre by and about black people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Danny Lebern Glover\u00a0(born July 22, 1946) is an American actor, film director, and political activist. He is best known for his co-starring lead role as\u00a0Sergeant Roger Murtaugh\u00a0in the\u00a0Lethal Weapon\u00a0film series. Glover has had a variety of film, stage, and television roles. He starred as the husband to\u00a0Whoopi Goldberg’s character, Celie in the celebrated literary adaptation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-28297","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n