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Danny Glover
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American actor (born 1946)
Danny Glover is an American actor born in 1946 who has had a long career in film and television. He is best known for roles in major movies and has become a prominent figure in entertainment.
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Film & TV
San Francisco, California, USA
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,…
Known for
- Newbies2025
- Double Soul — Michael Tedeschi2023
- The Naughty Nine — Santa Claus2023
- American Dreamer — Jerry2022
- De Quanta Terra Precisa o Homem? — Self2022
- Press Play — Cooper2022
- A Night at the Academy Museum — Self2021
- When I See Them, I See Us2021
- The Drummer — Mark Walker2020
- After Fact — Self2020
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Glover
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- San Francisco
- Occupation
- television director
- Position held
- UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
- Educated at
- American Conservatory Theater
- Employer
- UNICEF
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- Western
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Danny Glover 2005.jpg
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- Commons category
- Danny Glover
- date of birth
- 1946-07-22
- medical condition
- epilepsy
- Commons gallery
- Danny Glover
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- name in native language
- Danny Glover
- start of work period
- 1967-00-00
- social media followers
- 1196497
- writing language
- English language
- birth name
- Danny Lebern Glover
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- Danny Glover
- nominated for
- Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
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Encyclopedic overview
Daniel Leburn Glover (/ˈɡlʌvər/ GLUV-ər; born July 22, 1946) is an American actor, producer, and political activist. Over his career he has received numerous accolades including the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the NAACP's President's Award, as well as nominations for five Emmy Awards and four Grammy Awards.
Glover made his film acting debut in Escape from Alcatraz in 1979. He rose to fame in the late 1980s for playing Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon film series. Glover's other notable films include Places in the Heart (1984), The Color Purple (1985), Witness (1985), To Sleep with Anger (1990), Predator 2 (1990), Grand Canyon (1991), Bopha! (1993), Angels in the Outfield (1994), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), Saw (2004), Dreamgirls (2006), Shooter (2007), Be Kind Rewind (2008), 2012 (2009), Death at a Funeral (2010), Beyond the Lights (2014), Sorry to Bother You (2018), and The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019).
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