 Danny Glover
Actor, producer
Birthday: July 22, 1947
Place: San Francisco, California United States
Father of film production assistant Mandisa Glover.
His mother: Carrie Hunley.
Danny Glover first became interested on theater when he was attending college. He studied at the Black Actors Workshop.
1979 Danny Glover debuted in the movies in the film Escape from Gannet, with Clint Eastwood
1987 Danny Glover interpreted "Roger Murtaugh" in Lethal Weapons, with Mel Gibson, a movie of Richard Donner.
1990 Danny Glover donated $100,000 to endow a scholarship fund in her honor.
1997Danny received a Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts Degree from San Francisco State University.
2002 DannyGlover spoke at the schools's 120th commencement, and shook the hands of all of 100 graduates. Politically active on issues involving minorities in the U.S., global human rights and AIDS.
2004 Danny Glover will appear in the final performance of Guantánamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom Off by Broadway. He will play the role of Lord Justice Steyn, a British magistrate who objects to the detainment of political prisoners at the title American military base located in Cuba.
Biography: A native of San Francisco, Danny Glover trained at the Black Actors’ Workshop of the American Conservatory Theater. It was his Broadway debut in Athol Fugard’s MASTER HAROLD…AND THE BOYS, which brought him to national recognition and led director Robert Benton to cast Glover in his first leading role in 1984’s Oscar® nominated for Best Picture PLACES IN THE HEART. The following year, Glover starred in two more Best Picture nominees: Peter Weir’s WITNESS and Steven Spielberg’s THE COLOR PURPLE.
In 1987, Glover partnered with Mel Gibson in the first LETHAL WEAPON film directed by Richard Donner and went on to star in three hugely successful LETHAL WEAPON sequels. Glover has also invested his talents in more personal projects, including the award-winning TO SLEEP WITH ANGER (1990) directed by Charles Burnett - which he executive produced and for which he won an Independent Spirit Award for Best Actor -; BOPHA! (1993) by Morgan Freeman; in the film version of Fugard’s play BOESMAN AND LENA (2000) by John Berry, in MANDERLAY (2005) by Lars von Trier and MISSING IN AMERICA (2005) by Gabrielle Savage Dockterman.
On the small screen, Glover won an Image Award and a Cable ACE Award and earned an Emmy nomination for his performance in the title role of the HBO movie MANDELA (1987) directed by Philip Saville. He has also received Emmy nominations for his work in the acclaimed miniseries LONESOME DOVE (1989) by Simon Wincer and the telefilm FREEDOM SONG (2000) by Phil Alden Robinson. As a director, he earned a Daytime Emmy nomination for Showtime’s JUST A DREAM (2002).
Most recently, he co-starred in the critically acclaimed feature DREAMGIRLS (2006) directed by Bill Condon and in POOR BOY’S GAME (2007) by director Clément Virgo. He appeared in the hit feature SHOOTER (2007) directed by Antoine Fuqua, in 2012 (2009) by Roland Emmerich and in DEATH AT A FUNERAL (2010) by Neil LaBute.
Glover has also gained respect for his wide-reaching community activism and philanthropic efforts, with a particular emphasis on advocacy for economic justice, and access to health care and education programs in the United States and Africa. Internationally, Glover has served as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Program from 1998 to 2004, focusing on issues of poverty, disease, and economic development in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. Glover also received a 2006 Directors Guild of America Honor.
Danny Glover currently serves as UNICEF Ambassador.
In 2005, Glover co-founded Louverture Films dedicated to the development and production of films of historical relevance, social purpose, commercial value and artistic integrity. The New York based company has a slate of progressive features and documentaries including award-winning feature BAMAKO (2006) directed by Abderrahmane Sissako, TROUBLE THE WATER (2008) by Carl Deal & Tia Lessin, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, AFRICA UNITE (2008) by Stephanie Black, and most recent projects DUM MAARO DUM (2011) by Rohan Sippy and THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967-1975 (2011) by Göran Olsson.
Filmography
20121 Mentryville by Jason Dudek
2012 Macbett (The Caribbean Macbeth) by Aleta Chappelle
2012 Spores by Jason Dudek
2012 L U V by Sheldon Candis
2012 Son of Morning by Yaniv Raz
2011 Highland Park by Andrew Meieran
2011 Donovan's Echo by Jim Cliffe
2011 La république des enfants by Flora Gomes
2011 Mystery
by Lucius C. Kuert
2011 Age of the Dragons by Ryan Little
2011 Heart of Blackness by Isabelle Boni by Claverie
2011 Five Minarets in New York by Mahsun Kirmizigül
2010 I Want to Be a Soldier by Christian Molina
2010 Legendary by Mel Damski
2010 För kärleken by Othman Karim
2010 Death at a Funeral by Neil LaBute
2010 Mooz by lum by im Basir
2009 2012 by Roland Emmerich
2009 Night Train by Brian King
2009 Stride
by Javier Reyna
2009 The Harimaya Bridge
2008 Unstable Fables: Tortise vs. Hare
2008 Por vida (For Life)
2008 This Life by Sarah Spillane
2008 Blindness by Fernando Meirelles
2008
Gospel Hill by Giancarlo Esposito
2008
Be Kind Rewind
2007
Honeydripper by John Sayles
2007
Terra by Aristomenis Tsirbas
2007
Shooter by Antoine Fuqua
2007
Poor Boy's Game by Clement Virgo
2006
Dreamgirls by Bill Condon
2006
Barnyard
2006
Bamako by Abderrahmane Sissako
2006
The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
2005 The Shaggy Dog
de Brian Robbins
2005 Manderlay by Lars von Trier
2005 Missing in America
de Gabrielle Savage Dockterman
2004 The Cookout de Lance Rivera
2004 Saw
de James Wan
2001 Royal Tenenbaums
2001 3 A.M. by Lee Davis
2000 Boesman and Lena
2000 Battu
the Monster
1998 The Prince of Egypt by Steve Hickner
1998 Beloved by Jonathan Demme
1998 Antz by Eric Darnell
1998 Lethal Weapon 4 by Richard Donner
1997 The Rainmaker
1997 Switchback
1997 Wild America
1997 Gone Fishin
1995 Operation Dumbo
1994 Kidnapped by Bruce Seth Green
1994 Angels in the Outfield
1994 Maverick
1993 Bopha!
1993 The Saint of Fort Washington
1992 Talking Eggs
by Michael Sporn
1992 Lethal Weapon 3 by Richard Donner
1991 Grand Canyon by Lawrence Kasdan
1991 Pure Luck by Nadia Tass
1994 Rage in Harlem by Bill Duke
1994 Flight of the Intruder
1990 Predator 2 by Stephen Hopkins
1990 To Sleep with Anger
1989 Lethal Weapon
1988 Bat*21 by Peter Markle
1987 Lethal Weapon
1985 Color Purple by Steven Spielberg
1985 Silverado by Lawrence Kasdan
1985 Witness by Peter Weir
1984 Places in the Hea
1984 Iceman by Fred Schepisi
1982 Out by Eli Hollander
1981 Chu Chu and the Philly Flash by David Lowell Rich
1979 Escape from Alcatraz by Don Siegel
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