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 Danny Glover in Lionsgate Films' Saw - 2004
Birth Date: July 22, 1946
Birth Place: San Francisco, California, USA
Danny Glover a native of San Francisco, attended San Francisco State University and trained at the Black Actor's Workshop of the American Conservatory. He's appeared in numerous stage productions, including “The Island” and “Macbeth” at the Los Angeles Actors' Theater and “Sizwe Banzi Is Dead” at the Eureka Theatre. However, it was Glover's performance in the New York production of Athol Fugard's “Master Harold…and the Boys” that first brought the actor national recognition.
Glover's film and television credits include “Places in the Heart,” “Witness,” “The Color Purple,” “Silverado,” the “Lethal Weapon” series, “Bat 21,” “Grand Canyon,” “Angels in the Outfield,” “The Saint of Fort Washington” and “Beloved.” He has received an NAACP Image Award and ACE Award for his performance in HBO's production of “Mandela.” Glover also received Emmy nominations for Best Supporting Actor for his roles in the television miniseries “Lonesome Dove” and for Turner Network Television's “Freedom Song.”
In 1990, Glover starred in Charles Burnett's award-winning and critically acclaimed “To Sleep With Anger,” which also marked Glover's debut as an executive producer. Other films produced by Glover include HBO's “America's Dream” series for Black History Month; the HBO/BBC movie “Deadly Voyage,” based on a true story of eight African stowaways who were slaughtered on the high seas by a Ukrainian freight crew; TNT's “Buffalo Soldiers,” a dramatic story of America's first all-black cavalry unit; and TNT's “Freedom Song,” a story about the Civil Rights Movement.
Glover hosted and executive produced “Courage,” a one-hour weekly prime-time series for Fox Family Channel celebrating and profiling real people who have shown courage and bravery in moments of crisis. “Courage” was selected by TV Guide as one of the Top Ten Inspirational Shows for 2000.
Recently, Glover also starred to acclaim in the film version of Athol Fugard's significant play “Boesman and Lena,” co-starring with Angela Bassett, and in the well-received motion picture “The Royal Tenenbaums.” He starred in the Showtime original picture “3 A.M.,” and also for Showtime, he directed “Just a Dream,” a morality tale of a 12-year-old white boy who forges an unlikely friendship with a small-town black mechanic. Glover also starred in the HBO movie “Good Fences” opposite Whoopi Goldberg for director Ernest Dickerson and performed off-Broadway in the revival production of “Master Harold…and the Boys.” In 2006, he stars in “Manderlay,” the second installment of Lars von Trier's trilogy, which began with “Dogville.” Currently, Glover is filming “Dreamgirls” opposite Jamie Foxx, Eddie Murphy and Beyoncé Knowles for director Bill Condon.
In response to the AIDS crisis in Africa, and in order to raise awareness about the impact of the disease in the United States, Glover recently agreed to extend his tenure as Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Program. He is also a major supporter of the TransAfrica Forum, the African-American lobby organization on Africa and the Caribbean, and the Algebra Project, a math empowerment program developed by civil-rights veteran Bob Moses.
Danny Glover Filmography
Actor Credits
Bamako (2007) Cowboy
Poor Boy's Game (2007) George Carvey
Shooter (2007) Colonel Isaac Johnson
Barnyard: Original Party Animals (2006) Voice of Miles the Mule
Dreamgirls (2006) Marty Madison
Manderlay (2006) Wilhelm
The Shaggy Dog (2006) DA Ken Hollister
Earthsea (2005)
Missing in America (2005)
Where Others Wavered (2005)
The Peace DVD (2005)
Honeydripper (2004) Tyrone
Saw (2004) Detective David Tapp
The Cookout (2004) Judge Crowley
Good Fences (2003)
Robert Johnson - The Life and Music of Robert Johnson: Can't You Hear The Wind Howl? (2003)
3 A.M. (2001)
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) Henry Sherman
Battu (2000)
Boesman and Lena (2000) Boesman
Freedom Song (2000)
The People vs. Shintech (1999)
Antz (1998) Voice of of Barbatus
Beloved (1998) Paul D
Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) Roger Murtaugh
The Prince of Egypt (1998) Voice of Jethro
Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? (1997)
Champagne and The Talking Eggs (1997)
Going West in America (1997) Bob Goodall
Gone Fishin' (1997) Gus Green
Wild America (1997)
America's Dream (1996)
Operation Dumbo Drop (1995) Sam Cahill
The Frog Prince (1995)
Angels in the Outfield (1994) George Knox
Maverick (1994)
Bopha! (1993) Micah Mangena
The Saint of Fort Washington (1993) Jerry
Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) Roger Murtaugh
Flight of the Intruder (1991) Commander Frank Camparelli
Grand Canyon (1991) Simon
Pure Luck (1991) Campanella
A Rage in Harlem (1991) Easy-Money
Lonesome Dove (1990)
Predator 2 (1990) Mike Harrigan
To Sleep With Anger (1990) Harry
Dead Man Out (1989)
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) Roger Murtaugh
A Raisin in the Sun (1989)
Bat 21 (1988) Captain Bartholomew Clark
Lethal Weapon (1987) Roger Murtaugh
Mandela (1987)
Silverado (1985) Mal
Witness (1985) McFee
The Color Purple (1985) Albert
Iceman (1984) Loomis
Places in the Heart (1984) Moze
The Stand-In (1984)
Memorial Day (1983)
Out (1982) Fojol/ Roland
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash (1981) Morgan
Escape From Alcatraz (1979) Inmate
Be Kind Rewind Mr. Fletcher
Terra Voice of President Chen
Trumbo Dalton Trumbo
Director Credits
Just a Dream (2002) Director
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