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Danny Glover

  • Birthplace: San Francisco, California
  • Birthday: July 22, 1947

A commanding lead of film, stage, and television, Danny Glover is best known to general audiences as the older, more cautious partner of the volatile Mel Gibson in the popular "Lethal Weapon" movies, even though he spent most of the 1990s producing and starring in critically acclaimed films that explored different historical issues black people have faced in the United States and in Africa.

Glover first won acclaim for his work on the New York stage in two Athol Fugard plays, a 1980 Off-Broadway revival of "The Blood Knot"…more

Credits

Actor
Director
Producer

Career Milestones

  • 2008

    Co-starred with Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo in Fernando Meirelles' "Blindness"

  • 2007

    Co-starred opposite Mark Wahlberg in the political thriller, "Shooter"

  • 2006

    Co-starred as Eddie Murphy's manager in Bill Condon's adaptation of the 1981 Broadway musical, "Dreamgirls"

  • 2006

    Produced "Bamako," a film about the African debt

  • 2003

    Cast in the Showtime series "Good Fences" with Whoopi Goldberg

Awards

  • 2003

    Pan African Film Festival Award: Lifetime Achievement

  • 2001

    NAACP Image Award: Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

  • 1999

    NAACP Image Award: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Motion Picture

  • 1996

    CableACE Award: Best Actor in a Drama Special or Series

  • 1996

    CableACE Award: Best Dramatic or Theatrical Special

Upcoming Appearances

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