Danny Glover

Played the President of the United States in Roland Emmerich's disaster film, "2012"

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

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

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

Produced "Bamako," a film about the African debt

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

Helmed the Showtime original movie "Just a Dream"

Starred in (also executive produced) "3 AM" (Showtime); a crime drama produced by Spike Lee

Starred opposite Anjelica Huston and Gene Hackman in Wes Anderson's "The Royal Tenenbaums"

Earned an Emmy nomination for his performance in the TNT original production "Freedom Song"

Played a corrupt African president in Cheick Oumar Sissoko's film "Battu" (shown at the Toronto International Film Festival)

Starred in the film adaptation of Fugard's play "Boesman & Lena" about two homeless people surviving the harsh terrain of the Cape Flats in South Africa (filmed in 1999; shown at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival)

Starred in the world premiere of Philip Kan Gotanda's "Yohen" with L.A.'s East West Players

Co-starred in the film adaptation of Toni Morrison's Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel, "Beloved"; also starred Oprah Winfrey

Reprised his signature role in "Lethal Weapon 4"

Voiced the character of Barbatus in the feature-length cartoon "Antz"

Co-starred in the lackluster comedy "Gone Fishin'"; re-teamed with "Lethal Weapon 2" co-star Joe Pesci

Starred in the superior made-for-cable period drama "Buffalo Soldiers" (TNT)

Executive produced the HBO movies "The Deadly Voyage" and "America's Dream"; acted in one segment of the latter

Played detective Philip Marlowe in the "Red Wind" episode of the Showtime series "Fallen Angels"

Directed "Override" for the Showtime series "Directed By"

Had featured role as Alec Haley in the CBS miniseries "Queen"

Narrated "Civil War Journal" (A&E)

Returned to play Murtagh in the popular "Lethal Weapon 3"

Appeared opposite Alfre Woodard in Lawrence Kasdan's "Grand Canyon"

Feature debut as an executive producer, "To Sleep With Anger"

Co-starred in the made-for-TV blockbuster Western, "Lonesome Dove" (CBS)

Reteamed with Gibson and Donner for second outing "Lethal Weapon 2"

Starred in the PBS adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun"; directed by Bill Duke for "American Playhouse"

First collaboration with co-star Mel Gibson and director Richard Donner, "Lethal Weapon"

Reteamed with Woodard in the HBO biopic "Mandela"

First screen collaboration with co-star Alfre Woodard in "Mandela" a PBS semi-documentary

First feature lead in a theatrical release, Steven Spielberg's "The Color Purple"

Played a cowboy in Lawrence Kasdan's "Silverado"

Breakthrough role as Moze in Robert Benton's "Places in the Heart"

First lead role in a feature, "The Stand-In"; a straight-to-video comedy

Made miniseries debut, "Chiefs" (CBS)

TV-movie acting debut, "The Face of Rage" (ABC)

Broadway debut in Fugard's "'MASTER HAROLD'...and the boys"

Off-Broadway debut in Athol Fugard's play "The Blood Knot"

Film acting debut, "Escape From Alcatraz"

Was a reseacher for the Mayor's office in San Francisco

Hosted "Storybook Classics" for Showtime

Performed in "Macbeth" (Los Angeles Actors Theater) and in Sam Shepard's "Suicide in B Flat" (Magic Theatre)

Suffered from dyslexia as a child

Was an evaluator for the San Francisco Model Cities program; quit to study at the Black Actors' Workshop

Worked for a planning agency in Berkeley, CA