Danny Glover

Biography

Danny Lebern Glover (/ˈɡlʌvər/ GLUH-vər; born July 22, 1946) is an American actor, producer, and political activist. He is widely known for his lead role as Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon film series. 

He also had leading roles in The Color Purple, To Sleep with Anger, Predator 2, Angels in the Outfield, and Operation Dumbo Drop.

Glover has prominent supporting roles in Silverado, Witness, A Rage in Harlem, Dreamgirls, Shooter, Death at a Funeral, Beyond the Lights, Saw, 2012, Sorry to Bother You, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, The Dead Don't Die, Lonesome Dove and Jumanji: The Next Level. He is also an active supporter of various political causes.

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, and the Cuban National Medal of Friendship by the Cuban Council of State. 

In addition, he has also received nominations for four Primetime Emmy Awards, four Grammy Awards, and a Daytime Emmy Award. 

In 2023, he was inducted into the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame. IndieWire named him one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination.

Danny Lebern Glover was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Carrie (Hunley) and James Glover. Both of his parents were postal workers, and were active in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), working to advance equal rights.

 Glover's mother, the daughter of a midwife, was born in Louisville, Georgia, and graduated from Paine College in Augusta, Georgia. His father was a World War II veteran. He graduated from George Washington High School in San Francisco.

As an adolescent and a young adult, Glover had epilepsy but has not had a seizure since age 35. He attended San Francisco State University (SFSU) in the late 1960s but did not graduate.

 SFSU later awarded him the Presidential Medal of San Francisco State University for his service to education. Glover trained at the Black Actors' Workshop of the American Conservatory Theater.

Glover married Asake Bomani in 1975 and they have a daughter, Mandisa, born in 1976. Glover and Bomani divorced in 2000. Glover married Eliane Cavalleiro in 2009. They divorced in 2022.

Glover purchased a 6,000-square-foot (560 m2) house in Dunthorpe, Oregon, in 1999. As of 2011, he no longer lives in Oregon.

On April 16, 2010, Glover was arrested in Maryland during a protest by SEIU workers for Sodexo's alleged unfair and illegal treatment of workers.

 He was given a citation and later released. The Associated Press reports "Glover and others stepped past the yellow police tape and were asked to step back three times at Sodexo headquarters. When they refused, officers arrested them.