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Danny Glover in 2014
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Danny Lebern Glover July 22, 1946 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Actor, director, activist |
Years active | 1979–present |
Spouse(s) | Asake Bomani (1975–1999; divorced) Eliane Cavalleiro (2009–present) |
Website | Louverturefilms.com |
Danny Lebern Glover (born July 22, 1946) is an American actor, film director, and political activist.
Glover is well known for his leading role as Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon film series, The Color Purple (1985), To Sleep with Anger (1990), and Angels in the Outfield (1994). He also has prominent supporting roles in Silverado (1985), Witness (1985), Predator 2 (1990), Saw (2004), Shooter (2007), 2012 (2009), Death at a Funeral (2010), Beyond the Lights (2014), and Dirty Grandpa (2016). He has appeared in many other movies, television shows, and theatrical productions, and is an active supporter of various humanitarian and political causes.
Glover was born in San Francisco, the son of Carrie (Hunley) and James Glover. His parents, postal workers, were active in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), working to advance equal rights. Glover's mother, daughter of a midwife, was born in Louisville, Georgia and graduated from Paine College in Augusta, Georgia.