Danny Glover
Actor
Scared Straight! (1978)
- Dir. Alan Shapiro
Feat. Peter Falk, Danny Glover
- A famous, Oscar–winning documentary in which a group of 17 budding teenage crims are shown the harsh realities of prison life, chiefly being…
Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
- Dir. Don Siegel
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom…
- Clint Eastwood uses a pair of nail–clippers to stage his bid for freedom, in this memorable, understated thriller based on the only successful…
Places in the Heart (1984)
- Dir. Robert Benton
Feat. Sally Field, Danny Glover, John Malkovich
- Moving period drama with Sally Field's Oscar–winning performance as a widowed cotton–farmer in Depression era Texas.
Iceman (1984)
- Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Timothy Hutton, Lindsay Crouse, Josef Sommer…
- Arctic explorers discover the body of a prehistoric man who is still alive in this enjoyable piece of sci–fi hokum, with John Lone giving a…
Color Purple, The (The Colour Purple) (1985)
- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover…
- Striking interpretation of Alice Walker's novel about a black girl's life and hard times in the South, spanning forty years. Whoopi Goldberg's screen…
Lethal Weapon (1987)
- Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Mel Gibson, Danny Glover
- Enjoyable caper–comedy, teaming up Gibson and Glover as partners–in–crime–fighting, struck a winning formula and inspired a…
Lethal Weapon Legacy (Lethal Weapon 1-4) (1987-1998)
- Feat. Mel Gibson, Danny Glover
- All four outings for Mel Gibson and Danny Glover as mismatched cops.
Bat 21 (1988)
- Dir. Peter Markle
Feat. Gene Hackman, Danny Glover, Jerry Reed…
- Gene Hackman is shot down over enemy lines deep in war–torn Vietnam; Danny Glover is the Air Force pilot charged with saving his skin. Expect…
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
- Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci…
- Riggs and Murtaugh are back in a slicker, crasser, bigger–budget sequel, the hallmarks of Bond–style franchise fare. With Mel Gibson,…
Lonesome Dove (TV Mini-series) (Lonesome Dove, Streets Of Laredo, Dead Man's Walk, Return to Lonesome Dove) (1989-1993)
- Dir. Simon Wincer
Feat. Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Danny Glover…
- A hefty star cast congregate for this acclaimed TV adaptation of Larry McMurtry's novel about two former Texas Rangers (Duvall, Jones) who retire to…
Predator 2 (1990)
- Dir. Stephen Hopkins
Feat. Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Ruben Blades…
- No Arnie this time, but the evil alien is back (he was cheaper) for another bout of human carnage. This time downtown Detroit gets the brunt of its…
To Sleep With Anger (1990)
- Dir. Charles Burnett
Feat. Danny Glover, Mary Alice, Carl Lumbly…
- Accomplished style–piece about African–American life in a Los Angeles suburb, where family calm is disturbed by the arrival of a…
Rage in Harlem, A (1991)
- Dir. Bill Duke
Feat. Forest Whitaker, Gregory Hines, Robin Givens…
- A sassy comic thriller, set in 50s Harlem. An entertaining cocktail of violence and buffoonery.
Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
- Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Rene Russo
- More Mel Gibson and Danny Glover – it's another action–packed, fast–paced and amusing ensemble of good–guy/bad–guy…
Bopha! (1993)
- Dir. Morgan Freeman
Feat. Danny Glover, Malcolm McDowell, Alfre Woodard
- Danny Glover plays a loyal police sergeant in 1980 South Africa who comes under fire from his militant son. Examines the less visible conflicts that…
Saint of Fort Washington (1994)
- Dir. Tim Hunter
Feat. Matt Dillon, Danny Glover
- Matt Dillon and Danny Glover are two of New York's homeless whose unlikely friendship bonds through the battle that each day brings. The finale will…
Operation Dumbo Drop (1996)
- Dir. Simon Wincer
Feat. Danny Glover, Ray Liotta
- A comedy based on a real–life military assignment – to deliver a full–size live elephant to a remote jungle village by any means…
Get On the Bus (1996)
- Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Danny Glover, Will Smith, Wesley Snipes
- A highly combustible mixed–bag of black men journey by bus to the Million Man March in Washington DC, a march of affirmation for a troubled…
Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
- Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci…
- Mel and Danny couldn't refuse the pay–cheque for this fourth and biggest–grossing outing yet, which at least has Hong Kong's Jet Li to…
Beloved (1998)
- Dir. Jonathan Demme
Feat. Oprah Winfrey, Thandiwe Newton, Danny Glover
- Risk–taking adaptation of Toni Morrison's novel of rural Southern Gothic, former–slave Ophrey Winfrey (her first role since THE COLOUR…
Royal Tenenbaums, The (2001)
- Dir. Wes Anderson
Feat. Gene Hackman, Ben Stiller, Gwyneth Paltrow…
- Spinning another pathologically eccentric comedy, the dir. of BOTTLE ROCKET and RUSHMORE will either have you declining to be amused or else…
Good Fences (2003)
- Dir. Ernest Dickerson
Feat. Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Mo'Nique
- Instructive race–relations telemovie about the stresses of prejudice on an upwardly mobile black family in the white, affluent suburb of…
Saw (2004)
- Dir. James Wan
Feat. Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell, Danny Glover…
- Acclaimed by many for its inventive serial–killer premise and sadistic delivery, this opens with Elwes and Whannell chained in a locked…
Missing In America (2005)
- Dir. Gabrielle Savage Dockterman
Feat. Danny Glover, David Strathairn, Ron Perlman…
- Set around a "bush vet", a reclusive Vietnam veteran (Glover) who lives in the lonely pine forests of Washington State, this solid drama takes an…
Manderlay (2005)
- Dir. Lars Von Trier
Feat. Bryce Dallas Howard, Danny Glover, Willem Dafoe…
- Part two of Lars von Trier’s ‘USA’ trilogy reemploys DOGVILLE’s Brechtian framework of stage outlines and minimal props in the odyssey of…
Exonerated, The (2005)
- Dir. Bob Balaban
Feat. Brian Dennehy, Danny Glover, Delroy Lindo…
- Jarring prison drama focusing on six death row inmates that are exonerated just before their executions due to new evidence becoming available.…
Shaggy Dog, The (2006)
- Dir. Brian Robbins
Feat. Tim Allen, Robert Downey Jnr., Kristin Davis…
- Dishevelled and inane comedy, sees family man Tim Allen accidentally bitten by a 300–year old pooch (smuggled by commandos out of Tibet) and…
Barnyard (2006)
- Dir. Steve Oedekerk
Feat. Kevin James, Courteney Cox, Sam Elliott…
- Pleasingly madcap musical set on an animated farm where the animals get up to all varieties of fun when the farmer's back is turned, chiefly singing…
Dreamgirls (2006)
- Dir. Bill Condon
Feat. Jamie Foxx, Beyonce Knowles, Eddie Murphy…
- Dazzling musical numbers and sassy performances jive in this acclaimed Motown musical charting the rise of fictional girl group, 'The Dreamettes', in…
Shooter (2007)
- Dir. Antoine Fuqua
Feat. Mark Wahlberg, Michael Pena, Danny Glover…
- Mark Wahlberg plays a military sniper recruited to prevent an presidential assassination in this political thriller for a generation of George…