Danny Glover

Danny Glover

77 · Born: Jul 22, 1946

2022
2019
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2016

Personal Details

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Born Jul 22, 1946 San Francisco, California, USA
Spouse
  • Eliane Cavalleiro

    ( Dec 31, 1969 to Apr 26, 2024 )
  • Asake Bomani

    ( Dec 31, 1969 to Dec 31, 1969 )
Parents
  • Carrie Hunley
  • James Glover
Relatives
  • Martin Glover (Sibling)

Biography

Danny Lebern Glover (born July 22, 1946) is an American actor, film director, and political activist. He is best known for his co-starring lead role as Sergeant Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon film series. Glover has had a variety of film, stage, and television roles. He starred as the husband to Whoopi Goldberg's character, Celie in the celebrated literary adaptation of The Color Purple, and as Lieutenant James McFee in the film Witness. He had leading roles in other films including To Sleep with Anger, Predator 2, Angels in the Outfield, and Operation Dumbo Drop. He won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for his starring role in Charles Burnett's To Sleep with Anger. Also, he has had prominent supporting roles in Silverado, Witness, A Rage in Harlem, Dreamgirls, Shooter, Death at a Funeral, Beyond the Lights, Sorry to Bother You, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, The Dead Don't Die, Lonesome Dove and Jumanji: The Next Level. Glover earned top billing for the first time in Predator 2, the sequel to the science fiction action film Predator. During his career, he has also made several cameos, appearing, for example, in the Michael Jackson video "Liberian Girl" of 1987. In 1994, he made his directorial debut with the Showtime channel short film Override. Also in 1994, Glover and actor Ben Guillory founded the Robey Theatre Company in Los Angeles, focusing on theatre by and about black people.

Career

2024
American Dreamer
American Dreamer
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2023
The Naughty Nine
The Naughty Nine as Santa Claus
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Double Soul
Double Soul as Michael Tedeschi
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2022
Press Play
Press Play as Cooper
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2020
The Drummer
The Drummer
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Chuck Berry, Brown-Eyed Handsome Man
Chuck Berry, Brown-Eyed Handsome Man as Narrator (voice)
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2019
Always in Season
Always in Season as Narrator (voice)
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Strive
Strive
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The Last Black Man in San Francisco
The Last Black Man in San Francisco as Grandpa Allen
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The Dead Don't Die
The Dead Don't Die as Hank Thompson
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2018
Sorry to Bother You
Sorry to Bother You as Langston
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Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
Christmas Break-In
Christmas Break-In as Ray
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Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey as Mr. Ocean
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Proud Mary
Proud Mary as Benny
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Death Race 4: Beyond Anarchy
Death Race 4: Beyond Anarchy as Baltimore Bob
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Come Sunday
Come Sunday as Gilbert Pearson
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The Old Man & the Gun
The Old Man & the Gun as Teddy
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2017
Extortion
Extortion as Constable Haagen
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The Good Catholic
The Good Catholic as Victor
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The Curse of Buckout Road
The Curse of Buckout Road as Dr. Powell
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The Christmas Train
The Christmas Train as Max Powers
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Independent Lens
Independent Lens as Narrator
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Tour de Pharmacy
Tour de Pharmacy as Slim Robinson
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Vagabonds
Vagabonds as Uncle Issa
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Cold Case Files
Cold Case Files as Narrator (voice)
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2016
Almost Christmas
Almost Christmas as Walter
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Back in the Day
Back in the Day as Eddie 'Rocks' Travor
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Gridlocked
Gridlocked as Sully
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93 Days
93 Days
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Sr. Pig
Sr. Pig as Ambrose
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Dark Web
Dark Web as The Boss
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Complete Unknown
Complete Unknown as Roger
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Monster Trucks
Monster Trucks as Mr. Weathers
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Diablo
Diablo as Benjamin Carver
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Pushing Dead
Pushing Dead as Bob
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Mozart in the Jungle
Mozart in the Jungle as Mayor
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2015
Waffle Street
Waffle Street as Edward Collins
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Toxin
Toxin as Dr. Locke
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Bad Asses on the Bayou
Bad Asses on the Bayou as Bernie Pope
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Andron
Andron as Chancellor Gordon
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Checkmate
Checkmate as Elohim
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Caffeinated
Caffeinated as Coffee Lover
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About Scout
About Scout as Red
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Consumed
Consumed as Hal Westbrook
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Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds as Hank Morgan
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2014
Yellowbird
Yellowbird as Darius (voice)
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From Above
From Above as William Ward
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Day of the Mummy
Day of the Mummy as Carl
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Rage
Rage as Detective St. John
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2047: Sights of Death
2047: Sights of Death as Sponge
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Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses
Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses as Bernie Pope
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Supremacy
Supremacy as Mr. Walker
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Beyond the Lights
Beyond the Lights as Captain Nicol
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Ninja Immovable Heart
Ninja Immovable Heart as Ex Director Matthew Reynolds
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2013
Extraction
Extraction as Harding
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Highland Park
Highland Park as Ed
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Space Warriors
Space Warriors as Commander Phillips
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A Way Back Home
A Way Back Home as Charlie Shuffleton
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Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight as Justice Thurgood Marshall
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The Shift
The Shift as Floyd
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Tula: The Revolt
Tula: The Revolt as Shinishi
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The Bouquet
The Bouquet as Reverend John
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LUV
LUV as Arthur
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American Dad!
American Dad! as Minstrel Krampus (voice)
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2012
Hannah's Law
Hannah's Law as Isom Dart
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The Children's Republic
The Children's Republic as Dubem
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Sins Expiation
Sins Expiation as Father Leonard
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Touch
Touch as Professor Arthur Teller
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2011
Mysteria
Mysteria as Investigator
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Son of Morning
Son of Morning as Gabriel Peters
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Donovan's Echo
Donovan's Echo as Donovan Matheson
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Age of the Dragons
Age of the Dragons as Ahab
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Mooz-Lum
Mooz-Lum as Dean Francis
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Leverage
Leverage as Charlie Lawson
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Psych
Psych as Mel Hornsby
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2010
Down for Life
Down for Life as Mr. Shannon
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American Masters
American Masters as Narrator (voice)
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Alpha and Omega
Alpha and Omega as Winston (voice)
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För kärleken
För kärleken as Franzis
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I'm Still Here
I'm Still Here as Danny Glover
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I Want to Be a Soldier
I Want to Be a Soldier as School Director
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Act of Vengeance
Act of Vengeance as Marcus
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Death at a Funeral
Death at a Funeral as Uncle Russell
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Legendary
Legendary as Harry 'Red' Newman
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2009
Night Train
Night Train as Miles
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The Harimaya Bridge
The Harimaya Bridge as Joseph Holder
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2012
2012 as President Thomas Wilson
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2008
Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare
Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare as Walter Tortoise (voice)
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Gospel Hill
Gospel Hill as John Malcolm
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Be Kind Rewind
Be Kind Rewind as Mr. Fletcher
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Blindness
Blindness as Man with Black Eye Patch
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2007
Battle for Terra
Battle for Terra as President Chen (voice)
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Poor Boy's Game
Poor Boy's Game as George
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Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation as Father Elias
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Honeydripper
Honeydripper as Tyrone Purvis
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Shooter
Shooter as Colonel Isaac Johnson
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2006
Dreamgirls
Dreamgirls as Marty Madison
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The Shaggy Dog
The Shaggy Dog as Ken Hollister
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Barnyard
Barnyard as Miles the Mule (voice)
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The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
The Adventures of Brer Rabbit as Brer Turtle (voice)
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2005
The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'
Missing in America
Missing in America as Jake Neely
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Manderlay
Manderlay as Wilhelm
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2004
The Cookout
The Cookout as Judge Crowley
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Conakry Kas
Conakry Kas
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Saw
Saw as David Tapp
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Earthsea
Earthsea as Ogion
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ER
ER as Charlie Pratt Sr.
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2003
Good Fences
Good Fences as Tom Spader
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Pandemic: Facing AIDS
Pandemic: Facing AIDS as Narrator
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2002
The Real Eve
The Real Eve as Narrator
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2001
The Royal Tenenbaums
The Royal Tenenbaums as Henry Sherman
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3 A.M.
3 A.M. as Hershey
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2000
Freedom Song
Freedom Song as Will Walker
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Boesman and Lena
Boesman and Lena as Boesman
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1999
Scared Straight! 20 Years Later
Our Friend, Martin
Our Friend, Martin as Train Conductor (voice)
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1998
Beloved
Beloved as Paul D. Garner
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Antz
Antz as Barbatus (voice)
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The Prince of Egypt
The Prince of Egypt as Jethro (voice)
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Lethal Weapon 4
Lethal Weapon 4 as Roger Murtaugh
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Soldier Child
Soldier Child as Narrator
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1997
Gone Fishin'
Gone Fishin' as Gus Green
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The Rainmaker
The Rainmaker as Richter Tyrone Kipler
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Switchback
Switchback as Bob Goodall
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Wild America
Wild America as Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited)
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Buffalo Soldiers
Buffalo Soldiers as Sgt. Washington Wyatt
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1996
America's Dream
America's Dream as Silas (segment "Long Black Song")
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1995
Operation Dumbo Drop
Operation Dumbo Drop as Capt. Sam Cahill
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Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child as The King (voice)
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Fallen Angels
Fallen Angels as Marlowe
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1994
Angels in the Outfield
Angels in the Outfield as George Knox
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1993
The Saint of Fort Washington
The Saint of Fort Washington as Jerry
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The Talking Eggs
The Talking Eggs as Narrator (voice)
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Bopha!
Bopha! as Micah Mangena
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Queen
Queen as Alec Haley
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1992
Lethal Weapon 3
Lethal Weapon 3 as Roger Murtaugh
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1991
A Rage in Harlem
A Rage in Harlem as Easy Money
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Pure Luck
Pure Luck as Raymond Campanella
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Magic Johnson: Always Showtime
Magic Johnson: Always Showtime as Narrator
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Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon as Simon
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Flight of the Intruder
Flight of the Intruder as Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli
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1990
Predator 2
Predator 2 as Lieutenant Mike Harrigan
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To Sleep with Anger
To Sleep with Anger as Harry
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1989
Lethal Weapon 2
Lethal Weapon 2 as Roger Murtaugh
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Dead Man Out
Dead Man Out as Dr. Alex Marsh
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American Playhouse
American Playhouse as Walter Lee Younger
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Lonesome Dove
Lonesome Dove as Joshua Deets
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1988
Bat*21
Bat*21 as Capt. Bartholomew Clark
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1987
Lethal Weapon
Lethal Weapon as Roger Murtaugh
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Mandela
Mandela as Nelson Mandela
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1985
Witness
Witness as McFee
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Silverado
Silverado as Malachi 'Mal' Johnson
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The Color Purple
The Color Purple as Albert Johnson
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And the Children Shall Lead
And the Children Shall Lead as William
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1984
Places in the Heart
Places in the Heart as Moze
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Iceman
Iceman as Loomis
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1983
Memorial Day
Memorial Day as Willie Monroe
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American Playhouse
American Playhouse as Lester Traylor
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The Face of Rage
The Face of Rage as Gary
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1982
Out
Out as Jojo / Roland
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1981
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash as Morgan
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2020
After Fact
After Fact
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Truth to Power
Truth to Power
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2019
The Robeson Effect
2018
Survivors Guide To Prison
2014
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
We Are Many
We Are Many
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Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
2012
Shadows of Liberty
2008
The Garden
The Garden
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2006
Real Time with Bill Maher
2005
The Peace! DVD
The Peace! DVD
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2003
A Century of Black Cinema
The John Garfield Story
2002
Just a Dream
Just a Dream as Director
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1994
Override
Override as Director
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