07/22/1946
San Francisco, California, USA:
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.
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Newbies (2025) as |
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The Naughty Nine (2023) as Santa Claus |
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Double Soul (2023) as Michael Tedeschi |
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American Dreamer (2022) as Jerry |
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De Quanta Terra Precisa o Homem? (2022) as Self |
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Press Play (2022) as Cooper |
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A Night at the Academy Museum (2021) as Self |
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The Drummer (2020) as Mark Walker |
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Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man (2020) as Narrator (voice) |
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After Fact (2020) as Self |
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Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War (2020) as Narrator (voice) |
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Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) as Milo |
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The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs (2019) as Narrator (voice) |
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The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019) as Grandpa Allen |
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Strive (2019) as |
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The Dead Don't Die (2019) as Hank Thompson |
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Redeeming Uncle Tom: The Josiah Henson Story (2019) as Narrator |
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Always in Season (2019) as Narrator (voice) |
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The Robeson Effect (2019) as Self |
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Christmas Break-In (2018) as Ray |
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Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones (2018) as Self |
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Death Race: Beyond Anarchy (2018) as Baltimore Bob |
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The Old Man & the Gun (2018) as Teddy |
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Sorry to Bother You (2018) as Langston |
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Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey (2018) as Mr. Ocean |
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The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution (2018) as Narrator (voice) |
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Howard (2018) as Self (archive footage) |
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Survivor's Guide to Prison (2018) as Self |
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Come Sunday (2018) as Gilbert Pearson |
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Proud Mary (2018) as Benny |
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The Christmas Train (2017) as Max Powers |
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The Curse of Buckout Road (2017) as Dr. Powell |
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Vagabonds (2017) as Uncle Issa |
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The Good Catholic (2017) as Victor |
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Tour de Pharmacy (2017) as Slim Robinson Present Day |
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Agents of Change (2017) as Self - Narrator (voice) |
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Birth of a Movement (2017) as Narrator (voice) |
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Extortion (2017) as Detective Constable Haagen |
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Abderrahmane Sissako - Par-delà les frontières (2017) as Self |
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Monster Trucks (2016) as Mr. Weathers |
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Almost Christmas (2016) as Walter |
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Pushing Dead (2016) as Bob |
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Complete Unknown (2016) as Roger |
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Sr. Pig (2016) as Ambrose |
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Gridlocked (2016) as Sully |
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Back in the Day (2016) as Eddie 'Rocks' Travor |
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Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ Rights (2016) as Narrator (voice) |
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93 Days (2016) as Dr. Benjamin Ohiaeri |
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Darkweb (2016) as The Boss |
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Dirty Grandpa (2016) as Stinky |
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Diablo (2016) as Benjamin Carver |
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Andron (2015) as Chancellor Gordon |
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Waffle Street (2015) as Edward Collins |
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Checkmate (2015) as Elohim |
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Consumed (2015) as Hal Westbrook |
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About Scout (2015) as Red |
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Bad Asses on the Bayou (2015) as Bernie Pope |
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Mississippi Inferno (2015) as Narrator (voice) |
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Caffeinated (2015) as Coffee Lover |
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Toxin (2015) as Dr. Locke |
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Beyond the Lights (2014) as Captain Nicol |
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Day of the Mummy (2014) as Carl |
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Gus - Petit oiseau, grand voyage (2014) as Darius (voice) |
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Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee (2014) as Self |
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2047 - Sights of Death (2014) as Sponge |
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Supremacy (2014) as Mr. Walker |
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We Are Many (2014) as Self |
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Rage (2014) as Detective St. John |
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Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses (2014) as Bernie Pope |
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The Ninja Immovable Heart (2014) as Ex Director Matthew Reynolds |
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We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama (2014) as |
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Chasing Shakespeare (2014) as William Ward |
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Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013) as Justice Thurgood Marshall |
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Extraction (2013) as Harding |
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Tula: The Revolt (2013) as Shinishi |
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Highland Park (2013) as Ed |
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Shuffleton's Barbershop (2013) as Charlie Shuffleton |
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Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth (2013) as Self |
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Space Warriors (2013) as Commander Phillips |
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The Shift (2013) as Floyd |
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The Bouquet (2013) as Reverend John |
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LUV (2013) as Arthur |
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Casting By (2012) as Self |
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A República di Mininus (2012) as Dubem |
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The Lighthouse (2012) as Duncan |
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Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon' (2012) as Self |
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Shadows of Liberty (2012) as Self |
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Hannah's Law (2012) as Isom Dart |
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Sins (2012) as Father Leonard |
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Mysteria (2011) as Investigator |
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Rise Like Lions (2011) as Self (Occupy Oakland) |
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Donovan's Echo (2011) as Donovan Matheson |
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Age of the Dragons (2011) as Ahab |
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Son of Morning (2011) as Gabriel Peters |
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Mooz-lum (2011) as Dean Francis |
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De mayor quiero ser soldado (2010) as School Director |
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Down for Life (2010) as Mr. Shannon |
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I'm Still Here (2010) as Danny Glover |
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Legendary (2010) as Harry 'Red' Newman |
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För kärleken (2010) as Franzis |
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Alpha and Omega (2010) as Winston (voice) |
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Death at a Funeral (2010) as Uncle Russell |
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Five Minarets in New York (2010) as Marcus |
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The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective (2010) as Self |
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2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic (2010) as Self |
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Sam Cooke: Crossing Over (2010) as Narrator (voice) |
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The People Speak (2009) as Self |
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2012 (2009) as President Thomas Wilson |
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PoliWood (2009) as Self |
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The Harimaya Bridge (2009) as Joseph Holder |
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Night Train (2009) as Miles |
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Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare (2008) as Walter Tortoise (voice) |
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Fats Waller Was Born Here (2008) as "Fats" Waller's Father/Mr. Fletcher |
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Blindness (2008) as Man with Black Eye Patch |
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Be Kind Rewind (2008) as Mr. Fletcher |
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Gospel Hill (2008) as John Malcolm |
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Agent Crush (2008) as Major Rusty Gubbins |
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Honeydripper (2007) as Tyrone Purvis |
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Battle for Terra (2007) as President Chen (voice) |
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Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker' (2007) as Self |
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Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation (2007) as Father Elias |
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Shooter (2007) as Colonel Isaac Johnson |
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Poor Boy's Game (2007) as George |
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Dreamgirls (2006) as Marty Madison |
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Read You Like a Book (2006) as |
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Barnyard (2006) as Miles (voice) |
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Bamako (2006) as Cow-boy |
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The Adventures of Brer Rabbit (2006) as Brer Turtle (voice) |
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The Shaggy Dog (2006) as Ken Hollister |
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The Exonerated (2006) as David Keaton |
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Full Disclosure Report (2005) as David Tapp |
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The Peace! (2005) as Self |
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Manderlay (2005) as Wilhelm |
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The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2' (2005) as Self (archive footage) |
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P.N.O.K. (2005) as Col. Weldon |
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Missing in America (2005) as Jake Neely |
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Saw (2004) as David Tapp |
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The Cookout (2004) as Judge Crowley |
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The John Garfield Story (2003) as Self |
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Good Fences (2003) as Tom Spader |
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The Real Eve (2002) as Narrator (voice) |
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The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) as Henry Sherman |
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3 A.M. (2001) as Hershey |
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Boesman and Lena (2000) as Boesman |
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Bàttu (2000) as |
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Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration (2000) as Self |
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Freedom Song (2000) as Will Walker |
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The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen (1999) as Self (archive footage) |
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The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong (1999) as Narrator (voice) |
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Scared Straight! 20 Years Later (1999) as Host |
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Our Friend, Martin (1999) as Train Conductor (voice) |
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The Prince of Egypt (1998) as Jethro (voice) |
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Beloved (1998) as Paul D |
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Antz (1998) as Barbatus (voice) |
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Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life & Music of Robert Johnson (1998) as Self - Narrator (voice) |
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Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) as Roger Murtaugh |
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Soldier Child (1998) as Self - Narrator |
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Buffalo Soldiers (1997) as Sgt. Washington Wyatt |
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The Rainmaker (1997) as Richter Tyrone Kipler |
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Switchback (1997) as Bob Goodall |
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Wild America (1997) as Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited) |
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Gone Fishin' (1997) as Gus Green |
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America's Dream (1996) as Silas (segment "Long Black Song") |
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Red Wind (1995) as Philip Marlowe |
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Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities (1995) as Self |
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Operation Dumbo Drop (1995) as Capt. Sam Cahill |
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The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995) as Self |
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Angels in the Outfield (1994) as George Knox |
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Maverick (1994) as Bank Robber (uncredited) |
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The Saint of Fort Washington (1993) as Jerry |
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Bopha! (1993) as Micah Mangena |
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The Talking Eggs (1993) as Narrator (voice) |
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Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion (1992) as Narrator (voice) |
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Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) as Roger Murtaugh |
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Grand Canyon (1991) as Simon |
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Pure Luck (1991) as Raymond Campanella |
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A Rage in Harlem (1991) as Easy Money |
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Flight of the Intruder (1991) as Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli |
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Predator 2 (1990) as Lieutenant Mike Harrigan |
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To Sleep with Anger (1990) as Harry |
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Rabbit Ears - Moses in Egypt (1990) as Narrator (voice) |
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Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby (1990) as Narrator (voice) |
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Rabbit Ears - How the Leopard Got His Spots (1989) as Narrator (voice) |
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Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) as Roger Murtaugh |
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Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary (1989) as Self |
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Dead Man Out (1989) as Dr. Alex Marsh |
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A Raisin in the Sun (1989) as Walter Lee Younger |
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Hollywood on Horses (1989) as Self |
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Bat★21 (1988) as Capt. Bartholomew Clark |
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A Place at the Table (1988) as Mr. Scott |
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Mandela (1987) as Nelson Mandela |
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Lethal Weapon (1987) as Roger Murtaugh |
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John Henry (1986) as John Henry |
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The Color Purple (1985) as Albert |
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Silverado (1985) as Malachi 'Mal' Johnson |
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The Stand-In (1985) as Apples Finnerty |
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Witness (1985) as McFee |
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And the Children Shall Lead (1985) as William |
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Places in the Heart (1984) as Moze |
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Iceman (1984) as Loomis |
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Memorial Day (1983) as Willie Monroe |
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The Face of Rage (1983) as Gary |
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Keeping On (1983) as Lester Traylor |
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Out (1982) as Jojo / Roland |
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Chu Chu and the Philly Flash (1981) as Morgan |
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Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer (1981) as Oscar Micheaux |
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Escape from Alcatraz (1979) as Inmate |
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San Francisco State: On Strike (1969) as self |
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Killing Winston Jones () as Washington Carver |
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Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story () as Narrator (voice) |
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Dirt & Deeds in Mississippi () as |
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Grizzly Peak () as Will |
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Lethal Weapon 5 () as Roger Murtaugh |
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Nuestra tierra (2026) Executive Producer |
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The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane (2023) Executive Producer |
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President (2023) Executive Producer |
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Durna Çırağı (2022) Executive Producer |
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Memoria (2021) Co-Producer |
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Noche de fuego (2021) Co-Producer |
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Səpələnmiş Ölümlər Arasında (2021) Executive Producer |
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Lynch: A History (2019) Executive Producer |
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Easter Snap (2019) Executive Producer |
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کفرناحوم (2018) Executive Producer |
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Hale County This Morning, This Evening (2018) Executive Producer |
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Angels Are Made of Light (2018) Executive Producer |
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Zama (2017) Co-Producer |
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That Summer (2017) Executive Producer |
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Strong Island (2017) Executive Producer |
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Shadow World (2016) Executive Producer |
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सेतो सूर्य (2016) Executive Producer |
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The House on Coco Road (2016) Producer |
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This Changes Everything (2015) Executive Producer |
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รักที่ขอนแก่น (2015) Co-Producer |
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Life Is Sacred (2014) Executive Producer |
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Om våld (2014) Co-Producer |
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Shenandoah (2012) Executive Producer |
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The House I Live In (2012) Executive Producer |
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Highway (2012) Producer |
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दम मारो दम (2011) Executive Producer |
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The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2011) Producer |
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ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ (2010) Associate Producer |
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The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective (2010) Presenter |
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2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic (2010) Presenter |
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الزمن الباقي (2009) Associate Producer |
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ملح هذا البحر (2008) Co-Producer |
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Trouble the Water (2008) Executive Producer |
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Bamako (2006) Executive Producer |
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Good Fences (2003) Producer |
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Just a Dream (2002) Director |
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3 A.M. (2001) Executive Producer |
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Freedom Song (2000) Executive Producer |
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Buffalo Soldiers (1997) Executive Producer |
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America's Dream (1996) Executive Producer |
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Override (1994) Director |
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To Sleep with Anger (1990) Executive Producer |
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Untitled Dinah Washington Biopic () Executive Producer |