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| name = John Glover
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| image =John Glover at the 1991 Emmy Awards.jpg
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| name = John Glover
| caption = Glover at the 1991 Emmy Awards
| birthname = John Soursby Glover, Jr.
| image = John Glover Photo Op GalaxyCon Richmond 2020.jpg
| caption = Glover at the 2020 [[GalaxyCon]] Richmond
| birthdate = {{birth date and age|1944|8|7}}
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| birthplace = [[Salisbury, Maryland]], [[U.S.]]
| birth_place = [[Kingston, New York]], U.S.
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| tonyawards = '''[[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play|Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play]]''' <br> 1995 ''[[Love! Valour! Compassion!]]''
| alma_mater = [[Towson University]]
| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 1970–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Adam Kurtzman|2016}}
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'''John Soursby Glover, Jr.''' (born [[August 7]], [[1944]]) is an [[United States|American]] award-winning actor, perhaps best known for a range of [[villain]]ous roles in films and television, including [[Lionel Luthor]] in the TV series ''[[Smallville (TV series)|Smallville]]''.


'''John Soursby Glover Jr.''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|l|ʌ|v|ər}}) is an American actor, known for a range of [[villain]]ous roles in films and television, including Daniel Clamp in ''[[Gremlins 2: The New Batch]]'' and [[Lionel Luthor]] in ''[[Smallville]]''. He is also the voice of [[Riddler]] in the [[DC Animated Universe]].
==Biography==
===Personal life===
Glover was born in [[Salisbury, Maryland]], the son of Cade ([[married and maiden names|née]] Mullins) and John Soursby Glover, Sr., a television salesman.<ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/91/John-Glover.html John Glover Biography (1944-)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Glover attended [[Wicomico High School]] and acted at [[Towson University]].<ref>[http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800011590/bio John Glover Biography - Yahoo! Movies<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> His partner is the sculptor Adam Kurtzman.<ref name="WindyCityTimes: OutInSmallville">[http://www.wctimes.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=8666 Windy City Times - Out in Smallville: Smallville’s John Glover]</ref>


==Early life==
Glover is also actively involved with the [[Alzheimer's Association]]. His inspiration for joining this cause was his own father's experience with [[Alzheimer's Disease]].<ref name="WindyCityTimes: OutInSmallville" />
Glover was born in [[Kingston, New York]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1992-02-23/news/tv-4862_1_grass-roots |title=To Smile—and Still Be Glover: Actor's Villainy in 'Grass Roots' Makes Room For Shakespeare |last=Buck |first=Jerry |date=February 23, 1992 |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=June 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610000417/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-02-23-tv-4862-story.html |archive-date=June 10, 2023}}</ref> and raised in [[Salisbury, Maryland]], the son of Cade (née Mullins) and John Soursby Glover, a television salesman.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.delmarvanow.com/dayinthelife/salisbury/pages/salisburystory5.html |title=Who's who from Salisbury |website=Daily Times |access-date=June 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924042241/http://archive.delmarvanow.com/dayinthelife/salisbury/pages/salisburystory5.html |archive-date=September 24, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/maryland/2014/09/21/john-glover-alzheimers-event/16020843/?sf31431172=1 |title=Actor John Glover returns to Salisbury for a cause |last=Cox |first=Jeremy |date=September 22, 2014 |website=Delmarva Now |access-date=June 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108100310/http://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/maryland/2014/09/21/john-glover-alzheimers-event/16020843/?sf31431172=1 |archive-date=January 8, 2016}}</ref> Glover attended [[Wicomico High School]] and acted at [[Towson University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800011590/bio |title=John Glover Biography |website=Yahoo |access-date=June 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070430003654/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800011590/bio |archive-date=April 30, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Phedre Sold Out Six Nights In World Premiere |url=https://archives.towson.edu/Documents/Detail/tower-light-march-25-1966/138429 |access-date=9 May 2023 |work=Tower Light |date=25 March 1966}}</ref>


Glover began his career at the [[Barter Theatre]] in Abingdon, Virginia, and later studied acting at the [[Beverly Hills Playhouse]] under [[Milton Katselas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bhplayhouse.com/john-glover|title=John Glover on The Beverly Hills Playhouse Acting School|access-date=2014-07-29}}</ref>
===Career===
His notable roles include Alan Ramey in ''[[52 Pickup]]'', Bryce Cummings in ''[[Scrooged]]'', Daniel Clamp in ''[[Gremlins 2: The New Batch]]'', a mobster in ''[[Payback (film)|Payback]]'', an advertising spokesman in ''[[Robocop 2]]'', Derek Mills in ''[[Night of the Running Man]]'', [[The Riddler]] in ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'', [[Doctor Jason Woodrue]] in ''[[Batman and Robin]]'', [[Dax (Star Trek)|Verad]] in the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episode "[[Invasive Procedures (DS9 episode)|Invasive Procedures]]", [[The Devil]] in the series ''[[Brimstone (TV series)|Brimstone]]'', and the aforementioned role on ''Smallville''.


==Career==
He has also made notable appearances on stage, winning a [[Tony Award]] for [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play|Featured Actor in a Play]] for his dual roles in the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] play ''[[Love! Valour! Compassion!]]'', which he reprised in the film version. He also appeared as "man in the chair/narrator" in [[The Drowsy Chaperone]] on Broadway during Summer 2007.
Glover began his career in television, playing a mentally disturbed kidnapper who kidnapped Joanne, the lead character on ''[[Search for Tomorrow]]''. One of his early film performances was a role as a U.S. diplomat in ''{{film year|White Nights|1985}}''. His other roles include Alan Raimy in ''[[52 Pick-Up]]'', Bryce Cummings in ''[[Scrooged]]'', Tony Gateworth in ''{{film year|Masquerade|1988}}'', Daniel Clamp in ''[[Gremlins 2: The New Batch]]'', a mobster in ''{{film year|Payback|1999}}'', an advertising spokesman in ''[[RoboCop 2]]'', Derek Mills in ''[[Night of the Running Man]]'', the [[Riddler]] in ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'', [[Doctor Jason Woodrue]] in ''{{film year|Batman & Robin}}'', [[Dax (Star Trek)|Verad]] in the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episode "[[Invasive Procedures (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)|Invasive Procedures]]", the [[Devil]] in the series ''[[Brimstone (TV series)|Brimstone]]'', and a recurring role in ''[[The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd]]'' as Cousin Jerry, from Bal'mer, a relative whom no one actually seemed to know.


In 1987, he appeared in the ''[[Miami Vice]]'' episode "Lend Me an Ear" as Steve Duddy. He also appeared in two episodes of ''[[Murder, She Wrote]],'' "One White Rose for Death" and "When Thieves Fall Out". He appeared in the television film ''[[An Early Frost]]'' in 1985, the first TV film to confront the issue of [[AIDS]], and received an [[Emmy]] nomination for his performance as a gay AIDS patient.<ref name="emmy nom">{{Cite web |title=JOHN GLOVER - Emmy Awards, Nominations and Wins |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/john-glover |work=Emmys.com |date=March 3, 2024 |access-date=March 3, 2024}}</ref> In 1986, he appeared in the TV film ''[[Apology (TV film)|Apology]]'' with [[Lesley Ann Warren]].
Glover also had a small appearance in the [[Woody Allen]] film ''[[Annie Hall]]''. In a [[flashback (literary technique)|flashback]] to a scene from the title character's past he utters the line: "Touch my heart. With your foot".
He had a supporting role in the sixth season opener of ''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]''.


[[File:John Glover at the 1991 Emmy Awards headcrop.jpg|thumb|Glover in the 1991 Emmy Awards]]
== References ==
He appeared in the role of Max Brodsky, an inmate in concentration camps and later a fighter for Israel's independence, in Ian Sharp's 1989 TV miniseries ''[[Twist of Fate (1989 TV series)|Twist of Fate]]'' (also known as ''Pursuit''). That same year, he played a hard-driving, low-on-morals district sales manager in HBO's ''Traveling Man''. He also received a 1994 [[Emmy]] nomination for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor - Comedy Series|Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series]] for his appearance in ''[[Frasier]]''.<ref name="emmy nom" />

Glover is perhaps best known for his role as [[Lionel Luthor]] on ''[[Smallville]]'' from 2001 to 2008 where he first appeared as a guest actor in the show's first season and then appeared as a full cast member from seasons two to seven. He later returned in 2010 and 2011 for the tenth and final season as a parallel universe version of the character.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/Lionel-Luthor-Smallville-1022092.aspx|title=Lionel Luthor Returning to ''Smallville''|publisher=TVGuide.com|access-date=August 20, 2010}}</ref>

He had a small appearance in the [[Woody Allen]] film ''[[Annie Hall]]'' (1977) in a flashback in which he tells the title character, "Touch my heart. With your foot." He had a recurring role in ''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]'' as [[Declan Gage]], an old friend and mentor to Detective [[Robert Goren]]. On [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[Brothers & Sisters (2006 TV series)|Brothers & Sisters]]'' he played Henry (the boyfriend of Saul Holden) in 2009. In ''[[Heroes (U.S. TV series)|Heroes]]'' he had a brief appearance as [[List of characters in Heroes#Samson Gray|Samson Gray]], the father of [[Sylar]].

He had made notable appearances on stage, winning a Tony Award for [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play|Featured Actor in a Play]] for his dual roles in the Broadway play ''[[Love! Valour! Compassion!]]'', which he reprised in the film version. In 2004, he performed with the Philadelphia Theatre Company staging of Edward Albee's ''[[The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?]]''

He also appeared as "man in the chair/narrator" in ''[[The Drowsy Chaperone]]'' on Broadway during summer 2007. He played the role of [[Lucky (Waiting for Godot)|Lucky]] in a Broadway production of [[Samuel Beckett]]'s ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'', for which he earned a Tony Award nomination for [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play|Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play]]. In 2014, he appeared as Leonato in the [[Shakespeare in the Park]] production of ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Brantley|first1=Ben|title=Lily Rabe in 'Much Ado About Nothing' in Central Park|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/17/theater/lily-rabe-in-much-ado-about-nothing-in-central-park.html?_r=0|website=New York Times|date=June 17, 2014|access-date=28 October 2015}}</ref>

He played Telemachus in [[Yuri Rasovsky]]'s [[Peabody Award]]-winning radio dramatization of ''[[The Odyssey]] of [[Homer]]'' and has played in several radio plays of the LA Theatre Works. Glover is receiving increasing recognition for narrating audiobooks. In 2011, he performed the audiobook version of ''[[Ghost Story (Butcher novel)|Ghost Story]]'', the thirteenth novel in [[Jim Butcher]]'s ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' series. In October/November 2011, he performed in David Bar Katz's drama ''The Atmosphere of Memory'' at the Bank Street Theatre in New York City, co-starring with [[Ellen Burstyn]] in a LAByrinth production. He played the role of Uncle Ben in the 2012 Broadway production of [[Arthur Miller]]'s ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'', directed by [[Mike Nichols]]. He is seen rehearsing the role of John Kreese in behind-the-scenes pre-production footage from ''[[The Karate Kid]]'', indicating he may have been considered for that role.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOvpQq9xXJo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/lOvpQq9xXJo |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|title=THE KARATE KID 1983 READ THRU PART 1|publisher=YouTube.com|access-date=January 14, 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2013, Glover starred in the horror anthology ''[[Sanitarium (film)|Sanitarium]]''. He also guest-starred in an episode of ''[[Agent Carter (TV series)|Agent Carter]]''.<ref>{{cite episode|title=The Iron Ceiling|episode-link=The Iron Ceiling|series=Agent Carter|series-link=Agent Carter (TV series)|credits=[[José Molina (writer)|Jose Molina]] (writers) & [[Peter Leto]] (director)|network=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]|airdate=February 3, 2015|season=1|number=5}}</ref> Glover has done various voice-over work for several projects related to ''[[Tron: Legacy]]'': the villain Abraxas in ''[[Tron: Evolution]]'', and Dyson in ''[[Tron: Uprising]]''. In 2014, he guest-starred on ''[[The Blacklist (TV series)|The Blacklist]]'' in the episode titled "Berlin".

==Personal life==
Glover is gay. He married sculptor Adam Kurtzman in 2016,<ref name="insideofyou">{{cite podcast |host=[[Michael Rosenbaum|Rosenbaum, Michael]] |title=John Glover |website=Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum |publisher=Unqualified Productions |date=June 18, 2019 |url=https://insideofyoupodcast.com/episodes/john-glover |access-date=June 18, 2019 |archive-date=June 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190618093610/https://insideofyoupodcast.com/episodes/john-glover |url-status=dead }}</ref> whom he had been dating since 1993.<ref name="WindyCityTimes: OutInSmallville"/> According to Glover, he slept with [[Freddie Mercury]] in the 1970s.<ref name="insideofyou"/>

Glover is involved with the [[Alzheimer's Association]]. His father had [[Alzheimer's disease]], leading Glover to become more active in charity and activism surrounding the disorder.<ref name="WindyCityTimes: OutInSmallville">{{cite web |url=http://www.wctimes.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=8666 |title=Out in Smallville: Smallville's John Glover |last=Green |first=Bill |date=June 22, 2005 |website=WC Times |access-date=June 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615032930/http://www.wctimes.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=8666 |archive-date=June 15, 2009}}</ref>

Glover returns to Towson annually to work with theater students.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.towson.edu/cofac/documents/cofactoday-sp2013.pdf |title=Cofac Today |page=7 |date=2013 |publisher=Towson University |access-date=June 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912231856/https://www.towson.edu/cofac/documents/cofactoday-sp2013.pdf |archive-date=September 12, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Waldsachs |first1=Wendy S. |title=Tony Award-winning alumnus John Glover visits TSU theatre department |url=https://archives.towson.edu/Documents/Detail/the-towerlight-october-12-1995/147595?item=274031 |access-date=9 May 2023 |work=The Towerlight |date=12 October 1995}}</ref> The theater department awards a scholarship in his name.<ref>{{cite web |title=Scholarships for Current Majors |url=https://www.towson.edu/cofac/departments/theatre/resources/scholarships.html |website=Towson University |access-date=9 May 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year!!Title!!Role!!Notes
|-
|1973||''[[Shamus (film)|Shamus]]''||Johnnie||
|-
|1977||''[[Annie Hall]]''||Actor Boy Friend||
|-
|1977||''[[Julia (1977 film)|Julia]]''||Sammy||
|-
|1978||''[[Somebody Killed Her Husband]]''||Herbert Little||
|-
|1979||''[[Last Embrace]]''||Richard Peabody||
|-
|1980||data-sort-value="American Success Company, The" | ''[[The American Success Company]]''||Ernst||
|-
|1980||data-sort-value="Mountain Men, The" | ''[[The Mountain Men]]''||Nathan Wyeth||
|-
|1980||''[[Melvin and Howard]]''||Freese – Attorney #2||
|-
|1981||data-sort-value="Incredible Shrinking Woman, The" | ''[[The Incredible Shrinking Woman]]''||Tom Keller||
|-
|1982||data-sort-value="Little Sex, A" | ''[[A Little Sex]]''||Walter||
|-
|1984||data-sort-value="Evil That Men Do, The" | ''[[The Evil That Men Do (film)|The Evil That Men Do]]''||Briggs||
|-
|1985||''[[White Nights (1985 film)|White Nights]]''||Wynn Scott||
|-
|1986||data-sort-value="Killing Affair, A" | ''[[A Killing Affair (1986 film)|A Killing Affair]]''||Sheb Sheppard||
|-
|1986||''[[52 Pick-Up]]''||Alan Raimy||
|-
|1986||''[[Willy/Milly]]''||Fred Niceman||
|-
|1988||''[[David]]''||Charles Rothenberg||
|-
|1988||''[[Masquerade (1988 film)|Masquerade]]''||Tony Gateworth||
|-
|1988||''[[Rocket Gibraltar]]''||Rolo Rockwell||
|-
|1988||''[[Scrooged]]''||Brice Cummings||
|-
|1988||data-sort-value="Chocolate War, The" | ''[[The Chocolate War (film)|The Chocolate War]]''||Brother Leon||
|-
|1989||''[[Meet the Hollowheads]]''||Henry Hollowhead||
|-
|1990||''[[Gremlins 2: The New Batch]]''||Daniel Clamp||
|-
|1990||''[[RoboCop 2]]''||Magnavolt salesman||
|-
|1993||''[[Ed and His Dead Mother]]''||A. J. Pattle||
|-
|1994||''[[In the Mouth of Madness]]''||Saperstein||
|-
|1995||''[[Night of the Running Man]]''|| Derek Mills||
|-
|1995||''Automatic''||Goddard Marx||
|-
|1997||''[[Love! Valour! Compassion! (film)|Love! Valour! Compassion!]]''||John Jeckyll, James Jeckyll||
|-
|1997||''[[Batman & Robin (film)|Batman & Robin]]''||[[Floronic Man|Dr. Jason Woodrue]]||
|-
|1997||''Medusa's Child''||Rogers Henry||
|-
|1998||''Dead Broke''||Sam||
|-
|1997||data-sort-value="Broken Giant, The" | ''[[The Broken Giant]]''||Bennett Hale||
|-
|1999||''[[Payback (1999 film)|Payback]]''||Phil||
|-
|1999||''[[Macbeth in Manhattan]]''||Richard, Director||
|-
|2001||data-sort-value="Body, The" | ''[[The Body (2001 film)|The Body]]''||Jesus Christ Street Actor||
|-
|2001||''On Edge''||Yuri Moskvin||
|-
|2002||''Mid-Century''||Bill Gates||
|-
|2004||''Tricks''||Ralph||
|-
|2004||data-sort-value="Kiss at Kerouac's Grave, A" | ''A Kiss at Kerouac's Grave''||Will||
|-
|2005||data-sort-value="Civilization of Maxwell Bright, The" | ''[[The Civilization of Maxwell Bright]]''||Ogden||
|-
|2013||''[[Sanitarium (film)|Sanitarium]]''||Gustav|| Segment: "Figuratively Speaking"
|-
|2013||''[[Sweet Talk (film)|Sweet Talk]]''||Professor, Count||
|-
|2014||''[[Reality (2014 film)|Reality]]''||Zog||
|-
|2015||''You Bury Your Own''||Detective Gillespie||
|-
|2016||''[[We Go On]]''||Dr. Ellison||
|-
|2019||''[[Shazam! (film)|Shazam!]]''||Mr. Sivana||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/shazam-movie-john-glover-cast/|title = Shazam! Movie Reportedly Casts Smallville's John Glover|website = [[Screen Rant]]|date = January 10, 2019}}</ref>
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year!!Title!!Role!!Notes
|-
|1975||''[[Kojak]]''||Billy Jo||Episode: "Elegy In An Asphalt Graveyard"
|-
|1984||''[[George Washington (miniseries)|George Washington]]''||[[Charles Lee (general)|Charles Lee]]||Episode: "Charles Lee"
|-
|1985||''[[ABC Afterschool Specials]]''||Mr. Stewart|| Episode: "Don't Touch"
|-
|1985||''[[An Early Frost]]''||Victor DiMato||
|-
|1986||data-sort-value="Twilight Zone, The" | ''[[The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]''||The Alien Ambassador|| Episode: "[[A Small Talent for War]]"
|-
|1986||''[[Murder, She Wrote]]''||Franz Mueller|| Episode: "One White Rose for Death"
|-
|1987||''[[Nutcracker: Money, Madness and Murder]]''||Richard Behrens|| Episode: 1-3 (entire miniseries)
|-
|1987|| ''[[Miami Vice]]'' || Steve Duddy || Episode: "Lend Me an Ear"
|-
|1987||''[[Murder, She Wrote]]''||Andrew Durbin|| Episode: "When Thieves Fall Out"
|- |1988|| ''[[David]]'' || Charles Rothenberg

|1989||''[[Breaking Point (1989 film)|Breaking Point]]''||Dr. Gerber||Television film
|-
|1989||''[[Twist of Fate (1989 TV series)|Twist of Fate]]''||Max Brodsky||TV miniseries
|-
|1989||data-sort-value="Hitchhiker, The" | ''[[The Hitchhiker (TV series)|The Hitchhiker]]''||Miles Duchet||Episode: "Striptease"
|-
|rowspan="2"|1991||''[[What Ever Happened to...]]''||Billy Korn||Television film
|-
|''[[Tales from the Crypt (TV series)|Tales from the Crypt]]''||Sebastian Esbrook||Episode: "Undertaking Palor"
|-
|rowspan="2"|1992||''Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel''||Loco Garrison||Television film
|-
|data-sort-value="Ray Bradbury Theater, The" | ''[[The Ray Bradbury Theater]]||Walter Grip||Episode: "Silent Towns"
|-
|rowspan="5"|1993||''[[Frasier]]''||Ned Miller||Episode: "Oops"
|-
|''[[Crime & Punishment (1993 TV series)|Crime & Punishment]]''||Dennis Atwood||Episode: "Best Laid Plans"; nominated for [[Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
|-
|data-sort-value="Legend of Prince Valiant, The" | ''[[The Legend of Prince Valiant]]''||King Edward||Voice, episode: "The Blackest Poison"
|-
|''[[Animaniacs]]''||[[Rasputin]]||Voice, episode: "Nothing but the Tooth"<ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=John Glover (visual voices guide) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/John-Glover/ |access-date=September 30, 2023 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.</ref>
|-
| ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''||Verad||Episode: "[[Invasive Procedures (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)|Invasive Procedures]]"
|-
|rowspan="2"|1992–1994||''[[Dinosaurs (TV series)|Dinosaurs]]''||Babysitter, Prosecutor, Lucius||Voice, 3 episodes
|-
| ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]''||rowspan="3"|[[Riddler|Edward Nygma / The Riddler]]|| Voice, 3 episodes<ref name="btva" />
|-
| rowspan="4" |1998||''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]''||Voice, episode: "Knight Time"<ref name="btva" />
|-
|data-sort-value="New Batman Adventures, The" | ''[[The New Batman Adventures]]''||Voice, episode: "Judgement Day"<ref name="btva" />
|-
|data-sort-value="Tempest, The" | ''[[The Tempest (1998 film)|The Tempest]]''||Anthony Prosper
|
|-
|''[[Pinky and the Brain]]''
|Tycoon
|Voice, episode: "Pinky's Turn"<ref name="btva" />
|-
|1998–1999||''[[Brimstone (TV series)|Brimstone]]''||The Devil, Angel||13 episodes
|-
|1999–2001||''[[Haunted History (1998 TV series)|Haunted History]]''||Narrator||Voice, 25 episodes
|-
|2001–2011||''[[Smallville]]''||[[Lionel Luthor]] ||145 episodes
|-
|2006||''[[Numb3rs]]''||Samuel Craft (The Psychic)||Episode: "Mind Games"
|-
|2006–2008||''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]''||Declan Gage||2 episodes
|-
|2009||''[[Heroes (American TV series)|Heroes]]''||Samson Gray||Episode: "Shades of Gray"
|-
|2011–2015||data-sort-value="Good Wife, The" | ''[[The Good Wife]]''||Jared Andrews||4 episodes
|-
|2012–2013||''[[Tron: Uprising]]''||Dyson||Voice, 4 episodes<ref name="btva" />
|-
|2014
|data-sort-value="Blacklist, The" | ''[[The Blacklist (TV series)|The Blacklist]]''
|Dr. Bruce Sanders
|Episode: "Berlin"
|-
|2014||''[[Perception (American TV series)|Perception]]''||The Devil||Episode: "Possession"
|-
|2015||''[[Agent Carter (TV series)|Agent Carter]]''||SSR Informant||Episode: "[[The Iron Ceiling]]"
|-
|rowspan="3"|2019||data-sort-value="Good Fight, The" | ''[[The Good Fight]]''||Jared Andrews||Episode: "The One where a Nazi Gets Punched"
|-
|''[[Tales of the City (2019 miniseries)|Tales of the City]]''||Bill Schwartz||Episode: "Next Level Sh*t"
|-
|''[[Evil (TV series)|Evil]]''||Byron Duke||Episode: "3 Stars"
|-
|rowspan="2"|2021||''[[Fear the Walking Dead]]''||Theodore "Teddy" Maddox||5 episodes
|-
|''[[Lucifer (TV series)|Lucifer]]''||Peter Peterson||Episode: "Family Dinner"
|-
|2022||''[[List of Fear the Walking Dead episodes#Dead in the Water|Dead in the Water: A Fear the Walking Dead Story]]''||Theodore "Teddy" Maddox||Web series; episode: "This Ain't It"
|-
|2023||''[[And Just Like That...]]''||Elliot||1 episode
|}

===Video games===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year!!Title!!Voice role!!Notes
|-
|1994||''[[The Adventures of Batman & Robin (video game)|The Adventures of Batman & Robin]]''||The Riddler||
|-
|2003||''[[Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo]]''||Help Points||<ref name="btva" />
|-
|2010||''[[Tron: Evolution]]''||Abraxas, Jalen||<ref name="btva" />
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===Audiobooks===
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!Year!!Title!!Author
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|rowspan=1|1992||''[[The Thief of Always|The Thief of Always (abridged)]]''||[[Clive Barker]]
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|rowspan=4|1999||''[[Night Shift (short story collection)|Night Shift]]''||[[Stephen King]]
|-
|''[[The Lawnmower Man]]''||Stephen King
|-
|''[[Gray Matter (short story)|Gray Matter]]''||Stephen King
|-
|''[[Thank You for Smoking (novel)|Thank You for Smoking]]''||[[Christopher Buckley (novelist)|Christopher Buckley]]
|-
|2009||''[[Level 26|Level 26: Dark Origins]]''||[[Anthony E. Zuiker]]
|-
|rowspan=4|2010||''[[Worst Case]]''|| [[James Patterson]] and Michael Ledwidge
|-
|''[[The Bride Collector]]''||[[Ted Dekker]]
|-
|''[[The Tempest]]''||[[William Shakespeare]]
|-
|''Red Harvest''||[[Joe Schreiber]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2011||''[[Gideon's Sword]]''||[[Douglas Preston]], [[Lincoln Child]]
|-
|''[[Dracula|Dracula (Dramatized)]]''||[[Bram Stoker]] and Charles Morey
|-
|}

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* [http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=8666 Interview with John Glover]
* [http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=8666 Interview with John Glover]
* [http://www.broadway.com/gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=546641 Q&A: John Glover] at Broadway.com



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Latest revision as of 00:41, 7 May 2024

Not to be confused with English actor Jon Glover.

John Glover
Glover at the 2020 GalaxyCon Richmond
Born
Kingston, New York, U.S.
Alma materTowson University
OccupationActor
Years active1970–present
Spouse
Adam Kurtzman
​
(m. 2016)​

John Soursby Glover Jr. (/ˈɡlʌvər/) is an American actor, known for a range of villainous roles in films and television, including Daniel Clamp in Gremlins 2: The New Batch and Lionel Luthor in Smallville. He is also the voice of Riddler in the DC Animated Universe.

Early life[edit]

Glover was born in Kingston, New York,[1] and raised in Salisbury, Maryland, the son of Cade (née Mullins) and John Soursby Glover, a television salesman.[2][3] Glover attended Wicomico High School and acted at Towson University.[4][5]

Glover began his career at the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia, and later studied acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse under Milton Katselas.[6]

Career[edit]

Glover began his career in television, playing a mentally disturbed kidnapper who kidnapped Joanne, the lead character on Search for Tomorrow. One of his early film performances was a role as a U.S. diplomat in White Nights. His other roles include Alan Raimy in 52 Pick-Up, Bryce Cummings in Scrooged, Tony Gateworth in Masquerade, Daniel Clamp in Gremlins 2: The New Batch, a mobster in Payback, an advertising spokesman in RoboCop 2, Derek Mills in Night of the Running Man, the Riddler in Batman: The Animated Series, Doctor Jason Woodrue in Batman & Robin, Verad in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Invasive Procedures", the Devil in the series Brimstone, and a recurring role in The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd as Cousin Jerry, from Bal'mer, a relative whom no one actually seemed to know.

In 1987, he appeared in the Miami Vice episode "Lend Me an Ear" as Steve Duddy. He also appeared in two episodes of Murder, She Wrote, "One White Rose for Death" and "When Thieves Fall Out". He appeared in the television film An Early Frost in 1985, the first TV film to confront the issue of AIDS, and received an Emmy nomination for his performance as a gay AIDS patient.[7] In 1986, he appeared in the TV film Apology with Lesley Ann Warren.

Glover in the 1991 Emmy Awards

He appeared in the role of Max Brodsky, an inmate in concentration camps and later a fighter for Israel's independence, in Ian Sharp's 1989 TV miniseries Twist of Fate (also known as Pursuit). That same year, he played a hard-driving, low-on-morals district sales manager in HBO's Traveling Man. He also received a 1994 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his appearance in Frasier.[7]

Glover is perhaps best known for his role as Lionel Luthor on Smallville from 2001 to 2008 where he first appeared as a guest actor in the show's first season and then appeared as a full cast member from seasons two to seven. He later returned in 2010 and 2011 for the tenth and final season as a parallel universe version of the character.[8]

He had a small appearance in the Woody Allen film Annie Hall (1977) in a flashback in which he tells the title character, "Touch my heart. With your foot." He had a recurring role in Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Declan Gage, an old friend and mentor to Detective Robert Goren. On ABC's Brothers & Sisters he played Henry (the boyfriend of Saul Holden) in 2009. In Heroes he had a brief appearance as Samson Gray, the father of Sylar.

He had made notable appearances on stage, winning a Tony Award for Featured Actor in a Play for his dual roles in the Broadway play Love! Valour! Compassion!, which he reprised in the film version. In 2004, he performed with the Philadelphia Theatre Company staging of Edward Albee's The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?

He also appeared as "man in the chair/narrator" in The Drowsy Chaperone on Broadway during summer 2007. He played the role of Lucky in a Broadway production of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, for which he earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play. In 2014, he appeared as Leonato in the Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing.[9]

He played Telemachus in Yuri Rasovsky's Peabody Award-winning radio dramatization of The Odyssey of Homer and has played in several radio plays of the LA Theatre Works. Glover is receiving increasing recognition for narrating audiobooks. In 2011, he performed the audiobook version of Ghost Story, the thirteenth novel in Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files series. In October/November 2011, he performed in David Bar Katz's drama The Atmosphere of Memory at the Bank Street Theatre in New York City, co-starring with Ellen Burstyn in a LAByrinth production. He played the role of Uncle Ben in the 2012 Broadway production of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, directed by Mike Nichols. He is seen rehearsing the role of John Kreese in behind-the-scenes pre-production footage from The Karate Kid, indicating he may have been considered for that role.[10] In 2013, Glover starred in the horror anthology Sanitarium. He also guest-starred in an episode of Agent Carter.[11] Glover has done various voice-over work for several projects related to Tron: Legacy: the villain Abraxas in Tron: Evolution, and Dyson in Tron: Uprising. In 2014, he guest-starred on The Blacklist in the episode titled "Berlin".

Personal life[edit]

Glover is gay. He married sculptor Adam Kurtzman in 2016,[12] whom he had been dating since 1993.[13] According to Glover, he slept with Freddie Mercury in the 1970s.[12]

Glover is involved with the Alzheimer's Association. His father had Alzheimer's disease, leading Glover to become more active in charity and activism surrounding the disorder.[13]

Glover returns to Towson annually to work with theater students.[14][15] The theater department awards a scholarship in his name.[16]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1973 Shamus Johnnie
1977 Annie Hall Actor Boy Friend
1977 Julia Sammy
1978 Somebody Killed Her Husband Herbert Little
1979 Last Embrace Richard Peabody
1980 The American Success Company Ernst
1980 The Mountain Men Nathan Wyeth
1980 Melvin and Howard Freese – Attorney #2
1981 The Incredible Shrinking Woman Tom Keller
1982 A Little Sex Walter
1984 The Evil That Men Do Briggs
1985 White Nights Wynn Scott
1986 A Killing Affair Sheb Sheppard
1986 52 Pick-Up Alan Raimy
1986 Willy/Milly Fred Niceman
1988 David Charles Rothenberg
1988 Masquerade Tony Gateworth
1988 Rocket Gibraltar Rolo Rockwell
1988 Scrooged Brice Cummings
1988 The Chocolate War Brother Leon
1989 Meet the Hollowheads Henry Hollowhead
1990 Gremlins 2: The New Batch Daniel Clamp
1990 RoboCop 2 Magnavolt salesman
1993 Ed and His Dead Mother A. J. Pattle
1994 In the Mouth of Madness Saperstein
1995 Night of the Running Man Derek Mills
1995 Automatic Goddard Marx
1997 Love! Valour! Compassion! John Jeckyll, James Jeckyll
1997 Batman & Robin Dr. Jason Woodrue
1997 Medusa's Child Rogers Henry
1998 Dead Broke Sam
1997 The Broken Giant Bennett Hale
1999 Payback Phil
1999 Macbeth in Manhattan Richard, Director
2001 The Body Jesus Christ Street Actor
2001 On Edge Yuri Moskvin
2002 Mid-Century Bill Gates
2004 Tricks Ralph
2004 A Kiss at Kerouac's Grave Will
2005 The Civilization of Maxwell Bright Ogden
2013 Sanitarium Gustav Segment: "Figuratively Speaking"
2013 Sweet Talk Professor, Count
2014 Reality Zog
2015 You Bury Your Own Detective Gillespie
2016 We Go On Dr. Ellison
2019 Shazam! Mr. Sivana [17]

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1975 Kojak Billy Jo Episode: "Elegy In An Asphalt Graveyard"
1984 George Washington Charles Lee Episode: "Charles Lee"
1985 ABC Afterschool Specials Mr. Stewart Episode: "Don't Touch"
1985 An Early Frost Victor DiMato
1986 The Twilight Zone The Alien Ambassador Episode: "A Small Talent for War"
1986 Murder, She Wrote Franz Mueller Episode: "One White Rose for Death"
1987 Nutcracker: Money, Madness and Murder Richard Behrens Episode: 1-3 (entire miniseries)
1987 Miami Vice Steve Duddy Episode: "Lend Me an Ear"
1987 Murder, She Wrote Andrew Durbin Episode: "When Thieves Fall Out"
1989 Breaking Point Dr. Gerber Television film
1989 Twist of Fate Max Brodsky TV miniseries
1989 The Hitchhiker Miles Duchet Episode: "Striptease"
1991 What Ever Happened to... Billy Korn Television film
Tales from the Crypt Sebastian Esbrook Episode: "Undertaking Palor"
1992 Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel Loco Garrison Television film
The Ray Bradbury Theater Walter Grip Episode: "Silent Towns"
1993 Frasier Ned Miller Episode: "Oops"
Crime & Punishment Dennis Atwood Episode: "Best Laid Plans"; nominated for Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
The Legend of Prince Valiant King Edward Voice, episode: "The Blackest Poison"
Animaniacs Rasputin Voice, episode: "Nothing but the Tooth"[18]
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Verad Episode: "Invasive Procedures"
1992–1994 Dinosaurs Babysitter, Prosecutor, Lucius Voice, 3 episodes
Batman: The Animated Series Edward Nygma / The Riddler Voice, 3 episodes[18]
1998 Superman: The Animated Series Voice, episode: "Knight Time"[18]
The New Batman Adventures Voice, episode: "Judgement Day"[18]
The Tempest Anthony Prosper
Pinky and the Brain Tycoon Voice, episode: "Pinky's Turn"[18]
1998–1999 Brimstone The Devil, Angel 13 episodes
1999–2001 Haunted History Narrator Voice, 25 episodes
2001–2011 Smallville Lionel Luthor 145 episodes
2006 Numb3rs Samuel Craft (The Psychic) Episode: "Mind Games"
2006–2008 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Declan Gage 2 episodes
2009 Heroes Samson Gray Episode: "Shades of Gray"
2011–2015 The Good Wife Jared Andrews 4 episodes
2012–2013 Tron: Uprising Dyson Voice, 4 episodes[18]
2014 The Blacklist Dr. Bruce Sanders Episode: "Berlin"
2014 Perception The Devil Episode: "Possession"
2015 Agent Carter SSR Informant Episode: "The Iron Ceiling"
2019 The Good Fight Jared Andrews Episode: "The One where a Nazi Gets Punched"
Tales of the City Bill Schwartz Episode: "Next Level Sh*t"
Evil Byron Duke Episode: "3 Stars"
2021 Fear the Walking Dead Theodore "Teddy" Maddox 5 episodes
Lucifer Peter Peterson Episode: "Family Dinner"
2022 Dead in the Water: A Fear the Walking Dead Story Theodore "Teddy" Maddox Web series; episode: "This Ain't It"
2023 And Just Like That... Elliot 1 episode

Video games[edit]

Year Title Voice role Notes
1994 The Adventures of Batman & Robin The Riddler
2003 Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo Help Points [18]
2010 Tron: Evolution Abraxas, Jalen [18]

Audiobooks[edit]

Year Title Author
1992 The Thief of Always (abridged) Clive Barker
1999 Night Shift Stephen King
The Lawnmower Man Stephen King
Gray Matter Stephen King
Thank You for Smoking Christopher Buckley
2009 Level 26: Dark Origins Anthony E. Zuiker
2010 Worst Case James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
The Bride Collector Ted Dekker
The Tempest William Shakespeare
Red Harvest Joe Schreiber
2011 Gideon's Sword Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Dracula (Dramatized) Bram Stoker and Charles Morey

References[edit]

  1. ^ Buck, Jerry (February 23, 1992). "To Smile—and Still Be Glover: Actor's Villainy in 'Grass Roots' Makes Room For Shakespeare". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on June 10, 2023. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  2. ^ "Who's who from Salisbury". Daily Times. Archived from the original on September 24, 2014. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  3. ^ Cox, Jeremy (September 22, 2014). "Actor John Glover returns to Salisbury for a cause". Delmarva Now. Archived from the original on January 8, 2016. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  4. ^ "John Glover Biography". Yahoo. Archived from the original on April 30, 2007. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  5. ^ "Phedre Sold Out Six Nights In World Premiere". Tower Light. March 25, 1966. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
  6. ^ "John Glover on The Beverly Hills Playhouse Acting School". Retrieved July 29, 2014.
  7. ^ a b "JOHN GLOVER - Emmy Awards, Nominations and Wins". Emmys.com. March 3, 2024. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  8. ^ "Lionel Luthor Returning to Smallville". TVGuide.com. Retrieved August 20, 2010.
  9. ^ Brantley, Ben (June 17, 2014). "Lily Rabe in 'Much Ado About Nothing' in Central Park". New York Times. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  10. ^ "THE KARATE KID 1983 READ THRU PART 1". YouTube.com. Archived from the original on December 22, 2021. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
  11. ^ Jose Molina (writers) & Peter Leto (director) (February 3, 2015). "The Iron Ceiling". Agent Carter. Season 1. Episode 5. ABC.
  12. ^ a b Rosenbaum, Michael (June 18, 2019). "John Glover". Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum (Podcast). Unqualified Productions. Archived from the original on June 18, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  13. ^ a b Green, Bill (June 22, 2005). "Out in Smallville: Smallville's John Glover". WC Times. Archived from the original on June 15, 2009. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  14. ^ "Cofac Today" (PDF). Towson University. 2013. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 12, 2021. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  15. ^ Waldsachs, Wendy S. (October 12, 1995). "Tony Award-winning alumnus John Glover visits TSU theatre department". The Towerlight. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
  16. ^ "Scholarships for Current Majors". Towson University. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
  17. ^ "Shazam! Movie Reportedly Casts Smallville's John Glover". Screen Rant. January 10, 2019.
  18. ^ a b c d e f g h "John Glover (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved September 30, 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.

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