Danny Glover
Danny Glover livers (* 22. July 1946 in San Francisco , California ) is an American actor , film director , UNICEF - Special Envoy , political activist and singer . Glover was best known for his role as Sergeant Roger Murtaugh as a partner of Mel Gibson in the Lethal Weapon films.
life and career
Danny Glover graduated from San Francisco State University . He was a member of the revolutionary Black Panther Party in his youth . Since 1975 he has been married to Asake Bomani, with whom he has a daughter. He got into acting through his work at the Black Actors Workshop at the American Conservatory Theater .
Since 1979 he has worked in more than 180 film and television productions of various genres. He became better known in 1984 for a role in The Color Purple . In 1987 he played in Lethal Weapon - Two Steel-Hard Professionals , for which he was honored with the Image Award . He was to receive this award seven more times. Glover was also featured in the three sequels.
Glover is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Forum TransAfrica , an organization dedicated to educating the public about the economic, political, and moral ramifications of U.S. foreign policy and its impact on the African continent, Caribbean, and Latin American Africans. He is also a UNICEF special envoy.
As a director, Glover appeared with the short film Override (1994) on the Showtime TV channel.
Glover participated in 2008 among others as a producer on the Palestinian feature film The Salt of the Sea . He has worked as a producer in various functions since the 1990s, and since the 2000s he has been an executive producer in documentaries in particular.
Uwe Friedrichsen was his German dubbing voice in all Lethal Weapon films . Jürgen Kluckert is currently Glover's standard voice.
Political commitment
Glover campaigns for the release of prisoners like the Miami Five . He is also on the advisory board of the South American news broadcaster telesur .
He also regularly supports unions such as the UFCW or SEIU in their commitment to the rights and employment conditions of workers and employees.
Glover was also featured in the 2008 documentary, The Garden , about the eviction of Latinos from a community gardening project in Los Angeles.
Hugo Chávez was a personal friend of Glover and in 2007 funded a film project Glover about François-Dominique Toussaint L'Ouverture . When Jean-Bertrand Aristide returned to Haiti in 2011 from exile in South Africa forced by the United States and France , Glover accompanied him with media coverage.
Glover describes himself as a socialist and supported Bernie Sanders in the 2016 US presidential election.
Filmography (selection)
- 1979: BJ and the Bear ( BJ and the Bear , TV series, Episode 1x03 A Coffin with a View )
- 1979 Escape from Alcatraz (Escape from Alcatraz)
- 1979: Lou Grant (TV series, episode 3x03 Slammer )
- 1979: Paris (TV series, episode 1x02 Dear John )
- 1981: Palmerstown, USA (TV series, episode 2x06 The Threat )
- 1981: The Greatest American Hero (TV series, episode 1x07 Fire Man )
- 1981: Crazy Street Life (Chu Chu and the Philly Flash)
- 1981: Hill Street Police Station ( Hill Street Blues , TV series, 4 episodes)
- 1981: Gimme a Break! (TV series, episode 1x06 A Man in Nell's Room )
- 1982: Out
- 1983: The Face of Rage (TV movie)
- 1983: The Police Chiefs of Delano ( Chiefs , three- part television series, episode 1x02 Part 2 )
- 1983: The Heroes' Guilt ( Memorial Day , TV movie)
- 1984: Places in the Heart (Places in the Heart)
- 1984: Return from Another World (Iceman)
- 1985: The Color Purple (The Color Purple)
- 1985: The Only Witness
- 1985: Silverado
- 1987: Lethal Weapon - Two steel-hard professionals (Lethal Weapon)
- 1988: BAT-21 - In the middle of the fire (BAT21)
- 1989: Lonesome Dove (four-part television series)
- 1989: Focal Point LA (Lethal Weapon 2)
- 1990: Predator 2
- 1991: Flight of the Intruder (Flight of the Intruder)
- 1991 Pure Luck (Pure Luck)
- 1991: Grand Canyon - In the Heart of the City (Grand Canyon)
- 1992: Brennpunkt LA - The pros are back (Lethal Weapon 3)
- 1993: Bopha!
- 1993: Streets of New York (The Saint of Fort Washington)
- 1994: Angels - Angels really do exist! (Angels in the Outfield)
- 1994: Maverick - The Colt on your belt, an ace up your sleeve (Maverick)
- 1995: Operation: Dumbo (Operation Dumbo Drop)
- 1997: Wild America
- 1997: Switchback - Merciless escape (Switchback)
- 1997: The $ 100,000 Gone Fishin '
- 1997: The Rainmaker (The Rainmaker)
- 1998: Lethal Weapon 4
- 1998: Human Child (Beloved)
- 2000: 3 am - three hours after midnight (3 AM)
- 2001: The Royal Tenenbaums (The Royal Tenenbaums)
- 2004: Earthsea - The Saga of Earth Sea (two-part TV series, all episodes)
- 2004: Saw
- 2005: Emergency Room - Die Notaufnahme ( ER , TV series, 4 episodes)
- 2005: Manderlay
- 2005: Missing in America
- 2006: Dreamgirls
- 2006: Poor Boy's Game
- 2006: The Last Judgment of Bamako (Bamako)
- 2006: Shaggy Dog - Listen to Who's Barking (The Shaggy Dog)
- 2007: Shooter
- 2007: Terra
- 2007: Honeydripper
- 2007: Namibia - The Struggle for Liberation (Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation)
- 2007–2008: Brothers & Sisters (TV series, 6 episodes)
- 2008: Wacked (Be Kind Rewind)
- 2008: The City of the Blind (Blindness)
- 2008: Gospel Hill
- 2009: Night Train
- 2009: 2012
- 2009: My Name Is Earl (TV series, episode 4x19)
- 2010: Legendary - There's a hero in everyone (Legendary)
- 2010: Five Minarets in New York (Five Minarets in New York)
- 2010: Death at a Funeral (Death at a Funeral)
- 2010: Alpha and Omega (Alpha and Omega)
- 2011: Age of the Dragons
- 2011: Mysteria
- 2011: Leverage (TV series, episode 4x04 The Van Gogh Job )
- 2011: Psych (TV series, episode 6x05)
- 2012: Touch (TV series, 7 episodes)
- 2013: Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
- 2013: Extraction
- 2013: Space Warriors - The Crazy Space Camp (Space Warriors)
- 2014: Tokarev - The past never dies (Rage)
- 2014: Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses (Bad Asses)
- 2014: Supremacy
- 2014: Day of the Mummy
- 2015: Bad Ass 3 (Bad Asses on the Bayou)
- 2015: Checkmate - game with no way out
- 2015: Waffle Street
- 2015: Diablo
- 2015: Gridlocked - In the line of fire (Gridlocked)
- 2016: Dirty Grandpa
- 2016: Criminal Minds (TV series, episode 11x16 Derek )
- 2016: Monster Trucks
- 2016: 93 days
- 2017: Blackmail - How Much Is Your Family Worth? (Extortion)
- 2018: Proud Mary
- 2018: Sorry to Bother You
- 2018: Come Sunday
- 2018: Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
- 2018: Ein Gauner & Gentleman (The Old Man & the Gun)
- 2018: Death Race: Anarchy
- 2019: The Last Black Man in San Francisco
- 2019: The Dead Don't Die
- 2019: Jumanji: The Next Level
- 2020: The Drummer
- 2020: Black-ish (TV series, episode 7x06 Our Wedding Dre )
- 2021: Saint Paul
Awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that it would be honoring him with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in January 2022 for his social commitment .
Web links
- Danny Glover in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Literature by and about Danny Glover in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tim Padgett and Kathie Klarreich: Hugo Chavez, Movie Mogul . In: time.com , May 24, 2007, accessed August 27, 2014
- ↑ Michael Futch: Actor, activist Danny Glover rallies for union members at Mountaire Farms . In: fayobserver.com , August 6, 2014, accessed August 27, 2014
- ↑ Danny Glover dirigirá película sobre líder independent ista haitiano Toussaint Louverture . ( Memento from August 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: telesurtv.net , May 21, 2007, accessed on April 1, 2019 (Spanish)
- ↑ Harald Neuber: Aristide calls for a fresh start for Haiti - Former president returns from exile. Family and US actor Glover on the plane. Talk at the Port-au-Prince airport . In: amerika21.de , March 19, 2011, accessed on August 27, 2014
- ^ C-SPAN: Danny Glover introduces Bernie Sanders (C-SPAN). February 22, 2016. Retrieved January 5, 2017 .
- ↑ THE ACADEMY TO HONOR DANNY GLOVER, SAMUEL L. JACKSON, ELAINE MAY AND LIV ULLMANN WITH OSCARS® AT 2022 GOVERNORS AWARDS. June 24, 2021, accessed June 25, 2021 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Glover, Danny |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Glover, Danny Lebern (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American actor, film director, political activist, singer and UNICEF special envoy |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1946 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | San Francisco , California, United States |