1946-07-22 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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Press Play | Cooper | 2022-06-16 |
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American Dreamer | 2022-06-11 | |
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A Night at the Academy Museum | Himself | 2021-10-12 |
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After Fact | Self | 2020-06-15 |
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Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man | Narrator | 2020-09-11 |
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Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War | Narrator | 2020-02-16 |
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The Drummer | 2020-10-01 | |
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The Robeson Effect | Self | 2019-01-01 |
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Strive | 2019-05-19 | |
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Always in Season | Narrator (voice) | 2019-01-26 |
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The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs | Narrator | 2019-09-27 |
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The Last Black Man in San Francisco | Grandpa Allen | 2019-06-07 |
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The Dead Don't Die | Hank Thompson | 2019-05-15 |
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Christmas Break-In | Ray | 2019-09-06 |
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Jumanji: The Next Level | Milo | 2019-12-04 |
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Death Race: Beyond Anarchy | Baltimore Bob | 2018-10-02 |
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Howard | Self (archive footage) | 2018-04-22 |
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Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey | Mr. Ocean | 2018-06-14 |
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The Old Man & the Gun | Teddy | 2018-09-27 |
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Come Sunday | Gilbert Pearson | 2018-01-21 |
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Proud Mary | Benny | 2018-01-12 |
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Survivor's Guide to Prison | Himself | 2018-02-23 |
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Sorry to Bother You | Langston | 2018-07-06 |
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The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution | Narrator | 2018-04-26 |
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Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones | 2018-12-09 | |
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Extortion | Constable Haagen | 2017-01-02 |
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The Good Catholic | Victor | 2017-09-08 |
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The Christmas Train | Max Powers | 2017-11-25 |
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Agents of Change | Himself | 2017-06-24 |
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Birth of a Movement | Narrator | 2017-02-06 |
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Tour de Pharmacy | Slim Robinson Present Day | 2017-07-08 |
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The Curse of Buckout Road | Dr. Powell | 2017-11-24 |
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Abderrahmane Sissako - Par-delà les frontières | Himself | 2017-01-01 |
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Pushing Dead | Bob | 2016-09-29 |
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Complete Unknown | Roger | 2016-08-26 |
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Gridlocked | Sully | 2016-06-14 |
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Monster Trucks | Mr. Weathers | 2016-12-21 |
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Dirty Grandpa | Stinky | 2016-01-20 |
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Almost Christmas | Walter | 2016-11-11 |
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Back in the Day | Eddie 'Rocks' Travor | 2016-05-20 |
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93 Days | 2016-04-24 | |
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Diablo | Benjamin Carver | 2016-01-08 |
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Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ Rights | Narrator | 2016-04-28 |
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Darkweb | The Boss | 2016-03-08 |
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Sr. Pig | Ambrose | 2016-07-22 |
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About Scout | Red | 2015-04-25 |
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Consumed | Hal Westbrook | 2015-06-01 |
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Andron | Chancellor Gordon | 2015-11-08 |
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Bad Asses on the Bayou | Bernie Pope | 2015-03-06 |
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Waffle Street | Edward Collins | 2015-09-24 |
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Checkmate | Elohim | 2015-07-03 |
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Caffeinated | Coffee Lover | 2015-01-31 |
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Mississippi Inferno | Narrator | 2015-02-16 |
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Toxin | Dr. Locke | 2015-01-29 |
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We Are Many | Himself | 2014-06-08 |
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The Ninja Immovable Heart | Ex Director Matthew Reynolds | 2014-02-27 |
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We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama | 2014-02-11 | |
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Rage | Detective St. John | 2014-05-09 |
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Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee | Self | 2014-06-22 |
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Gus - Petit oiseau, grand voyage | Darius (voice) | 2014-10-17 |
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2047 - Sights of Death | Sponge | 2014-06-13 |
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Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses | Bernie Pope | 2014-04-08 |
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Supremacy | Mr. Walker | 2014-06-12 |
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Day of the Mummy | Carl | 2014-10-20 |
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Chasing Shakespeare | William Ward | 2014-02-03 |
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Beyond the Lights | Captain Nicol | 2014-11-14 |
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Highland Park | Ed | 2013-06-08 |
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LUV | Arthur | 2013-01-18 |
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The Bouquet | Reverend John | 2013-02-05 |
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Shuffleton's Barbershop | Charlie Shuffleton | 2013-06-01 |
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Space Warriors | Commander Phillips | 2013-04-26 |
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The Shift | Floyd | 2013-04-05 |
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Tula: The Revolt | Shinishi | 2013-07-04 |
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Extraction | Harding | 2013-09-05 |
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Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight | Justice Thurgood Marshall | 2013-10-04 |
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A República di Mininus | Dubem | 2012-10-04 |
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The Lighthouse | Duncan | 2012-09-07 |
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Hannah's Law | Isom Dart | 2012-06-09 |
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Sins | Father Leonard | 2012-05-05 |
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Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon' | Self | 2012-07-04 |
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Shadows of Liberty | Self | 2012-06-12 |
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Casting By | Self | 2012-09-09 |
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Age of the Dragons | Ahab | 2011-03-21 |
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Donovan's Echo | Donovan Matheson | 2011-09-17 |
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Son of Morning | Gabriel Peters | 2011-01-01 |
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Rise Like Lions | Self (Occupy Oakland) | 2011-10-12 |
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Mooz-lum | Dean Francis | 2011-02-11 |
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Mysteria | Investigator | 2011-10-23 |
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Alpha and Omega | Winston (voice) | 2010-09-17 |
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Down for Life | 2010-10-01 | |
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The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective | Self | 2010-03-02 |
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Five Minarets in New York | Marcus | 2010-03-09 |
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De mayor quiero ser soldado | School Director | 2010-10-14 |
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För kärleken | Franzis | 2010-07-09 |
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Sam Cooke: Crossing Over | Narrator | 2010-01-11 |
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I'm Still Here | Himself | 2010-09-10 |
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2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic | Himself | 2010-03-02 |
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Legendary | Harry 'Red' Newman | 2010-09-09 |
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Death at a Funeral | Uncle Russell | 2010-04-15 |
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2012 | President Thomas Wilson | 2009-10-10 |
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Night Train | Miles | 2009-04-15 |
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The Harimaya Bridge | Joseph Holder | 2009-06-13 |
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The People Speak | Self | 2009-12-13 |
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PoliWood | Self | 2009-07-03 |
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Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare | Walter Tortoise (voice) | 2008-09-12 |
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Be Kind Rewind | Mr. Fletcher | 2008-01-20 |
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Saw V | David Tapp (archive footage) | 2008-10-23 |
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Blindness | Man with Black Eye Patch | 2008-05-14 |
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The Garden | Himself | 2008-08-17 |
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Gospel Hill | John Malcolm | 2008-02-09 |
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Shooter | Colonel Isaac Johnson | 2007-03-22 |
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Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation | Father Elias | 2007-06-27 |
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Battle for Terra | President Chen (voice) | 2007-09-06 |
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Poor Boy's Game | George | 2007-02-11 |
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Honeydripper | Tyrone Purvis | 2007-09-10 |
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Dreamgirls | Marty Madison | 2006-12-25 |
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Read You Like a Book | 2006-10-01 | |
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The Exonerated | David Keaton | 2006-03-06 |
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The Shaggy Dog | Ken Hollister | 2006-03-09 |
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Bamako | Cow-boy | 2006-06-21 |
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The Adventures of Brer Rabbit | 2006-03-21 | |
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Barnyard | Miles the Mule (voice) | 2006-08-04 |
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The Peace! | Self | 2005-09-20 |
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P.N.O.K. | Col. Weldon | 2005-01-01 |
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Missing in America | Jake Neely | 2005-01-01 |
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Manderlay | Wilhelm | 2005-05-16 |
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The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2' | (archive footage) | 2005-01-25 |
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Saw | David Tapp | 2004-10-01 |
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The Cookout | Judge Crowley | 2004-09-03 |
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The John Garfield Story | Self | 2003-02-03 |
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Good Fences | Tom Spader | 2003-01-22 |
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The Real Eve | Narrator | 2002-04-21 |
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3 A.M. | Hershey | 2001-07-01 |
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The Royal Tenenbaums | Henry Sherman | 2001-10-05 |
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Bàttu | 2000-09-24 | |
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Freedom Song | Will Walker | 2000-02-27 |
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Boesman and Lena | Boesman | 2000-11-03 |
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Arista 25th Anniversary: 25 Years Of #1 Hits | Self | 2000-06-06 |
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The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong | Narrator | 1999-08-27 |
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Scared Straight! 20 Years Later | Host | 1999-04-15 |
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Our Friend, Martin | Train Conductor (voice) | 1999-01-12 |
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The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen | Self (archive footage) | 1999-09-14 |
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The Prince of Egypt | Jethro (voice) | 1998-12-16 |
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Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life & Music of Robert Johnson | Himself - Narrator (voice) | 1998-09-26 |
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Antz | Barbatus (voice) | 1998-10-02 |
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Lethal Weapon 4 | Roger Murtaugh | 1998-07-10 |
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Beloved | Paul D. Garner | 1998-10-16 |
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How Stella Got Her Groove Back | (scenes deleted) | 1998-08-14 |
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Wild America | Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited) | 1997-07-02 |
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The Rainmaker | Richter Tyrone Kipler | 1997-11-18 |
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Buffalo Soldiers | Sgt. Washington Wyatt | 1997-12-07 |
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Gone Fishin' | Gus Green | 1997-05-30 |
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Switchback | Bob Goodall | 1997-10-31 |
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America's Dream | Silas (segment "Long Black Song") | 1996-01-01 |
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The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self | 1995-06-05 |
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Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities | Himself | 1995-08-28 |
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Operation Dumbo Drop | Capt. Sam Cahill | 1995-07-28 |
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Maverick | Bank Robber (uncredited) | 1994-05-20 |
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Angels in the Outfield | George Knox | 1994-07-15 |
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The Talking Eggs | Narrator (voice) | 1993-06-01 |
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Bopha! | Micah Mangena | 1993-09-16 |
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The Saint of Fort Washington | Jerry | 1993-11-03 |
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Lethal Weapon 3 | Roger Murtaugh | 1992-05-15 |
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Grand Canyon | Simon | 1991-12-25 |
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Flight of the Intruder | Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli | 1991-01-18 |
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Pure Luck | Raymond Campanella | 1991-08-09 |
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A Rage in Harlem | Easy Money | 1991-05-03 |
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Predator 2 | Lieutenant Mike Harrigan | 1990-11-20 |
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To Sleep with Anger | Harry | 1990-10-12 |
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Lethal Weapon 2 | Roger Murtaugh | 1989-07-07 |
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Hollywood on Horses | Himself | 1989-01-01 |
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Liberian Girl | 1989-04-28 | |
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Dead Man Out | Dr. Alex Marsh | 1989-03-12 |
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A Raisin in the Sun | Walter Lee Younger | 1989-02-01 |
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Bat★21 | Capt. Bartholomew Clark | 1988-07-21 |
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Lethal Weapon | Roger Murtaugh | 1987-03-06 |
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Mandela | Nelson Mandela | 1987-09-20 |
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Witness | McFee | 1985-02-08 |
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The Color Purple | Albert Johnson | 1985-12-18 |
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And the Children Shall Lead | William | 1985-01-01 |
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Silverado | Malachi 'Mal' Johnson | 1985-07-10 |
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The Stand-In | Apples Finnerty | 1985-06-01 |
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Places in the Heart | Moze | 1984-09-11 |
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Iceman | Loomis | 1984-04-13 |
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The Face of Rage | Gary | 1983-03-20 |
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Memorial Day | Willie Monroe | 1983-11-23 |
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Keeping On | Lester Traylor | 1983-02-08 |
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Deadly Drifter | Jojo / Roland | 1982-01-01 |
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Chu Chu and the Philly Flash | Morgan | 1981-08-28 |
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Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer | Oscar Micheaux | 1981-01-01 |
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Escape from Alcatraz | Inmate | 1979-01-25 |
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San Francisco State: On Strike | self | 1969-01-01 |
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Lethal Finale | Roger Murtaugh | |
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Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story | Narrator |
