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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Newbies | 2025-03-07 | |
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The Naughty Nine | Santa Claus | 2023-11-09 |
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Double Soul | Michael Tedeschi | 2023-07-13 |
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Press Play | Cooper | 2022-06-16 |
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American Dreamer | Jerry | 2022-11-04 |
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De Quanta Terra Precisa o Homem? | Self | 2022-10-20 |
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When I See Them, I See Us | 2021-03-08 | |
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A Night at the Academy Museum | Self | 2021-10-12 |
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Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man | Narrator (voice) | 2020-09-11 |
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The Drummer | Mark Walker | 2020-10-01 |
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After Fact | Self | 2020-06-15 |
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Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War | Narrator (voice) | 2020-02-16 |
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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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The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs | Narrator (voice) | 2019-09-27 |
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The Robeson Effect | Self | 2019-01-01 |
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Strive | 2019-05-19 | |
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Jumanji: The Next Level | Milo | 2019-12-04 |
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Redeeming Uncle Tom: The Josiah Henson Story | Narrator | 2019-02-04 |
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Always in Season | Narrator (voice) | 2019-01-26 |
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Survivor's Guide to Prison | Self | 2018-02-23 |
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Sorry to Bother You | Langston | 2018-07-06 |
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The Old Man & the Gun | Teddy | 2018-09-27 |
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Proud Mary | Benny | 2018-01-12 |
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Christmas Break-In | Ray | 2018-12-27 |
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Death Race: Beyond Anarchy | Baltimore Bob | 2018-10-02 |
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The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution | Narrator (voice) | 2018-04-26 |
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Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey | Mr. Ocean | 2018-06-14 |
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Howard | Self (archive footage) | 2018-04-22 |
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Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones | Self | 2018-12-09 |
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Come Sunday | Gilbert Pearson | 2018-01-21 |
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Abderrahmane Sissako - Par-delà les frontières | Self | 2017-01-01 |
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Extortion | Detective Constable Haagen | 2017-01-02 |
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The Good Catholic | Victor | 2017-09-08 |
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Tour de Pharmacy | Slim Robinson Present Day | 2017-07-08 |
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The Christmas Train | Max Powers | 2017-11-25 |
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Agents of Change | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2017-06-24 |
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The Curse of Buckout Road | Dr. Powell | 2017-11-24 |
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Vagabonds | Uncle Issa | 2017-10-01 |
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Birth of a Movement | Narrator (voice) | 2017-02-06 |
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Dirty Grandpa | Stinky | 2016-01-20 |
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Back in the Day | Eddie 'Rocks' Travor | 2016-05-20 |
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Diablo | Benjamin Carver | 2016-01-08 |
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93 Days | Dr. Benjamin Ohiaeri | 2016-04-24 |
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Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ Rights | Narrator (voice) | 2016-04-28 |
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Darkweb | The Boss | 2016-03-08 |
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Gridlocked | Sully | 2016-06-14 |
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Monster Trucks | Mr. Weathers | 2016-12-21 |
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Complete Unknown | Roger | 2016-08-26 |
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Pushing Dead | Bob | 2016-09-29 |
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Sr. Pig | Ambrose | 2016-07-22 |
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Almost Christmas | Walter | 2016-11-11 |
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Andron | Chancellor Gordon | 2015-11-08 |
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Waffle Street | Edward Collins | 2015-09-24 |
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Bad Asses on the Bayou | Bernie Pope | 2015-03-06 |
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About Scout | Red | 2015-04-25 |
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Checkmate | Elohim | 2015-07-03 |
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Mississippi Inferno | Narrator (voice) | 2015-02-16 |
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Consumed | Hal Westbrook | 2015-06-01 |
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Toxin | Dr. Locke | 2015-01-29 |
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Caffeinated | Coffee Lover | 2015-01-31 |
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Rage | Detective St. John | 2014-05-09 |
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Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses | Bernie Pope | 2014-04-08 |
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Chasing Shakespeare | William Ward | 2014-02-03 |
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Gus - Petit oiseau, grand voyage | Darius (voice) | 2014-10-17 |
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We Are Many | Self | 2014-06-08 |
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Beyond the Lights | Captain Nicol | 2014-11-14 |
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Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee | Self | 2014-06-22 |
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We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama | 2014-02-11 | |
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Day of the Mummy | Carl | 2014-10-20 |
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The Ninja Immovable Heart | Ex Director Matthew Reynolds | 2014-02-27 |
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2047 - Sights of Death | Sponge | 2014-06-13 |
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Supremacy | Mr. Walker | 2014-06-12 |
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Highland Park | Ed | 2013-06-08 |
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Space Warriors | Commander Phillips | 2013-04-26 |
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Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight | Justice Thurgood Marshall | 2013-10-04 |
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Tula: The Revolt | Shinishi | 2013-07-04 |
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Extraction | Harding | 2013-09-05 |
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The Bouquet | Reverend John | 2013-02-05 |
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The Shift | Floyd | 2013-04-05 |
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Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth | Self | 2013-05-13 |
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Shuffleton's Barbershop | Charlie Shuffleton | 2013-06-01 |
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LUV | Arthur | 2013-01-18 |
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The Lighthouse | Duncan | 2012-09-07 |
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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 | 2012-11-01 |
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A República di Mininus | Dubem | 2012-10-04 |
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Sins | Father Leonard | 2012-05-05 |
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Hannah's Law | Isom Dart | 2012-06-09 |
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Age of the Dragons | Ahab | 2011-03-21 |
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Son of Morning | Gabriel Peters | 2011-02-28 |
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Mooz-lum | Dean Francis | 2011-02-11 |
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Rise Like Lions | Self (Occupy Oakland) | 2011-10-12 |
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Mysteria | Investigator | 2011-10-23 |
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Donovan's Echo | Donovan Matheson | 2011-09-17 |
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Legendary | Harry 'Red' Newman | 2010-09-09 |
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Down for Life | Mr. Shannon | 2010-10-01 |
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Sam Cooke: Crossing Over | Narrator (voice) | 2010-01-11 |
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Alpha and Omega | Winston (voice) | 2010-07-05 |
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2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic | Self | 2010-03-02 |
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Five Minarets in New York | Marcus | 2010-03-09 |
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The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective | Self | 2010-03-02 |
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Death at a Funeral | Uncle Russell | 2010-04-15 |
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I'm Still Here | Danny Glover | 2010-09-10 |
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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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Night Train | Miles | 2009-04-15 |
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2012 | President Thomas Wilson | 2009-10-10 |
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PoliWood | Self | 2009-07-03 |
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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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Blindness | Man with Black Eye Patch | 2008-05-14 |
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Gospel Hill | John Malcolm | 2008-02-09 |
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Agent Crush | Major Rusty Gubbins | 2008-01-01 |
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Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare | Walter Tortoise (voice) | 2008-09-12 |
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Be Kind Rewind | Mr. Fletcher | 2008-02-21 |
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Fats Waller Was Born Here | "Fats" Waller's Father/Mr. Fletcher | 2008-06-17 |
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Shooter | Colonel Isaac Johnson | 2007-03-22 |
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Bamako | Cow-boy | 2007-02-23 |
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Honeydripper | Tyrone Purvis | 2007-09-10 |
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Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation | Father Elias | 2007-06-27 |
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Poor Boy's Game | George | 2007-02-11 |
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Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker' | Self | 2007-07-24 |
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Battle for Terra | President Chen (voice) | 2007-09-06 |
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Dreamgirls | Marty Madison | 2006-12-25 |
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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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The Adventures of Brer Rabbit | Brer Turtle (voice) | 2006-03-21 |
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Barnyard | Miles (voice) | 2006-08-04 |
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Read You Like a Book | 2006-10-01 | |
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P.N.O.K. | Col. Weldon | 2005-01-01 |
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The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2' | Self (archive footage) | 2005-01-25 |
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Missing in America | Jake Neely | 2005-01-01 |
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Manderlay | Wilhelm | 2005-06-03 |
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The Peace! | Self | 2005-09-20 |
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Full Disclosure Report | David Tapp | 2005-10-31 |
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Earthed | 2004-01-01 | |
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The Cookout | Judge Crowley | 2004-09-03 |
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Saw | David Tapp | 2004-10-01 |
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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 (voice) | 2002-04-21 |
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The Royal Tenenbaums | Henry Sherman | 2001-10-05 |
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3 A.M. | Hershey | 2001-07-01 |
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Boesman and Lena | Boesman | 2000-11-03 |
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Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration | Self | 2000-06-06 |
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Freedom Song | Will Walker | 2000-02-27 |
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Bàttu | 2000-09-24 | |
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The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen | Self (archive footage) | 1999-09-14 |
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The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong | Narrator (voice) | 1999-08-27 |
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Our Friend, Martin | Train Conductor (voice) | 1999-01-12 |
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Scared Straight! 20 Years Later | Host | 1999-04-15 |
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Lethal Weapon 4 | Roger Murtaugh | 1998-07-10 |
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Beloved | Paul D | 1998-10-16 |
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The Prince of Egypt | Jethro (voice) | 1998-12-16 |
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Soldier Child | Self - Narrator | 1998-01-01 |
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Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life & Music of Robert Johnson | Self - Narrator (voice) | 1998-09-26 |
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Antz | Barbatus (voice) | 1998-10-02 |
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The Rainmaker | Richter Tyrone Kipler | 1997-11-18 |
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Switchback | Bob Goodall | 1997-10-31 |
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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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Wild America | Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited) | 1997-07-02 |
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America's Dream | Silas (segment "Long Black Song") | 1996-02-17 |
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Red Wind | Philip Marlowe | 1995-11-26 |
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The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self | 1995-06-05 |
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Operation Dumbo Drop | Capt. Sam Cahill | 1995-07-28 |
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Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities | Self | 1995-08-28 |
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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 Saint of Fort Washington | Jerry | 1993-11-03 |
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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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Lethal Weapon 3 | Roger Murtaugh | 1992-05-15 |
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Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion | Narrator (voice) | 1992-08-17 |
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Grand Canyon | Simon | 1991-12-25 |
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A Rage in Harlem | Easy Money | 1991-05-03 |
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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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Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby | Narrator (voice) | 1990-08-17 |
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To Sleep with Anger | Harry | 1990-10-12 |
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Predator 2 | Lieutenant Mike Harrigan | 1990-11-21 |
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Rabbit Ears - Moses in Egypt | Narrator (voice) | 1990-09-01 |
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Rabbit Ears - How the Leopard Got His Spots | Narrator (voice) | 1989-09-01 |
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A Raisin in the Sun | Walter Lee Younger | 1989-02-01 |
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Dead Man Out | Dr. Alex Marsh | 1989-03-12 |
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Lethal Weapon 2 | Roger Murtaugh | 1989-07-07 |
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Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary | Self | 1989-06-15 |
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Hollywood on Horses | Self | 1989-01-01 |
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A Place at the Table | Mr. Scott | 1988-03-20 |
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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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John Henry | John Henry | 1986-12-01 |
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Silverado | Malachi 'Mal' Johnson | 1985-07-10 |
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And the Children Shall Lead | William | 1985-01-01 |
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The Color Purple | Albert | 1985-12-18 |
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The Stand-In | Apples Finnerty | 1985-06-01 |
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Witness | McFee | 1985-02-08 |
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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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Keeping On | Lester Traylor | 1983-02-08 |
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Memorial Day | Willie Monroe | 1983-11-23 |
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The Face of Rage | Gary | 1983-03-20 |
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Out | Jojo / Roland | 1982-01-01 |
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Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer | Oscar Micheaux | 1981-01-01 |
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Chu Chu and the Philly Flash | Morgan | 1981-08-28 |
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Escape from Alcatraz | Inmate | 1979-06-22 |
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San Francisco State: On Strike | self | 1969-01-01 |
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Dirt & Deeds in Mississippi | ||
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Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story | Narrator (voice) | |
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Killing Winston Jones | Washington Carver | |
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Lethal Weapon 5 | Roger Murtaugh | |
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Grizzly Peak | Will |
