# Danny Glover filmography

The following are the performance credits of the American actor Danny Glover.

## Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1979 | Escape from Alcatraz | Inmate | |
| 1981 | Chu Chu and the Philly Flash | Morgan | |
| 1982 | Out | Jojo / Roland | Alternative title: Deadly Drifter |
| 1984 | Iceman | Loomis | |
| 1984 | Places in the Heart | Moses "Moze" Hadner | |
| 1985 | Witness | Lieutenant James McFee | |
| 1985 | Silverado | Malachi "Mal" Johnson | |
| 1985 | The Color Purple | Mister Albert Johnson | |
| 1987 | Lethal Weapon | Sergeant Roger Murtaugh | |
| 1988 | Bat*21 | Captain Bartholomew Clark | |
| 1989 | Lethal Weapon 2 | Sergeant Roger Murtaugh | |
| 1990 | To Sleep with Anger | Harry | Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead |
| 1990 | Predator 2 | Lieutenant Mike Harrigan | |
| 1991 | Flight of the Intruder | Commander Frank "Dooke" Camparelli | |
| 1991 | A Rage in Harlem | "Easy Money" | |
| 1991 | Grand Canyon | Simon | |
| 1991 | Pure Luck | Raymond Campanella | |
| 1992 | Lethal Weapon 3 | Sergeant Roger Murtaugh | |
| 1993 | The Saint of Fort Washington | Jerry / The Narrator | |
| 1993 | Bopha! | Micah Mangena | |
| 1994 | Maverick | Bank Robber | Uncredited cameo |
| 1994 | Angels in the Outfield | Angels Manager George Knox | |
| 1994 | Override | | Director, TV short |
| 1995 | Operation Dumbo Drop | Captain Sam Cahill | |
| 1997 | Wild America | Bigfoot | Uncredited cameo |
| 1997 | The Rainmaker | Judge Tyrone Kipler | Uncredited prominent role |
| 1997 | Gone Fishin' | Gus Green | |
| 1997 | Switchback | Bob Goodall | |
| 1998 | The Prince of Egypt | Jethro (voice) | |
| 1998 | Antz | Barbatus (voice) | |
| 1998 | Lethal Weapon 4 | Captain Roger Murtaugh | |
| 1998 | Beloved | Paul D. Garner | |
| 1999 | Our Friend, Martin | Train Conductor (voice) | |
| 2000 | Boesman and Lena | Boesman | |
| 2001 | 3 A.M. | Charles "Hershey" Riley | |
| 2001 | The Royal Tenenbaums | Henry Sherman | |
| 2002 | Just a Dream | | Director Nominated—Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Children/Youth/Family Special |
| 2003 | Good Fences | Tom Spader | |
| 2004 | The Cookout | Judge Crowley | |
| 2004 | Saw | Detective David Tapp | |
| 2005 | Manderlay | Wilhelm | |
| 2005 | Missing in America | Jake Neeley | |
| 2006 | Bamako | Cow-Boy | |
| 2006 | Barnyard | Miles (voice) | |
| 2006 | The Shaggy Dog | Ken Hollister | |
| 2006 | Saw III | Detective David Tapp | Uncredited; archive footage |
| 2006 | Dreamgirls | Marty Madison | |
| 2007 | Shooter | Colonel Isaac Johnson | |
| 2007 | Poor Boy's Game | George Carvery | Nominated—Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role |
| 2007 | Battle for Terra | President Chen (voice) | |
| 2007 | Honeydripper | Tyrone Purvis | |
| 2007 | Miranda Regresa | John Doe | |
| 2008 | Be Kind Rewind | Horace Fletcher | |
| 2008 | Gospel Hill | John Malcolm | |
| 2008 | Tiny Tears | Himself | |
| 2008 | Blindness | Old Man With The Black Eye Patch / The Narrator | |
| 2008 | The Garden | Himself | |
| 2008 | Saw V | Detective David Tapp | Uncredited; archive footage; photographs |
| 2008 | Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare | Walter Tortoise (voice) | |
| 2009 | Night Train | Miles | |
| 2009 | Down for Life | Mr. Shannon | |
| 2009 | The People Speak | Himself | Documentary |
| 2009 | The Harimaya Bridge | Joseph Holder | |
| 2009 | 2012 | President Thomas Wilson | Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture |
| 2009 | At the End of Slavery | The Narrator | |
| 2010 | Stride | James "Honeybear" Powell | |
| 2010 | Death at a Funeral | Uncle Russell | |
| 2010 | Dear Alice | Franzis Namazi | Original title: För kärleken |
| 2010 | Legendary | Harry "Red" Newman | |
| 2010 | Alpha and Omega | Winston (voice) | |
| 2010 | Son of Morning | Gabriel Peters | |
| 2010 | Age of the Dragons | Ahab | |
| 2010 | Mooz-lum | Dean Francis | |
| 2010 | I Want to Be a Soldier | The Principal | |
| 2010 | Five Minarets in New York | Marcus | Original title: New York'ta Beş Minare |
| 2011 | Heart of Blackness | Vaudreuil | |
| 2011 | Donovan's Echo | Donovan Matheson | |
| 2012 | Highland Park | Ed | |
| 2012 | LUV | Arthur | |
| 2012 | Sins Expiation | Father Leonard | |
| 2012 | The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America | Count Basie (voice) | |
| 2013 | Space Warriors | Commander Philips | |
| 2013 | The Shift | Dr. Floyd | |
| 2013 | Chasing Shakespeare | William Ward | |
| 2013 | Tula: The Revolt | Shinishi | |
| 2013 | Extraction | Colonel | |
| 2013 | Alpha and Omega 2: A Howl-iday Adventure | Winston | |
| 2014 | Bad Asses | Bernie Pope | |
| 2014 | Rage | Detective Peter St. John | |
| 2014 | Beyond the Lights | Captain David Nicol | |
| 2014 | Supremacy | Sonny Walker | |
| 2014 | S.O.S - Sights of Death | Sponge | |
| 2014 | Yellowbird | Darius (voice) | English version |
| 2014 | Day of the Mummy | Carl | |
| 2014 | 2047: The Final War | Sponge | Italian film also known as 2047: Sights of Death |
| 2015 | Bad Asses on the Bayou | Bernie Pope | |
| 2015 | Checkmate | Elohim | |
| 2015 | Consumed | Hal Westbrook | |
| 2015 | Gridlocked | "Sully" | |
| 2015 | Waffle Street | Edward Collins | |
| 2015 | About Scout | "Red" Freston | |
| 2015 | Diablo | Benjamin Carver | |
| 2015 | Andron | Chancellor Gordon | |
| 2016 | Dirty Grandpa | "Stinky" | |
| 2016 | Complete Unknown | Roger | |
| 2016 | Back in the Day | Eddie "Rocks" Travor | |
| 2016 | Mr. Pig | Ambrose | Nominated—Ariel Award for Best Actor |
| 2016 | 93 Days | Dr. Benjamin Ohiaeri | |
| 2016 | Almost Christmas | Walter Meyers | |
| 2016 | Dark Web | The Boss | |
| 2016 | Pushing Dead | Bob | |
| 2016 | Monster Trucks | Mr. Weathers | |
| 2017 | Vagabonds | Uncle Issa | Short film |
| 2017 | Extortion | Constable Haagen | |
| 2017 | The Good Catholic | Father Victor | |
| 2017 | Donald Trump, The Koch Brothers & Their War on Climate Science | The Narrator | |
| 2017 | The Curse of Buckout Road | Dr. Lawrence Powell | |
| 2018 | Proud Mary | Benny Spencer | |
| 2018 | Sorry to Bother You | Langston | |
| 2018 | Come Sunday | Gilbert Pearson | |
| 2018 | The Old Man & the Gun | Teddy Green | |
| 2018 | Death Race: Beyond Anarchy | Bob "Baltimore Bob" | Direct-to-video |
| 2019 | The Last Black Man in San Francisco | Grandpa Allen | |
| 2019 | The Dead Don't Die | Hank Thompson | |
| 2019 | Strive | Mr. Rose | |
| 2019 | Jumanji: The Next Level | Milo Walker | |
| 2020 | The Drummer | Mark Walker | |
| 2022 | Press Play | Cooper | |
| 2022 | American Dreamer | Private investigator | |

## Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1979 | B. J. and the Bear | Matt Thomas, TV Reporter | Episode: "A Coffin with a View" Uncredited |
| 1979 | Lou Grant | Leroy | Episode: "Slammer" |
| 1979 | Paris | | Episode: "Dear John" |
| 1980 | Palmerstown, U.S.A. | Harley | Episode: "The Threat" |
| 1981 | Keeping On | Lester | Television movie |
| 1981 | The Greatest American Hero | Vice Officer | Episode: "Fire Man" |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues | Jesse John Hudson | 4 episodes |
| 1981 | Gimme a Break! | Bill | Episode: "A Man in Nell's Room" |
| 1983 | The Face of Rage | Gary | Television movie |
| 1983 | Chiefs | Marshall Peters | Miniseries |
| 1983 | Memorial Day | Willie Monroe | Television movie |
| 1985 | And the Children Shall Lead | William | Television movie |
| 1986 | Tall Tales & Legends | John Henry | Episode: "John Henry" |
| 1987 | Place at the Table | | Television movie |
| 1987 | Mandela | Nelson Mandela | Television movie Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Miniseries or a Movie |
| 1989 | A Raisin in the Sun | Walter Lee Younger | Television movie |
| 1989 | Lonesome Dove | Joshua Deets | Miniseries Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Miniseries or a Movie (see also Bose Ikard) |
| 1989 | Dead Man Out | Dr. Alex Marsh | Television movie Alternative title: Dead Man Walking |
| 1989 | Saturday Night Live | Sergeant Roger Murtaugh | Episode: "Mel Gibson/Living Colour" |
| 1991 | Captain Planet and the Planeteers | Professor Apollo (voice) | Episode: "Isle of Solar Energy" |
| 1992 | The Talking Eggs | The Narrator | Television movie |
| 1993 | Alex Haley's Queen | Alec Haley | Miniseries NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special |
| 1995 | Fallen Angels | Philip Marlowe | Episode: "Red Wind" Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor - Drama Series |
| 1996 | America's Dream | Silas | Television movie (Segment: "Long Black Song") |
| 1997 | Buffalo Soldiers | Sergeant Washington Wyatt | Television movie |
| 2000 | Freedom Song | Will Walker | Television movie Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Miniseries or a Movie Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie |
| 2002 | The Real Eve | The Narrator | Documentary |
| 2003 | Good Fences | Tom Spader | Television movie |
| 2003 | Biography | The Narrator | Episode: "James Baldwin: Witness" |
| 2003 | The Law and Mr. Lee | Henry Lee | Television movie |
| 2004 | Legend of Earthsea | Ogion | Miniseries |
| 2005 | The Exonerated | David | Television movie |
| 2005 | ER | Charlie Pratt Sr. | 4 episodes |
| 2006 | Take 3 | Colonel Weldon | Television movie |
| 2007–2008 | Brothers & Sisters | Isaac Marshall | 6 episodes |
| 2009 | My Name Is Earl | Thomas Monroe | Episode: "My Name is Alias" |
| 2010 | Human Target | Client | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2011 | Psych | Mel Hornsby | Episode: "Dead Man's Curveball" |
| 2011 | Leverage | Charlie Lawson | Episode: "The Van Gogh Job" |
| 2012 | Touch | Professor Arthur Teller | Co-starring role |
| 2012 | Hannah's Law | Ison Dart | Television movie |
| 2013 | American Dad! | Krampus (voice) | Episode: "Minstrel Krampus" |
| 2013 | Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight | Thurgood Marshall | Television movie |
| 2014 | Skittles (Midas Touch) Advert | Midas Touch | Currently airing |
| 2016 | Criminal Minds | Hank Morgan | Episode: "Derek" |
| 2016 | Mozart in the Jungle | The Mayor | Episode: "My Heart Opens to Your Voice" |
| 2017 | Tour de Pharmacy | "Slim" Robinson | Television movie |
| 2017 | Cold Case Files | The Narrator | Documentary series |
| 2017 | The Christmas Train | Max Powers | Television movie |
| 2018 | Christmas Break-In | Ray | Television movie |
| 2020 | Black-ish | Uncle Norman | Episode: "Our Wedding Dre" |
| 2023 | The Naughty Nine | Santa Claus | Television movie |

## Video games

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1991 | Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby | The Narrator (voice) | Credited as Danny Lebern Glover |
| 2023 | Crime Boss: Rockay City | Gloves | |

## Theatre

| Year | Title | Role | Venue(s) | Notes |
| 1982 | "Master Harold"... and the Boys | Willy | Yale Repertory Theatre / Lyceum Theatre | Broadway debut Theatre World Award |
| 1985 | A Lesson from Aloes | | Steppenwolf Theatre | |
| 1999 | Yohen | James | East West Players | |
| 2003 | "Master Harold"... and the Boys | Sam | Royale Theatre | |
| 2017 | Yohen | James | East West Players | |