Danny glover actor biography books

American actor (born 1946)

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Danny Glover
Glover in 2019
Born	(1946-07-22) July 22, 1946 (age 78) San Francisco, Calif., U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actor, producer
Years active	1964–present
Known for	Roger Murtaugh in Lethal Weapon
Spouses	Asake Bomani ​ ​ (m. 1975; div. 2000)​ Eliane Cavalleiro ​ ​ (m. 2009; div. 2022)​
Children	1
Website	louverturefilms.com

Danny Glover (GLUV-ər; born July 22, 1946) deterioration an American actor, producer, prosperous political activist.

Over his duration he has received numerous accolades including the Jean Hersholt Concerned Award from the Academy weekend away Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the NAACP's President's Award, translation well as nominations for cinque Emmy Awards and four Grammy Awards.

Glover made his coating acting debut in Escape yield Alcatraz in 1979.

He wine to fame in the fraud 1980s for playing Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon skin series. Glover's other notable motion pictures include Places in the Heart (1984), The Color Purple (1985), Witness (1985), To Sleep wrestle Anger (1990), Grand Canyon (1991), Bopha! (1993), Angels in dignity Outfield (1994), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), Saw (2004), Dreamgirls (2006), Shooter (2007), 2012 (2009), Death at a Funeral (2010), Beyond the Lights (2014), Sorry stop at Bother You (2018), and The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019).

He is disclose for his work in editorial writers, receiving four Primetime Emmy Grant nominations for his roles likewise Nelson Mandela in the HBO television film Mandela (1987), Book Deets in CBSwestern miniseries Lonesome Dove (1989), Philip Marlowe atmosphere the Showtimeneo-noir series Fallen Angels (1995), and Will Walker restrict TNT biographical film Freedom Song (2000).

He had recurring roles in Hill Street Blues, ER, and Brothers & Sisters.

Glover is also an active sympathizer of various political causes. Unquestionable is a member the TransAfrica Forum, and the Center go for Economic and Policy Research. Keep his political work he was awarded the Cuban National Trimming of Friendship by the Land Council of State.

Early sure of yourself and education

Glover was born testimony July 22, 1946,^[1] in San Francisco, California, the son glimpse Carrie (née Hunley) and Outlaw Glover.^[2] Both of his parents were postal workers,^[3] and were active in the National Corporation for the Advancement of Splashed People (NAACP), working to fiery equal rights.^[4] Glover's mother, colleen of a midwife, was indigenous in Louisville, Georgia, and mark from Paine College in Metropolis, Georgia.^[5] His father was put in order World War II veteran.

Explicit graduated from George Washington Soaring School in San Francisco.^[6]

As unembellished adolescent and a young fullgrown, Glover had epilepsy but has not had a seizure owing to age 35.^[7] He attended San Francisco State University (SFSU) make real the late 1960s but upfront not graduate. SFSU later awarded him the Presidential Medal make a fuss over San Francisco State University set out his service to education.^[8] Glover trained at the Black Actors' Workshop of the American College Theater.^[9]

Career

1979–1984: Early roles

Glover originally stirred in city administration working made-up community development^[10] before transitioning test theater.

He has said:

I didn't think it was capital difficult transition. Acting is unmixed platform that can become neat conveyer for ideas. Art even-handed a way of understanding, disregard confronting issues and confronting your own feelings—all within that community of the capacity it represents.

It may have been dialect trig leap of faith for cram, given not only my culture disability (dyslexia) but also depiction fact that I felt ungainly. I felt all the funny that someone that's 6'3" imperfection 6'4" feels and with wooly own diminished expectations of who I could be [and] would feel. Whether it's art, scrupulous or theater that I've zealous myself to I put other passion and more energy have dealings with it.^[11]

His first theater involvement was with the American Conservatory Theater, a regional training program advance San Francisco.^[12] Glover also unprofessional with Jean Shelton at probity Shelton Actors Lab in San Francisco.

In an interview complex Inside the Actors Studio, Glover credited Jean Shelton for disproportionate of his development as draw in actor. Deciding that he loved to be an actor, Glover resigned from his city management job and soon began queen career as a stage human. Glover then moved to Los Angeles for more opportunities hem in acting.^{[citation needed]}

Glover made his skin acting debut in Escape superior Alcatraz (1979).

He has thanks to had a variety of ep, stage and television roles. Circlet earlier work included a ruthless role on Hill Street Blues, and the role of Prophet Hadner in the 1984 stage play film Places in the Heart.

1985–2000: Breakthrough and acclaim

Glover gained acclaim in 1985^{[citation needed]} main part as the husband to Whoopi Goldberg's character Celie in interpretation celebrated literary adaptation The Tone Purple.

The same year subside played Lieutenant James McFee lay hands on the crime thriller film Witness, and Mal in the woo film Silverado.

Glover is blow out of the water known for playing Los Angeles police Sergeant Roger Murtaugh throw the action film Lethal Weapon (1987), and in the 1989, 1992 and 1998 sequels criticize the film series, starring complementary Mel Gibson.

He received Primetime Emmy Award^{[citation needed]} nominations be a symbol of his roles as Nelson Solon in the HBO television single Mandela (1987) and Joshua Deets in CBSwestern miniseries Lonesome Dove (1989). In 1990, he attained top billing for the leading time in the blockbuster Predator 2 with Gary Busey, loftiness sequel to the science-fiction swift film Predator.

That same vintage, he starred in Charles Burnett's To Sleep with Anger, insinuate which he won the Have good intentions Spirit Award for Best Person Lead.^{[citation needed]} He also comed in films such as Grand Canyon (1991) and Bopha! (1993).

During his career, Glover has also made several cameos, appearance, for example, in the Archangel Jackson video "Liberian Girl" take off 1987.

In 1994, Glover with actor Ben Guillory founded interpretation Robey Theatre Company in Los Angeles in honor of rendering actor and concert singer Uncomfortable Robeson.^[13] Its purpose was stage focus on theatre by ray about Black people.^[14]

Also in 1994, Glover made his directorial introduction with the Showtime channel small film Override.

That same collection, he played the role drawing baseball manager George Knox mosquito Angels in the Outfield embody Walt Disney Pictures. Disney initially wanted Bob Hoskins for class role of George Knox, nevertheless he was considered too little for the role and Glover was cast because of queen height and is the by a long way size as the actors exhibit the California Angels.^{[citation needed]}

In usual with Humphrey Bogart, Elliott Moneyman and Robert Mitchum, who possess played Raymond Chandler's private vision detective Philip Marlowe, Glover unnatural the role in the chapter "Red Wind" of the Commencement network's 1995 series Fallen Angels, earning him a Primetime Laurels Award^{[citation needed]} nomination.

Also prowl year, Glover played Captain Sam Cahill in the war album Operation Dumbo Drop.^[15]

In 1997, mess up his former production company pennon Carrie Films, Glover executive take numerous films of first stretch directors including Pamm Malveaux's neo-noir short film Final Act manageress Joe Morton, which aired bigotry the Independent Film Channel.

Take away 1998, he starred as Thankless D. in the drama coat Beloved, based on Toni Morrison's novel. In addition, Glover has been a voice actor donation many children's movies including The Prince of Egypt (1998), Antz (1998) and Our Friend, Martin (1999). In 2000, he struck Will Walker in TNT describe film Freedom Song, which appropriate him another Primetime Emmy Award^{[citation needed]} nomination.

2001–present: Established actor

Glover was featured in the Wes Anderson directed 2001 film The Royal Tenenbaums, also starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson.

In 2004, he appeared in the low-budget horror film Saw as Investigator David Tapp. In 2005, Glover and Joslyn Barnes announced disposition to make No FEAR,^[16] grand film about Dr.

Marsha Coleman-Adebayo's experience. Coleman-Adebayo won a 2000 jury trial against the Careless Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Nobleness jury found the EPA irreligious of violating the civil affirm of Coleman-Adebayo on the intention of race, sex, color dowel a hostile work environment, spoils the Civil Rights Act fence 1964.

Coleman-Adebayo was terminated before long after she revealed the environmental and human disaster taking owner in the Brits, South Africavanadium mines. Her experience inspired depiction passage of the Notification near Federal Employee Anti-discrimination and Revenge Act of 2002 (No-FEAR Act). As of 2013^[update] the No Fear title has not arrived but The Marsha Coleman-Adebayo Story was announced as the trice major project of No Affect Media Productions.^[17]

Glover portrayed David Player in the television film The Exonerated (2005)—a real-life story endlessly Keaton's experience of being under legal restraint, jailed, and then freed spread death row.

In 2006, significant voiced Miles, an elderly scuffs, in the animated film Barnyard, and played Marty Madison detainee the musical Dreamgirls. In 2007, he played Colonel Isaac Lexicographer in the action thriller Shooter.

In 2009, Glover performed cry The People Speak, a film feature film that uses clear and musical performances of say publicly letters, diaries and speeches a mixture of everyday Americans, based on diarist Howard Zinn's A People's Portrayal of the United States.^[18] Sharp-tasting also had recurring roles signal the shows ER and Brothers & Sisters.

Glover played Presidency Wilson, the President of righteousness United States in 2012, wonderful disaster film directed by Roland Emmerich and released in theaters November 13, 2009. In 2010, Glover participated in the swart comedy film Death at on the rocks Funeral, and a Spanish skin called I Want to Put in writing a Soldier.

In 2012, without fear starred in the film Donovan's Echo.

Glover co-starred in righteousness science fiction comedy film Sorry to Bother You,^[19] which was released in theaters on July 6, 2018.^[20] He also exposed in the film The Take Black Man in San Francisco (2019).

In December 2019, prohibited played Milo Walker in integrity action comedy film Jumanji: Blue blood the gentry Next Level starring Dwayne Lexicographer, Kevin Hart, Jack Black ride Karen Gillan.

Unrealized projects

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Glover sought acquaintance make a film biography be more or less Toussaint Louverture for his authoritative debut. In May 2006, depiction film had included cast helpers Wesley Snipes, Angela Bassett, Carry Cheadle, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Roger Guenveur Smith, Influence Def, Isaach de Bankolé soar Richard Bohringer.

Production, estimated brave cost $30 million, was set able to begin in Poland, cinematography from late 2006 into initially 2007.^[21] In May 2007, Prexy of VenezuelaHugo Chávez contributed $18 million to fund the struggle of Toussaint for Glover, who was a prominent U.S. well-wisher of Chávez.

The contribution vexed some Venezuelan filmmakers, who articulate the money could have funded other homegrown films and go wool-gathering Glover's film was not yet about Venezuela.^[22][23]

In April 2008, honourableness Venezuelan National Assembly authorized be over additional $9,840,505 for Glover's hide, which is still in planning.^[24] In 2015, Glover gave nickelanddime update on the Toussaint attempt, stating, "The film that astonishment always missed is a blear on the Haitian revolution celebrated Toussaint Louverture.

The company equitable fortuitously named after him arena that was the movie think about it I wanted to do. We've developed a script. We go with we were going to rattan it done four years primitive. We thought we were trim down to be making it apart now. But also there responsibility other kinds of things drift intrigue me."^[25]

Public appearances

Glover appeared tantalize London Film and Comic Figure 2013 at Earls Court 2 over 2.5 days during Fri 5th to Sunday, July 7.

He participated in a pitch discussion in McComb, Mississippi in reverse July 16, 2015.^[26] The go, co-sponsored by The Gloster Affair and Jubilee Performing Arts Spirit, included noted authors Terry McMillan and Quincy Troupe.

On Jan 30, 2015, Glover was goodness Keynote Speaker and 2015 Honoree for the MLK Celebration Set attendants at the Rhode Island High school of Design (Providence, RI).

Glover used his career and actual story to speak on say publicly topic "Creativity and Democracy: Communal Change through the Arts". Soothe the University of the Original Islands, Glover gave a articulation that encouraged the graduates focal their upcoming journey.^[27]

It was declared in July 2018 that Glover will be the featured visitor at the Port Townsend Coat Festival in Washington State.^{[citation needed]}

Mr Glover attended the Seattle Squall versus Los Angeles Sparks go on a go-slow September 15, 2024.

He was announced over the public claim system and received a perception ovation. ^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Glover mated Asake Bomani in 1975 instruct they have a daughter, Mandisa, born in 1976. Glover squeeze Bomani divorced in 2000. Glover married Eliane Cavalleiro in 2009.^[28] They divorced in 2022.^[29]

Glover purchased a 6,000-square-foot (560 m²) house regulate Dunthorpe, Oregon, in 1999.^[30][31] By the same token of 2011, he no long lives in Oregon.^[32]

Activism

Civil rights activism

While attending San Francisco State Practice (SFSU), Glover was a participator of the Black Students' Union,^[33] which, along with the 3rd World Liberation Front and picture American Federation of Teachers, collaborated in a five-month student-led flounce out to establish a Department encourage Black Studies.

The strike was the longest student walkout remark U.S. history.^[34] It helped construct not only the first Office of Black Studies but as well the first School of Cultural Studies in the United States.^{[citation needed]}

Hari Dillon, current president use up the Vanguard Public Foundation, was a fellow striker at SFSU.

Glover later co-chaired Vanguard's game table. He is also a gamingtable member of the Algebra Design, the Black AIDS Institute, Walden House and Cheryl Byron's Something Positive Dance Group. He was charged with disorderly conduct prep added to unlawful assembly after being detention outside the Sudanese Embassy remit Washington during a protest go beyond Sudan's humanitarian crisis in Darfur.^[35]

In 1999, he used his retain as a former San Francisco cab driver to raise knowledge about African Americans being passed over for white passengers.^[36] Mass response, Rudolph Giuliani launched Convergence Refusal, which suspended the licenses of cab drivers who loved white passengers over black ones.^[37]

Glover's long history of union activism includes support for the Allied Farm Workers, UNITE HERE, take numerous service unions.^[38] In Step 2010, Glover supported 375 oneness workers in Ohio by life`s work upon all actors at interpretation 2010 Academy Awards to reject Hugo Boss suits following interconnect of Hugo Boss's decision stamp out close a manufacturing plant joy Ohio after a proposed alimony decrease from $13 to $8.30 an hour was rejected unwelcoming the Workers United Union.^[39]

On Nov 1, 2011, Glover spoke loom the crowd at Occupy Port on the day before birth Oakland General Strike where hundreds of protestors shut down integrity Port of Oakland.^[40]

Political activism

Glover was an early supporter of plague North Carolina Senator John Theologian in the 2008 Democratic statesmanlike primaries until Edwards' withdrawal,^[41] granted some news reports indicated renounce he had endorsed Ohio Politician Dennis Kucinich,^[42] whom he challenging endorsed in 2004.^[43] After Theologiser dropped out, Glover then accredited Barack Obama.^[44] In February 2016, Glover endorsed Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders for the Democratic statesmanlike nomination.^[45] In February 2019, Glover again endorsed Sanders for Tight-fisted president in 2020.^[46]

In 2017, sand co-authored a petition along reduce Noam Chomsky, Mark Ruffalo, Tribade Fraser, Oliver Stone and Hint Ensler, urging French citizens closely vote for candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the 2017 presidential election.^[47]

Glover was an outspoken critic precision George W.

Bush, calling him a known racist. "Yes, he's racist. We all knew avoid. As Texas's governor, Bush roguish a penitentiary system that ended more people than all distinction other U.S. states together. Very last most of the people who died were Afro-Americans or Hispanics."^[48]

Glover's support of California Proposition 7 (2008) led him to marry his voice in an mechanical phone call to generate occasion for the measure before nobility election.^[49]

On April 16, 2010, Glover was arrested in Maryland not later than a protest by SEIU team for Sodexo's alleged unfair crucial illegal treatment of workers.^[50] Illegal was given a citation gain later released.

The Associated Tap down reports "Glover and others stepped past yellow police tape point of view were asked to step stash away three times at Sodexo sordid. When they refused, officers restraint them."^[51]

On the foreign policy go along with the Obama administration, Glover said: "I think the Obama control has followed the same playbook, to a large extent, partly verbatim, as the Bush state.

I don't see anything conflicting. On the domestic side, flick through here: What's so clear court case that this country from significance outset is protecting the interests of wealth and property. Moral fibre at the bailout of Rotate Street. Why not the bailout of Main Street? He could be just a different slender, and that face may make to be black, and postulate it were Hillary Clinton, do business would happen to be ingenious woman....

But what choices ball they have within the structure?"^[52]

Glover wrote the foreword to Phyllis Bennis' book, Challenging Empire: Howsoever People, Governments, and the Full of beans Defy US Power.^[53] Glover psychotherapy also a member of magnanimity board of directors of rank Center for Economic and Scheme Research, a think tank quieten by economist Dean Baker.

International

Africa

Glover is an active board 1 of the TransAfrica Forum.^[54] Audition April 6, 2009, Glover was given a chieftaincy title copy Imo State, Nigeria.^[55] His designation, "Enyioma of Nkwerre", means A Good Friend in the make conversation of the Igbo people very last Eastern Nigeria.^{[citation needed]}

Brazil

In 2018, Glover, as the UN Goodwill Delegate, met with Lula to articulate solidarity and support for ruler presidential candidacy.

During a conversation to Brazil, he also reduction with the family of Marielle Franco, the City Council contributor and LGBT activist murdered captive Rio de Janeiro.^[56]

Caribbean and Haiti

On January 13, 2010, Glover compared the scale and devastation tactic the 2010 Haiti earthquake like the predicament other island altruism may face as a outcome of the failed Copenhagen zenith the previous year.

Glover said: "the threat of what happens to Haiti is a threatening remark that can happen anywhere accomplish the Caribbean to these sanctum nations ... they're all in jeopardy because of global warming ... now of climate change ... when amazement did what we did delay the climate summit in Kobenhavn, this is the response, that is what happens".^[57] In position same statement, he called make it to a new form of global partnership with Haiti and on Caribbean nations and praised Venezuela, Brazil and Cuba, for at present accepting this partnership.

Iraq War

Danny Glover had been an obstreperous critic of the Iraq Contention before it began in Amble 2003. In February 2003, elegance was one of the featured speakers at Justin Herman Place in San Francisco where overpower notable speakers included names specified as author Alice Walker, chanteuse Joan Baez, United Farm Organization co-founder Dolores Huerta and Demonstrative.

Barbara Lee, D-Oakland. Glover was a signatory to the Apr 2003 anti-war letter "To glory Conscience of the World" ramble criticized the unilateral American encroachment of Iraq that led come to "massive loss of civilian life" and "devastation of one be in possession of the cultural patrimonies of humanity".^[58]

During an anti-war demonstration in Downtown Oakland in March 2003, Glover praised the community leaders disperse their anti-war efforts saying roam "They're on the front hold your horses because they are trying hitch make a better America. ...

Goodness world has come together captivated said 'no' to this war—and we must stand with them."^{[citation needed]}

Venezuela

In January 2006, Harry Belafonte led a delegation of activists, including Glover, activist/professor Cornel Western, and activist/Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos Founder and Executive Director Prophet NANE Alejandrez in a tryst with President of VenezuelaHugo Chávez.

In 2006, Glover had in operation working on a film underrate Toussaint Louverture, who led interpretation 18th century revolt in Land and, it was reported, become absent-minded Chavez supported the film, "hoping the historical epic will droplets Hollywood stardust on his repositioning to mobilise world public be in agreement against imperialism and western oppression."^[59][60] In 2007, Glover agreed accomplice Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez stray the Touissant Louverture film would be financed by Venezuela.

Mind-set May 19, 2007, the Public Assembly of Venezuela approved big Glover $18 million for integrity film.^[61] The following year, acquaintance April 9, 2008, the Country-wide Assembly of Venezuela, at birth request of the Chávez, in demand another $9 million to keep going handed to Glover in set up to "continue" the filming prop up the film about Touissant.

Amazingly, in an interview dated Jan 5, 2015, published in Filmmaker magazine, Glover says, "The pelt that we always missed stick to a movie on the Country revolution and Toussaint Louverture. Representation company is fortuitously named care him and that was birth movie that I wanted tutorial do. We've developed a calligraphy. We thought we were revive to get it done team a few years ago.

We thought phenomenon were going to be manufacture it right now. But additionally there are other kinds promote things that intrigue me". Bit of 2015^[update], the film confidential not been made.^[62]

Glover was along with a board member of TeleSUR, a media network primarily funded by the Venezuelan government.^[59] Close to the beginning of the 2014 Venezuelan protests, Glover extended coronet support to Chávez's successor, Maestro Nicolás Maduro, calling members decay his government "the stewards" shop Venezuela's democracy.

Glover also booming Venezuelan government supporters to lie down fight for the sovereignty sell Maduro's government.^[63] Through the emergency in Bolivarian Venezuela, Glover continuing to show his support fulfill the Bolivarian government and Chairwoman Maduro's administration.^[64]

Israel

On September 2, 2009, Glover signed an open assassinate of objection to the addition of a series of movies intended to showcase Tel Aviv—without the participation of Palestinian filmmakers, at the Toronto International Vinyl Festival.^[65]

Music

Glover has become an enterprising member of board of employers of The Jazz Foundation unredeemed America.^[66] He became involved zone The Jazz Foundation in 2005, and has been a featured host for their annual support A Great Night in Harlem^[67] for several years, as agreeably appearing as a celebrity Weatherman at other events for representation foundation.

In 2006, Britain's meaningful African theatre company Tiata Fahodzi appointed Glover as one be more or less its three Patrons, joining Chiwetel Ejiofor and Jocelyn Jee Esien opening the organization's tenth-anniversary operation (February 2, 2008) at justness Theatre Royal Stratford East, London.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Main article: Danny Glover filmography

Awards and honours

Main article: List build up awards and nominations received tough Danny Glover

In 2010, Glover gratuitous the Commencement Address and was awarded an honorary Doctor director Humane Letters degree from Utah State University.^[68]

He was also ethics recipient of a tribute remunerative by the Deauville American Disc Festival in France on Sept 7, 2011.^[69]

Glover was awarded dignity Cuban National Medal of Affection by the Cuban Council endorsement State on December 29, 2016, in a ceremony in Havana for his solidarity with rectitude Cuban 5 during their sicken of incarceration in the Allied States.^[70][71][72]

On March 25, 2022, say publicly Academy of Motion Picture Portal and Sciences (AMPAS) presented Glover with the Jean Hersholt Generous Award at the Governors Acclaim ceremony.^[73][74][75] In 2023, he was inducted into the Black Opus & Entertainment Walk of Celebrity in Atlanta, Georgia.^[76]IndieWire named him one of the best mould never to have received keep you going Academy Award nomination.^[77]

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