Danny Glover

Danny Glover's film and television credits include Places in the Heart, Witness, Silverado, The Color Purple, The Lethal Weapon series, Mandela, Bat-21, To Sleep With Anger, Grand Canyon, The Saint of Fort Washington, Angels in the Outfield, Beloved, Boesman and Lena, The Royal Tenenbaums, and GOOD FENCES. He has received an ACE Award and several NAACP Image Awards for his film and television performances, including Best Actor in LETHAL WEAPON, BELOVED, and HBO's production of MANDELA. Glover received Emmy nominations for Best Supporting Actor for his roles in the television mini-series LONESOME DOVE and for Turner Network Television's FREEDOM SONG.

TO SLEEP WITH ANGER marked Glover's debut as an executive producer. Other films produced by Glover include THE SAINT OF FORT WASHINGTON; HBO's America's Dream series for Black History Month; the HBO-BBC movie DEADLY VOYAGE, based on a true story of eight African stowaways who were slaughtered on high seas by a Ukrainian freighter crew; TNT's BUFFALO SOLDIERS, a dramatic story of America's first all-black calvary unit; and TNT's FREEDOM SONG, a story about the civil rights movement.

Glover hosted and executive produced Courage, a one-hour, weekly prime-time series for Fox Family Channel celebrating and profiling real people who have shown courage and bravery in moments of crisis. Courage was selected by TV Guide as one of the Top Ten Inspirational Shows on Television for 2000. Glover directed JUST A DREAM, a film project for Showtime released during August 2002.

A native of San Francisco, Danny Glover attended San Francisco State University and trained at the Black Actor's Workshop of the American Conservatory. He appeared in numerous stage productions, including The Island and MacBeth at the Los Angeles Actors' Theater and Sizwe Banzi is Dead at the Eureka Theatre. However, it was Glover's performance in the New York production of Athol Fugard's Master Harold and the Boys that first brought the actor national recognition. In the summer of 2003, Danny starred in the well-received revival of Master Harold and the Boys.

As someone who is passionate about community activism and philanthropic efforts, Glover is deeply involved with the Vanguard Public Foundation based in San Francisco. In 2001, he assumed the board chairmanship of TransAfrica Forum, the African-American lobbying organization on Africa and the Caribbean; and he actively serves on the board of The Algebra Project, a math empowerment program developed by civil rights veteran Bob Moses. Internationally, Glover has served as the UNDP Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Program since 1998, focusing on issues of poverty, disease, and economic underdevelopment in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. In recognition of his lifetime dedication to public service, Glover was honored the 2003 NAACP Chairman's Award.

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Danny Glover Facts

Birth Name	Danny Lebern Glover
Occupation	Actor
Birthday	July 22, 1947 (62)
Sign	Cancer
Birthplace	San Francisco, California, USA
Height	6' 4" (1m93)
Awards	1993 MTV Movie Awards: Best On-Screen Duo (for Lethal Weapon 3)

Selected Filmography

Saw (2004)

The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)

The Prince of Egypt (1998)

Angels in the Outfield (1994)

Thumbelina (1994)

Lonesome Dove (1989)

Lethal Weapon (1987)

The Color Purple (1985)

Witness (1985)

Hill Street Blues

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