danny glover is an american actor film producer film director voice actor and political activist
he's widely known for his lead role as roger murtagh in the lethal weapon film series
he also had leading roles in his films including predator 2 the color purple operation dumbo drop
angels in the outfield and to sleep with anger in 2021 it was announced that the academy of
motion pictures arts and sciences would bestow the gene herschel humanitarian award to glover for his
decades-long advocacy for justice and human rights which reflects his dedication to recognizing
our shared humanity on and off the screen danny glover has an estimated net worth of 40 million us
dollars about danny glover's early life danny la byrne glover was born on july 22 1946 in san
francisco he's the son of carrie hundley and james glover his parents both postal workers were active
in the national association for the advancement of colored people or the naacp working to advance
equal rights glover's mother daughter of a midwife was born in louisville georgia and graduated from
payne college in augusta georgia his father was a world war ii veteran as an adolescent and a young
adult danny glover suffered from epilepsy but has not suffered a seizure since age
35. he graduated from george washington high school in san francisco danny glover attended
san francisco state university in the late 1960s but didn't graduate san francisco state university
later awarded him the presidential medal of san francisco state university for his service to
education danny glover trained the black actors workshop of the american conservatory theater
he is six foot three inches tall or 1.92 meters tall about danny glover's personal life danny
glover married osake bomani in 1975 and they have a daughter mandysa glover who was born in 1976.
danny glover and osake bomani divorced in 2000 in 2009 danny glover married elaine caballero
on april 16 2010 danny glover was arrested in maryland during a protest by seiu workers for
sodexo's alleged unfair and illegal treatment of workers he was given a citation and later released
the associated press reports glover and others stepped past yellow police tape
and were asked to step back three times at sodexo headquarters when they refused officers
arrested them about danny glover's career glover originally worked in city administration working
on community development before transitioning to theater his first exposure to working in theater
was with the american conservatory theater a regional training program in san francisco danny
glover trained with gene shelton at the shelton actors lab in san francisco and in an interview
on inside the actor's studio he credited gene shelton for much of his development as an actor
glover then resigned from his city administration job and soon began his career as a stage actor he
relocated to los angeles where he would later go on to co-found the roby theater company with actor
ben guillory in honor of actor and concert singer paul robeson in los angeles in 1994 danny glover
made his on-screen debut and escaped to alcatraz in 1979 he followed it up with various small parts
before landing the leading role of albert johnson in the color purple in 1985. danny glover became
a household name when he was cast in the leading role of police sergeant roger murtagh in the 1987
action film lethal weapon alongside mel gibson and joe pesci the film spawned three sequels over the
next 10 years with danny glover reprising his role of roger murtagh in each installment in 1990 danny
glover furthered his recognition when he starred with gary busey in the blockbuster predator 2.
that same year danny glover won an independent spirit award for best male lead for his
performance in charles burnett's to sleep with anger in 1994 he starred in angels in the outfield
as well as made his directorial debut with the showtime channel short film override in 1997
danny glover under a production company banner of cary films he executive produced numerous films
of first-time directors in 2001 danny glover was featured in wes anderson's the royal tenon bombs
alongside gwyneth paltrow ben stiller and owen wilson he went on to appear as detective david
tapp in 2004's low budget horror flick saw danny glover has 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 dirty grandpa and jumanji the
next level danny glover performed and the people speak a documentary feature film based on howard
zinn's a people's history of the united states in 2019 he appeared in four films the last black
man in san francisco strive the dead don't die and jumanji the next level danny glover has also guest
starred in many television shows and made cameos as himself he also has done voice work for many
children's movies about danny glover's real estate in 1999 danny glover purchased a 6 000 square foot
house in dunthorpe oregon as of 2011 he no longer lives in oregon in 1990 danny glover bought the
spreckels mansion at 737 buena vista avenue west in san francisco for 1.56 million dollars
he lived there with his former wife asaki bomani before their divorce in 2000
after the split osaki bomani remained with the house but danny glover now makes his home in san
francisco just 12 blocks from where he was raised with his sister and three brothers well thanks for
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