Danny Glover
American actor, film director, political activist
Daniel Lebern “Danny” Glover is an American actor, film director and political activist. Glover is well known for his roles as Detective Sergeant Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon film series, Mr. Albert Johnson in The Color Purple, cowboy Mal Johnson in Silverado, Michael Harrigan in Predator 2, corrupt cop James McFee in Witness, Colonel Isaac Johnson in Shooter, Detective David Tapp in Saw, and George Knox in Angels in the Outfield. He has also appeared in many other movies, television shows, and theatrical productions. He is an active supporter of various humanitarian and political causes.
While attending San Francisco State University (SFSU), Glover was a member of the Black Students Union, which, along with the Third World Liberation Front and the American Federation of Teachers, collaborated in a five-month student-led strike to establish a Department of Black Studies. It helped create not only the first Department of Black Studies but also the first School of Ethnic Studies in the United States. Glover was charged with disorderly conduct and unlawful assembly after being arrested outside the Sudanese Embassy in Washington during a protest over Sudan’s humanitarian crisis in Darfur. Glover’s long history of union activism includes support for the United Farm Workers, UNITE HERE, and numerous service unions. In January 2006, Harry Belafonte led a delegation of activists, including Glover and activist/professor Cornel West, in a meeting with President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez.
Glover is a board member of The Algebra Project, The Black AIDS Institute, Walden House, Cheryl Byron’s Something Positive Dance Group, and is a member of the board of directors of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, a think tank led by economist Dean Baker. Glover is also an active board member of the TransAfrica Forum.
The Common Good hosted Glover in March of 2015; The Common Good Trip to Selma, Alabama.
Twitter: @mrdannyglover
