Filmography
Danny Glover
Criminal Minds
2005 · Hank Morgan
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
American Dad!
2005 · Minstrel Krampus (voice)
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Roger Murtaugh (uncredited)
The View
1997 · Self
Hollywood Squares
1998 · Self - Panelist
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003 · Self
ER
1994 · Charlie Pratt Sr.
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
Psych
2006 · Mel Hornsby
Democracy Now!
2001 · Self (archive footage), Self
black-ish
2014 · Uncle Norman
Brothers and Sisters
2006 · Isaac Marshall
Hill Street Blues
1981 · Actor
My Name Is Earl
2005 · Thomas
American Playhouse
1982 · Lester Traylor, Walter Lee Younger
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Presenter
Leverage
2008 · Charlie Lawson
Today
1952 · Self
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990 · Dr. Apollo (voice)
The Reichen Show
2005 · Self
Gimme a Break!
1981 · Actor
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · The King (voice)
Touch
2012 · Professor Arthur Teller
Mozart in the Jungle
2014 · Mayor
Saw
2004 · David Tapp
Human Target
2010 · Client
2012
2009 · President Thomas Wilson
Jumanji: The Next Level
2019 · Milo
Shooter
2007 · Colonel Isaac Johnson
The Prince of Egypt
1998 · Jethro (voice)
Lethal Weapon
1987 · Roger Murtaugh
Fallen Angels
1993 · Marlowe
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 · Self
Predator 2
1990 · Lieutenant Mike Harrigan
Lethal Weapon 2
1989 · Roger Murtaugh
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001 · Henry Sherman
Lonesome Dove
1989 · Joshua Deets
Antz
1998 · Barbatus (voice)
Cold Case Files
2017 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Tall Tales & Legends
1985 · John Henry
Lethal Weapon 3
1992 · Roger Murtaugh
Lethal Weapon 4
1998 · Roger Murtaugh
Witness
1985 · McFee
Silverado
1985 · Malachi 'Mal' Johnson
Barnyard
2006 · Miles (voice)
The Color Purple
1985 · Albert
The Dead Don't Die
2019 · Hank Thompson
Escape from Alcatraz
1979 · Inmate
Saw V
2008 · David Trapp (archive footage)
Dirty Grandpa
2016 · Stinky
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy
2018 · Baltimore Bob
Monster Trucks
2016 · Mr. Weathers
The Rainmaker
1997 · Richter Tyrone Kipler
Sorry to Bother You
2018 · Langston
Maverick
1994 · Bank Robber (uncredited)
Civil War Journal
1993 · Self - Host, Host
Places in the Heart
1984 · Moze
Ironside
2013 · Frank Ironside
Dreamgirls
2006 · Marty Madison
Death at a Funeral
2010 · Uncle Russell
Alex Haley's Queen
1993 · Alec Haley
Blindness
2008 · Man with Black Eye Patch
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
1980 · Actor
Alpha and Omega
2010 · Winston (voice)
Great Railway Journeys
1980 · Self - Presenter
Angels in the Outfield
1994 · George Knox
Iceman
1984 · Loomis
Almost Christmas
2016 · Walter
Be Kind Rewind
2008 · Mr. Fletcher
I'm Still Here
2010 · Danny Glover
Rage
2014 · Detective St. John
Proud Mary
2018 · Benny
Legend of Earthsea
2004 · Ogion
Battle for Terra
2007 · President Chen (voice)
Flight of the Intruder
1991 · Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013 · Justice Thurgood Marshall
Manderlay
2005 · Wilhelm
The Shaggy Dog
2006 · Ken Hollister
The Naughty Nine
2023 · Santa Claus
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
2019 · Grandpa Allen
The Old Man & the Gun
2018 · Teddy
Beloved
1998 · Paul D
Pure Luck
1991 · Raymond Campanella
Switchback
1997 · Bob Goodall
The Christmas Train
2017 · Max Powers
Age of the Dragons
2011 · Ahab
Beyond the Lights
2014 · Captain Nicol
Tour de Pharmacy
2017 · Slim Robinson Present Day
Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses
2014 · Bernie Pope
Operation Dumbo Drop
1995 · Capt. Sam Cahill
Inside the Actors Studio
1994 · Self
Bat★21
1988 · Capt. Bartholomew Clark
Nite Tales: The Series
2009 · Jeremiah
Extraction
2013 · Harding
Bad Asses on the Bayou
2015 · Bernie Pope
Gone Fishin'
1997 · Gus Green
Complete Unknown
2016 · Roger
Five Minarets in New York
2010 · Marcus
Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare
2008 · Walter Tortoise (voice)
The Saint of Fort Washington
1993 · Jerry
Press Play
2022 · Cooper
Come Sunday
2018 · Gilbert Pearson
Survivor's Guide to Prison
2018 · Self
Extortion
2017 · Detective Constable Haagen
Consumed
2015 · Hal Westbrook
Grand Canyon
1991 · Simon
Mr. Pig
2016 · Ambrose
Night Train
2009 · Miles
American Dreamer
2022 · Jerry
Wild America
1997 · Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited)
Casting By
2012 · Self
A Rage in Harlem
1991 · Easy Money
Gridlocked
2016 · Sully
To Sleep with Anger
1990 · Harry, Executive Producer
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
2000 · Self
Andron
2015 · Chancellor Gordon
Day of the Mummy
2014 · Carl
The Curse of Buckout Road
2017 · Dr. Powell
The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
2006 · Brer Turtle (voice)
Diablo
2016 · Benjamin Carver
Back in the Day
2016 · Eddie 'Rocks' Travor
3 A.M.
2001 · Hershey, Executive Producer
Howard
2018 · Self (archive footage)
Legendary
2010 · Harry 'Red' Newman
Poor Boy's Game
2007 · George
2047: Sights of Death
2014 · Sponge
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
2018 · Mr. Ocean
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
1995 · Isaac Jefferson (voice)
The Cookout
2004 · Judge Crowley
A Raisin in the Sun
1989 · Walter Lee Younger
Supremacy
2014 · Mr. Walker
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
2007 · Father Elias
Christmas Break-In
2018 · Ray
Space Warriors
2013 · Commander Phillips
Our Friend, Martin
1999 · Train Conductor (voice)
Toxin
2015 · Dr. Locke
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995 · Self
Buffalo Soldiers
1997 · Sgt. Washington Wyatt, Executive Producer
Checkmate
2015 · Elohim
The People Speak
2009 · Self
The Ninja Immovable Heart
2014 · Ex Director Matthew Reynolds
Honeydripper
2007 · Tyrone Purvis
A Night at the Academy Museum
2021 · Self
Double Soul
2023 · Michael Tedeschi
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
1981 · Morgan
The Children's Republic
2012 · Dubem
Bamako
2007 · Cow-boy, Executive Producer
93 Days
2016 · Dr. Benjamin Ohiaeri
Mysteria
2011 · Investigator
Son of Morning
2011 · Gabriel Peters
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014 · Self
Mandela
1987 · Nelson Mandela
Dear Alice
2010 · Franzis
Hannah's Law
2012 · Isom Dart
Birth of a Movement
2017 · Narrator (voice)
America's Dream
1996 · Silas (segment "Long Black Song"), Executive Producer
Donovan's Echo
2011 · Donovan Matheson
Missing in America
2005 · Jake Neely
Sins
2012 · Father Leonard
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
1999 · Self (archive footage)
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
2018 · Self
Dead Man Out
1989 · Dr. Alex Marsh
Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon'
2012 · Self
Waffle Street
2015 · Edward Collins
Abderrahmane Sissako: Beyond Territories
2017 · Self
PoliWood
2009 · Self
Highland Park
2013 · Ed
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
2010 · Self, Presenter
The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs
2019 · Narrator (voice)
Bopha!
1993 · Micah Mangena
The Peace!
2005 · Self
The John Garfield Story
2003 · Self
And the Children Shall Lead
1985 · William
I Want to Be a Soldier
2010 · School Director
Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story
TBA · Narrator (voice)
LUV
2013 · Arthur
Down for Life
2010 · Mr. Shannon
Good Fences
2003 · Tom Spader, Producer
Tula: The Revolt
2013 · Shinishi
Caffeinated
2015 · Coffee Lover
Darkweb
2016 · The Boss
The Exonerated
2006 · David Keaton
The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson
1987 · Self
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
1999 · Narrator (voice)
Earthed
2004 · Actor
The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America
2012 · Count Basie (voice)
Gospel Hill
2008 · John Malcolm
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2010 · Self, Presenter
Shadows of Liberty
2012 · Self
Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer
1981 · Oscar Micheaux
About Scout
2015 · Red
Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life & Music of Robert Johnson
1998 · Self - Narrator (voice)
The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'
2005 · Self (archive footage)
Read You Like a Book
2006 · Actor
Sam Cooke: Crossing Over
2010 · Narrator (voice)
The Drummer
2020 · Mark Walker
The Face of Rage
1983 · Gary
Keeping On
1983 · Lester Traylor
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
2013 · Self
Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'
2007 · Self
Out
1982 · Jojo / Roland
Agent Crush
2008 · Major Rusty Gubbins
Mooz-lum
2011 · Dean Francis
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
2014 · Self
The Good Catholic
2017 · Victor
Fats Waller Was Born Here
2008 · "Fats" Waller's Father/Mr. Fletcher
When I See Them, I See Us
2021 · Actor
The Bouquet
2013 · Reverend John
Red Wind
1995 · Philip Marlowe
De Quanta Terra Precisa o Homem?
2022 · Self
Freedom Song
2000 · Will Walker, Executive Producer
Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man
2020 · Narrator (voice)
Bàttu
2000 · Actor
A Place at the Table
1988 · Mr. Scott
African Redemption: The Life and Legacy of Marcus Garvey
2022 · Self
Boesman and Lena
2000 · Boesman
Pushing Dead
2016 · Bob
A Party For Richard Pryor
1991 · Self
We Are Many
2014 · Self
San Francisco State: On Strike
1969 · self
After Fact
2020 · Self
Shuffleton's Barbershop
2013 · Charlie Shuffleton
Agents of Change
2017 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities
1995 · Self
Redeeming Uncle Tom: The Josiah Henson Story
2019 · Narrator
P.N.O.K.
2005 · Col. Weldon
Grizzly Peak
2025 · Will
Dirt & Deeds in Mississippi
2016 · Narrator (voice)
Killing Winston Jones
TBA · Washington Carver
Rabbit Ears - Moses in Egypt
1990 · Narrator (voice)
The Talking Eggs
1993 · Narrator (voice)
Memorial Day
1983 · Willie Monroe
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
2018 · Narrator (voice)
Mississippi Inferno
2015 · Narrator (voice)
Always in Season
2019 · Narrator (voice)
Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War
2020 · Narrator (voice)
The Harimaya Bridge
2009 · Joseph Holder
Rabbit Ears - How the Leopard Got His Spots
1989 · Narrator (voice)
Full Disclosure Report
2005 · David Tapp
Chasing Shakespeare
2014 · William Ward
Strive
2019 · Actor
Ennis' Gift
2000 · Self
John Henry
1986 · John Henry
The Stand-In
1985 · Apples Finnerty
Hollywood on Horses
1989 · Self
The Shift
2013 · Floyd
Vagabonds
2017 · Uncle Issa
Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ Rights
2016 · Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby
1990 · Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion
1992 · Narrator (voice)
The Robeson Effect
2019 · Self
Rise Like Lions
2011 · Self (Occupy Oakland)
The Lighthouse
2012 · Duncan
Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary
1989 · Self
Newbies
2025 · Actor
Scared Straight! 20 Years Later
1999 · Host
Soldier Child
1998 · Self - Narrator
The Real Eve
2002 · Narrator (voice)