FrameThrower · Actors · Danny Glover
Danny Glover
17 films · 1,506 frames · top-billed in 8 · 1985–2019
Born 22 July 1946 · San Francisco, California, USA
Danny Lebern Glover is an American actor, film director, and political activist. He is best known for his co-starring lead role as Sergeant Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon film series.
Glover has had a variety of film, stage, and television roles. He starred as the husband to Whoopi Goldberg's character, Celie in the celebrated literary adaptation of The Color Purple, and as Lieutenant James McFee in the film Witness. He had leading roles in other films including To Sleep with Anger, Predator 2, Angels in the Outfield, and Operation Dumbo Drop.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 17 films · 1,506 frames · top-billed in 8 · 1985–2019
- Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award2022
- Academy Honorary Award2022
- Eugene V. Debs Award2011
- Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres2011
- honorary degree from Spelman College2002
- Marian Anderson Award2002
- Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award1994
- Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame1990
- Theatre World Award1982
- NAACP Image Award – Chairman's Award
- NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
How their films are shot
Measured across 1,506 frames from the 17 films we hold. This is the look of the work Danny takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 17 films we hold, 48% of their frames are night, 44% low key — the look of the work Danny takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Checkmate
2015 · Elohim
Be Kind Rewind
2008 · Mr. Fletcher
Honeydripper
2007 · Tyrone Purvis
Manderlay
2005 · Wilhelm
Lethal Weapon 4
1998 · Roger Murtaugh
Beloved
1998 · Paul D
Lethal Weapon
1987 · Roger Murtaugh
The Color Purple
1985 · Albert
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
2019 · Grandpa Allen
Sorry to Bother You
2018 · Langston
The Old Man & The Gun
2018 · Teddy
Rage
2014 · Detective St. John
Death at a Funeral
2010 · Uncle Russell
2012
2009 · President Thomas Wilson
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001 · Henry Sherman
The Prince of Egypt
1998 · Jethro (voice)
Saw
· David Tapp
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,506 frames from Danny Glover's 17 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.