Glover, Danny

Actor Danny Glover was born on July 22, 1946 in San Francisco, California. His parents, Carrie and James Glover, were both postal workers and active members of the NAACP. Glover was a student at Daniel Webster Elementary School and Roosevelt Middle School. He graduated from George Washington High School in 1964. Glover went on to attend San Francisco State University in the late 1960s, where he played a role in the 1968 student strike, which led to the creation of the first ethnic studies department in the country. Glover went on to work for the City of San Francisco as an evaluations specialist and program manager in the Model Cities Program from 1972 to 1977. Glover trained as an actor in the Black Actors' Workshop at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, as well as with Jean Shelton at the Shelton Actors Lab.

Glover's career as an actor began in college, where he acted in a play by artist-in-residence Amiri Baraka. He went on to act in his first feature film,Escape from Alcatrazin 1979. Glover has been noted for his roles inThe Color Purple, the popularLethal Weaponseries (1987, 1989, 1992, and 1998),Predator 2(1990),To Sleep With Anger(1990), andAngels in the Outfield(1994). He served as a narrator of the animated films ofThe Prince of Egypt(1998),Antz(1998), andOur Friend, Martin(1999). In 1994, Glover co-founded the Robey Theatre Company, a Los Angeles-based non-profit with the mission of developing new plays about the Black American experience. In 2005, Glover co-founded Louverture Films, a company expressly dedicated to production of socially-conscious films from around the world. As a humanitarian, Glover has lent his voice and aid to the American Postal Workers Union, United Auto Workers, and Service Employees International Union, amongst many other causes.

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