Danny Glover

Biografie

Actor, producator si filantrop, Danny Glover este o prezenta pregnanta pe marele si micul ecran, sau pe scena teatrala, de mai bine de 25 de ani. Ca actor, vasta lui experienta se intinde de la seria filmelor Lethal Weapon si pana la filme independente de mai mica anvergura, pe care Glover le-a si produs.

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Actor, producator si filantrop, Danny Glover este o prezenta pregnanta pe marele si micul ecran, sau pe scena teatrala, de mai bine de 25 de ani. Ca actor, vasta lui experienta se intinde de la seria filmelor Lethal Weapon si pana la filme independente de mai mica anvergura, pe care Glover le-a si produs.

In acelasi timp, Glover a obtinut admiratia publicului pentru promovarea operelor de caritate, concentrate cu precadere pe justitia economica, accesul la sanatate si educatie in Statele Unite si Africa. Pentru aceste eforturi filantropice, Glover a primit premiul DGA in 2006. La nivel international, Glover a indeplinit functia de Ambasador al bunavointei din partea Programului de Dezvoltare al Natiunilor Unite intre 1998-2004, ocupandu-se de problemele saraciei, bolilor si dezvoltarii economice in Africa, America Latina si Caraibe, iar in prezent este ambasador al UNICEF.

In 2004, Glover a pus bazele Louverture Films (www.louverturefilms.com), casa de productie dedicata dezvoltarii si productiei de filme istorice, sociale, si de mare integritate artistica. Compania, care isi are sediul la New York, a produs o serie de filme si documentare, printre care si recentul Bamako, care a fost lansat la Festivalul de film de la Cannes, primind numeroase aprecieri ale criticii.

Originar din San Francisco, Glover s-a pregatit la Black Actors’ Workshop de pe langa American Conservatory Theater. Primul sau rol pe Broadway, in piesa lui Fugard, Master Harold…and the Boys, l-a adus in atentia publicului si l-a convins pe regizorul Robert Benton sa-l distribuie pe Glover in primul sau rol principal in filmul, nominalizat la Oscar ca cel mai bun film al anului 1984 - Places in the Heart. In anul urmator, Glover a jucat in alte doua filme care au primit nominalizare la categoria cel mai bun film: Witness, pelicula lui Peter Weir si filmul lui Steven Spielberg, The Color Purple.

In 1987, Glover a facut echipa cu Mel Gibson pentru primul film Lethal Weapon dupa care au urmat si celelalte trei Lethal Weapon, care s-au bucurat de un imens succes la public. Glover si-a folosit talentul si pentru realizarea unor proiecte personale, printre care se numara To Sleep With Anger, pentru care a asigurat productia executiva si pentru care a obtinut premiul Independent Spirit la categoria cel mai bun actor; Bopha!; Manderlay; Missing in America; si versiunea cinematografica a piesei Boesman and Lena de Athol Fugard.

Pentru activitatea de pe micul ecran, Glover a obtinut premiile Image si Cable ACE si o nominalizare la Emmy pentru interpretarea sa din telefilmul HBO, Mandela. El a mai primit nominalizari la premiul Emmy pentru miniserialul Lonesome Dove si filmul de televiziune Freedom Song. Ca regizor, el a fost nominalizat la premiul Daytime Emmy pentru Just a Dream, realizat si prezentat de Showtime.

Filmografie - Actor

Alpha and Omega (2010, Benjamin Gluck, Anthony Bell)

Death at a Funeral (2010, Neil LaBute)

2012 (2009, Roland Emmerich)

Blindness : Alb Orbitor (2008, Fernando Meirelles)
Blindness

Be Kind Rewind (2008, Michel Gondry)

Gospel Hill (2008, Giancarlo Esposito)

Read You Like a Book (2008, Robert N. Zagone)

Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare - The Rematch of the Century (2008, Howard E. Baker, Arish Fyzee)

Honeydripper (2007, John Sayles)

Africa Unite (2007, Stephanie Black)

Poor Boy's Game (2007, Clement Virgo)

Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation (2007, Charles Burnett)

Lunetistul (2007, Antoine Fuqua)
Shooter

Batalie pentru Terra (2007, Aristomenis Tsirbas)
Battle for Terra

Dreamgirls (2006, Bill Condon)

Court (2006, Abderrahmane Sissako)

Frati si surori (2006, Ken Olin)
Brothers & Sisters

Blanosul (2006, Brian Robbins)
The Shaggy Dog

Grajdul vesel (2006, Steve Oedekerk)
Der Tierisch Verrückte Bauernhof / Barnyard

The Adventures of Brer Rabbit (2006, Byron Vaughns)

Missing in America (2005, Gabrielle Savage Dockterman)

Aristide and the Endless Revolution (2005, Nicolas Rossier)

Manderlay (2005, Lars von Trier)

Scapati de la moarte (2005, Bob Balaban)
The Exonerated

Taramul vrajit (2004, Robert Lieberman)
Earthsea

Prietene, te-ai ars! (2004, Lance Rivera)
The Cookout

Puzzle mortal (2004, James Wan)
Saw

In lumea buna (2003, Ernest R. Dickerson)
Good Fences

The Art of Romare Bearden (2003, Carroll Moore)

The John Garfield Story (2003, David Heeley)

The Forts and Castles of Ghana (2003)

The Real Eve (2002, Andrew Piddington)

Ennis' Gift (2001, Joshua Seftel)

O familie geniala (2001, Wes Anderson)
The Royal Tenenbaums

3 A.M. (2001, Lee Davis)

Civil War Journal: West Point Classmates, Civil War Enemies (2001)

Civil War Journal: Robert E. Lee (2001)

Cantecul libertatii (2000, Phil Alden Robinson)
Freedom Song

Boesman & Lena (2000, John Berry)

Scared Straight! 20 Years Later (1999, Arnold Shapiro)

Life By the Numbers: Chances of a Lifetime - Probability (1998)

Printul Egiptului (1998, Simon Wells, Stephen Hickner, Brenda Chapman)
The Prince of Egypt

Furnicutze (1998, Tim Johnson, Eric Darnell)
Antz

Story of a People, Vol. 2: Black Youth (1998)

Life By the Numbers: Shape of the World - Exploration (1998)

Arma mortala 4 (1998, Richard Donner)
Lethal Weapon 4

Life By the Numbers: The Numbers Game - Sports (1998)

Life By the Numbers: Seeing is Believing - Special Effects (1998)

Life By the Numbers: Making a Difference - Education (1998)

Story of a People, Vol. 4: Affirmative Action on Trial (1998)

Life By the Numbers: A New Age - Information Age (1998)

Life By the Numbers: Patterns of Nature - Biology (1998)

Beloved (1998, Jonathan Demme)

Visul american (1997, William Dear)
Wild America

Omul care aduce ploaia (1997, Francis Ford Coppola)
The Rainmaker

La pescuit (1997, Christopher Cain)
Gone Fishin'

Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life and Music of Robert Johnson (1997, Peter W. Meyer)

Street Soldiers (1997, Avon Kirkland)

Buffalo Soldiers (1997, Charles Haid)

Urmarirea (1997, Jeb Stuart)
Switchback

Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain (1996)

America's Dream (1996)

Images & Realities: The African American Family (1996, Gene A. Davis)

Happily Ever After Fairy Tales: The Frog Prince (1995)

Operatiunea Dumbo (1995, Simon Wincer)
Operation Dumbo Drop

Civil War Journal: Sherman and the March to the Sea (1994)

Civil War Journal: Stonewall Jackson (1994)

Echipa de ingeri (1994, William Dear)
Angels in the Outfield

Maverick (1994, Richard Donner)

Bopha! (1993, Morgan Freeman)

Civil War Journal: The 54th Massachusetts (1993)

Civil War Journal: Destiny at Fort Sumter (1993)

Civil War Journal: The Battle of 1st Bull Run (1993)

Civil War Journal: John Brown's War (1993)

Sfantul din Manhattan (1993, Tim Hunter)
The Saint of Fort Washington

American Heroes and Legends: Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion (1992)

Rabbit Ears: Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion (1992)

Queen (1992)

Arma mortala 3 (1992, Richard Donner)
Lethal Weapon 3

Noroc chior (1991, Nadia Tass)
Pure Luck

Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby (1991)

The Untold West: The Black West (1991, Nina Rosenblum)

Grand Canyon (1991, Lawrence Kasdan)

A Rage in Harlem (1991, Bill Duke)

Predator 2 (1990, Stephen Hopkins)

To Sleep with Anger (1990, Charles Burnett)

Lonesome Dove: The Making of an Epic (1990, Simon Wincer, Simon Windsor)

Atac periculos (1990, John Milius)
The Flight of the Intruder

Lonesome Dove (1989, Simon Wincer)

A Raisin in the Sun (1989, Bill Duke, Harold Scott)

Dead Man Out (1989, Richard Pearce)

Arma mortala 2 (1989, Richard Donner)
Lethal Weapon 2

How the Leopard Got His Spots (1989)

Batalionul 21 (1988, Peter Markle)
Bat 21

Mandela (1987, Philip Saville)

Arma mortala (1987, Richard Donner)
Lethal Weapon

And the Children Shall Lead (1985, Michael Pressman)

Martorul (1985, Peter Weir)
Witness

Culoarea purpurie (1985, Steven Spielberg)
The Color Purple

The Stand-In (1985, Robert N. Zagone)

Silverado (1985, Lawrence Kasdan)

Locuri in inima (1984, Robert Benton)
Places in the Heart

Omul Zapezilor (1984, Fred Schepisi)
Iceman

The Face of Rage (1983, Donald Wrye)

Chiefs (1983, Jerry London)

Memorial Day (1983, Joseph Sargent)

Out (1982, Eli Hollander)
Deadly Drifter

Chu Chu and the Philly Flash (1981, David Lowell Rich)

Keeping on (1981, Barbara Kopple)

Evadare din Alcatraz (1979, Don Siegel)
Escape from Alcatraz

Pumpkin Circle

Filmografie - Regizor

Doar un vis (2001, Danny Glover)
Just a Dream