“s government. Through the crisis in Bolivarian Venezuela, Glover continued to show his support for the Bolivarian government and President Maduro”
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Danny Glover
Daniel Leburn Glover is an American actor and producer. He has received numerous accolades including the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the NAACP's President's Award, as well as nominations for five Emmy Awards and four Grammy Awards.
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Born 22 July 1946 · Q192165
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2026· 13 entries
“the threat of what happens to Haiti is a threat that can happen anywhere in the Caribbean to these island nations ... they”
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“I think the Obama administration has followed the same playbook, to a large extent, almost verbatim, as the Bush administration. I don”
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Yahoo: Danny Glover Is Turning His Alzheimer’s Journey Into Advocacy
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Lethal Weapon actor Danny Glover says he has Alzheimer's
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The Source Magazine: Danny Glover Shares Heartfelt Alzheimer’s Diagnosis
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Public attention spiked: 52,096 Wikipedia readers in one day, 20.7× the usual 2,512, with 8 article edits. Coverage that week: “Lethal Weapon actor Danny Glover says he has Alzheimer's” (Australian Broadcasting Corporation).
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People: Danny Glover's Daughter Talks About the First Sign Her Dad Had Alzheimer's: 'Pieces Were Missing' (Exclusive)
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Yardbarker: Danny Glover Reveals Alzheimer’s Diagnosis on ‘Today’
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Variety: Danny Glover Reveals Alzheimer’s Diagnosis: ‘Things Are Going to Be Different and Changing’
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Today: Danny Glover Reveals Alzheimer’s Diagnosis and Shares Update on Illness
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People: Danny Glover Opens Up About Living with Alzheimer’s Disease at 79: ‘I Want to Say, Your Life Continues’ (Exclusive)
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Yardbarker: Danny Glover Reveals Alzheimer’s Diagnosis: ‘I Can Live With It’
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2025· 1 entry
Released album “Artistic Being”.
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2023· 1 entry
Was inducted into the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame in Atlanta, Georgia
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2022· 3 entries
Awarded Academy Honorary Award (2022).
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Awarded Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (2022).
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) presented Glover with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the Governors Awards ceremony
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2018· 1 entry
Glover, as the UN Goodwill Ambassador, met with Lula to express solidarity and support for his presidential candidacy
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2017· 1 entry
Co-authored a petition along with Noam Chomsky, Mark Ruffalo, Nancy Fraser, Oliver Stone and Eve Ensler, urging French citizens to vote for candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the 2017 presidential election
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2016· 1 entry
In a ceremony in Havana for his solidarity with the Cuban 5 during their time of incarceration in the United States
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2015· 4 entries
Glover was the Keynote Speaker and 2015 Honoree for the MLK Celebration Series at the Rhode Island School of Design (Providence, RI)
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Glover stated: "The film that we always missed is a movie on the Haitian revolution and Toussaint Louverture
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“The film that we always missed is a movie on the Haitian revolution and Toussaint Louverture. The company [Louverture Films] is fortuitously named after him and that was the movie that I wanted to do. We”
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“The film that we always missed is a movie on the Haitian revolution and Toussaint Louverture. The company is fortuitously named after him and that was the movie that I wanted to do. We”
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2012· 1 entry
A disaster film directed by Roland Emmerich and released in theaters November 13, 2009
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2011· 3 entries
Glover spoke to the crowd at Occupy Oakland on the day before the Oakland General Strike where thousands of protestors shut down the Port of Oakland
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Awarded Eugene V. Debs Award (2011).
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Awarded Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (2011).
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2010· 4 entries
Glover was arrested in Maryland during a protest by SEIU workers for Sodexo's alleged unfair and illegal treatment of workers
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Glover compared the scale and devastation of the 2010 Haiti earthquake to the predicament other island nations may face as a result of the failed Copenhagen summit the previous year
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Glover participated in the black comedy film Death at a Funeral, and a Spanish film called I Want to Be a Soldier
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Glover delivered the Commencement Address and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Utah State University
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2009· 3 entries
Glover signed an open letter of objection to the inclusion of a series of films intended to showcase Tel Aviv—without the participation of Palestinian filmmakers, at the Toronto International Film Festival
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Glover was given a chieftaincy title in Imo State, Nigeria
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Glover performed in The People Speak, a documentary feature film that uses dramatic and musical performances of the letters, diaries and speeches of everyday Americans, based on historian Howard Zinn's A People's History
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2008· 1 entry
The National Assembly of Venezuela, at the request of the Chávez, approved another $9 million to be handed to Glover in order to "continue" the filming of the film about Touissant
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2007· 3 entries
The National Assembly of Venezuela approved giving Glover $18 million for the film
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Glover agreed with Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez that the Touissant Louverture film would be financed by Venezuela
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Played Colonel Isaac Johnson in the action thriller Shooter
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2006· 3 entries
Voiced Miles, an elderly mule, in the animated film Barnyard, and played Marty Madison in the musical Dreamgirls
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Glover had begun working on a film about Toussaint Louverture, who led the 18th century revolt in Haiti and, it was reported, that Chavez supported the film, "hoping the historical epic will sprinkle Hollywood stardust o
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Britain's leading African theatre company Tiata Fahodzi appointed Glover as one of its three Patrons, joining Chiwetel Ejiofor and Jocelyn Jee Esien opening the organization's tenth-anniversary celebrations (February 2,
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2005· 2 entries
And has been a featured host for their annual benefit A Great Night in Harlem for several years, as well appearing as a celebrity MC at other events for the foundation
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Glover and Joslyn Barnes announced plans to make No FEAR, a film about Dr
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2004· 1 entry
Appeared in the low-budget horror film Saw as Detective David Tapp
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2002· 2 entries
Awarded Marian Anderson Award (2002).
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Awarded honorary degree from Spelman College (2002).
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2000· 1 entry
Played Will Walker in TNT biographical film Freedom Song, which earned him another Primetime Emmy Award nomination
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1999· 2 entries
Glover purchased a 6,000-square-foot (560 m2) house in Dunthorpe, Oregon, in 1999.
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Used his leverage as a former San Francisco cab driver to raise awareness about African Americans being passed over for white passengers
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1997· 1 entry
Under his former production company banner Carrie Films, Glover executive produced numerous films of first time directors including Pamm Malveaux's neo-noir short film Final Act starring Joe Morton, which aired on the In
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1994· 3 entries
Awarded Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award (1994).
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Glover made his directorial debut with the Showtime channel short film Override
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Glover and actor Ben Guillory founded the Robey Theatre Company in Los Angeles in honor of the actor and concert singer Paul Robeson
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1992· 1 entry
Released album “Brer Rabbit And Boss Lion”.
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1990· 3 entries
Awarded Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame (1990).
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Earned top billing for the first time in the blockbuster Predator 2 with Gary Busey, the sequel to the science-fiction action film Predator
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Released album “Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby”.
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1989· 2 entries
Released album “How the Leopard Got His Spots”.
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Along with a number of other Hollywood actors, including Alfre Woodard
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1985· 1 entry
Starring as the husband to Whoopi Goldberg's character Celie in the celebrated literary adaptation The Color Purple
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1982· 1 entry
Awarded Theatre World Award (1982).
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1975· 1 entry
And they have a daughter, Mandisa, born in 1976
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1965· 1 entry
Studied at George Washington High School (1965).
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1946· 3 entries
Born 1946-07-22.
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In San Francisco, California, the son of Carrie Mae (née Hunley; 1919–1983) and James Henry Glover Jr
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“s disease. Activism Civil rights activism While attending San Francisco State University (SFSU), Glover was a member of the Black Students”
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