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Danny Glover’s Milestones
| Hosted "Storybook Classics" for Showtime | |
| Performed in "Macbeth" (Los Angeles Actors Theater) and in Sam Shepard's "Suicide in B Flat" (Magic Theatre) | |
| Suffered from dyslexia as a child | |
| Was an evaluator for the San Francisco Model Cities program; quit to study at the Black Actors' Workshop | |
| Worked for a planning agency in Berkeley, CA | |
| 1971 - 1975 | Was a reseacher for the Mayor's office in San Francisco |
| 1979 | Film acting debut, "Escape From Alcatraz" |
| 1980 | Off-Broadway debut in Athol Fugard's play "The Blood Knot" |
| 1982 | Broadway debut in Fugard's "'MASTER HAROLD'...and the boys" |
| 1983 | Made miniseries debut, "Chiefs" (CBS) |
| 1983 | TV-movie acting debut, "The Face of Rage" (ABC) |
| 1984 | Breakthrough role as Moze in Robert Benton's "Places in the Heart" |
| 1984 | First lead role in a feature, "The Stand-In"; a straight-to-video comedy |
| 1985 | First feature lead in a theatrical release, Steven Spielberg's "The Color Purple" |
| 1985 | Played a cowboy in Lawrence Kasdan's "Silverado" |
| 1986 | First screen collaboration with co-star Alfre Woodard in "Mandela" a PBS semi-documentary |
| 1987 | First collaboration with co-star Mel Gibson and director Richard Donner, "Lethal Weapon" |
| 1987 | Reteamed with Woodard in the HBO biopic "Mandela" |
| 1989 | Co-starred in the made-for-TV blockbuster Western, "Lonesome Dove" (CBS) |
| 1989 | Reteamed with Gibson and Donner for second outing "Lethal Weapon 2" |
| 1989 | Starred in the PBS adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun"; directed by Bill Duke for "American Playhouse" |
| 1990 | Feature debut as an executive producer, "To Sleep With Anger" |
| 1991 | Appeared opposite Alfre Woodard in Lawrence Kasdan's "Grand Canyon" |
| 1992 | Returned to play Murtagh in the popular "Lethal Weapon 3" |
| 1993 | Had featured role as Alec Haley in the CBS miniseries "Queen" |
| 1993 | Narrated "Civil War Journal" (A&E) |
| 1994 | Directed "Override" for the Showtime series "Directed By" |
| 1995 | Played detective Philip Marlowe in the "Red Wind" episode of the Showtime series "Fallen Angels" |
| 1996 | Executive produced the HBO movies "The Deadly Voyage" and "America's Dream"; acted in one segment of the latter |
| 1997 | Co-starred in the lackluster comedy "Gone Fishin'"; re-teamed with "Lethal Weapon 2" co-star Joe Pesci |
| 1997 | Starred in the superior made-for-cable period drama "Buffalo Soldiers" (TNT) |
| 1998 | Co-starred in the film adaptation of Toni Morrison's Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel, "Beloved"; also starred Oprah Winfrey |
| 1998 | Reprised his signature role in "Lethal Weapon 4" |
| 1998 | Voiced the character of Barbatus in the feature-length cartoon "Antz" |
| 1999 | Starred in the world premiere of Philip Kan Gotanda's "Yohen" with L.A.'s East West Players |
| 2000 | Earned an Emmy nomination for his performance in the TNT original production "Freedom Song" |
| 2000 | Played a corrupt African president in Cheick Oumar Sissoko's film "Battu" (shown at the Toronto International Film Festival) |
| 2000 | Starred in the film adaptation of Fugard's play "Boesman & Lena" about two homeless people surviving the harsh terrain of the Cape Flats in South Africa (filmed in 1999; shown at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival) |
| 2001 | Starred in (also executive produced) "3 AM" (Showtime); a crime drama produced by Spike Lee |
| 2001 | Starred opposite Anjelica Huston and Gene Hackman in Wes Anderson's "The Royal Tenenbaums" |
| 2002 | Helmed the Showtime original movie "Just a Dream" |
| 2003 | Cast in the Showtime series "Good Fences" with Whoopi Goldberg |
| 2006 | Co-starred as Eddie Murphy's manager in Bill Condon's adaptation of the 1981 Broadway musical, "Dreamgirls" |
| 2006 | Produced "Bamako," a film about the African debt |
| 2007 | Co-starred opposite Mark Wahlberg in the political thriller, "Shooter" |
| 2008 | Co-starred with Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo in Fernando Meirelles' "Blindness" |
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