Danny Glover - Milestones

• 2003: Cast in the Showtime series "Good Fences" with Whoopi Goldberg
• 2002: Helmed the Showtime original movie "Just a Dream"
• 2001: Starred opposite Anjelica Huston and Gene Hackman in Wes Anderson's "The Royal Tenenbaums"
• 2001: Starred in "3 AM", a Showtime crime drama produced by Spike Lee; Glover was an executive producer; screened at Sundance
• 2000: Acted in the children's film "The Real Macaw" (filmed in 1997)
• 2000: Earned an Emmy nomination for his performance in the TNT original production "Freedom Song"
• 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)
• 2000: Hosted and executive produced the reality series "Courage" for the Fox Family Channel
• 2000: Played a corrupt African president in Cheick Oumar Sissoko's film "Battu" (shown at the Toronto International Film Festival)
• 1999: Starred in the world premiere of Philip Kan Gotanda's "Yohen" with L.A.'s East West Players
• 1998: Reprised his signature role in "Lethal Weapon 4"
• 1998: Co-starred opposite Oprah Winfrey in "Beloved"
• 1998: Voiced the character of Barbatus in the feature-length cartoon "Antz"
• 1998: Lent his voice to the character Jethro in the animated musical "The Prince of Egypt"
• 1997: Teamed with "Lethal Weapon 2" co-star Joe Pesci in the lackluster comedy "Gone Fishin'"; also co-starred in "Switchback", a crime drama, and "The Rainmaker", based on the John Grisham bestseller
• 1997: Starred in the superior made-for-cable period drama "Buffalo Soldiers" (TNT)
• 1996: Executive produced the HBO movies "The Deadly Voyage" and "America's Dream"; acted in one segment of the latter
• 1995: Played detective Philip Marlowe in the "Red Wind" episode of the Showtime series "Fallen Angels"; directed by Agnieszka Holland
• 1994: Directed "Override" for the Showtime series "Directed By"
• 1993: Had featured role as Alec Haley in the CBS miniseries "Queen"
• 1993: Narrated "Civil War Journal" (A&E)
• 1992: Returned to play Murtagh in the popular "Lethal Weapon 3"
• 1991: Appeared opposite Alfre Woodard in Lawrence Kasdan's "Grand Canyon"
• 1990: Feature debut as an executive producer, "To Sleep With Anger"; also acted
• 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"
• 1987: Reteamed with Woodard in the HBO biopic "Mandela"
• 1987: First collaboration with co-star Mel Gibson and director Richard Donner, "Lethal Weapon"
• 1986: First screen collaboration with co-star Alfre Woodard in "Mandela", a PBS semi-documentary
• 1985: First feature lead in a theatrical release, Steven Spielberg's "The Color Purple"
• 1985: Played a cowboy in Lawrence Kasdan's "Silverado"
• 1984: First lead role in a feature, "The Stand-In"; a straight-to-video comedy
• 1984: Breakthrough role as Moze in Robert Benton's "Places in the Heart"
• 1983: Made miniseries debut, "Chiefs" (CBS)
• 1983: TV-movie acting debut, "The Face of Rage" (ABC)
• 1982: Broadway debut in Fugard's "'Master Harold'... and the boys"
• 1980: Off-Broadway debut in Athol Fugard's play "The Blood Knot"
• 1979: Film acting debut, "Escape From Alcatraz"
• From 1971 to 1975: Was a reseacher for the Mayor's office in San Francisco
• ---: Will star in Lars von Trier's "Manderlay" a story of slavery, set in the 1930s American South (lensed 2004)
• ---: Cast as a haunted Vietnam veteran, opposite Ron Perlman and Linda Hamilton in the drama "The Woodcutter" (lensed 2004)
• Suffered from dyslexia as a child
• Worked for a planning agency in Berkeley, California
• Performed on stage in "The Island" and "Macbeth" (at Los Angeles Actors Theater), and in Sam Shepard's "Suicide in B Flat" (at the Magic Theatre, San Francisco)
• Was an evaluator for the San Francisco Model Cities program; quit to study at the Black Actors' Workshop
• Hosted "Storybook Classics" for Showtime