Vote For The Best Danny Glover Performance!
April 14th 2010 08:35
Today's blog entry continues with actors that are in "Death At A Funeral" which debuts in a few days (Getting closer!) Danny Glover (I just love him!) is our featured actor.
July 22, 1946 in San Francisco, California, USA
Birth Name
Danny Lebern Glover
Height
6' 3˝" (1.92 m)
Danny Glover is the dean of African American character actors. Though he has never managed to break through into stardom, as has character-lead Morgan Freeman, he remains one of the top character actors working in cinema. Constantly in demand, after almost thirty years, since making his movie debut in a bit part in the 1979 Clint Eastwood movie,"Escape from Alcatraz" (1979). Glover also has established a reputation as an outspoken political progressive, appearing in such productions as the stage production of Howard Zinn's "Voices from A People's History of the United States" and lending his voice to the aspirations of black folk in Africa and the Americas.
Danny Glover was the son of postal workers. The young Danny most likely acquired his taste for political activism from his parents, both of whom were active members of the NAACP. The family moved to San Francisco, where Danny attended George Washington High School. While a teenager, Danny developed epilepsy, which he learned to control by a form of self-hypnosis. (The epileptic seizures stopped after the age of 35.)
Glover's on-screen persona is one of a ballsy man who is not to be trifled with (Yeah, I would agree with that! And at almost 6'4", I wouldn't want to tangle with him if I were a man!) Of all the character actors who have plied their trade in the movies, he is arguably the most militant on-screen presence since the legendary James Cagney. Like Cagney, Glover has a chip on his shoulder, though he is more wary than challenging of those who would try to knock it off (This is true! Nice comparison!)
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