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From “Places in the Heart” and the “Lethal Weapon” series to the award-winning “To Sleep with Anger”
(which he also executive produced), Danny Glover is one of Hollywood’s most renowned and respected
leading men.

An actor, producer and director, this versatile superstar has impacted stage, screen, and television for over a
decade. One of his most recent projects reunited him with Oprah Winfrey (first brought together for the
filming of Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple”) for the acclaimed film adaptation of Toni Morrison’s
“Beloved.”

Glover is the recipient of several prestigious honors for his impressive body of work. They include two
NAACP Image Awards, 3 Cable ACE Awards, the Independent Feature Project/West’ s Best Actor Award,
the Phoenix Award from the Black American Cinema Society and induction into the Black Filmmakers
Hall of Fame.

Glover also received an Emmy nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the mini-series
“Lonesome Dove” and Turner Network Television's “Freedom Song.”

Off-screen, he is a powerful advocate for literacy and has spoken to grammar and high school students
around the nation about the joys of reading and education. He was also appointed the first Goodwill
Ambassador to the United Nations Development Programme, and received the first annual William
Kunstler Racial Justice Award for his work on a variety of social issues.

He also received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Amnesty International and an Essence Award.
In addition to his individual presentations focusing on the arts and community involvement, Glover
regularly teams with long-time friend and actor Felix Justice in “An Evening with Langston and Martin.”
A powerful and moving program available exclusively through Greater Talent Network, it consists of
dramatic readings from the works of Langston Hughes and Martin Luther King, Jr., “An Evening with
Langston and Martin” stands among America’s most acclaimed theatrical presentations.

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