Social activist
and acclaimed actor Danny Glover can be available for personal appearances
and presentations for your next conference or corporate event.
Danny Glover speaking topics include:
- The Role of the Arts in Community Activism
- An Evening with Langston and Martin
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 Glover's 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.
Danny 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, Danny Glover 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. Glover 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 earlier this year.
In addition to his individual presentations focusing on the arts and community involvement, Danny 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.