Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 7, 1944
Place of Birth:
Salisbury, Maryland, USA
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John Glover
Biography
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John Soursby Glover Jr. (born August 7, 1944) is an American actor, perhaps best known for a range of villainous roles in films and television, including Lionel Luthor on the Superman-inspired television series Smallville.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Home | Lou |
| 2025 | The Motorcycle Man | Pat |
| 2025 | A Natural Selection | Donald Spar |
| 2022 | Fatal Influence: Like. Follow. Survive. | The Grand Zel |
| 2019 | Shazam! | Mr. Sivana |
| 2018 | Every Act of Life | Self |
| 2017 | The Lost Wife of Robert Durst | Seymour Durst |
| 2016 | We Go On | Dr. Ellison |
| 2015 | Reality | Zog |
| 2015 | You Bury Your Own | Detective Gillespie |
| 2013 | Sanitarium | Gustav |
| 2013 | Sweet Talk | Professor / Count |
| 2005 | The Civilization of Maxwell Bright | Ogden |
| 2004 | Tricks | Ralph |
| 2002 | Smallville | Lionel Luthor |
| 2001 | On Edge | Yuri Moskvin |
| 1999 | Payback | Phil |
| 1998 | The Tempest | Anthony Prosper |
| 1998 | Dead Broke | Sam |
| 1998 | The Broken Giant | Bennett Hale |
| 1997 | Batman & Robin | Dr. Jason Woodrue |
| 1997 | Love! Valour! Compassion! | John & James Jeckyll |
| 1997 | Dead by Midnight | Dr. Armand Drake / Ben Hamill |
| 1997 | Medusa's Child | Rogers Henry |
| 1995 | Automatic | Goddard Marx |
| 1995 | Night of the Running Man | Derek Mills |
| 1995 | In the Mouth of Madness | Saperstein |
| 1994 | Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker | Maj. Asa Bird Gardiner |
| 1994 | Schemes | Victor Kraft |
| 1993 | Ed and His Dead Mother | A.J. Pattle |
| 1992 | Majority Rule | Bradley Mackin |
| 1992 | Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel | Loco Garrison |
| 1992 | Grass Roots | Harold Perkerson / Jason Ross |
| 1991 | Dead on the Money | Russell Blake |
| 1991 | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? | Billy Korn |
| 1990 | Gremlins 2: The New Batch | Daniel Clamp |
| 1990 | RoboCop 2 | Magnavolt Salesman |
| 1990 | El Diablo | The Preacher |
| 1990 | An Enemy of the People | Dr. Thomas Stockman |
| 1989 | Meet the Hollowheads | Henry Hollowhead |
| 1989 | Traveling Man | Chick Beeler |
| 1989 | Breaking Point | Dr. Gerber |
| 1988 | The Chocolate War | Brother Leon |
| 1988 | Scrooged | Bryce Cummings |
| 1988 | David | Charles Rothenberg |
| 1988 | Rocket Gibraltar | Rolo Rockwell |
| 1988 | Moving Target | Dobbins |
| 1988 | Masquerade | Tony Gateworth |
| 1988 | Hot Paint | Algernon |
| 1987 | Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim | |
| 1986 | Willy/Milly | Fred Niceman |
| 1986 | 52 Pick-Up | Alan Raimy |
| 1986 | Apology | Philip |
| 1985 | A Killing Affair | Sheb Sheppard |
| 1985 | White Nights | Wynn Scott |
| 1985 | Don't Touch | Mr. Stewart |
| 1985 | An Early Frost | Victor DiMato |
| 1984 | The Evil That Men Do | Paul Briggs, U.S. Embassy |
| 1984 | A Flash of Green | Ross Halley |
| 1984 | Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter | Pierre Lafitte |
| 1983 | The Face of Rage | |
| 1982 | A Little Sex | Walter |
| 1981 | The Incredible Shrinking Woman | Tom Keller |
| 1980 | The American Success Company | Ernst |
| 1980 | Melvin and Howard | 2nd Attorney (Freese) |
| 1980 | The Mountain Men | Nathan Wyeth |
| 1979 | Last Embrace | Richard Peabody |
| 1978 | Somebody Killed Her Husband | Herbert Little |
| 1977 | Julia | Sammy |
| 1977 | Annie Hall | Actor Boy Friend |
| 1973 | Shamus | Johnnie Brosten |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Fear the Walking Dead: Dead in the Water | Teddy Maddox |
| 2021 | And Just Like That… | Elliot |
| 2019 | Tales of the City | Bill Schwartz |
| 2019 | Evil | Byron Duke |
| 2017 | The Good Fight | Jared Andrews |
| 2016 | Lucifer | Peter Peterson |
| 2015 | Fear the Walking Dead | Teddy Maddox |
| 2015 | Marvel's Agent Carter | SSR Informant |
| 2013 | The Blacklist | Dr. Bruce Sanders |
| 2012 | Perception | The Devil |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | Jared Andrews |
| 2006 | Brothers and Sisters | Henry Mittner |
| 2006 | Heroes | Samson Gray |
| 2005 | Numb3rs | Simon Kraft |
| 2005 | Medium | Carson Churchill |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Declan Gage |
| 2001 | Smallville | Lionel Luthor |
| 1999 | Get Real | Fate |
| 1999 | Snoops | Gary Hyndman |
| 1998 | Haunted History | |
| 1998 | Brimstone | The Devil |
| 1997 | The New Batman Adventures | The Riddler (voice) |
| 1996 | Superman: The Animated Series | The Riddler (voice) |
| 1996 | Remember WENN | Adrian Carr |
| 1995 | Pinky and the Brain | |
| 1995 | Caroline in the City | Hilton Traynor |
| 1994 | Chicago Hope | Max Demming |
| 1993 | Frasier | Ned Miller |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the Street | |
| 1993 | South Beach | Roberts |
| 1993 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Verad |
| 1992 | Batman: The Animated Series | The Riddler (voice) |
| 1992 | Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel | Loco Garrison |
| 1991 | The Legend of Prince Valiant | |
| 1991 | Dinosaurs | Lucius (voice) |
| 1991 | Dinosaurs | Prosecutor (voice) |
| 1991 | Dinosaurs | Babysitter (voice) |
| 1990 | American Dreamer | |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Undertaker |
| 1989 | Twist of Fate | Max Brodsky |
| 1987 | Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder | Richard Behrens |
| 1987 | The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd | Mike Sayles |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Dr. Paul Kohler |
| 1985 | The Ray Bradbury Theater | |
| 1985 | Lime Street | |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone | Alien Ambassador (segment "A Small Talent for War") |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Franz Mueller |
| 1984 | Miami Vice | Steve Duddy |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Andrew Durbin |
| 1983 | The Hitchhiker | Miles Duchet |
| 1983 | Rage of Angels | Scanlon / Jackson |
| 1977 | The Andros Targets | Wiggs |
| 1973 | Kojak | Billy Jo |
| 1972 | ABC Afterschool Special | Mr. Stewart |