John Glover
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BIO
John Glover began his television career with a role on Search for Tomorrow and made one of his early film appearances in White Nights (1985). His film credits include 52 Pick-Up (1986), Scrooged (1988), Masquerade (1988), Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990), RoboCop 2 (1990), Night of the Running Man (1995), Batman & Robin (1997), and Payback (1999). He also appeared in Annie Hall (1977).
On television, Glover appeared in An Early Frost (1985), earning a Primetime Emmy Award nomination, and Apology (1986). His credits also include Miami Vice (1987), Murder, She Wrote, Twist of Fate (1989), Traveling Man (1989), The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Brimstone, Frasier, Heroes, Brothers & Sisters, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Agent Carter, and The Blacklist. He voiced the Riddler in Batman: The Animated Series and portrayed Lionel Luthor on Smallville from 2001 to 2008, returning for the series' final season in 2010–2011.
On stage, Glover won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for Love! Valour! Compassion!, later reprising his role in the film adaptation. His Broadway credits also include The Drowsy Chaperone (2007), Waiting for Godot, which earned him a Tony Award nomination, Death of a Salesman (2012), and Much Ado About Nothing (2014). He also appeared in Edward Albee's The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? (2004) and The Atmosphere of Memory (2011).
In addition to his screen and stage work, Glover performed in the Peabody Award-winning radio adaptation of The Odyssey of Homer, appeared in productions for LA Theatre Works, narrated audiobooks including Ghost Story (2011), voiced characters in Tron: Evolution (2010) and Tron: Uprising (2012), and starred in the horror anthology film Sanitarium (2013).
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STAGE CREDITS
Movies
[ 1973 ] Johnnie
[ 1977 ] Actor Boy Friend
[ 1977 ] Sammy
[ 1978 ] Herbert Little
[ 1979 ] Richard Peabody
[ 1980 ] 2nd Attorney Freese
[ 1980 ] Ernst
[ 1980 ] Nathan Wyeth
[ 1981 ] Tom Keller
[ 1982 ] Walter
[ 1984 ] Briggs
[ 1984 ] Ross Halley
[ 1985 ] Sheb Sheppard
[ 1985 ] Wynn Scott
[ 1986 ] Alan Raimy
[ 1986 ] Fred Niceman
[ 1988 ] Brice Cummings
[ 1988 ] Brother Leon
[ 1988 ] Rolo Rockwell
[ 1988 ] Tony Gateworth
[ 1989 ] Henry Hollowhead
[ 1990 ] Daniel Clamp
[ 1990 ] Magnavolt Salesman
[ 1993 ] A.J. Pattle
[ 1994 ] Saperstein
[ 1995 ] Derek Mills
[ 1995 ] Goddard Marx
[ 1997 ] Bennett Hale
[ 1997 ] Doctor Jon Woodrue
[ 1997 ] John & James Jeckyll
[ 1998 ] Sam
[ 1999 ] Phil
[ 1999 ] Richard, Director
[ 2001 ] Jesus Christ Street Actor
[ 2001 ] Yuri Moskivin
[ 2002 ] Bill Gates
[ 2004 ] Ralph
[ 2005 ] Ogden
[ 2013 ] Professor, Count
[ 2014 ] Zog
[ 2015 ] Detective Gillespie
[ 2016 ] Dr. Ellison
[ 2019 ] Mr. Sivana
[ 2022 ] The Grand Zel
[ 2025 ] Donald Spar
[ 2025 ] Lou
TV Shows
Bill
The Riddler, Edward Nygma, Riddler
The Devil, Angel
Babysitter, Prosecutor, Lucius
Dr. Declan Gage
Andrew Durbin, Franz Mueller
Simon Kraft
Billy Vargas
Lionel Luthor, Darkseid, Jor-El
Mike Sayles
Jared Andrews
Dyson
[ 2022-2025 ] Rodney (voice)
[ 2021-2025 ] Elliot
Awards and Nominations
John GloverThe Lisbon Traviata
John Glover, Waiting for Godot
John Glover, The Paris Letter
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John Glover , Love! Valour! Compassion!
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John Glover, The Great God Brown
Videos
Broadway Rewind: Something Wicked This Way Comes When MACBETH Returns to Broadway
by Nicole Rosky - 2020-10-31 15:01:00
TV: SAINT JOAN Makes a Divine Return to Broadway- Go Inside Opening Night!
by TV - Opening Night Special - 2018-04-26 13:15:48
TV: Condola Rashad Is on a Mission in Highlights from SAINT JOAN on Broadway!
by Nicole Rosky - 2018-04-25 11:24:48
TV: Condola Rashad & Company Get Ready for Opening Night of SAINT JOAN
by Nicole Rosky - 2018-04-10 09:41:47
News
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 7, 2026
New York Festival of Song announced its upcoming season, featuring four mainstage concerts at Merkin Hall co-presented by Kaufman Music Center, plus standalone programs including A GOYISHE CHRISTMAS TO YOU! and a Juilliard collaboration.
by Josh Sharpe - Jul 6, 2026
The American Composers Orchestra (ACO) will release its next album, America in Weimar: On the Margins. The album was part of Carnegie Hall’s Fall of the Weimar Republic: Dancing on the Precipice, a citywide festival in 2024 exploring the thriving creative period in Germany between World War I and World War II.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 11, 2025
InterAct Theatre Company will present a special Sunday afternoon staged reading of Life, Death, and Other Opportunities, a new family drama by acclaimed filmmaker and playwright Jeff Kaufman.
by A.A. Cristi - May 2, 2025
From June 11-14, 2025, MATA will present its 27th annual MATA Festival, this year in partnership with ISSUE Project Room, featuring four concerts across four nights exploring the concept of INTERGALACTIC INFINITY: Music Between Spaces.
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 22, 2025
From June 11-14, 2025, MATA will present its 27th annual MATA Festival, this year in partnership with ISSUE Project Room, featuring four concerts across four nights exploring the concept of INTERGALACTIC INFINITY: Music Between Spaces.
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 17, 2025
The Jeff Awards has announced the newest recipients of its Jeff Impact Fellowships. The Fellowships, which began in 2023, come with a financial award of $10,000 each to help inspire two early career artists of color in the Greater Chicagoland area.
by Stephi Wild - Apr 9, 2025
MATA will present its 27th annual MATA Festival, this year in partnership with ISSUE Project Room, featuring four concerts across four nights exploring the concept of INTERGALACTIC INFINITY: Music Between Spaces.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 19, 2025
The Joseph Jefferson Awards will honor The Theatre School at DePaul University with the 2025 Joseph Jefferson Special Award at the 51st Non-Equity Awards. Learn more about the awards and see how to attend.
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 4, 2025
The Douglas Moore Fund for American Opera in collaboration with the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra and the Scandinavian House of New York City will present Douglas Moore: Giants in the Earth Rediscovered, a FREE program on Tuesday, March 11 at the Scandinavian House.
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 14, 2025
The Jeff Impresario Award celebrating an outstanding Chicago theater stage manager will become a new annual award presented by the Joseph Jefferson Awards.
by Richard Sasanow - Jan 14, 2025
The lobby of the HERE Theatre in SoHo was buzzing after Saturday’s performance of the new opera EAT THE DOCUMENT—not just for the performance we’d just watched but for the memories of the age that the piece evoked for many in the audience. Based on the novel of the same name by Dana Spiotta, DOCUMENT is a story of the ‘70s underground, with its activism, and a tale of sacrifice and living a secret.
by Richard Sasanow - Jan 8, 2025
New York’s annual PROTOTYPE Festival—produced by Beth Morrison Projects and HERE, which has been showcasing visionary, nontraditional opera-theatre and music-theatre pieces since 2013—kicked off its 2025 edition on January 9 followed by BLACK LODGE/BARDO, IN A GROVE, POSITIVE VIBRATION NATION, AROOJ AFTAB: NIGHT REIGN, ART BATH, through January 19.
by R. Scott Reedy - Dec 6, 2024
Boston has a long history with “A Christmas Carol.” Victorian-era author Charles Dickens gave his first American reading of the holiday classic at Tremont Temple in December 1867 while he was living just a block away at the Parker House.
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 17, 2024
The Acting Company announced the cast for THE SHADOW OF A GUNMAN, featuring a lineup of accomplished actors. The production is set to bring Sean O'Casey's classic play to life on stage.
by Richard Sasanow - Sep 16, 2024
Kelley Rouke was driving when she received a text from Mark Campbell informing her that she was the winner of Opera America’s 2024 Campbell Opera Librettist Prize. Her reaction? She answered, “Stop it! It’s mean. Never joke about that!” because she couldn’t quite digest that she’d been chosen for the prize. “There are so many people doing great work that I couldn’t believe I’d been singled out,” she modestly insists.
by Stephi Wild - Aug 27, 2024
Beth Morrison Projects has announced its 19th season, featuring a World premiere, two West Coast premieres, an NYC premiere and the third cycle of their acclaimed NEXT GEN program, along with the 2025 PROTOTYPE: OPERA | THEATRE | NOW Festival in partnership with HERE.
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 30, 2024
OPERA America has announced the 2024 Campbell Opera Librettist Prize recipient, Kelley Rourke.
by Josh Sharpe - Jul 29, 2024
At the GREMLINS: THE WILD BATCH panel at San Diego Comic-Con, Max let loose a flurry of exciting casting announcements for the second season of the hit animated prequel series, including news that Simu Liu will join the main cast, and John Glover – star of the “Gremlins” film sequel – will return to the franchise as a guest voice.
by Blair Ingenthron - Jul 26, 2024
HERE's 2024-2025 season features four world premieres and a diverse lineup of innovative performances. See the full schedule here!
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 24, 2024
PROTOTYPE: Opera | Theatre | Now has announced the lineup for 2025, set to resume January 9-19, 2025. This will mark the final season co-produced by HERE and co-curated by Kristin Marting, who founded the Festival together with Beth Morrison and Kim Whitener, and who is also the outgoing Founding Artistic Director of HERE.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
John Glover has appeared on Broadway in 18 shows.
John Glover has not appeared in the West End.
The Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Lead Actor, Resident Play (Helen Hayes Awards) for The Lisbon Traviata, Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Waiting for Godot, Outstanding Lead Actor (The Lortels) for The Paris Letter, Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Love! Valour! Compassion! and Outstanding Performance (Drama Desk Awards) for The Great God Brown.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Love! Valour! Compassion! Additionally, John Glover has received the Obie Award for Performance for his work in The Hired Man and the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actor for his role in The Tenth Man. He has also earned nominations for the Drama Desk Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award.
