Acting
John Glover
Acting · Born 1944-08-07 · Salisbury, Maryland, USA
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.
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FilmA Natural Selection
2025 · Donald Spar
FilmThe Home
2025 · Lou
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai
2023 · Rodney (voice)
FilmFatal Influence: Like. Follow. Survive.
2022 · The Grand Zel
Fear the Walking Dead: Dead in the Water
2022 · Teddy Maddox
And Just Like That…
2021 · Elliot
Evil
2019 · Byron Duke
Tales of the City
2019 · Bill Schwartz
FilmShazam!
2019 · Mr. Sivana
FilmEvery Act of Life
2018 · Self
FilmThe Lost Wife of Robert Durst
2017 · Seymour Durst
The Good Fight
2017 · Jared Andrews
FilmWe Go On
2016 · Dr. Ellison
Lucifer
2016 · Peter Peterson
FilmYou Bury Your Own
2015 · Detective Gillespie
Fear the Walking Dead
2015 · Teddy Maddox
FilmReality
2015 · Zog
Marvel's Agent Carter
2015 · SSR Informant
The Blacklist
2013 · Dr. Bruce Sanders
FilmSweet Talk
2013 · Professor / Count
FilmSanitarium
2013 · Gustav
Perception
2012 · The Devil
The Good Wife
2009 · Jared Andrews
Heroes
2006 · Samson Gray
Brothers and Sisters
2006 · Henry Mittner
FilmThe Civilization of Maxwell Bright
2005 · Ogden
Numb3rs
2005 · Simon Kraft
Medium
2005 · Carson Churchill
Tricks
FilmTricks
2004 · Ralph
FilmSmallville
2002 · Lionel Luthor
Smallville
2001 · Lionel Luthor
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Declan Gage
FilmOn Edge
2001 · Yuri Moskvin
Snoops
1999 · Gary Hyndman
Get Real
1999 · Fate
FilmPayback
1999 · Phil
FilmThe Tempest
1998 · Anthony Prosper
Haunted History
1998
Brimstone
1998 · The Devil
FilmDead Broke
1998 · Sam
FilmDead by Midnight
1997 · Dr. Armand Drake / Ben Hamill
FilmMedusa's Child
1997 · Rogers Henry
The New Batman Adventures
1997 · The Riddler (voice)
FilmThe Broken Giant
1997 · Bennett Hale
FilmBatman & Robin
1997 · Dr. Jason Woodrue
FilmLove! Valour! Compassion!
1997 · John & James Jeckyll
Superman: The Animated Series
1996 · The Riddler (voice)
Arli$$
1996 · Bobby Salmon
Remember WENN
1996 · Adrian Carr
Caroline in the City
1995 · Hilton Traynor
Pinky and the Brain
1995
FilmAutomatic
1995 · Goddard Marx
FilmIn the Mouth of Madness
1995 · Saperstein
FilmNight of the Running Man
1995 · Derek Mills
Chicago Hope
1994 · Max Demming
FilmSchemes
1994 · Victor Kraft
FilmAssault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
1994 · Maj. Asa Bird Gardiner
Frasier
1993 · Ned Miller
Animaniacs
1993 · Rasputin (voice)
South Beach
1993 · Roberts
FilmEd and His Dead Mother
1993 · A.J. Pattle
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · Nelson Broyles
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993 · Verad
FilmMajority Rule
1992 · Bradley Mackin
Batman: The Animated Series
1992 · The Riddler (voice)
FilmGrass Roots
1992 · Harold Perkerson / Jason Ross
FilmDrug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel
1992 · Loco Garrison
Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel
1992 · Loco Garrison
The Legend of Prince Valiant
1991
The Hidden Room
1991 · John Burke
FilmDead on the Money
1991 · Russell Blake
Dinosaurs
1991 · Lucius (voice)
FilmWhat Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1991 · Billy Korn
American Dreamer
1990
FilmEl Diablo
1990 · The Preacher
FilmRoboCop 2
1990 · Magnavolt Salesman
FilmGremlins 2: The New Batch
1990 · Daniel Clamp
An Enemy of the People
FilmAn Enemy of the People
1990 · Dr. Thomas Stockman
Home
FilmHome
1990 · Eric Hochmann
FilmMeet the Hollowheads
1989 · Henry Hollowhead
FilmBreaking Point
1989 · Dr. Gerber
FilmTraveling Man
1989 · Chick Beeler
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · Undertaker
Twist of Fate
1989 · Max Brodsky
FilmScrooged
1988 · Bryce Cummings
FilmThe Chocolate War
1988 · Brother Leon
FilmDavid
1988 · Charles Rothenberg
FilmRocket Gibraltar
1988 · Rolo Rockwell
FilmHot Paint
1988 · Algernon
FilmMasquerade
1988 · Tony Gateworth
FilmMoving Target
1988 · Dobbins
FilmPaul Reiser: Out on a Whim
1987
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1987 · Mike Sayles
Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder
1987 · Richard Behrens
FilmWilly/Milly
1986 · Fred Niceman
Film52 Pick-Up
1986 · Alan Raimy
L.A. Law
1986 · Dr. Paul Kohler
FilmApology
1986 · Philip
FilmWhite Nights
1985 · Wynn Scott
FilmDon't Touch
1985 · Mr. Stewart
FilmA Killing Affair
1985 · Sheb Sheppard
The Twilight Zone
1985 · Alien Ambassador (segment "A Small Talent for War")
Lime Street
1985
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
FilmAn Early Frost
1985 · Victor DiMato
FilmA Flash of Green
1984 · Ross Halley
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Franz Mueller
Miami Vice
1984 · Steve Duddy
FilmErnie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
1984 · Pierre Lafitte
FilmThe Evil That Men Do
1984 · Paul Briggs, U.S. Embassy
The Hitchhiker
1983 · Miles Duchet
The Face of Rage
FilmThe Face of Rage
1983
Rage of Angels
1983 · Scanlon / Jackson
FilmA Little Sex
1982 · Walter
American Playhouse
1982 · Ross Hailey
FilmThe Incredible Shrinking Woman
1981 · Tom Keller
FilmMelvin and Howard
1980 · 2nd Attorney (Freese)
FilmThe Mountain Men
1980 · Nathan Wyeth
FilmThe American Success Company
1980 · Ernst
FilmLast Embrace
1979 · Richard Peabody
FilmSomebody Killed Her Husband
1978 · Herbert Little
FilmJulia
1977 · Sammy
FilmAnnie Hall
1977 · Actor Boy Friend
The Andros Targets
1977 · Wiggs
Kojak
1973 · Billy Jo
FilmShamus
1973 · Johnnie Brosten
ABC Afterschool Special
1972 · Mr. Stewart