John Glover

Biography: A longtime character actor with a reputation for taking on villainous roles with gleeful abandon and a subtle touch of humor, John Glover was once dubbed "the supreme rotter of the '80s" by the late film critic Pauline Kael, thanks to unforgettable performances in such films as 52 Pick-Up, Masquerade, and Scrooged. Always injecting his baddies with an element of quirk and personality, Glover later gravitated away from a life of cinematic crime to success with more sympathetic roles in Love! Valour! Compassion! and Mid-Century. A Salisbury, MD, native who pursued his higher education at Towson State Teacher's College, Glover began an off-Broadway career in the late '60s, which led to small parts in the mid-'70s in such films as Shamus (1973) and Annie Hall (1977). With occasional small-screen roles balancing out his features, Glover began carving out a villainous niche for himself during the '80s in such movies as The Evil That Men Do and 52 Pick-Up. Though Glover's big-screenA longtime character actor with a reputation for taking on villainous roles with gleeful abandon and a subtle touch of humor, John Glover was once dubbed "the supreme rotter of the '80s" by the late film critic Pauline Kael, thanks to unforgettable performances in such films as 52 Pick-Up, Masquerade, and Scrooged. Always injecting his baddies with an element of quirk and personality, Glover later gravitated away from a life of cinematic crime to success with more sympathetic roles in Love! Valour! Compassion! and Mid-Century. A Salisbury, MD, native who pursued his higher education at Towson State Teacher's College, Glover began an off-Broadway career in the late '60s, which led to small parts in the mid-'70s in such films as Shamus (1973) and Annie Hall (1977). With occasional small-screen roles balancing out his features, Glover began carving out a villainous niche for himself during the '80s in such movies as The Evil That Men Do and 52 Pick-Up. Though Glover's big-screen work served as his bread and butter, more sympathetic television appearances -- as a valiant AIDS patient in An Early Frost (1985) and a dedicated doctor in L.A. Law -- earned the actor a pair of Emmy nominations. As his career progressed, Glover became an increasingly prominent figure on TV thanks to parts in Miami Vice, Murder, She Wrote, and Frasier, and his "villains" became ever more quirky in such high-profile features as Gremlins 2: The New Batch and Robocop 2. Glover's roles were also becoming increasingly diverse. Offering a side of himself rarely seen by audiences, he played artist Leonardo DaVinci in the 1991 made-for-TV feature A Season of Giants, and then portrayed another villain, this time the biggest of them all -- the Devil himself -- in the 1998 series Brimstone. Beginning in 1992, Glover did voice work for the popular superhero cartoon Batman: The Animated Series and, later, Batman: Gotham Nights; he also had onscreen roles in the live-action feature Batman & Robin and the WB series Smallville. Glover often returns to his alma matter (now called Towson University) to work with the drama students at the school's Fine Arts College. Expand

John Glover's Scores

Average career score: 79
Highest Metascore: 89 The Good Wife: Season 6
Lowest Metascore: 56 Heroes: Season 3
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Negative: 0 out of 7
7 tv reviews
Title: Year: Credit: User score:
76 Evil: Season 1 Sep 26, 2019 Byron Duke 7.2
89 The Good Wife: Season 6 Sep 21, 2014 Jared Andrews 8.5
86 The Good Wife: Season 4 Sep 30, 2012 Jared Andrews 8.7
89 The Good Wife: Season 2 Sep 28, 2010 Jared Andrews 8.6
tbd Smallville: Season 10 Sep 24, 2010 Lionel Luthor / Lionel Luther / Lionel Luthor 7.6
tbd Medium: Season 7 Sep 24, 2010 Carson Churchill 9.8
tbd Smallville: Season 10 Sep 24, 2010 Lionel Luthor / Lionel Luther / Lionel Luthor tbd
tbd Numb3rs: Season 5 Oct 3, 2008 Samuel Kraft tbd
tbd Brothers & Sisters: Season 3 Sep 28, 2008 Henry Mittner 7.2
56 Heroes: Season 3 Sep 22, 2008 Actor 5.2
tbd Smallville: Season 8 Sep 18, 2008 Lionel Luthor / Lionel Luthor 7.6
tbd Smallville: Season 7 Sep 27, 2007 Lionel Luthor / Lionel Luthor 7.4
tbd Smallville: Season 6 Sep 28, 2006 Lionel Luthor / Actor / Lionel Luthor 7.3
tbd Law & Order: Criminal Intent: Season 6 Sep 19, 2006 Declan Gage 8.3
tbd Smallville: Season 5 Sep 29, 2005 Lionel Luthor / Lionel Luthor 7.3
tbd Numb3rs: Season 2 Sep 23, 2005 Samuel Kraft tbd
tbd Smallville: Season 4 Sep 22, 2004 Lionel Luthor / Lionel Luthor 7.2
tbd Smallville: Season 3 Oct 1, 2003 Lionel Luthor+) / Lionel Luthor 7.3
tbd Smallville: Season 2 Sep 24, 2002 Lionel Luthor / Lionel Luthor 7.4
tbd Arli$$: Season 7 Jun 16, 2002 Bobby / John Glover / Guest tbd
75 Smallville: Season 1 Oct 16, 2001 Lionel Luthor / Lionel Luthor / Lionel Luthor 8.1
tbd Snoops: Season 1 Sep 26, 1999 Gary Hyndman tbd
tbd Homicide: Life on the Street: Season 6 Oct 17, 1997 Nelson Broyles 8.5
tbd Dinosaurs: Season 4 Jun 1, 1994 Voice tbd
tbd Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Season 2 Sep 26, 1993 Verad 8.0
80 Frasier: Season 1 Sep 16, 1993 Actor 8.3
tbd Tales from the Crypt: Season 3 Jun 15, 1991 Actor tbd
tbd The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd: Season 5 Jan 19, 1991 Mike Sayles tbd
tbd L.A. Law: Season 5 Oct 18, 1990 Actor tbd
tbd The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd: Season 3 Apr 17, 1989 Mike Sayles tbd