John Glover

John Glover

Known for
Acting
Born
August 7, 1944 (age 82)
Birthplace
Salisbury, Maryland, USA

Biography

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

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Filmography

2026
Woodstockers poster

Woodstockers

Movie · as Jupiter

2025
The Home poster

The Home

Movie · as Lou

2025
The Motorcycle Man poster

The Motorcycle Man

Movie · as Pat

2025
A Natural Selection poster

A Natural Selection

Movie · as Donald Spar

2023
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai poster

Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai

TV · as Rodney (voice) · 1 ep

2022
Fatal Influence: Like. Follow. Survive. poster

Fatal Influence: Like. Follow. Survive.

Movie · as The Grand Zel

2022
Fear the Walking Dead: Dead in the Water poster

Fear the Walking Dead: Dead in the Water

TV · as Teddy Maddox · 1 ep

2021
And Just Like That… poster

And Just Like That…

TV · as Elliot · 3 eps

2019
Shazam! poster

Shazam!

Movie · as Mr. Sivana

2019
Tales of the City poster

Tales of the City

TV · as Bill Schwartz · 1 ep

2019
Evil poster

Evil

TV · as Byron Duke · 1 ep

2018
Every Act of Life poster

Every Act of Life

Movie · as Self

2017
The Lost Wife of Robert Durst poster

The Lost Wife of Robert Durst

Movie · as Seymour Durst

2017
The Good Fight poster

The Good Fight

TV · as Jared Andrews · 1 ep

2016
We Go On poster

We Go On

Movie · as Dr. Ellison

2016
Lucifer poster

Lucifer

TV · as Peter Peterson · 1 ep

2015
Reality poster

Reality

Movie · as Zog

2015
You Bury Your Own poster

You Bury Your Own

Movie · as Detective Gillespie

2015
Fear the Walking Dead poster

Fear the Walking Dead

TV · as Teddy Maddox · 4 eps

2015
Marvel's Agent Carter poster

Marvel's Agent Carter

TV · as SSR Informant · 1 ep

2013
Sanitarium poster

Sanitarium

Movie · as Gustav

2013
Sweet Talk poster

Sweet Talk

Movie · as Professor / Count

2013
The Blacklist poster

The Blacklist

TV · as Dr. Bruce Sanders · 1 ep

2012
Perception poster

Perception

TV · as The Devil · 1 ep

2009
The Good Wife poster

The Good Wife

TV · as Jared Andrews · 4 eps

2006
Brothers and Sisters poster

Brothers and Sisters

TV · as Henry Mittner · 1 ep

2006
Heroes poster

Heroes

TV · as Samson Gray · 1 ep

2005
The Civilization of Maxwell Bright poster

The Civilization of Maxwell Bright

Movie · as Ogden

2005
Numb3rs poster

Numb3rs

TV · as Simon Kraft · 2 eps

2005
Medium poster

Medium

TV · as Carson Churchill · 1 ep

2004
Tricks

Tricks

Movie · as Ralph

2002
Smallville poster

Smallville

Movie · as Lionel Luthor

2001
On Edge poster

On Edge

Movie · as Yuri Moskvin

2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent poster

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

TV · as Declan Gage · 2 eps

2001
Smallville poster

Smallville

TV · as Lionel Luthor · 143 eps

1999
Payback poster

Payback

Movie · as Phil

1999
Get Real poster

Get Real

TV · as Fate · 1 ep

1999
Snoops poster

Snoops

TV · as Gary Hyndman · 1 ep

1998
The Tempest poster

The Tempest

Movie · as Anthony Prosper

1998
Dead Broke poster

Dead Broke

Movie · as Sam

1998
Haunted History poster

Haunted History

TV · 42 eps

1998
Brimstone poster

Brimstone

TV · as The Devil · 13 eps

1997
Batman & Robin poster

Batman & Robin

Movie · as Dr. Jason Woodrue

1997
Love! Valour! Compassion! poster

Love! Valour! Compassion!

Movie · as John & James Jeckyll

1997
Dead by Midnight poster

Dead by Midnight

Movie · as Dr. Armand Drake / Ben Hamill

1997
Medusa's Child poster

Medusa's Child

Movie · as Rogers Henry

1997
The Broken Giant poster

The Broken Giant

Movie · as Bennett Hale

1997
The New Batman Adventures poster

The New Batman Adventures

TV · as The Riddler (voice) · 1 ep

1996
Superman: The Animated Series poster

Superman: The Animated Series

TV · as The Riddler (voice) · 1 ep

1996
Remember WENN poster

Remember WENN

TV · as Adrian Carr · 1 ep

1996
Arli$$ poster

Arli$$

TV · as Bobby Salmon · 1 ep

1995
Automatic poster

Automatic

Movie · as Goddard Marx

1995
Night of the Running Man poster

Night of the Running Man

Movie · as Derek Mills

1995
In the Mouth of Madness poster

In the Mouth of Madness

Movie · as Saperstein

1995
Pinky and the Brain poster

Pinky and the Brain

TV · 1 ep

1995
Caroline in the City poster

Caroline in the City

TV · as Hilton Traynor · 1 ep

1994
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker poster

Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker

Movie · as Maj. Asa Bird Gardiner

1994
Schemes poster

Schemes

Movie · as Victor Kraft

1994
Chicago Hope poster

Chicago Hope

TV · as Max Demming · 1 ep

1993
Ed and His Dead Mother poster

Ed and His Dead Mother

Movie · as A.J. Pattle

1993
Frasier poster

Frasier

TV · as Ned Miller · 1 ep

1993
Homicide: Life on the Street poster

Homicide: Life on the Street

TV · as Nelson Broyles · 1 ep

1993
South Beach poster

South Beach

TV · as Roberts · 7 eps

1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine poster

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

TV · as Verad · 1 ep

1993
Animaniacs poster

Animaniacs

TV · as Rasputin (voice) · 1 ep

1992
Majority Rule poster

Majority Rule

Movie · as Bradley Mackin

1992
Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel poster

Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel

Movie · as Loco Garrison

1992
Grass Roots poster

Grass Roots

Movie · as Harold Perkerson / Jason Ross

1992
Batman: The Animated Series poster

Batman: The Animated Series

TV · as The Riddler (voice) · 3 eps

1992
Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel poster

Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel

TV · as Loco Garrison · 2 eps

1991
Dead on the Money poster

Dead on the Money

Movie · as Russell Blake

1991
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? poster

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Movie · as Billy Korn

1991
The Legend of Prince Valiant poster

The Legend of Prince Valiant

TV · 1 ep

1991
Dinosaurs poster

Dinosaurs

TV · as Lucius (voice), Prosecutor (voice), Babysitter (voice) · 1 ep

1991
The Hidden Room poster

The Hidden Room

TV · as John Burke · 1 ep

1990
Gremlins 2: The New Batch poster

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Movie · as Daniel Clamp

1990
RoboCop 2 poster

RoboCop 2

Movie · as Magnavolt Salesman

1990
El Diablo poster

El Diablo

Movie · as The Preacher

1990
An Enemy of the People

An Enemy of the People

Movie · as Dr. Thomas Stockman

1990
Home

Home

Movie · as Eric Hochmann

1990
American Dreamer poster

American Dreamer

TV · 4 eps

1989
Meet the Hollowheads poster

Meet the Hollowheads

Movie · as Henry Hollowhead

1989
Traveling Man poster

Traveling Man

Movie · as Chick Beeler

1989
Breaking Point poster

Breaking Point

Movie · as Dr. Gerber

1989
Tales from the Crypt poster

Tales from the Crypt

TV · as Undertaker · 1 ep

1989
Twist of Fate poster

Twist of Fate

TV · as Max Brodsky · 2 eps

1988
The Chocolate War poster

The Chocolate War

Movie · as Brother Leon

1988
Scrooged poster

Scrooged

Movie · as Bryce Cummings

1988
David poster

David

Movie · as Charles Rothenberg

1988
Rocket Gibraltar poster

Rocket Gibraltar

Movie · as Rolo Rockwell

1988
Moving Target poster

Moving Target

Movie · as Dobbins

1988
Masquerade poster

Masquerade

Movie · as Tony Gateworth

1988
Hot Paint poster

Hot Paint

Movie · as Algernon

1987
Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim poster

Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim

Movie

1987
Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder poster

Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder

TV · as Richard Behrens · 3 eps

1987
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd poster

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

TV · as Mike Sayles · 5 eps

1986
Willy/Milly poster

Willy/Milly

Movie · as Fred Niceman

1986
52 Pick-Up poster

52 Pick-Up

Movie · as Alan Raimy

1986
Apology poster

Apology

Movie · as Philip

1986
L.A. Law poster

L.A. Law

TV · as Dr. Paul Kohler · 1 ep

1985
A Killing Affair poster

A Killing Affair

Movie · as Sheb Sheppard

1985
White Nights poster

White Nights

Movie · as Wynn Scott

1985
Don't Touch poster

Don't Touch

Movie · as Mr. Stewart

1985
An Early Frost poster

An Early Frost

Movie · as Victor DiMato

1985
The Ray Bradbury Theater poster

The Ray Bradbury Theater

TV · 1 ep

1985
Lime Street poster

Lime Street

TV · 1 ep

1985
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · as Alien Ambassador (segment "A Small Talent for War") · 1 ep

1984
The Evil That Men Do poster

The Evil That Men Do

Movie · as Paul Briggs, U.S. Embassy

1984
A Flash of Green poster

A Flash of Green

Movie · as Ross Halley

1984
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter poster

Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter

Movie · as Pierre Lafitte

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Franz Mueller, Andrew Durbin · 1 ep

1984
Miami Vice poster

Miami Vice

TV · as Steve Duddy · 2 eps

1983
The Face of Rage

The Face of Rage

Movie

1983
The Hitchhiker poster

The Hitchhiker

TV · as Miles Duchet · 1 ep

1983
Rage of Angels poster

Rage of Angels

TV · as Scanlon / Jackson · 2 eps

1982
A Little Sex poster

A Little Sex

Movie · as Walter

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Ross Hailey, Dr. Thomas Stockman · 1 ep

1981
The Incredible Shrinking Woman poster

The Incredible Shrinking Woman

Movie · as Tom Keller

1980
The American Success Company poster

The American Success Company

Movie · as Ernst

1980
Melvin and Howard poster

Melvin and Howard

Movie · as 2nd Attorney (Freese)

1980
The Mountain Men poster

The Mountain Men

Movie · as Nathan Wyeth

1979
Last Embrace poster

Last Embrace

Movie · as Richard Peabody

1978
Somebody Killed Her Husband poster

Somebody Killed Her Husband

Movie · as Herbert Little

1977
Julia poster

Julia

Movie · as Sammy

1977
Annie Hall poster

Annie Hall

Movie · as Actor Boy Friend

1977
The Andros Targets poster

The Andros Targets

TV · as Wiggs · 1 ep

1973
Shamus poster

Shamus

Movie · as Johnnie Brosten

1973
Kojak poster

Kojak

TV · as Billy Jo · 1 ep

1972
ABC Afterschool Special poster

ABC Afterschool Special

TV · as Mr. Stewart · 1 ep