John Glover: biography and photos

John Glover - a famous American actor, who played many diverse roles in the theater and cinema. His career at the moment is not over, and he continues to please his fans.

Biographical information

John Glover was born in Salisbury, Maryland (USA) on August 7, 1944. Since childhood, he dreamed of becoming an actor and in 1966 received a university degree in Dramatic Arts.

John Glover was very purposeful when he was young. After graduating from the university, he moved to New York and three years later received a role in the popular play "Aroma of Flowers." And after another three - first rose to the Broadway scene.

His career in acting began in 1973 and since then he has appeared in more than a hundred films, in the intervals between which he continued to play in productions, and also participated in television shows.

Today, in addition to filming, John Glover teaches at his own school for future actors and is engaged in charity, helping people with Alzheimer's disease.

The most successful films

The main genres of films with Glover - thriller, comedy and drama. A favorite type of hero is a cold and thoughtful scoundrel. This actor appeared in the films "Knocked up in big", "White Knight", "Chocolate War", "Gremlins-2", "Night Killers", etc. The devil from "Brimstone" in the performance of Glover is simply amazing. Excellent actor also failed to play a negative role in the debut for him series "Scorched by fury."

However, John Glover can not be called an actor of one role. So, he coped wonderfully with the role of the one dying from AIDS in the drama "Frosts"; In the television movie "George Washington" he turned out to be an excellent general; In the series "The Starting Point" - a genius-nazi; And in the movie "David" - a mad dad.

"Secrets of Smallville"

In the sensational series "Secrets of Smallville" John Glover played the cruel and treacherous Lionel Luthor. And this role, perhaps, can be called one of the most successful in his career as an actor. However, no matter how hard the master of "scoundrels" appeared before the viewer in the guise of an out-and-out scoundrel, critics noted that Lionel nevertheless slipped the notes of cheerful and easy character that Glover possesses. By the way, colleagues on the set, who worked with John on the "Secrets", note these features. So, for example, Michael Rosenbaum, who played Luthor's son, calls Glover very hardworking and talented, and actress Annette O'Tull - delightful.

A cheerful, bright and slightly reckless actor in life had a lot of curiosities. One of the last happened in 2014, when the phrase "John - Glover flashed through the media space. The decisive battle. Who will win?". Fans of the actor already thought that their favorite was crazy and was going to fight with himself. But in fact it was a question of a duel between two wrestling athletes, and the phrase should have sounded like this: "John Jones - Glover Teixeira. The decisive battle. Who will win?"

Here such here confusion left with names and surnames. And John Glover with health is all right, and he continues to delight the audience with his creativity, and to charge friends with a huge positive.