
John Glover
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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
Credits

Batman & Robin (1997)
as Dr. Jason Woodrue

Shazam! (2019)
as Mr. Sivana

Payback (1999)
as Phil

In the Mouth of Madness (1995)
as Saperstein

RoboCop 2 (1990)
as Magnavolt Salesman

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
as Daniel Clamp

Annie Hall (1977)
as Actor Boy Friend

The Home (2025)
as Lou

Scrooged (1988)
as Bryce Cummings

White Nights (1985)
as Wynn Scott

52 Pick-Up (1986)
as Alan Raimy

Julia (1977)
as Sammy

Smallville (2002)
as Lionel Luthor

The Mountain Men (1980)
as Nathan Wyeth

The Evil That Men Do (1984)
as Paul Briggs, U.S. Embassy

A Little Sex (1982)
as Walter

El Diablo (1990)
as The Preacher

Last Embrace (1979)
as Richard Peabody

Shamus (1973)
as Johnnie Brosten

The Chocolate War (1988)
as Brother Leon

Willy/Milly (1986)
as Fred Niceman

An Early Frost (1985)
as Victor DiMato

Masquerade (1988)
as Tony Gateworth

Grass Roots (1992)
as Harold Perkerson / Jason Ross

The Lost Wife of Robert Durst (2017)
as Seymour Durst

The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)
as Tom Keller

Rocket Gibraltar (1988)
as Rolo Rockwell

Hot Paint (1988)
as Algernon

Reality (2015)
as Zog

Every Act of Life (2018)
as Self

Melvin and Howard (1980)
as 2nd Attorney (Freese)

The Tempest (1998)
as Anthony Prosper

Moving Target (1988)
as Dobbins

Night of the Running Man (1995)
as Derek Mills

Love! Valour! Compassion! (1997)
as John & James Jeckyll

Woodstockers (2026)
as Jupiter

We Go On (2016)
as Dr. Ellison

Don't Touch (1985)
as Mr. Stewart

Majority Rule (1992)
as Bradley Mackin

Ed and His Dead Mother (1993)
as A.J. Pattle

Medusa's Child (1997)
as Rogers Henry

Breaking Point (1989)
as Dr. Gerber
The Face of Rage (1983)
Actor

A Killing Affair (1985)
as Sheb Sheppard

Apology (1986)
as Philip

Sanitarium (2013)
as Gustav

On Edge (2001)
as Yuri Moskvin

Somebody Killed Her Husband (1978)
as Herbert Little

Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel (1992)
as Loco Garrison

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1991)
as Billy Korn

Dead Broke (1998)
as Sam

The Civilization of Maxwell Bright (2005)
as Ogden

Automatic (1995)
as Goddard Marx

David (1988)
as Charles Rothenberg

The Broken Giant (1997)
as Bennett Hale

Dead by Midnight (1997)
as Dr. Armand Drake / Ben Hamill

Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter (1984)
as Pierre Lafitte

Traveling Man (1989)
as Chick Beeler

The American Success Company (1980)
as Ernst

Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker (1994)
as Maj. Asa Bird Gardiner

Sweet Talk (2013)
as Professor / Count

Meet the Hollowheads (1989)
as Henry Hollowhead

Dead on the Money (1991)
as Russell Blake

Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim (1987)
Actor
Tricks (2004)
as Ralph

A Flash of Green (1984)
as Ross Halley

You Bury Your Own (2015)
as Detective Gillespie

A Natural Selection (2025)
as Donald Spar

Schemes (1994)
as Victor Kraft
Home (1990)
as Eric Hochmann

The Motorcycle Man (2025)
as Pat

Fatal Influence: Like. Follow. Survive. (2022)
as The Grand Zel
An Enemy of the People (1990)
as Dr. Thomas Stockman





