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John Soursby Glover, Jr. (born August 7, 1944) is an American actor, known for a range of villainous roles in films and television, including Lionel Luthor on the Superman-inspired television series Smallville. In 1993 he co-starred in the dark comedy classic Ed and His Dead Mother with Steve Buscemi and Ned Beatty.
Glover was born in Salisbury, Maryland, the son of Cade (née Mullins) and John Soursby Glover, Sr., a television salesman. Glover attended Wicomico High School and acted at Towson University. Glover began his career at the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia and later studied acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse under Milton Katselas. Aside from his theatrical endeavours, Glover is also actively involved with the Alzheimer's Association. His inspiration for joining this cause was his own father's experience with Alzheimer's disease. He is openly gay and has been in a relationship with sculptor Adam Kurtzman since 1993.
Mr. Glover began his career in television, playing a mentally disturbed kidnapper who kidnapped Joanne, the heroine on Search for Tomorrow. One of his early film performances was a small but pivotal role as a U.S. diplomat in White Nights. Other notable roles include Alan Raimy in 52 Pick-Up, Bryce Cummings in Scrooged, Daniel Clamp in Gremlins 2: The New Batch, a mobster in Payback, an advertising spokesman in RoboCop 2, Derek Mills in Night of the Running Man, the Riddler in Batman: The Animated Series, Doctor Jason Woodrue in Batman & Robin, Verad in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Invasive Procedures", the Devil in the series Brimstone, and a recurring role in The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd as Cousin Jerry, from Bal'mer, a relative whom no one actually seemed to know.
Actors: Rémy Roubakha (actor), Philippe Magnan (actor), Jacqueline Bouchard (costume designer), Bernadette Lafont (actress), Vincent Lindon (actor), Rémy Roubakha (actor), Dominique Farrugia (producer), Pascal Elbé (actor), Virginie Ledoyen (actress), Philippe Magnan (actor), Gianni Manno (miscellaneous crew), Édith Le Merdy (actress), Mathias Mlekuz (actor), Christopher Granier-Deferre (producer), Sophie Reine (editor),
Genres: Comedy, Comedy, Romance,Actors: Ricky Tomlinson (actor), Rob Lane (composer), Christopher Eccleston (actor), Maurice Roëves (actor), Dave Hill (actor), James Keast (costume designer), Ian McDiarmid (actor), Barrie Vince (editor), Gub Neal (producer), Nicola Shindler (producer), Bruce Jones (actor), David Kangas (actor), Willie Ross (actor), John Motson (actor), Scot Williams (actor),
Plot: Drama based on the real life events of April 1989, when ninety-six Liverpool supporters were crushed to death during an F.A. Cup Semi-Final match against Nottingham Forest at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough Stadium. This movie follows three Liverpudlian families before the match, during the tragedy and at the ensuing court battles which tried to decide who was to blame and what went wrong.
Keywords: ambulance, archive-footage, based-on-true-story, british, brother-brother-relationship, cctv, coroner, crushed-to-death, death, death-of-brother