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John Soursby Glover Jr. 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 Ed and His Dead Mother with Steve Buscemi and Ned Beatty.
Birth Name
John Soursby Glover Junior
Born
Monday, 07 August 1944
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Home | 2024 | |
| Fatal Influence: Like. Follow. Survive. | The Grand Zel | 2022 |
| Fear the Walking Dead: Dead in the Water | Teddy Maddox | 2022 |
| And Just Like That... | Elliot | 2021 |
| Evil | Byron Duke | 2019 |
| Tales of the City | Bill Schwartz | 2019 |
| Shazam! | Mr. Sivana | 2019 |
| Every Act of Life | Himself / Self | 2018 |
| The Lost Wife of Robert Durst | Seymour Durst | 2017 |
| The Good Fight | Jared Andrews | 2017 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Home | 2024 | |
| Fatal Influence: Like. Follow. Survive. | The Grand Zel | 2022 |
| Fear the Walking Dead: Dead in the Water | Teddy Maddox | 2022 |
| And Just Like That... | Elliot | 2021 |
| Evil | Byron Duke | 2019 |
| Tales of the City | Bill Schwartz | 2019 |
| Shazam! | Mr. Sivana | 2019 |
| Every Act of Life | Himself / Self | 2018 |
| The Lost Wife of Robert Durst | Seymour Durst | 2017 |
| The Good Fight | Jared Andrews | 2017 |
| We Go On | Dr. Ellison | 2017 |
| Lucifer | Peter Peterson | 2016 |
| You Bury Your Own | Detective Gillespie | 2015 |
| Fear the Walking Dead | Teddy Maddox | 2015 |
| Agent Carter | SSR Informant | 2015 |
| Reality | Zog | 2014 |
| The Blacklist | Dr. Bruce Sanders | 2013 |
| Sanitarium | Gustav (segment "Figuratively Speaking") / Gustav | 2013 |
| Sweet Talk | Count / Professor | 2013 |
| The Broadway.com Show | Self | 2013 |
| Perception | The Devil | 2012 |
| Tron: Uprising | Dyson | 2012 |
| The Good Wife | Jared Andrews | 2009 |
| Smallville: Vengeance Chronicles | Lionel Luthor | 2007 |
| Brothers & Sisters | Henry Mittner | 2006 |
| Heroes | Samson Gray | 2006 |
| The Civilization of Maxwell Bright | Ogden | 2005 |
| Numb3rs | Simon Kraft | 2005 |
| Medium | Carson Churchill | 2005 |
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Dr. Declan Gage | 2001 |
| On Edge | Yuri Moskivin | 2001 |
| Smallville | Lionel Luthor / Darkseid | 2001 |
| The Body | Jesus Christ Street Actor | 2001 |
| Haunted History | Narrator / Self | 1999 |
| Macbeth in Manhattan | Richard / Director | 1999 |
| Snoops | Gary Hyndman | 1999 |
| Get Real | Fate | 1999 |
| Payback: Straight Up | Phil | 1999 |
| Payback | Phil | 1999 |
| The Tempest | Anthony Prosper | 1998 |
| Brimstone | The Devil / Angel | 1998 |
| Dead Broke | Sam | 1998 |
| Dead by Midnight | Dr. Armond Drake / Ben Hamill / Dr. Armand Drake | 1997 |
| Medusa's Child | Rogers Henry | 1997 |
| The New Batman Adventures | The Riddler / Edward Nygma | 1997 |
| Batman & Robin | Dr. Jason Woodrue / Doctor Jason Woodrue | 1997 |
| Love! Valour! Compassion! | John & James Jeckyll | 1997 |
| Dead Man's Gun | Jack Fleetwood (segment "Fool's Gold") | 1997 |
| Theater Talk | Self | 1996 |
| Superman: The Animated Series | The Riddler / Edward Nygma | 1996 |
| Arli$$ | Bobby Salmon | 1996 |
| Remember WENN | Adrian Carr | 1996 |
| Caroline in the City | Hilton Traynor | 1995 |
| The 49th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Winner | 1995 |
| Automatic | Goddard Marx | 1995 |
| In the Mouth of Madness | Saperstein | 1995 |
| Night of the Running Man | Derek Mills | 1995 |
| Chicago Hope | Max Demming | 1994 |
| Schemes | Victor Kraft | 1994 |
| Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker | Maj. Asa Bird Gardiner | 1994 |
| Frasier | Ned Miller | 1993 |
| Animaniacs | Rasputin | 1993 |
| South Beach | Roberts | 1993 |
| Ed and His Dead Mother | A.J. Pattle | 1993 |
| Homicide: Life on the Street | Nelson Broyles | 1993 |
| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Verad | 1993 |
| Batman: The Animated Series | The Riddler / Edward Nygma | 1992 |
| Grass Roots | Harold Perkerson / Jason Ross | 1992 |
| Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel | Loco Garrison | 1992 |
| The Chuck Woolery Show | Self | 1991 |
| The Legend of Prince Valiant | King Edward | 1991 |
| The Hidden Room | John Burke | 1991 |
| Dead on the Money | Russell Blake | 1991 |
| Dinosaurs | Babysitter / Lucius / Prosecutor | 1991 |
| What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? | Billy Korn | 1991 |
| A Season of Giants | Leonardo DaVinci | 1990 |
| American Dreamer | Bill | 1990 |
| El Diablo | The Preacher | 1990 |
| RoboCop 2 | Magnavolt Salesman | 1990 |
| Gremlins 2: The New Batch | Daniel Clamp | 1990 |
| Meet the Hollowheads | Henry Hollowhead | 1989 |
| Breaking Point | Dr. Gerber | 1989 |
| Traveling Man | Chick Beeler | 1989 |
| Tales from the Crypt | Undertaker | 1989 |
| The Pat Sajak Show | Self | 1989 |
| Twist of Fate | Max Brodsky | 1989 |
| Scrooged | Brice Cummings / Bryce Cummings | 1988 |
| The Chocolate War | Brother Leon | 1988 |
| David | Charles Rothenberg | 1988 |
| Rocket Gibraltar | Rolo Rockwell | 1988 |
| Hot Paint | Algernon | 1988 |
| Masquerade | Tony Gateworth | 1988 |
| Moving Target | Dobbins | 1988 |
| Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim | 1987 | |
| The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd | Mike Sayles | 1987 |
| Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder | Richard Behrens | 1987 |
| 52 Pick-Up | Alan Raimy | 1986 |
| L.A. Law | Dr. Paul Kohler | 1986 |
| Apology | Philip | 1986 |
| Willy/Milly | Fred Niceman | 1986 |
| White Nights | Wynn Scott | 1985 |
| A Killing Affair | Sheb Sheppard | 1985 |
| The Twilight Zone | Alien Ambassador (segment "A Small Talent for War") | 1985 |
| Lime Street | Mr. Balzar | 1985 |
| The Ray Bradbury Theater | Walter Grip | 1985 |
| An Early Frost | Victor DiMato | 1985 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Franz Mueller / Andrew Durbin | 1984 |
| Miami Vice | Steve Duddy | 1984 |
| A Flash of Green | Ross Halley | 1984 |
| George Washington | Charles Lee | 1984 |
| The Evil That Men Do | Briggs / Paul Briggs, U.S. Embassy | 1984 |
| Kennedy | William Walton | 1983 |
| The Hitchhiker | Miles Duchet | 1983 |
| Rage of Angels | Jackson / Scanlon | 1983 |
| A Little Sex | Walter | 1982 |
| American Playhouse | Ross Halley | 1982 |
| The Incredible Shrinking Woman | Tom Keller | 1981 |
| Melvin and Howard | 2nd Attorney (Freese) | 1980 |
| The Mountain Men | Nathan Wyeth | 1980 |
| The American Success Company | Ernst | 1980 |
| Last Embrace | Richard Peabody | 1979 |
| Somebody Killed Her Husband | Herbert Little | 1978 |
| Julia | Sammy | 1977 |
| Annie Hall | Actor Boy Friend | 1977 |
| The Andros Targets | Wiggs | 1977 |
| Working in the Theatre | Self | 1976 |
| Kojak | Billy Jo | 1973 |
| Shamus | Johnnie / Johnnie Brosten | 1973 |
| ABC Afterschool Specials | Mr. Stewart | 1972 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1994 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
| 1993 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 1991 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 1987 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special | Nominated |
| 1986 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special | Nominated |
