Glover began his career in television, playing a mentally disturbed kidnapper who kidnapped Joanne, the lead character in
Search for Tomorrow. One of his early film performances was a role as a U.S. diplomat in
White Nights. His other roles include Alan Raimy in
52 Pick-Up, Bryce Cummings in
Scrooged, Tony Gateworth in
Masquerade, 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. In 1987, he appeared in the
Miami Vice episode "Lend Me an Ear" as Steve Duddy. He also appeared in two episodes of
Murder, She Wrote, "One White Rose for Death" and "When Thieves Fall Out". He appeared in the television film
An Early Frost in 1985, the first TV film to confront the issue of
AIDS, and received an
Emmy nomination for his performance as a gay AIDS patient. In 1986, he appeared in the TV film
Apology with
Lesley Ann Warren. He appeared in the role of Max Brodsky, an inmate in concentration camps and later a fighter for Israel's independence, in Ian Sharp's 1989 TV miniseries
Twist of Fate (also known as
Pursuit). That same year, he played a hard-driving, low-on-morals district sales manager in HBO's
Traveling Man. He also received a 1994
Emmy nomination for
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his appearance in
Frasier. He had a small appearance in the
Woody Allen film
Annie Hall (1977) in a flashback in which he tells the title character, "Touch my heart. With your foot." He had a recurring role in
Law & Order: Criminal Intent as
Declan Gage, an old friend and mentor to Detective
Robert Goren. On
ABC's
Brothers & Sisters he played Henry (the boyfriend of Saul Holden) in 2009. In
Heroes he had a brief appearance as
Samson Gray, the father of
Sylar. He had made notable appearances on stage, winning a Tony Award for
Featured Actor in a Play for his dual roles in the Broadway play
Love! Valour! Compassion!, which he reprised in the film version. In 2004, he performed with the Philadelphia Theatre Company staging of Edward Albee's
The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? He also appeared as "man in the chair/narrator" in
The Drowsy Chaperone on Broadway during the summer of 2007. He played the role of
Lucky in a Broadway production of
Samuel Beckett's
Waiting for Godot, for which he earned a Tony Award nomination for
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play. In 2014, he appeared as Leonato in the
Shakespeare in the Park production of
Much Ado About Nothing. He played Telemachus in
Yuri Rasovsky's
Peabody Award-winning radio dramatization of
The Odyssey of Homer and has played in several radio plays of the LA Theatre Works. Glover is receiving increasing recognition for narrating audiobooks. In 2011, he performed the audiobook version of
Ghost Story, the thirteenth novel in
Jim Butcher's
The Dresden Files series. In October/November 2011, he performed in David Bar Katz's drama
The Atmosphere of Memory at the Bank Street Theatre in New York City, co-starring with
Ellen Burstyn in a LAByrinth production. He played the role of Uncle Ben in the 2012 Broadway production of
Arthur Miller's
Death of a Salesman, directed by
Mike Nichols. He is seen rehearsing the role of John Kreese in behind-the-scenes pre-production footage from
The Karate Kid, indicating he may have been considered for that role. In 2013, Glover starred in the horror anthology
Sanitarium. He also guest-starred in an episode of
Agent Carter. Glover has done various voice-over work for several projects related to
Tron: Legacy: the villain Abraxas in
Tron: Evolution, and Dyson in
Tron: Uprising. In 2014, he guest-starred on
The Blacklist in the episode titled "Berlin". ==Personal life==