John Glover
View on IMDb ↗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
Dead Broke
Batman: The Animated Series
Haunted History
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai
Lucifer
Smallville
Homicide: Life on the Street
The New Batman Adventures
Animaniacs
Grass RootsFilmography (129)
- 2026
WoodstockersJupiter - 2025
The HomeLou - 2025
The Motorcycle ManPat - 2025
A Natural SelectionDonald Spar - 2023
Gremlins: Secrets of the MogwaiRodney (voice) - 2022
Fear the Walking Dead: Dead in the WaterTeddy Maddox - 2022
Fatal Influence: Like. Follow. Survive.The Grand Zel - 2021
And Just Like That…Elliot - 2019
EvilByron Duke - 2019
Shazam!Mr. Sivana - 2019
Tales of the CityBill Schwartz - 2018
Every Act of LifeSelf - 2017
The Good FightJared Andrews - 2017
The Lost Wife of Robert DurstSeymour Durst - 2016
LuciferPeter Peterson - 2016
We Go OnDr. Ellison - 2015
Fear the Walking DeadTeddy Maddox - 2015
Marvel's Agent CarterSSR Informant - 2015
RealityZog - 2015
You Bury Your OwnDetective Gillespie - 2013
The BlacklistDr. Bruce Sanders - 2013
Sweet TalkProfessor / Count - 2013
SanitariumGustav - 2012
PerceptionThe Devil - 2009
The Good WifeJared Andrews - 2006
HeroesSamson Gray - 2006
Brothers and SistersHenry Mittner - 2005
MediumCarson Churchill - 2005
Numb3rsSimon Kraft - 2005
The Civilization of Maxwell BrightOgden - 2004TricksRalph
- 2002
SmallvilleLionel Luthor - 2001
SmallvilleLionel Luthor - 2001
Law & Order: Criminal IntentDeclan Gage - 2001
On EdgeYuri Moskvin - 1999
Get RealFate - 1999
SnoopsGary Hyndman - 1999
PaybackPhil - 1998
Dead BrokeSam - 1998
Haunted History - 1998
BrimstoneThe Devil - 1998
The TempestAnthony Prosper - 1997
The New Batman AdventuresThe Riddler (voice) - 1997
Love! Valour! Compassion!John & James Jeckyll - 1997
Medusa's ChildRogers Henry - 1997
Dead by MidnightDr. Armand Drake / Ben Hamill - 1997
The Broken GiantBennett Hale - 1997
Batman & RobinDr. Jason Woodrue - 1996
Remember WENNAdrian Carr - 1996
Superman: The Animated SeriesThe Riddler (voice) - 1996
Arli$$Bobby Salmon - 1995
Pinky and the Brain - 1995
In the Mouth of MadnessSaperstein - 1995
Caroline in the CityHilton Traynor - 1995
Night of the Running ManDerek Mills - 1995
AutomaticGoddard Marx - 1994
Chicago HopeMax Demming - 1994
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson WhittakerMaj. Asa Bird Gardiner - 1994
SchemesVictor Kraft - 1993
Homicide: Life on the StreetNelson Broyles - 1993
AnimaniacsRasputin (voice) - 1993
Star Trek: Deep Space NineVerad - 1993
FrasierNed Miller - 1993
South BeachRoberts - 1993
Ed and His Dead MotherA.J. Pattle - 1992
Batman: The Animated SeriesThe Riddler (voice) - 1992
Grass RootsHarold Perkerson / Jason Ross - 1992
Drug Wars: The Cocaine CartelLoco Garrison - 1992
Majority RuleBradley Mackin - 1992
Drug Wars: The Cocaine CartelLoco Garrison - 1991
DinosaursLucius (voice) - 1991
The Legend of Prince Valiant - 1991
The Hidden RoomJohn Burke - 1991
Dead on the MoneyRussell Blake - 1991
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?Billy Korn - 1990An Enemy of the PeopleDr. Thomas Stockman
- 1990HomeEric Hochmann
- 1990
Gremlins 2: The New BatchDaniel Clamp - 1990
RoboCop 2Magnavolt Salesman - 1990
El DiabloThe Preacher - 1990
American Dreamer - 1989
Tales from the CryptUndertaker - 1989
Twist of FateMax Brodsky - 1989
Meet the HollowheadsHenry Hollowhead - 1989
Breaking PointDr. Gerber - 1989
Traveling ManChick Beeler - 1988
Hot PaintAlgernon - 1988
DavidCharles Rothenberg - 1988
ScroogedBryce Cummings - 1988
The Chocolate WarBrother Leon - 1988
Moving TargetDobbins - 1988
Rocket GibraltarRolo Rockwell - 1988
MasqueradeTony Gateworth - 1987
Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim - 1987
Nutcracker: Money, Madness & MurderRichard Behrens - 1987
The Days and Nights of Molly DoddMike Sayles - 1986
L.A. LawDr. Paul Kohler - 1986
52 Pick-UpAlan Raimy - 1986
Willy/MillyFred Niceman - 1986
ApologyPhilip - 1985
A Killing AffairSheb Sheppard - 1985
The Twilight ZoneAlien Ambassador (segment "A Small Talent for War") - 1985
The Ray Bradbury Theater - 1985
White NightsWynn Scott - 1985
Lime Street - 1985
An Early FrostVictor DiMato - 1985
Don't TouchMr. Stewart - 1984
Murder, She WroteFranz Mueller - 1984
Miami ViceSteve Duddy - 1984
The Evil That Men DoPaul Briggs, U.S. Embassy - 1984
A Flash of GreenRoss Halley - 1984
Ernie Kovacs: Between the LaughterPierre Lafitte - 1983
The HitchhikerMiles Duchet - 1983
Rage of AngelsScanlon / Jackson - 1983The Face of Rage
- 1982
American PlayhouseRoss Hailey - 1982
A Little SexWalter - 1981
The Incredible Shrinking WomanTom Keller - 1980
Melvin and Howard2nd Attorney (Freese) - 1980
The Mountain MenNathan Wyeth - 1980
The American Success CompanyErnst - 1979
Last EmbraceRichard Peabody - 1978
Somebody Killed Her HusbandHerbert Little - 1977
Annie HallActor Boy Friend - 1977
The Andros TargetsWiggs - 1977
JuliaSammy - 1973
KojakBilly Jo - 1973
ShamusJohnnie Brosten - 1972
ABC Afterschool SpecialMr. Stewart