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
Shazam! (2019)
as Mr. Sivana
Batman & Robin (1997)
as Dr. Jason Woodrue
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
as Daniel Clamp
Payback (1999)
as Phil
RoboCop 2 (1990)
as Magnavolt Salesman
In the Mouth of Madness (1995)
as Saperstein
Annie Hall (1977)
as Actor Boy Friend
Scrooged (1988)
as Bryce Cummings
The Home (2025)
as Lou
The Mountain Men (1980)
as Nathan Wyeth
52 Pick-Up (1986)
as Alan Raimy
White Nights (1985)
as Wynn Scott
Last Embrace (1979)
as Richard Peabody
Julia (1977)
as Sammy
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker (1994)
as Maj. Asa Bird Gardiner
Smallville (2002)
as Lionel Luthor
The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)
as Tom Keller
The Evil That Men Do (1984)
as Paul Briggs, U.S. Embassy
Ed and His Dead Mother (1993)
as A.J. Pattle
Night of the Running Man (1995)
as Derek Mills
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1991)
as Billy Korn
Shamus (1973)
as Johnnie Brosten
Every Act of Life (2018)
as Self
Masquerade (1988)
as Tony Gateworth
Moving Target (1988)
as Dobbins
The Lost Wife of Robert Durst (2017)
as Seymour Durst
Sweet Talk (2013)
as Professor / Count
Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim (1987)
Actor
Rocket Gibraltar (1988)
as Rolo Rockwell
The American Success Company (1980)
as Ernst
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter (1984)
as Pierre Lafitte
Home (1990)
as Eric Hochmann
Somebody Killed Her Husband (1978)
as Herbert Little
Woodstockers (2026)
as Jupiter
Dead on the Money (1991)
as Russell Blake
A Little Sex (1982)
as Walter
You Bury Your Own (2015)
as Detective Gillespie
Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel (1992)
as Loco Garrison
A Flash of Green (1984)
as Ross Halley
El Diablo (1990)
as The Preacher
We Go On (2016)
as Dr. Ellison
The Tempest (1998)
as Anthony Prosper
The Civilization of Maxwell Bright (2005)
as Ogden
An Early Frost (1985)
as Victor DiMato
The Face of Rage (1983)
Actor
Automatic (1995)
as Goddard Marx
Love! Valour! Compassion! (1997)
as John & James Jeckyll
Melvin and Howard (1980)
as 2nd Attorney (Freese)
Reality (2015)
as Zog
Sanitarium (2013)
as Gustav
The Chocolate War (1988)
as Brother Leon
Willy/Milly (1986)
as Fred Niceman
Hot Paint (1988)
as Algernon
Meet the Hollowheads (1989)
as Henry Hollowhead
Grass Roots (1992)
as Harold Perkerson / Jason Ross
Traveling Man (1989)
as Chick Beeler
Breaking Point (1989)
as Dr. Gerber
Dead Broke (1998)
as Sam
David (1988)
as Charles Rothenberg
Fatal Influence: Like. Follow. Survive. (2022)
as The Grand Zel
Medusa's Child (1997)
as Rogers Henry
Apology (1986)
as Philip
Dead by Midnight (1997)
as Dr. Armand Drake / Ben Hamill
Majority Rule (1992)
as Bradley Mackin
An Enemy of the People (1990)
as Dr. Thomas Stockman
A Killing Affair (1985)
as Sheb Sheppard
The Broken Giant (1997)
as Bennett Hale
On Edge (2001)
as Yuri Moskvin
Tricks (2004)
as Ralph
A Natural Selection (2025)
as Donald Spar
The Motorcycle Man (2025)
as Pat
Don't Touch (1985)
as Mr. Stewart
Schemes (1994)
as Victor Kraft