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