American actor Danny Glover, who played the role of Detective Roger Murtaugh opposite Mel Gibson's Martin Riggs in the Lethal Weapon series, is to be honoured with the Freedom Award at a ceremony in Memphis, Tennessee.
The awards are conferred on civil rights pioneers in the fields of education, humanitarianism, the arts, sports, activism and legal justice. An active political activist, Glover has lent his support to many causes in the United States and also against the Iraq invasion.