NEW YORK: Danny Glover, Hollywood legend and star of recent hits such as Dreamgirls and Shooter, will be one of the honorees at the ninth annual Bollywood Awards, to be held on May 26 at the Nassau Coliseum in Long Island, New York. Danny Glover will receive the prestigious International award for "Outstanding Contribution to Global Cinema".

Perhaps best known for playing the popular character Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon series, Glover has a standing in Hollywood as one of the most talented actors in the industry. Glover has been a commanding presence on screen, stage and television for more than 25 years. As an actor, his film credits range from the blockbuster Lethal Weapon franchise to smaller independent features, some of which Glover also produced.

Most recently, he completed filming the critically acclaimed feature Dreamgirls directed by Bill Condon and Poor Boy's Game for director Clement Virgo, Shooter for director Antoine Fuqua and the highly anticipated Be Kind, Rewind for director Michel Gondry and Honeydripper for director John Sayles. It was his Broadway debut in Fugard's Master Harold…and the Boys, which brought him to national recognition and led director Robert Benton to cast Glover in his first leading role in 1984's Oscar®-nominated Best Picture Places in the Heart.

The following year, Glover starred in two more Best Picture nominees: Peter Weir's Witness and Steven Spielberg's The Color Purple. In 1987, Glover partnered with Mel Gibson in the first Lethal Weapon film and went on to star in three hugely successful Lethal Weapon sequels. Glover has also invested his talents in more personal projects, including the award-winning To Sleep With Anger, which he executive produced and for which he won an Independent Spirit Award for Best Actor; Bopha!; Manderlay; Missing in America; and the film version of Athol Fugard's play Boesman and Lena.

On the small screen, Glover won an Image Award and a Cable ACE Award and earned an Emmy nomination for his performance in the title role of the HBO movie Mandela. He has also received Emmy nominations for his work in the acclaimed miniseries Lonesome Dove and the telefilm Freedom Song.

As a director, he earned a Daytime Emmy nomination for Showtime's Just a Dream. Kamal Dandona, Chairman of the Bollywood Group of Companies said, "It is truly an honor and a matter of great pride that Danny Glover will receive this revered award which he so very richly deserves. Additionally Danny Glover has promoted various meaningful causes for the betterment of mankind. We are delighted that he will now be conferred with of one of our celebrated honors."