Donald Glover

Known for ActingBorn 1983-09-25 (age 42)Stone Mountain, Georgia, USA

Donald McKinley Glover Jr. (/ˈɡlʌvər/; born September 25, 1983), also known by his musical name Childish Gambino (/ɡæmˈbiːnoʊ/), is an American actor, comedian, musician, and filmmaker. While he studied at New York University and after working in Derrick Comedy, a comedy group, Glover was hired by Tina Fey to write for the NBC sitcom 30 Rock at age 23. He gained fame for portraying college student Troy Barnes on the NBC sitcom Community from 2009 to 2014. From 2016 to 2022, he starred in the FX series Atlanta, which he created and occasionally directed. For his work on Atlanta, he won various accolades, including two Primetime Emmy Awards, as well as two Golden Globe Awards. Glover has appeared in several films, including the supernatural horror The Lazarus Effect (2015), the comedy-drama Magic Mike XXL (2015), and the science fiction film The Martian (2015). He played Aaron Davis in the superhero film Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), as well as Lando Calrissian in the space western Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018). He provided the voice of adult Simba in The Lion King (2019) and produced the short film Guava Island (2019), in which he starred. He co-created the comedy thriller television series Swarm (2023). Glover is also credited as a principal inspiration for the creation of the Marvel Comics superhero Miles Morales/Spider-Man, whom Glover himself briefly voiced in the animated series Ultimate Spider-Man. In 2024, he created and starred in the Prime Video series Mr. & Mrs. Smith. After a number of independently released projects, Glover signed with Glassnote Records in 2011 and released his debut studio album, Camp, in November of that year to critical and commercial success. His second album, Because the Internet (2013), was supported by the single "3005," which became his first Billboard Hot 100 entry. His psychedelic funk-inspired 2016 single, "Redbone," peaked at number 12 on the chart, won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance, and preceded the release of his third album, "Awaken, My Love!" (2016), which saw continued success. Glover's 2018 single, "This Is America," debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100 and won in all of the categories for which it was nominated at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards: Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Rap/Sung Performance, and Best Music Video; it won a Guinness World Record as the first hip hop song to win in the former two categories. His fourth album, 3.15.20, was released in 2020.[17]In 2024, he released Atavista, a reworking of 3.15.20, and later his fifth album, Bando Stone & the New World. Description above from the Wikipedia article Donald Glover, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Donald Glover: Comedy Central Presents

Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake

Regular Show

Adventure Time

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

The Grammys

Atlanta

Talking with Chris Hardwick

Community

Adele One Night Only

The Eric Andre Show

Beyoncé Presents: Making The Gift

The Martian

Get Out

BET Awards

Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian

MTV Video Music Awards

Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III

Mufasa: The Lion King

30 Rock

Spider-Man: Homecoming

The Lion King

Conan

Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!

Hot Ones

The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II

Shut Up and Play the Hits

China, IL

Donald Glover: Weirdo

Comedy Central Presents

Guava Island

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Swarm

The Muppets

Harmontown

Solo: A Star Wars Story

Clapping for the Wrong Reasons

Saturday Night Live

Girls

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Common Ground

Magic Mike XXL

Mystery Team

Men in Black: International

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The To Do List

Community Table Read