Donald Glover

Personal Info

Known For Acting
Known Credits 66
Gender Male
Birthday September 25, 1983 (42 years old)
Place of Birth Stone Mountain, Georgia, USA
Also Known As Childish Gambino Donald McKinley Glover Jr. Donald Glover II

Donald Glover

Biography

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.

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Acting

Lando as Lando Calrissian
Untitled Community Movie as Troy Barnes
Bando Stone and The New World as Bando Stone
Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2 as Self
2026
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie as Yoshi (voice)
2025
2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
2024
Mufasa: The Lion King as Simba (voice)
2024
Mr. & Mrs. Smith as John Smith 8 episode s
2024
American Dream: The 21 Savage Story as 21 Savage
2023
Common Ground as Self
2023
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake as Marshall Lee (voice) 5 episode s
2023
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake as Marshall Lee / Monster Marshall (voice) 1 episode
2023
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse as Aaron Davis
2021
Adele One Night Only as Self
2020
Community Table Read as Troy Barnes
2020
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II as Self
2020
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian as Self - Actor & Musician (archive footage) 1 episode
2019
Beyoncé Presents: Making The Gift as Self
2019
The Lion King as Simba (voice)
2019
Men in Black: International as Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited)
2019
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
2019
Guava Island as Deni Maroon
2018
The Shop as Self 1 episode
2018
Solo: A Star Wars Story as Lando Calrissian
2017
Spider-Man: Homecoming as Aaron Davis
2017
Talking with Chris Hardwick as Self 1 episode
2016
Atlanta as Earnest 'Earn' Marks 41 episode s
2015
The Martian as Rich Purnell
2015
Magic Mike XXL as Andre
2015
China, Il The Musical as Transfer Billy
2015
Hot Ones as Self 1 episode
2015
The Lazarus Effect as Niko
2014
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day as Greg
2014
Harmontown as Self
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self 1 episode
2014
Chicken and Futility as The Boy
2013
Clapping for the Wrong Reasons as The Boy
2013
The To Do List as Derrick
2012
The Eric Andre Show as Self 1 episode
2012
Girls as Sandy 2 episode s
2012
Shut Up and Play the Hits as Self
2012
Donald Glover: Weirdo as Himself
2011
The Muppets as Junior CDE Executive
2011
China, IL as Transfer Billy (voice) 10 episode s
2010
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III as Mace Windu / Scout Trooper / Stormtrooper (voice)
2010
Conan as Childish Gambino 1 episode
2010
Conan as Self 1 episode
2010
Regular Show as Alpha Dog (voice) 1 episode
2010
Adventure Time as Marshall Lee (voice) 2 episode s
2010
Donald Glover: Comedy Central Presents as Himself
2009
Community as Troy Barnes 89 episode s
2009
Mystery Team as Jason Rogers
2009
Mystery Team Adventures: The Case of the Haunted Hotel as Jason
2007
Bronx World Travelers as Snoopy Brown 3 episode s
2006
30 Rock as Young P.A. 1 episode
2006
30 Rock as Young Tracy Jordan 1 episode
2006
30 Rock as Gay Kid 1 episode
2006
Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That! as Self (uncredited)
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self 2 episode s
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self -Musical Guest 1 episode
2001
BET Awards as Self - Performer 1 episode
1998
Comedy Central Presents as Self 1 episode
1984
MTV Video Music Awards as Self 1 episode
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host & Musical Guest 1 episode
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited) 1 episode
1959
The Grammys as Self 1 episode