Donald Glover

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 comedydrama Magic Mike XXL 2015 and the science fiction film The Martian 2015 He played Aaron Davis in the superhero film SpiderMan 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 cocreated the comedy thriller television series Swarm 2023 Glover is also credited as a principal inspiration for the creation of the Marvel Comics superhero Miles MoralesSpiderMan whom Glover himself briefly voiced in the animated series Ultimate SpiderMan 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 funkinspired 2016 single Redbone peaked at number 12 on the chart won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional RB Performance and preceded the release of his third album Awaken My Love 2016 which saw continued success Glovers 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 RapSung 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 31520 was released in 202017In 2024 he released Atavista a reworking of 31520 and later his fifth album Bando Stone the New World Description above from the Wikipedia article Donald Glover licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia