Donald McKinley Glover Jr. is an American actor, singer, rapper, comedian, writer, producer, and director. He performs music under the stage name Childish Gambino and occasionally as a DJ under the name mcDJ. Glover rose to fame for portraying college student Troy Barnes on the NBC sitcom Community from 2009 to 2014. He has appeared in a number of commercially successful films including the supernatural horror The Lazarus Effect, the comedy-drama Magic Mike XXL, science fiction film The Martian, and the superhero film Spider-Man: Homecoming. Since 2016, Glover stars in the FX series Atlanta, which he created and occasionally directs.
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Donald McKinley Glover Jr. is an American actor, singer, rapper, comedian, writer, producer, and director. He performs music under the stage name Childish Gambino and occasionally as a DJ under the name mcDJ. Glover rose to fame for portraying college student Troy Barnes on the NBC sitcom Community from 2009 to 2014. Since 2016, Glover stars in the FX series Atlanta, which he created and occasionally directs. In May 2018, Glover released the song and music video \”This Is America\”, which debuted at number-one on the Hot 100. In 2017, Glover was included on the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world. He has appeared in a number of commercially successful films including the supernatural horror The Lazarus Effect, the comedy-drama Magic Mike XXL, science fiction film The Martian, and the superhero film Spider-Man: Homecoming. He also provided the voice of adult Simba in the remake of the Disney film The Lion King. He also starred in and produced his own short film Guava Island. In 2008, Glover unsuccessfully auditioned to play President Barack Obama on the sketch comedy program Saturday Night Live; the role went to cast member Fred Armisen. While at NYU, Glover became a member of sketch comedy group Derrick Comedy, having appeared in their sketches since 2006. The group wrote and starred in a feature-length film, Mystery Team, a comedy about amateur detectives; it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2009. Despite speculation that he was leaving his hand-written career to pursue a rap career, Glover starred in the first five episodes of the first season of Community, which premiered in September 2009.
In 2012, he released his first studio album, Camp. His second album, Because the Internet, was released on December 10, 2013, and his third album, Awaken, My Love! was released December 2, 2016, spawning the single \”Redbone\”, which peaked at number twelve on the Billboard Hot 100 and eventually earned him his first Grammy Award. He released his fourth studio album 3. 15. 20 on March 22, 2020, and he is set to release his fourth album, 3.15. 20, on March 20, 2020. He was voted most likely to write for The Simpsons in his high school yearbook. In 2006, Glover caught the attention of producer David Miner, to whom he sent writing samples including a spec script that he had written for 30 Rock. He and his co-writers were presented with the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Comedy Series in 2008 for his work on the third season. In 2009, Glover appeared in the film Solo: A Star Wars Story, where he portrayed a young Lando Calrissian. His younger brother, Stephen, would later become a writer and producer who collaborates with him. His parents also served as foster parents for 14 years. He attended Lakeside High School and DeKalb School of the Arts, and was raised as a Jehovah’s Witness. He graduated from the New York University Tisch School ofthe Arts with a degree in Dramatic Writing.
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