Donald Glover
Known for
Acting
Born
September 25, 1983 (age 43)
Birthplace
Stone Mountain, Georgia, USA
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 appe...
Best known work
Spider-Man: Homecoming
2017
The Martian
2015
Get Out
2017
The Lion King
2019
Solo: A Star Wars Story
2018
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023
Men in Black: International
2019
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
2026
Adventure Time
2010
Mufasa: The Lion King
2024Filmography
TBA
Landoas Lando Calrissian, Writer
TBA
Untitled Community Movieas Troy Barnes
TBA
TBA
Bando Stone & The New Worldas Bando Stone, Director
2026
The Super Mario Galaxy Movieas Yoshi (voice)
2025
2024
Mufasa: The Lion Kingas Simba (voice)
2024
2023
Common Groundas Self
2023
The HeartExecutive Producer
2023
Adventure Time: Fionna and CakeTVas Marshall Lee (voice) (5 episodes), as Marshall Lee / Monster Marshall (voice) (1 episode)
2023
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verseas Aaron Davis
2023
2020
Community Table Readas Troy Barnes
2020
2020
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The MandalorianTVas Self - Actor & Musician (archive footage) (1 episode)
2019
2019
The Lion Kingas Simba (voice)
2019
Men in Black: Internationalas Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited)
2019
2019
Guava Islandas Deni Maroon, Story, Producer
2018
2018
Solo: A Star Wars Storyas Lando Calrissian
2017
Spider-Man: Homecomingas Aaron Davis
2017