Donald Glover
Donald McKinley Glover Jr. (born September 25, 1983), also known by the stage name Childish Gambino, is an American actor, rapper, singer, writer, comedian, director, and producer. After working on Derrick Comedy while studying at New York University, Glover was hired at age 23 by Tina Fey as a writer for the NBC sitcom 30 Rock. He later 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. For his work on Atlanta, Glover won various accolades, including two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. Glover has starred in several successful films, including the supernatural horror The Lazarus Effect (2015), the comedy-drama Magic Mike XXL (2015), and science fiction film The Martian (2015). He played Aaron Davis in the superhero film Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), and played Lando Calrissian in the Space Western Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018). He also provided the voice of adult Simba in The Lion King (2019). A filmmaker, Glover starred in and produced the short film Guava Island (2019).
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Mufasa: The Lion King as Simba (voice)
- 2024 · Mr. & Mrs. Smith as John Smith
- 2023 · Common Ground as Self
- 2023 · Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake as Marshall Lee (voice)
- 2023 · Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake as Marshall Lee / Monster Marshall (voice)
- 2023 · Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse as Aaron Davis
- 2022 · Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home as Self (archive footage)
- 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)
- 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 as
- 2019 · Guava Island as Deni Maroon
- 2018 · The Shop as Self
- 2018 · Solo: A Star Wars Story as Lando Calrissian
- 2018 · Lie Detector as Self
- 2017 · Spider-Man: Homecoming as Aaron Davis
- 2017 · Talking with Chris Hardwick as Self
- 2016 · Atlanta as Earnest 'Earn' Marks
- 2015 · The Martian as Rich Purnell
- 2015 · Magic Mike XXL as Andre
- 2015 · Hot Ones as Self
- 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
- 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
- 2012 · Girls as Sandy
- 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)
- 2011 · Best Coast: Our Deal as Day Trotter
- 2010 · Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III as Mace Windu / Scout Trooper / Stormtrooper (voice)
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2010 · Conan as Childish Gambino
- 2010 · Regular Show as Alpha Dog (voice)
- 2010 · Adventure Time as Marshall Lee
- 2010 · Donald Glover: Comedy Central Presents as Himself
- 2009 · Community as Troy Barnes
- 2009 · Mystery Team as Jason Rogers
- 2006 · 30 Rock as Young P.A.
- 2006 · 30 Rock as Young Tracy Jordan
- 2006 · 30 Rock as Gay Kid
- 2006 · Awesome: I Fuckin' Shot That! as Self (uncredited)
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 1984 · MTV Video Music Awards as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host & Musical Guest
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- Future · Bando Stone and The New World as Bando Stone
- Future · Untitled Community Movie as Troy Barnes
- Future · Hypno-Hustler as Hypno-Hustler
- Future · Lando as Lando Calrissian