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).

Cast

Community Table Read

(Troy Barnes)

Adele One Night Only

(Self)

Mystery Team

(Jason Rogers)

Men in Black: International

(Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited))

Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III

(Mace Windu / Scout Trooper / Stormtrooper (voice))

Common Ground

(Self)

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

(Aaron Davis)

Best Coast: Our Deal

(Day Trotter)

The To Do List

(Derrick)

Clapping for the Wrong Reasons

(The Boy)

Chicken and Futility

(The Boy)

Lando

(Lando Calrissian)

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

(Self (archive footage))

The Lazarus Effect

(Niko)

Magic Mike XXL

(Andre)

The Martian

(Rich Purnell)

Untitled Community Movie

(Troy Barnes)

Hypno-Hustler

(Hypno-Hustler)

The Muppets

(Junior CDE Executive)

Mufasa: The Lion King

(Simba (voice))

Spider-Man: Homecoming

(Aaron Davis)

Bando Stone and The New World

(Bando Stone)

Awesome: I Fuckin' Shot That!

(Self (uncredited))

Solo: A Star Wars Story

(Lando Calrissian)

Donald Glover: Comedy Central Presents

(Himself)

The Lion King

(Simba (voice))

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

(Greg)

Guava Island

(Deni Maroon)

Shut Up and Play the Hits

(Self)

The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts

Beyoncé Presents: Making The Gift

(Self)

The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II

(Self)

Harmontown

(Self)

Donald Glover: Weirdo

(Himself)

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

(John Smith)

30 Rock

(Young P.A.)

Community

(Troy Barnes)

MTV Video Music Awards

(Self)

Girls

(Sandy)

The Eric Andre Show

(Self)

Talking with Chris Hardwick

(Self)

Atlanta

(Earnest 'Earn' Marks)

Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake

(Marshall Lee (voice))

30 Rock

(Young Tracy Jordan)

Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake

(Marshall Lee / Monster Marshall (voice))

The Shop

(Self)

Saturday Night Live

(Self - Host & Musical Guest)

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

(Self)

Regular Show

(Alpha Dog (voice))

China, IL

(Transfer Billy (voice))

Saturday Night Live

(Self - Cameo (uncredited))

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

(Self)

Adventure Time

(Marshall Lee)

Hot Ones

(Self)

30 Rock

(Gay Kid)

Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian

(Self - Actor & Musician (archive footage))

Conan

(Self)

Conan

(Childish Gambino)

Lie Detector

(Self)