Donald McKinley Glover born September 25, 1983 is an American actor, writer, producer, director, comedian, rapper, singer, DJ and songwriter. He used to rap and sing under the name Childish Gambino, and DJed as mcDJ (No that's not a joke).
TV and Movies[]
Donald as Troy in Community.
With the help of Derrick Comedy and Tina Fey, he was hired at the age of 23 to become a writer for the NBC comedy series 30 Rock. He later played college student Troy Barnes on the NBC sitcom Community.
Atlanta on FX
He then starred in the FX series Atlanta, which he also created. He played the young Lando Calrissian in Solo: A Star Wars Story and Aaron Davis in Spider-Man: Homecoming.
Music[]
After several self-released albums and mixtapes which is now combined onto one album called STN MTN / Kauai, Glover signed to Glassnote Records in 2011. He released his first album, Camp, on November 15, 2011 to generally positive reviews. His second studio album was Royalty. His third studio album, because the Internet, was released
on December 10, 2013. Glover was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 2015, Best Rap Album for because the Internet and Best Rap Performance for his single "3005". Glover's third album, "Awaken, My Love!", was released on December 2, 2016 and debuted at number five on the Billboard 200. It also debuted at number two on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart and has been well regarded by critics.
Album cover of the mixtape STN MTN Kauai.
A picture from Atlanta
A picture from Atlanta
A picture of Donald Glover on the Conan show.
Album cover of because the Internet.
