Donald Glover

Donald Glover

actor, writer, producer

Donald Glover was born on Sep 25, 1983 in USA. Donald Glover's big-screen debut came with Winner Takes All directed by Daniel Zirilli in 1998, strarring Extra. Donald Glover is known for Spider-Man: Homecoming directed by Jon Watts, Tom Holland stars as Peter Parker and Michael Keaton as Adrian Toomes. Donald Glover has got 37 awards and 81 nominations so far. The most recent award Donald Glover achieved is Black Reel Awards for Television. The upcoming new movie Donald Glover plays is The Lion King which will be released on Jul 19, 2019.

The multi-talented Donald Glover is a writer, actor, musician, comedian, producer and director, who performs under the stage names Childish Gambino and mcDJ. He was born Donald McKinley Glover at Edwards Air Force Base, California, and was raised in Stone Mountain, Georgia. His mother, Beverly (Smith), ran a daycare center, and his father, Donald Glover, is a retired postal worker. He is not, despite rumors, related to actor Danny Glover. He has a younger brother, Stephen Glover, a screenwriter and producer. Donald graduated from New York University with a degree in Dramatic Writing in 2006.In 2006, at age 23, while still living in the NYU dorms, Glover joined the writing staff of NBC comedy 30 Rock (2006), for which he received a Writers Guild of America Award nomination in 2009. Later credited as an executive story editor, he also had several cameos in front of the camera. In 2009, he left "30 Rock" for a role on the comedy series Community (2009), in which he played an athlete in a rather odd study group, opposite Chevy Chase and Joel McHale. The show ran for six seasons.Glover is the creator, writer, producer, director and star of the series Atlanta (2016), which debuted on FX in 2016. The series was an immediate critical and commercial hit, winning the 2017 Golden Globe Award for Best Series and Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series (Musical or Comedy) for Glover. At the 2017 Primetime Emmy Awards, Glover won Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, while the show also earned four other nominations: Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series, and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for Glover (for the episode Atlanta: B.A.N. (2016)) and his brother, Stephen (for the episode Atlanta: Streets on Lock (2016)).His first stand-up special aired on Comedy Central in March 2010. As Childish Gambino, Glover has released the studio albums "Camp" (2011), "Because the Internet" (2013) and "Awaken, My Love!" (2016). In 2015, he was nominated for Grammy Awards in 2015 for Best Rap Album for "Because the Internet" and Best Rap Performance for his single "3005" In 2018, he was nominated for five Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year for "Awaken, My Love!" and Record of the Year for the hit "Redbone," winning the Grammy for Best Traditional R&B Performance.On the big screen, Glover's credits include Magic Mike XXL (2015), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), and Seul sur Mars (2015). He will star as the young Lando Calrissian in the upcoming Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) and will provide the voice of Simba in a remake of Le Roi Lion (2019).In April 2017, Glover was named among Time Magazine's "100 Most Influential People in the World."

  • Birthday

    Sep 25, 1983
  • Place of Birth

    Edwards Air Force Base, California, USA
  • Also known

    Childish Gambino

Known For

Awards

37 wins & 81 nominations

Black Reel Awards for Television
2022
Outstanding Actor, Comedy Series
Winner - Black Reel
2022
Outstanding Comedy Series
Winner - Black Reel
2022
Outstanding Directing, Comedy Series
Winner - Black Reel
2022
Outstanding Writing, Comedy Series
Winner - Black Reel
Grammy Awards
2019
Song of the Year
Winner - Grammy
2019
Best Music Video
Winner - Grammy
Childish Gambino: This Is America (2018)
2019
Record of the Year
Winner - Grammy
2019
Best Rap/Sung Performance
Winner - Grammy
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