1. Donald Glover gained fame for portraying college student Troy Barnes on the NBC sitcom Community from 2009 to 2014.
53 Facts About Donald Glover
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Donald Glover has appeared in several films, including the supernatural horror The Lazarus Effect, the comedy-drama Magic Mike XXL, and the science fiction film The Martian.
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Donald Glover played Aaron Davis in the superhero film Spider-Man: Homecoming, as well as Lando Calrissian in the space western Solo: A Star Wars Story.
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Donald Glover provided the voice of adult Simba in The Lion King, and produced the short film Guava Island, in which he starred.
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Donald Glover co-created the comedy thriller television series Swarm.
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Donald Glover's mother, Beverly, is a retired daycare provider and his father, Donald Glover Sr.
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Donald Glover was raised as a Jehovah's Witness but is no longer religious.
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In December 2018, Donald Glover disclosed that his father had died.
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Donald Glover attended Avondale High School and DeKalb School of the Arts; he was voted "Most Likely to Write for The Simpsons" in his high school yearbook.
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In 2006, Donald Glover caught the attention of producer David Miner after Donald Glover sent writing samples including a spec script that he had written for The Simpsons.
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Donald Glover was shocked when he was hired as he didn't think he belonged in a room of seasoned executives.
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From 2006 to 2009 Donald Glover wrote for 30 Rock, in which he had occasional appearances.
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Donald Glover starred as former high school jock Troy Barnes on Dan Harmon's NBC sitcom Community, which premiered in September 2009.
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Donald Glover did not return as a full-time cast member for the show's fifth season, appearing only in the first five episodes.
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However, Donald Glover did not audition and the role went to Andrew Garfield.
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Donald Glover later revealed that he was never contacted by Sony Pictures.
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Comics writer Brian Michael Bendis, who announced Miles Morales, an African-American version of Spider-Man a year later, said he had conceived of the character before Donald Glover's campaign went viral.
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Donald Glover received the Rising Comedy Star award at the Just for Laughs festival in July 2010, and was featured in Gap's 2010 holiday advertising campaign.
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In 2013, Donald Glover signed a deal to create a music-themed show for FX titled Atlanta, in which he would star, write, and serve as an executive producer.
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Donald Glover had a supporting role in the romantic comedy The To Do List, which performed below expectations, and guest starred in two episodes of the comedy-drama television series Girls in early 2013, as a Republican who is the brief love interest to Lena Dunham's character.
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Donald Glover writes, occasionally directs, executive produces, and stars in the series as Earnest "Earn" Marks, a Princeton dropout who manages his rapper cousin as they navigate through the Atlanta hip hop scene.
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Donald Glover later posted an unofficial and unproduced script to his Twitter account commenting that he was not "too busy to work on Deadpool", ending media speculation.
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Tina Fey wrote the entry for Donald Glover; she remarked that he "embodies his generation's belief that people can be whatever they want and change what it is they want, at any time".
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Later that year, Donald Glover appeared as criminal Aaron Davis in the superhero film Spider-Man: Homecoming.
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Davis is the uncle of the Miles Morales version of Spider-Man, whom Donald Glover had voiced in the Ultimate Spider-Man animated series.
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In February 2018, Donald Glover approached New Regency, without a script, about a project he wanted to work on while he had free time between Solo promotional duties and his This Is America Tour.
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Guava Island, the resulting film written by Stephen Donald Glover and directed by Hiro Murai, was filmed in Cuba.
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Donald Glover partnered with Adidas Originals to reimagine three pairs of classic Adidas sneakers, which were launched in April 2019 under the "Donald Glover Presents" line and were promoted by a series of advertisements starring comedian Mo'Nique.
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Donald Glover provided the voice for adult Simba, the titular protagonist and lion prince turned king in The Lion King, a remake of the 1994 Disney film of the same name.
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Donald Glover praised the director, Jon Favreau, for the way he constructed the timeless story and asked him to re-record his lines as he connected to the film's story line more personally after his father's death.
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Donald Glover sang on the film's soundtrack and on the curated album The Lion King: The Gift, featuring songs inspired by the film.
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In 2021, Donald Glover signed an overall deal with Amazon Studios.
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In March 2022, Donald Glover announced that he was working on a Disney+ Star Wars series based on Lando Calrissian.
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Donald Glover is the creator of the television series Swarm, starring Dominique Fishback, Damson Idris, and Chloe Bailey.
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In March 2010, Donald Glover performed a 30-minute set on the stand-up showcase program Comedy Central Presents.
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Donald Glover's first extended play, titled EP, was released as a free digital download in March 2011.
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Donald Glover appeared at the 2011 Bonnaroo Music Festival as both Childish Gambino and as a comedian, performing a set with Bill Bailey.
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In November 2012, Goransson said that he and Donald Glover were in the studio generating new ideas for the next album which was to be "bigger" and "with more people involved".
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Donald Glover directed the music video for the song "The Pressure" by Jhene Aiko; he appeared in her previous single, "Bed Peace".
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Donald Glover described them as a joint project and the "first concept mixtape ever" which continues the story told in Camp and Because the Internet.
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Donald Glover contributed to the soundtrack of Creed, a film in the Rocky film series, providing vocals to the song "Waiting For My Moment" and co-writing another titled "Breathe".
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In June 2017, Donald Glover announced his intention to retire the Childish Gambino stage name after his next album, telling the audience at Governors Ball Music Festival, "I'll see you for the last Gambino album" before walking off stage.
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Donald Glover signed with RCA Records in January 2018, which Donald Glover called "a necessary change of pace".
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In July 2018, Donald Glover released the Summer Pack extended play containing the songs "Summertime Magic" and "Feels Like Summer", the former of which was originally meant to be the lead single from Donald Glover's forthcoming fourth studio album.
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Days after headlining Coachella in April 2019, Donald Glover premiered a new song, "Algorythm", through the mobile app Pharos AR.
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Donald Glover was expected to release another album per the RCA Records contract he signed in January 2018.
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In November 2020, in a rare appearance on his Twitter account, Donald Glover opined that seasons 3 and 4 of Atlanta would be on the caliber of The Sopranos and that his next musical project would be his "biggest by far".
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Later in the month, Donald Glover previewed a track featuring a Kanye West verse on his Gilga Radio show.
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On October 4,2024, Donald Glover announced on Twitter that he has cancelled the remaining shows for The New World Tour due to surgery and recovery for an undisclosed ailment.
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Donald Glover did a rap verse on Jennie's "Damn Right" from Ruby, alongside Kali Uchis.
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Donald Glover has influenced a number of younger musicians and actors.
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Donald Glover has implied that he is spiritual but not religious.
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Donald Glover is known as a private person and rarely posts on social media or does interviews unless for promotional work.