Donald Glover

Donald Glover

Born: September 25, 1983
in Stone Mountain, Georgia, USA
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).

Movies for Donald Glover...

Title: Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Character: John Smith
Released: February 1, 2024
Type: TV
Meet the Smiths: two lonely strangers, John and Jane, who have given up their lives and identities to be thrown together as partners – both in espionage and in marriage.
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Title: Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake
Character: Marshall Lee (voice)
Released: August 31, 2023
Type: TV
Fionna and Cake – with the help of the former Ice King, Simon Petrikov - embark on a multiverse-hopping adventure and journey of self-discovery. All the while a powerful new antagonist determined to track them down and erase them from existence, lurks in the shadows.
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Title: Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake
Character: Marshall Lee / Monster Marshall (voice)
Released: August 31, 2023
Type: TV
Fionna and Cake – with the help of the former Ice King, Simon Petrikov - embark on a multiverse-hopping adventure and journey of self-discovery. All the while a powerful new antagonist determined to track them down and erase them from existence, lurks in the shadows.
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Common Ground
Title: Common Ground
Released: June 8, 2023
Type: Movie
Sobering yet hopeful, Common Ground exposes the interconnectedness of American farming policy, politics, and illness. Follow the solution-driven plight of Regenerative Farmers as they make a case for soil health across the continent and beyond.
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Title: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Character: Aaron Davis
Released: May 31, 2023
Type: Movie
After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the Multiverse’s very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must set out on his own to save those he loves most.
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Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Title: Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 3, 2022
Type: Movie
Join our hosts JB Smoove and Martin Starr for a celebration of 20 years of Spider-Man™ movies! From the original Sam Raimi trilogy to Marc Webb’s “amazing” movies to the latest trio from Director Jon Watts, we will take viewers through the stars, the stunts and action, the villains and heroes and an homage to Stan Lee, along with a few surprises. Find your favourite Spider-Man pajamas and prepare to swing through the past two decades of Spider-Man at the movies!
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Adele One Night Only
Title: Adele One Night Only
Character: Self
Released: November 14, 2021
Type: Movie
A primetime special with performances from the superstar including Adele’s first new material in six years plus her chart-topping hits. The special will also feature an exclusive interview with Adele by Oprah Winfrey from her rose garden, in Adele’s first televised wide-ranging conversation.
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Community Table Read
Title: Community Table Read
Character: Troy Barnes
Released: May 18, 2020
Type: Movie
Dan Harmon and the cast of Community (plus Pedro Pascal) do a table read of season 5 episode 4 "Cooperative Polygraphy" over a zoom call while quarantined.
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The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
Title: The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
Character: Self
Released: May 10, 2020
Type: Movie
Ryan Seacrest hosts the second Disney Family Singalong featuring celebrities and their families as they take on their favorite Disney tunes from their homes. Special guests include John Legend, Christina Aguilera, Shakira, and Katy Perry.
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Title: Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
Character: Self - Actor & Musician (archive footage)
Released: May 4, 2020
Type: TV
Executive producer Jon Favreau invites the cast and crew of The Mandalorian to share an unprecedented look at the making of the series. Each chapter explores a different facet of the first live-action Star Wars television show through interviews, never-before-seen footage, and roundtable conversations hosted by Favreau himself.
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Beyoncé Presents: Making The Gift
Title: Beyoncé Presents: Making The Gift
Character: Self
Released: September 6, 2019
Type: Movie
Beyoncé takes viewers on a journey through Africa with an hour-long documentary special, an intimate behind-the-scenes look at the making of the album, The Lion King: The Gift, featuring candid footage and interviews detailing the hard work and passion that went into her love letter to Africa.
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The Lion King
Title: The Lion King
Character: Simba (voice)
Released: July 12, 2019
Type: Movie
Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub's arrival. Scar, Mufasa's brother—and former heir to the throne—has plans of his own. The battle for Pride Rock is ravaged with betrayal, tragedy and drama, ultimately resulting in Simba's exile. With help from a curious pair of newfound friends, Simba will have to figure out how to grow up and take back what is rightfully his.
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Men in Black: International
Title: Men in Black: International
Character: Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited)
Released: June 12, 2019
Type: Movie
The Men in Black have always protected the Earth from the scum of the universe. In this new adventure, they tackle their biggest, most global threat to date: a mole in the Men in Black organization.
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The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
Title: The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
Released: June 2, 2019
Type: Movie
"The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts" will explore the enduring universal appeal of "The Lion King" franchise, tap into its past and how it came to be, and offer a glimpse into its future. Roberts speaks with director Jon Favreau and gets an exclusive, behind-the-scenes visit to the studios where the new film is being mixed.
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Guava Island
Title: Guava Island
Character: Deni Maroon
Released: April 13, 2019
Type: Movie
Deni Maroon, a musician and dock worker is determined to pull off a music festival against the interests of the local factory owner.
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Title: The Shop
Character: Self
Released: August 28, 2018
Type: TV
A one-of-a-kind barbershop experience with unfiltered conversation and debate from the biggest names in sports and entertainment.
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Solo: A Star Wars Story
Title: Solo: A Star Wars Story
Character: Lando Calrissian
Released: May 15, 2018
Type: Movie
Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian.
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Spider-Man: Homecoming
Title: Spider-Man: Homecoming
Character: Aaron Davis
Released: July 5, 2017
Type: Movie
Following the events of Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker, with the help of his mentor Tony Stark, tries to balance his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens, New York City, with fighting crime as his superhero alter ego Spider-Man as a new threat, the Vulture, emerges.
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Title: Talking with Chris Hardwick
Character: Self
Released: April 9, 2017
Type: TV
The popularity of AMC's "The Walking Dead" aftershow "Talking Dead" -- and specifically of host Chris Hardwick's conversationalist ability to bring out the best in guests -- has moved the network to create a year-round talk franchise. Each hourlong episode features Hardwick talking with a single guest (or series cast) from across the entertainment landscape. The in-depth interviews highlight the host's irreverent, authentic take on pop culture today, and audience interactivity affords fans a fresh destination to celebrate their favorite pop icons.
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Title: Atlanta
Character: Earnest 'Earn' Marks
Released: September 6, 2016
Type: TV
Two cousins work through the Atlanta music scene in order to better their lives and the lives of their families.
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The Martian
Title: The Martian
Character: Rich Purnell
Released: September 30, 2015
Type: Movie
During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.
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Magic Mike XXL
Title: Magic Mike XXL
Character: Andre
Released: July 1, 2015
Type: Movie
Three years after Mike bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game, he and the remaining Kings of Tampa hit the road to Myrtle Beach to put on one last blow-out performance.
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The Lazarus Effect
Title: The Lazarus Effect
Character: Niko
Released: January 29, 2015
Type: Movie
Medical researcher Frank, his fiancee Zoe and their team have achieved the impossible: they have found a way to revive the dead. After a successful, but unsanctioned, experiment on a lifeless animal, they are ready to make their work public. However, when their dean learns what they've done, he shuts them down. Zoe is killed during an attempt to recreate the experiment, leading Frank to test the process on her. Zoe is revived -- but something evil is within her.
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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Title: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Character: Greg
Released: October 8, 2014
Type: Movie
Alexander's day begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by more calamities. Though he finds little sympathy from his family and begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him, his mom, dad, brother, and sister all find themselves living through their own terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.
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Harmontown
Title: Harmontown
Character: Self
Released: March 8, 2014
Type: Movie
A comedic, brutally honest documentary following self-destructive TV writer Dan Harmon (NBC's Community) as he takes his live podcast on a national tour.
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Title: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Character: Self
Released: February 17, 2014
Type: TV
After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program was brought back to New York.
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Chicken and Futility
Title: Chicken and Futility
Character: The Boy
Released: January 13, 2014
Type: Movie
A short film by Childish Gambino about his conflicted obsession with Chik-fil-A and the futility of moths’ existence.
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Clapping for the Wrong Reasons
Title: Clapping for the Wrong Reasons
Character: The Boy
Released: August 15, 2013
Type: Movie
"Clapping for the Wrong Reasons" captures Glover as he walks around his L.A. mansion interacting with his various assortment of hanger-ons, including recording music with electronic musician/producer Flying Lotus and even "Boy Meets World" star Danielle Fishel, who is seen picking fruit out of a tree as she recounts a bizarre dream she had.
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The To Do List
Title: The To Do List
Character: Derrick Murphy
Released: July 24, 2013
Type: Movie
Feeling pressured to become more sexually experienced before she goes to college, Brandy Klark makes a list of things to accomplish before hitting campus in the fall.
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Title: The Eric Andre Show
Character: Self
Released: May 20, 2012
Type: TV
A comedic talk show from an alternate reality featuring unstable hosts, a variety of celebrities—both real and fake—and unusual studio action.
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Title: Girls
Character: Sandy
Released: April 15, 2012
Type: TV
The assorted humiliations, disasters and rare triumphs of four very different twenty-something girls: Hannah, an aspiring writer; Marnie, an art gallery assistant and cousins Jessa and Shoshanna.
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Shut Up and Play the Hits
Title: Shut Up and Play the Hits
Character: Himself
Released: January 22, 2012
Type: Movie
An intimate portrait of Brooklyn-based electronic rock band LCD Soundsystem's then-final live show on April 2, 2011, capturing both the exuberant, three-hour farewell concert at New York City's Madison Square Garden and frontman James Murphy's introspective 48 hours surrounding it.
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Donald Glover: Weirdo
Title: Donald Glover: Weirdo
Character: Himself
Released: January 18, 2012
Type: Movie
Fearlessly funny stand-up comic and sitcom star Donald Glover puts on a live show in New York, confessing his love for Cocoa Puffs and Toys "R" Us.
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The Muppets
Title: The Muppets
Character: Junior CDE Executive
Released: November 22, 2011
Type: Movie
When Kermit the Frog and the Muppets learn that their beloved theater is slated for demolition, a sympathetic human, Gary, and his puppet brother, Walter, swoop in to help the gang put on a show and raise the $10 million they need to save the day.
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Title: China, IL
Character: Transfer Billy (voice)
Released: October 2, 2011
Type: TV
China, IL – meaning "China, Illinois" – is an animated television series for the cable network Adult Swim. The series is created by Brad Neely, and features Neely's existing characters from the China, IL web series and special. Characters include Frank and Steve Smith, aka "The Professor Brothers," and Mark "Baby" Cakes. Neely provides the voice for all three characters. The series is produced by Williams Street and animated by Titmouse, Inc. China, IL has been renewed for a second season with the possibility of a new half-hour runtime. On May 25, 2008, Adult Swim ran The Funeral, an 11-minute special which was streamed on the now defunct Super Deluxe website. The special combined Brad Neely's Professor Brothers and Baby Cakes webseries, which were also streamed at Super Deluxe, and established a larger environment for the characters. The special, as well as Brad Neely's other videos, can be viewed at Neely's YouTube page.
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Best Coast: Our Deal
Title: Best Coast: Our Deal
Character: Day Trotter
Released: August 2, 2011
Type: Movie
Two gangs. One ruled the streets by day. The other by night. It was only a matter of time before their paths crossed.
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Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
Title: Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
Character: Mace Windu / Scout Trooper / Stormtrooper (voice)
Released: December 19, 2010
Type: Movie
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III, directed by Chris McKay, combines the satirical sensibilities of Green and Matthew Senreich's Robot Chicken with characters of the Star Wars universe.
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Title: Conan
Character: Self
Released: November 8, 2010
Type: TV
A late night television talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien.
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Title: Conan
Character: Childish Gambino
Released: November 8, 2010
Type: TV
A late night television talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien.
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Title: Regular Show
Character: Alpha Dog (voice)
Released: September 6, 2010
Type: TV
Two bored groundskeepers, Mordecai (a six-foot-tall blue jay) and Rigby (a hyperactive raccoon) are best friends who spend their days trying to entertain themselves by any means necessary, much to the displeasure of their boss. Their everyday pursuits often lead to things spiraling out of control and into the surreal.
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Title: Adventure Time
Character: Marshall Lee
Released: April 5, 2010
Type: TV
Hook up with Finn and Jake as they travel the Land of Ooo searching for adventure. But remember, adventure isn’t always easy. Sometimes you’ve got to battle fire gnomes that torture old ladies, save a smelly hot dog princess from the Ice King, and thaw out a bunch of frozen businessmen. What the cabbage?!
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Title: Community
Character: Troy Barnes
Released: September 17, 2009
Type: TV
Follow the lives of a group of students at what is possibly the world’s worst community college in the fictional locale of Greendale, Colorado.
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Mystery Team
Title: Mystery Team
Character: Jason Rogers
Released: August 28, 2009
Type: Movie
A group of former Encyclopedia Brown-style child-detectives struggle to solve an adult mystery.
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Title: 30 Rock
Character: Young Tracy Jordan
Released: October 11, 2006
Type: TV
Liz Lemon, the head writer for a late-night TV variety show in New York, tries to juggle all the egos around her while chasing her own dream.
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Title: 30 Rock
Character: Young P.A.
Released: October 11, 2006
Type: TV
Liz Lemon, the head writer for a late-night TV variety show in New York, tries to juggle all the egos around her while chasing her own dream.
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Title: 30 Rock
Character: Gay Kid
Released: October 11, 2006
Type: TV
Liz Lemon, the head writer for a late-night TV variety show in New York, tries to juggle all the egos around her while chasing her own dream.
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Awesome: I Fuckin' Shot That!
Title: Awesome: I Fuckin' Shot That!
Character: Crowd
Released: March 31, 2006
Type: Movie
Awesome: I Fuckin' Shot That! is a 2006 concert film of the Beastie Boys. It was created by giving camcorders to 50 audience members of a sold out concert at Madison Square Garden on October 9, 2004. The audience members were instructed to keep the cameras rolling at all times. The DVD of this concert movie was released on July 24, 2006 in the UK and July 25, 2006 in the US.
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Title: MTV Video Music Awards
Character: Self
Released: September 14, 1984
Type: TV
An annual award ceremony presented by MTV to honor the best in the music video medium.
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Title: Saturday Night Live
Character: Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Released: October 11, 1975
Type: TV
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.
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Title: Saturday Night Live
Character: Self - Host & Musical Guest
Released: October 11, 1975
Type: TV
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.
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Untitled Community Movie
Title: Untitled Community Movie
Character: Troy Barnes
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
The long-awaited movie sequel to the cult classic TV Show Community.
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Hypno-Hustler
Title: Hypno-Hustler
Character: Hypno-Hustler
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Hypno-Hustler is an upcoming superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name.
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Lando
Title: Lando
Character: Lando Calrissian
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A spin-off of Solo: A Star Wars Story, featuring Donald Glover's Lando Calrissian in the leading role.
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American Dream: The 21 Savage Story
Title: American Dream: The 21 Savage Story
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Follows 21 Savage's journey from UK birth to US upbringing where he conquers adversity like poverty and crime to attain success in rap music.