Donald Glover

Donald McKinley Glover, Jr., also known by his stage name Childish Gambino, is an American actor, comedian, singer, producer, writer, and director, who is best known for his role as college student Troy Barnes in the NBC sitcom .
For Disney, he played the Junior CDE Executive in the 2011 Disney film The Muppets and voiced Miles Morales/Spider-Man/Kid Arachnid in Ultimate Spider-Man. He also played Greg in Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Aaron Davis in Spider-Man: Homecoming, and Lando Calrissian in Solo, and voiced Simba in the 2019 realistic CGI adaptation of The Lion King.
The censored version of his song "" from his album is featured in the episode "Run the Rink" in Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur.
==Personal life==
Glover was born at Edwards Air Force Base in Edwards, California and then raised in Stone Mountain, Georgia. He was raised a Jehovah's Witnesses, he then attended DeKalb School for the Arts and graduated from New York University's Tisch School for the Arts with a degree in dramatic writing, along with also being voted "Most Likely to Write For The Simpsons".
Glover also has a child who was born in 2016 and it was revealed it was a boy during his acceptance speech at the in 2017. He also announced that his son's name is "Legend" at the in June 2017 and his second child was born in January 2018.
==Career==
Donald Glover has had a variety of acting roles in addition to being a creator, occasional director, writer, executive producer, executive music producer, and the lead role of Earnest "Earn" Marks in the show on .
Glover is also known for being a rapper/singer under the stage name "Childish Gambino" and for his singles, such as "", "", "", "", and his most successful single to date: "".
==Roles==
Tumblr njdeivk6951rl14rno5 1280.png|Miles Morales/Spider-Man/Kid Arachnid(Ultimate Spider-Man)
Greg.jpg|Greg(Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day)
M11 Junior.jpg|Junior CDE Executive(The Muppets)
Aaron Davis.jpg|Aaron Davis(Spider-Man: Homecoming)
Solo - Lando Calrissian.png|Lando Calrissian(Solo)
Simba 2019-0.png|Simba(The Lion King;2019 remake and Mufasa: The Lion King)
==Gallery==
Donald Glover SDCC.jpg|Donald Glover attending the 2011 San Diego Comic Con.
Donald Glover TIFF15.jpg|Donald Glover attending the 2015 Toronto International Film Fest.
Donald Glover Summer TCA Tour.jpg|Donald Glover speaks onstage at the panel at the 2016 Summer TCA Tour.
Donald Glover Emmy Awards.jpg|Donald Glover speaks onstage at the 69th annual Emmy Awards in September 2017.
Donald Glover SW Solo premiere.jpg|Donald Glover at the premiere of Solo in May 2018.
The Lion King (2019) - Donald Glover with Simba.jpg|Donald Glover facing Simba for the 2019 live-action adaptation of The Lion King.
Donald Glover TLK19 premiere.jpg|Donald Glover at the premiere of The Lion King in July 2019.
==Trivia==
*Despite popular misconception, he is not related to fellow actor Danny Glover.
*He says the first action figure he ever got was Lando Calrissian.
*He promoted The Lion King by appearing on dressed up as a lion.
*Glover once auditioned to play The Amazing Spider-Man in , which eventually inspired the creation of Miles Morales, the first Black Spider-Man. Glover would eventually voice Miles in Ultimate Spider-Man and portray Miles's uncle, Aaron Davis, in Spider-Man: Homecoming.
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