Anwan Glover

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Anwan Glover (2008)

Ralph Anwan Glover (born May 5, 1975 in Washington, DC ) is an American musician and television and film actor .

Music and film career

As a teenager, Anwan Glover , born in Washington, DC in 1975, founded the "BackYard Band" for short BYB in 1992 in his hometown, which played Go-go. Glover made his actor debut in 2003 as Slim Charles on the HBO television series The Wire . This was followed by guest appearances in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and American Gangster . Glover has worked on various music videos, including The Boyz by Boyz n da Hood and the music video for the song Chillin des Rappers Wale and Lady Gaga , which was released on June 2, 2009 on Interscope's YouTube channel. In 2010, he played a killer named Keevon White in three episodes of the first season of the HBO television series Treme . Between 2013 and 2015 he appeared in supporting roles in the films 12 Years a Slave , 68 Square Miles and Desiree . He has played Leon in the series The Deuce since 2017. Glover hosts a nightly radio show on 93.9 WKYS-FM Radio in the Washington metropolitan area.

Private

Glover's film career almost ended in 2004 when he was arrested and given a suspended sentence for illegally possessing weapons.

On August 26, 2007, Glover's brother Tayon was shot dead in Columbia Heights.

On August 3, 2014, Glover suffered a stab wound in a nightclub, but it was not life threatening.

Filmography

Web links

Commons : Anwan Glover  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21101-2004Dec22.html
  2. ↑ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/24/AR2007082402132.html
personal data
SURNAME Glover, Anwan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Glover, Ralph Anwan (full name); Genghis Glover (pseudonym); Big G (pseudonym); Big Genghis (pseudonym); Genghis (pseudonym); The Ghetto Prince (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American musician, film actor, and television actor
DATE OF BIRTH May 5th 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Washington, DC