Donald Glover

Donald Glover (2015)

Donald Glover (born September 25, 1983 at Edwards Air Force Base , California ) is an American actor , comedian , screenwriter , musician and director . Musically he is known by his stage name Childish Gambino . Among other things, he is a two-time Golden Globe and Emmy award winner and a five-time Grammy award winner.

Life

Glover grew up in the city of Stone Mountain near Atlanta in the US state of Georgia in a family of Jehovah's Witnesses on. He attended Rockbridge Elementary School and the DeKalb School of the Arts in DeKalb County . He then studied dramatic writing at the Tisch School of the Arts . In 2006 he graduated from there.

He has two sons with his partner.

Career

actor

Glover started writing for the American television show The Daily Show in 2005 . From 2006 to 2009 he was one of the writers on the NBC television series 30 Rock . In 2007 the series was nominated by the Writers Guild of America for Best Comedy Series and Best New Series. In 2008, 2009 and 2010 he and his colleagues won in the "Best Comedy Series" category.

Glover is a member of the YouTube sketch group Derrick Comedy with Dominic Dierkes, Meggie McFadden, DC Pierson and Dan Eckman. In 2009 the group produced the film Mystery Team .

Since 2005 Glover has also worked as an actor, initially mainly in short films. In 2009, Glover began starring in NBC's Community , a sitcom about a group of students at a community college. Glover played Troy Barnes, who played football in high school and studied at Greendale Community College in Colorado . In season five, Glover only appeared in five episodes and then left the series.

Glover has been developing the music comedy series Atlanta for the television channel FX since 2013 , which has been broadcast since September 2016.

In 2017 he was accepted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which awards the Oscars every year. That same year he received an Emmy and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his lead role in the drama series Atlanta , which he also directed and wrote on the screenplay .

In the 2018 film Solo: A Star Wars Story , the second offshoot of the Star Wars Anthology film series , Donald Glover plays the role of the young Lando Calrissian . In the music magazine Rolling Stone, Sassan Niasseri praised Glover's acting with the words: "Glover's Lando Calrissian has an authority that Ehrenreich (actor of Han Solo) lacks."

Musician

Donald Glover also works as a musician. He raps under the name Childish Gambino. According to his own statements, he got this name from a Wu-Tang Clan name generator. In his music, Glover addresses and criticizes consumption, social polarization, violence and the everyday life of many African Americans between racism and poverty.

On June 5, 2008, Glover released his first album Sick Boi . His second album Poindexter was released on September 17th, 2009. In 2010 he produced the mixtapes I Am Just A Rapper and I Am Just A Rapper 2 . Also in 2010, Glover released his third album, Culdesac . His fourth album Camp was released on November 15, 2011 on Glassnotes Records. It was his first album that wasn't released for free download. As a DJ “mcDJ” he also makes electronic music and often mixes new music. His projects include Love Letter in an Unbreakable Bottle , Utterances of the Heart , Fuck Yaselves, and The Works .

His second album Because the Internet is a concept album , which includes the short film Clapping for the Wrong Reasons and a script in which the music is intended to accompany the individual scenes. Childish Gambino gave his first Germany concert on February 15, 2014 in Berlin. The third studio album “Awaken, My Love!” was released on December 2, 2016 and is musically classified as funk , soul and R&B . At the Grammy Awards 2018 he received two nominations for the album and three for the song Redbone . It won the award in the Best Traditional R&B Performance category .

His biggest hit in 2018 was the song This Is America , which was not only the most successful internationally and reached number 1 in the USA , it was also awarded four Grammy Awards , including a single and song of the year.

Discography

Donald Glover (2010)

Albums

Studio albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
year	Title music label	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Remarks
2011	Camp Glassnote, UMG	-	-	-	-	US11 (22 weeks) US	Initial Release: Nov 15, 2011 Sales: + 242,000 (US)
2013	Because the Internet Glassnote, Iceland , UMG	-	-	-	UK- silver UK	US7th gold (134 weeks)US	Initial Release: December 10, 2013 Sales: + 525,000 (US)
2016	"Awaken, My Love!" Glassnote, Iceland, UMG	-	-	CH89 (1 week) CH	UK34 silver (6 weeks)UK	US5 platinum (76 weeks)US	Initial release: December 2, 2016 Sales: + 100,000 (US) Grammy
2020	3.15.20 RCA	-	AT55 (1 week) AT	CH45 (1 week) CH	UK20 (... weeks) UK	US13 (... weeks) US	First published: March 22, 2020

EPs

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
year	Title music label	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Remarks
2006	A Charlie Brown X-mas EP	-	-	-	-	-	First published: December 18, 2006
2011	EP	-	-	-	-	-	First published: March 8, 2011
2014	Kauai glass note	-	-	-	-	US16 (6 weeks) US	Initial Release: Oct 3rd, 2014 Sales: + 42,000 (US)
2018	Summer pack	-	-	-	-	-	First published: July 11, 2018

Mix tapes

year	Title music label	Remarks
2008	Sick Boi self-distribution	First published: June 5, 2008
2009	Poindexter self-distribution	First published: September 17, 2009
2010	I am just a rapper self-distribution	First published: January 5, 2010
	I am just a rapper 2 self-distribution	First published: February 4, 2009
	Culdesac self-distribution	First published: June 3, 2010
2012	Royalty glass note	First published: July 4th, 2012
2014	STN MTN glass grade	First published: October 2, 2014

Singles

Chart placements

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
year	Title album	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Remarks
2013	3005 Because the Internet	-	-	-	UK79 platinum (3 weeks)UK	US64 platinum (20 weeks)US	First published: October 22, 2013
2014	Crawl Because the Internet	-	-	-	-	US86 (1 week) US	First published: February 7th, 2014 feat. Kai & Mystikal
2016	Me and Your Mama "Awaken, My Love!"	-	-	-	-	US68 (2 weeks) US	First published: November 10, 2016
2016	Redbone "Awaken, My Love!"	-	-	-	UK51 platinum (17 weeks)UK	US12 × 5 Quintuple platinum (44 weeks)US	First published: March 17, 2017
2018	This Is America	DE39 (4 weeks) DE	AT20 (5 weeks) AT	CH16 (6 weeks) CH	UK6th gold (10 weeks)UK	US1 × 3 Triple platinum (17 weeks)US	First published: May 5, 2018 4 × Grammy
	Summertime Magic	-	-	CH81 (1 week) CH	UK30 (4 weeks) UK	US44 platinum (5 weeks)US	First published: July 11, 2018
	Feels Like Summer 3.15.20	-	-	-	UK64 (4 weeks) UK	US54 platinum (2 weeks)US	First published: July 11, 2018

More singles

2012: Bonfire (US:gold)
2012: Heartbeat (US:platinum; UK:silver)
2014: Sweatpants (US:gold; UK:silver)
2014: Sober (UK:silver)
2017: Terrified
2019: What Kind of Love

Chart placements as a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
year	Title album	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Remarks
2012	Trouble Glassheart	DE27 (6 weeks) DE	AT32 (2 weeks) AT	CH75 (1 week) CH	UK7 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 12, 2012 Leona Lewis feat. Childish Gambino

Further guest contributions

2012: Giants (with Josh Osho)
2013: Do or Die (with Flux Pavilion )
2013: Bed Peace (with Jhené Aiko ) (US:platinum)
2014: Driving Ms. Daisy (with Logic )
2014: Lava Glaciers (with Riff Raff )
2014: Break Your Heart Right Back (with Ariana Grande )
2014: Jump Hi (with Lion Babe )
2014: Together (with Selah Sue )

Awards for music sales

Golden record

Australia Australia
- 2019: for the single Summertime Magic
- 2019: for the album Because the Internet
- 2019: for the single Bonfire
- 2019: for the single Heartbeat
- 2019: for the single Retro
- 2019: for the single sweatpants
Denmark Denmark
- 2019: for the album Awaken, My Love!
France France
- 2018: for the single Redbone
- 2020: for the single This Is America
Italy Italy
- 2019: for the single Redbone
Canada Canada
- 2014: for the single Heartbeat
- 2019: for the single The Worst Guys
- 2019: for the single Me and Your Mama
New Zealand New Zealand
- 2018: for the single This Is America
Sweden Sweden
- 2017: for the single Redbone
- 2018: for the single This Is America
South Africa South Africa
- 2018: for the single Redbone

Platinum record

Australia Australia
- 2018: for the single Sober
Denmark Denmark
- 2019: for the single Redbone
Canada Canada
- 2019: for the album Awaken, My Love!
- 2019: for the album Because the Internet
- 2019: for the single IV. Sweatpants
New Zealand New Zealand
- 2017: for the single Redbone
Poland Poland
- 2019: for the single This Is America

2 × platinum record

Australia Australia
- 2019: for the single 3005
- 2019: for the single This Is America
Canada Canada
- 2019: for the single 3005

4 × platinum record

Australia Australia
- 2019: for the single Redbone
Canada Canada
- 2019: for the single Redbone

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	0! S.-	6 × gold6th	9 × platinum9	840,000	aria.com.au
Denmark (IFPI)	0! S.-	gold1	platinum1	100,000	ifpi.dk
France (SNEP)	0! S.-	2 × gold2	0! P-	166,666	snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	0! S.-	gold1	0! P-	25,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	0! S.-	3 × gold3	9 × platinum9	840,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	0! S.-	gold1	platinum1	45,000	nztop40.co.nz
Poland (ZPAV)	0! S.-	0! G-	platinum1	20,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Sweden (IFPI)	0! S.-	2 × gold2	0! P-	40,000	sverigetopplistan.se
South Africa (RISA)	0! S.-	gold1	0! P-	10,000	risa.org.za
United States (RIAA)	0! S.-	3 × gold3	14 × platinum14th	15,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	5 × silver5	gold1	2 × platinum2	2,320,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	5 × silver5	21 × gold21st	37 × platinum37

Filmography (selection)

actor

2006–2007, 2009, 2012: 30 Rock (TV series, 4 episodes)

2009: Mystery Team

2009-2014: Community (TV series, 89 episodes)

2011: The Muppets (The Muppets)

2013: Girls (TV series, 2 episodes)

2013: The To Do List (The To Do List)

2014: The Coopers - Worse is always possible (Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day)

2015: The Lazarus Effect

2015: Magic Mike XXL

2015: The Martian - Save Mark Watney (The Martian)
since 2016: Atlanta (TV series)
2017: Spider-Man: Homecoming
2018: Solo: A Star Wars Story
2019: Guava Island

Voice actor

2010: Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III (stop-motion special, voice of Mace Windu )
2011: Regular Show (animated series, 1 episode)
2013, 2016: Adventure Time (cartoon series, 2 episodes)
2015: The Ultimate Spider-Man ( Ultimate Spider-Man ; animated series, 2 episodes, voice of Miles Morales)
2015: China, IL (animated series, 4 episodes)
2019: The Lion King (Voice of Simba)

script

2008–2009: 30 Rock (TV series, 2 episodes)
2009: Mystery Team
since 2016: Atlanta (TV series, 6 episodes)
2019: Guava Island

Director

since 2016: Atlanta (TV series)

Awards (selection)

Emmy

2017 : Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series - Atlanta
2017: Award in the category Best Director for a Comedy Series - Atlanta
2017: Nomination for Best Series - Comedy - Atlanta
2017: Nomination for Best Screenplay for a Comedy Series - Atlanta
2018 : Nomination for Best Actor in a Comedy Series - Atlanta
2018: Nomination for Best Director for a Comedy Series - Atlanta
2018: Nomination for Best Series - Comedy - Atlanta
2018: Nomination for Best Screenplay for a Comedy Series - Atlanta
2018: Nomination in the category Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for Saturday Night Live

Golden Globe Award

2017 : Award in the category Best Series - Comedy / Musical - Atlanta
2017: Award for Best Series Lead Actor - Comedy / Musical - Atlanta
2019: Nomination for Best Actor in a Series - Comedy / Musical - Atlanta

Grammy Awards

2015 : Nomination in the Best Rap Performance category - 3005
2015: Nomination in the category Best Rap Album - Because the Internet
2018 : Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance - Redbone
2018: Nomination in the Recording of the Year category - Redbone
2018: Nomination in the category Best R&B Song - Redbone
2018: Nomination in the Album of the Year category - “Awaken, My Love!”
2018: Nomination in the category Best Urban Contemporary Album - “Awaken, My Love!”
2019 : Award in the Single of the Year category - This Is America
2019: Award in the category Song of the Year - This Is America
2019: Award in the category Best Performance - Rap / Singing - This Is America
2019: Award for Best Music Video - This Is America
2019: Nomination in the category Best R&B Song - Feels like Summer

NAACP Image Award

2017: Nomination for Best Actor in a Series - Comedy - Atlanta
2017: Nomination in the category Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series - Atlanta
2017: Nomination Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series - Atlanta, episode Value

Writers Guild of America Award

2007: Nomination for Best New Series - 30 Rock
2007: Nomination for Best Comedy Series - 30 Rock
2008: Award for Best Comedy Series - 30 Rock
2009: Award for Best Comedy Series - 30 Rock
2010: Award for Best Comedy Series - 30 Rock
2017: Award for Best Comedy Series - Atlanta
2017: Award in the category Best New Series - Atlanta
2019: Nomination for Best Comedy Series - Atlanta

Web links

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

Donald Glover in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Official website (English)

Individual evidence

^ The religions and political views of the influentials. The Hollowverse
↑ Donald Glover Reveals He Has a New Baby and a New Name For His TV Show. January 5, 2018, accessed October 9, 2018 .
↑ DERRICK comedy. Youtube
↑ Josef Adalian: Donald Glover Will Spend Less Time on community . In: vulture.com . July 8, 2013. Retrieved July 15, 2013.
^ Nellie Andreeva: Donald Glover To Create And Star In Music-Themed FX Comedy Series Project . In: deadline.com . August 7, 2013. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
↑ Class of 2017, accessed June 30, 2017.
↑ Sassan Niasseri: Review: "Solo: A Star Wars Story" - This is not our Han. In: Rolling Stone . May 28, 2018. Retrieved May 28, 2018 .
^ Childishgambino.com
^ Wu-Tang-Clan name generator
↑ Where Did Childish Gambino Come From? Fuse Youtube video from 2011
↑ The new album by Childish Gambino - Serious and yet easy. Retrieved on March 29, 2020 (German).
↑ www.culdesac-album.com
↑ Critique of the album in the user blogs of Rap.de; accessed on February 15, 2014
↑ intro.de ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ Donald Glover Details New Childish Gambino Album "Awaken, My Love!" In: pitchfork.com. Retrieved November 16, 2016 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d DE AT CH UK US
↑ Emily Zemler: Childish Gambino Talks 'because the internet' Album & Staying Honest ( English ) In: Billboard . March 12, 2013. Accessed December 30, 2018.
↑ Upcoming Releases, November 2016 ( English ) Archived from the original on November 25, 2016. Accessed December 30, 2018th
↑ Keith Caulfield: 'The Hamilton Mixtape' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 album chart ( English ) In: Billboard . December 11, 2016. Accessed December 30, 2018.
↑ Jay Balfour: Hip Hop Album Sales: Game, Hoodie Allen, Chris Brown ( English ) In: HiphopDX . October 22, 2014. Accessed December 30, 2018.
↑ Ruth Kinane: Beyoncé leads the pack of 2017 NAACP Image Awards nominees . In: Entertainment Weekly , December 13, 2016.
↑ Erik Pedersen, Jeremy Gerard, Matt Grobar, Nellie Andreeva: WGA Awards: 'Moonlight' & 'Arrival' Win Top Film Prizes; FX's 'Atlanta' & 'The Americans' Lead TV - Complete Winners List In: deadline.com, February 19, 2017.

personal data
SURNAME	Glover, Donald
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Childish Gambino
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American actor, comedian, writer, and musician
DATE OF BIRTH	September 25, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH	Edwards Air Force Base , California, United States

[1] The religions and political views of the influentials. The Hollowverse

[2] Donald Glover Reveals He Has a New Baby and a New Name For His TV Show. January 5, 2018, accessed October 9, 2018 .

[3] DERRICK comedy. Youtube

[4] Josef Adalian: Donald Glover Will Spend Less Time on community . In: vulture.com . July 8, 2013. Retrieved July 15, 2013.

[5] Nellie Andreeva: Donald Glover To Create And Star In Music-Themed FX Comedy Series Project . In: deadline.com . August 7, 2013. Retrieved February 15, 2014.

[6] Class of 2017, accessed June 30, 2017.

[7] Sassan Niasseri: Review: "Solo: A Star Wars Story" - This is not our Han. In: Rolling Stone . May 28, 2018. Retrieved May 28, 2018 .

[8] Childishgambino.com

[9] Wu-Tang-Clan name generator

[10] Where Did Childish Gambino Come From? Fuse Youtube video from 2011

[11] The new album by Childish Gambino - Serious and yet easy. Retrieved on March 29, 2020 (German).

[12] www.culdesac-album.com

[13] Critique of the album in the user blogs of Rap.de; accessed on February 15, 2014

[14] tro.de ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[15] Donald Glover Details New Childish Gambino Album "Awaken, My Love!" In: pitchfork.com. Retrieved November 16, 2016 .

[charts-16] DE AT CH UK US

[17] Emily Zemler: Childish Gambino Talks 'because the internet' Album & Staying Honest ( English ) In: Billboard . March 12, 2013. Accessed December 30, 2018.

[18] Upcoming Releases, November 2016 ( English ) Archived from the original on November 25, 2016. Accessed December 30, 2018th

[19] Keith Caulfield: 'The Hamilton Mixtape' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 album chart ( English ) In: Billboard . December 11, 2016. Accessed December 30, 2018.

[20] Jay Balfour: Hip Hop Album Sales: Game, Hoodie Allen, Chris Brown ( English ) In: HiphopDX . October 22, 2014. Accessed December 30, 2018.

[21] Ruth Kinane: Beyoncé leads the pack of 2017 NAACP Image Awards nominees . In: Entertainment Weekly , December 13, 2016.

[22] Erik Pedersen, Jeremy Gerard, Matt Grobar, Nellie Andreeva: WGA Awards: 'Moonlight' & 'Arrival' Win Top Film Prizes; FX's 'Atlanta' & 'The Americans' Lead TV - Complete Winners List In: deadline.com, February 19, 2017.