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Donald McKinley Glover, Jr.[1] (born September 25, 1983)[2] is a writer, musician, comedian, rapper and a voice actor for Regular Show who voiced the rapper, Alpha-Dog in "Rap It Up".[3]
Early life
Donald McKinley Glover, Jr. was born on September 25, 1983 in California on Edwards Air Force Base to his parents, Beverly and Donald Glover, Sr.[4] He was then raised in Stone Mountain, Georgia alongside his biological brother and sister and half-siblings, who were foster children adopted by his parents.[5][3][4] His parents are Jehovah's witnesses.[5] He attended Rockbridge Elementary School and the DeKalb School of the Arts before attending New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where he graduated with a degree in Dramatic Writing in 2006.[4] He was later hired to work on 30 Rock as a writer.[5] At Tisch, he studied improvisation and comedy writing with the Upright Citizens Brigade.[3]
Career
For his work as a writer on 30 Rock, he was nominated for a Writers Guild Award.[6] He plays Troy Barnes on the NBC comedy, Community.[5] He has also appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien.[3] He had his own Comedy Central special in 2010 and won the inaugural Rising Comedy Star of the Year Award at the 2010 Just for Laughs Comedy Central Festival.[3] He is also a rapper and comedian who goes by the stage name "Childish Gambino."[5] As a rapper he has released three mix-tapes: I Am Just a Rapper, I Am Just a Rapper 2 and Royalty, as well as releasing three studio albums, Camp, Because the Internet and Awaken, My Love!
Voice credits
This section may be incomplete
Season 3
Personal life
He resides in Silver Lake, California.[5]
External links
- Wikipedia article on Donald Glover
- Donald Glover's official website
- Donald Glover's Facebook
- Donald Glover's Google+
- Donald Glover's Instagram
- Donald Glover's Twitter
- Donald Glover's Vimeo
- Donald Glover's YouTube
References
- ↑ http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/39461?SubmitSearch.x=0&SubmitSearch.y=0&4_month=0&first=Donald&4_day=0&last=Glover&spelling=Exact&c=search&offset=20
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/iamdonald
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 http://www.nbc.com/community/about/bio/donald-glover
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 http://www.jango.com/music/Donald+Glover/_full_bio?l=0
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 http://www.complex.com/covers/childish-gambino-interview-know-the-ledge-2014-cover-story/
- ↑ http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/donald-glover/bio/298229