With a limited release, the fans requested the film in their local theaters. The group wrote and starred in a feature-length film, Mystery Team, a comedy about amateur teenage detectives it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2009. While attending NYU, Glover also became a member of the sketch comedy group Derrick Comedy, having appeared in their sketches on YouTube since 2006, along with Dominic Dierkes, Meggie McFadden, DC Pierson, and Dan Eckman. In 2008, Glover unsuccessfully auditioned to play President Barack Obama on the sketch comedy program Saturday Night Live the role went to cast member Fred Armisen.
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He and his co-writers were presented with the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Comedy Series in 2008 for his work on the third season. From 2006 to 2009 Glover wrote for 30 Rock, in which he also had occasional cameo appearances. Miner and Tina Fey were impressed by Glover's work and hired him to become a writer for the NBC sitcom 30 Rock. In 2006 Glover caught the attention of producer David Miner after Glover sent writing samples including a spec script that he had written for The Simpsons. Career 2006–2010: Derrick Comedy, Community, and mixtapes He also began DJing and producing electronic music under the moniker MC DJ (later as mcDJ) remixing Sufjan Stevens' album Illinois (2005). While at Tisch, he self-produced the independent mixtape The Younger I Get, which was never released and was later disowned by Glover for being the "too-raw ramblings" of what he calls a "decrepit Drake". In 2006, he graduated from the New York University Tisch School of the Arts with a degree in Dramatic Writing. Glover attended Avondale High School and DeKalb School of the Arts, and was voted "Most Likely to Write for The Simpsons" in his high school yearbook. His younger brother, Stephen, would later become a writer and producer who collaborates with him. Glover was raised as a Jehovah's Witness, but he is no longer religious. His parents also served as foster parents for 14 years. His mother, Beverly (née Smith), is a retired daycare provider, and his father, Donald Glover Sr., was a postal worker. was born at Edwards Air Force Base in Edwards, California, on September 25, 1983, where his father was stationed, and was raised in Atlanta, Georgia.
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). 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). For his work on Atlanta, Glover won various accolades, including two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. Since 2016, Glover has starred in the FX series Atlanta, which he created and occasionally directs. He later rose to fame for portraying college student Troy Barnes on the NBC sitcom Community from 2009 to 2014. After working in 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.
( / ˈ ɡ l ʌ v ər/ born September 25, 1983), also known by his stage name Childish Gambino ( / ɡ æ m ˈ b iː n oʊ/), is an American actor, rapper, singer, writer, comedian, director, and producer.
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