Donald Glover is an American actor, a talented comedian, composer, director. He is the character of several comedy series, as well as large-scale and high-budget films. Donald made whole halls of people laugh and swing them to the beat of his music. And recently he took a place in the director's chair, working on his own project. In the article, we will take a closer look at the career of this multilateral person.
Biography
Donald Glover was born in 1983 at the Edwards Air Base, located in Cairn County (California), but grew up and raised in Stone Mountain (Georgia). He attended elementary school of arts in the county of Decalb, and then graduated from a special school (Tisch School of the Arts) at the University of New York, which is a center for training in the field of media art.
During his studies, he worked on the collection of songs The Younger I Get, but the release did not take place, since the compositions were considered too raw. He tried himself as a local DJ, and also the creator of electronic music under the nickname MC D (later mcDJ).
Humor in the career of Donald Glover
In 2006, Donald sent producer David Mineer sketches of his scripts for the popular comedy animated series The Simpsons. His work was highly appreciated, and producer Tina Fei invited him to participate in the creation of the Studio 30 sitcom, which the guy worked on from 2006 to 2009. He was not only a screenwriter, but also acted as an actor, and was awarded for work on the third season Screenwriters Guild Award.
From 2009 to 2015, Donald Glover participated in the filming of the successful comedy series Dan Harmon's Community. He played the role of Troy Barnes - a frivolous, naive and stupid student at the Grindale College, a former football player who had to say goodbye to sports due to a leg injury. The project was praised by critics and more than once appeared on the lists of the best television shows. There were even plans to make a full-length film after the final season, but this idea was never realized.
Donald is a member of the sketch group Derrick Comedy, which also included Dominic Dirkes, Donald Charles Pearson, Dan Ickman and Maggie McFaden. They led their channel on YouTube, and in 2009 they shot the full-length detective comedy The Secret Team about a group of teenagers who, even after leaving school, continue to act like little children. A year later, the first stand-up of Donald Glover took place. The actor made a half-hour performance as part of the Comedy Central Presents program.
Exit to large screens
Despite the fact that most of Mr. Glover's filmography is composed of multi-part comedy projects, he contributed to the development of big movies. In 2013, he played a small role in the youth comedy Maggie Carey "Who to sleep with?" about a school graduate who decides to survive a sexual experience before entering college. A year later, he played one of the main characters in the David Gelb horror film “The Lazarus Effect” (2015), in which several young people conduct a dubious experiment to revive a recently dead dog, but realize too late that the idea was unsuccessful.
In 2015, the actor played a rapper named Andre in the Gregory Jacobs musical comedy Super Mike XXL. The role of Rich Parnell, a NASA employee, was performed in the sci-fi movie “The Martian” (2015), shot by Ridley Scott based on the novel of the same name by Andy Weir. In the role of Aaron Davis, a professional criminal, he appeared in the superhero action movie John Watts "Spider-Man: Homecoming" (2017). And Lando Calrissian, the smuggler and good friend of Han Solo, played in Ron Howard's science fiction movie Han Solo: Star Wars. Stories ”(2018).
Musical activity
In addition to filming in films, Donald Glover is engaged in music. In this area, he is known as Childish Gambino. On his account several studio albums, video clips and collaborative tracks with other artists. The result of his work is two nominations for a Grammy Award for "Best Performance" and "Best Rap Album", as well as a Grammy Award for "Best Performance" of his Redbone song.
Director's chair
Since 2016, Donald Glover has been filming the comedy drama Atlanta, in which he is also the lead actor. The project was widely recognized by the public and received points close to the maximum on popular sites. This led to the filming of the second season, which began broadcasting in the spring of 2018.