Age: 42
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Donald McKinley Glover Jr. (/ˈɡlʌvər/; born September 25, 1983), also known by his musical name Childish Gambino (/ɡæmˈbiːnoʊ/), is an American actor, comedian, musician, and filmmaker. While he studied at New York University and after working in Derrick Comedy, a comedy group, Glover was hired by Tina Fey to write for the NBC sitcom 30 Rock at age 23. He gained fame for portraying college student Troy Barnes on the NBC sitcom Community from 2009 to 2014. From 2016 to 2022, he starred in the FX series Atlanta, which he created and occasionally directed. For his work on Atlanta, he won various accolades, including two Primetime Emmy Awards, as well as two Golden Globe Awards. Glover has appeared in several films, including the supernatural horror The Lazarus Effect (2015), the comedy-drama Magic Mike XXL (2015), and the science fiction film The Martian (2015). He played Aaron Davis in the superhero film Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), as well as Lando Calrissian in the space western Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018). He provided the voice of adult Simba in The Lion King (2019) and produced the short film Guava Island (2019), in which he starred. He co-created the comedy thriller television series Swarm (2023). Glover is also credited as a principal inspiration for the creation of the Marvel Comics superhero Miles Morales/Spider-Man, whom Glover himself briefly voiced in the animated series Ultimate Spider-Man. In 2024, he created and starred in the Prime Video series Mr. & Mrs. Smith. After a number of independently released projects, Glover signed with Glassnote Records in 2011 and released his debut studio album, Camp, in November of that year to critical and commercial success. His second album, Because the Internet (2013), was supported by the single "3005," which became his first Billboard Hot 100 entry. His psychedelic funk-inspired 2016 single, "Redbone," peaked at number 12 on the chart, won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance, and preceded the release of his third album, "Awaken, My Love!" (2016), which saw continued success. Glover's 2018 single, "This Is America," debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100 and won in all of the categories for which it was nominated at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards: Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Rap/Sung Performance, and Best Music Video; it won a Guinness World Record as the first hip hop song to win in the former two categories. His fourth album, 3.15.20, was released in 2020.[17]In 2024, he released Atavista, a reworking of 3.15.20, and later his fifth album, Bando Stone & the New World. Description above from the Wikipedia article Donald Glover, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Donald Glover
Simba
for Simba in The Lion King: Circle of Life and Pride (2026)
Suggested by tl_skywalker
In this stand-alone continuity to the original Lion King trilogy, Simba has been King of the Pride Lands for over three years now, having a content feeling of being the kingdom's rightful ruler and protector. He is also the father of two children: a daughter named Kiara, who will one day become the future Queen of the Pride Lands and is dating a rogue lion named Kovu, and a son named Kion, who leads the Lion Guard, the mate of his best friend Nala, and close friends with Timon the Meerkat and Pumbaa the Warthog. While patrolling the savannah with Nala, Timon, and Pumbaa one day, a pack of spotted leopards, led by the evil, vicious emperor Chui, invade Pride Lands territory and attempt to start a war with the lions and lionesses, as the vicious leader and emperor himself believes that the kingdom should be his, as his own territory does not seem to be good enough for him and his pack. Simba and his family, not wanting to lose their beloved home to Chui's spotted savage supporters, prepare themselves for battle and go to war with Chui and his pack in hopes of keeping the Pride Lands safe and secure, just as Simba's father Mufasa once wanted. Meanwhile, Simba's uncle Scar gets resurrected from the dead by the hyenas Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed, who wish to reconcile and start over their scheming relationship, in hopes of getting revenge on Simba for defeating him in The Lion King (1994).
