![]() Some of Derrick Comedy's sketch videos went viral, including a 2006 video that skewers college frat-boy culture (called called "Bro Rape"), which today has more than 11 million views (despite being age-restricted by YouTube for potentially offensive language and content).īefore he'd even graduated from college, Glover's online video sketches caught the eye of David Miner, an executive producer on the NBC sitcom "30 Rock," who set up a meeting between Glover and Tina Fey. ![]() Called Derrick Comedy, the group made short comedy videos that they posted on YouTube at a time when the now ubiquitous online video platform was still in its infancy (it launched in 2005). Glover, who graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 2006, formed a sketch comedy group with two fellow NYU students while they were still in college. The film made over $380 million at the global box office.īut when Glover got his start in show business over a dozen years ago, his abundance of talent was still just being discovered. The video for his popular single, "This Is America," which serves up commentary on everything from gun violence to racial politics, has garnered over 483 million YouTube views since its May 5 debut.Īlso in May, Glover added movie star to his resume when he starred in Walt Disney's "Solo: A Star Wars Story" as a younger version of Lando Calrissian, the intergalactic smuggler and gambler character made famous by actor Billy Dee Williams in the original "Star Wars" trilogy. ![]() In addition to his Emmy nominations, Glover performed (and won) at the 2018 Grammy Awards as his hip-hop alter ego, Childish Gambino. ![]()
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