Actors Who Starred In Back To Back Hit TV Shows – Looper

In the artistic community, Donald Glover is referred to as a renaissance man. He began as a writer for “30 Rock” and then demonstrated his talents as an actor, singer, and stand-up comic, succeeding to varying degrees in all of these creative forms. Despite his career highlights in a wide range of disciplines, Glover would not have been the star he is today if it hadn’t been for his breakout performance as Troy in Dan Harmon’s “Community.”

In GQ’s breakdown of Glover’s acting roles, he reminisced about his time at the show and said a lot of skills he found useful later in his career, such as improvising, he learned on the set of “Community.” Everyone on the set caught on to just how talented Glover is, and Harmon even admitted the writers on his show just started ending scenes without actual lines, figuring it was best to leave them blank and assume “Donald will say something, and sure he would.”

Glover eventually felt that his role on “Community” had become too much like a job, so he left the show in Season 5. He took a break from television to concentrate on music under the name Childish Gambino, which he obtained via the Wu-Tang name generator. He returned to TV two years later with “Atlanta,” which he created, wrote, and directed. The show’s distinct take on race, culture, and the American dream has earned Glover nearly universal acclaim from fans, critics, and award shows.