25 Seriously Fascinating Facts You Might Not Know About Donald Glover AKA Childish Gambino

4. He Auditioned To Play Barack Obama On SNL: According to Huffington Post, back in 2008, Saturday Night Live was looking to cast someone to play President Barack Obama. They auditioned a lot of people, including Donald Glover, who was known as a writer on Tina Fey’s show 30 Rock at the time. He ended up not getting cast on the show, and the role of Obama went to Fred Armisen. Armisen portrayed Obama from 2008 until 2012.

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