Is Childish Gambino Miles Morales?
Michael King
Updated on March 15, 2026
Donald Glover (aka Childish Gambino) has an unmistakable hand in the success of Miles Morales. Although the actor/writer/musician never wrote the character in the comics, he inadvertently helped make the character's debut even bigger than it might otherwise have been.
Is Miles Morales based off Childish Gambino?
Donald Glover was the inspiration for Miles Morales. Glover, wanting to be cast as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in The Amazing Spider-Man, wore a Spider-Man costume in the Community episode "Anthropology 101".Who is Miles Morales based off of?
9 Based On Donald GloverAccording to USA Today, Brian Michael Bendis initially based Miles Morales' appearance on Donald Glover, who at the time was a cast member on Community and one half of the iconic Troy and Abed duo.