Children 5 (1 stepchild) Siblings Tayon Glover Height 1.97 m | Role Actor Name Anwan Glover | |
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Full Name Ralph Anwan Glover Other names Big G, Big Genghis, Genghis Movies and TV shows The Wire, 12 Years a Slave, Learning Uncle Vincent, Dermaphoria, Shoedog Similar People David Simon, Sheldon Candis, Steve McQueen, Ross Clarke, John McNaughton | ||
Hbo s wire actor anwan glover stabbed in d c nightclub
Anwan Glover (born Ralph Anwan Glover on May 5, 1975 in Washington, D.C.) is an American musician and founding member of the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band "BackYard Band" (also abbreviated as "BYB"). Glover is also an actor, known for his portrayal of "Slim Charles" in the HBO crime-drama television series The Wire.
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the wire and 12 years a slave actor anwan glover talks with fox 5 after stabbing at dc nightclub
Career
Gaining local fame as a teenager in 1992 as one of the founding members of the "BackYard Band", he made his acting debut in late 2003 as Slim Charles in the HBO television series The Wire. He has also appeared in music videos, such as Boyz n da Hood's "Dem Boyz" and Wale's "Chillin", among others. He hosts a nightly radio show on 93.9 WKYS-FM radio in the Washington metropolitan area.
Glover starred in three episodes of the first season of the HBO television series Treme as a convicted killer named Keevon White. He also speaks to youth in the Washington metropolitan region, and has been accepted in the New York Film Academy. He has been working on a film titled Shoedog since 2009. It is written by author and The Wire contributor George Pelecanos.
Personal life
On August 26, 2007, Glover's brother Tayon was shot to death in Columbia Heights. Glover addressed the press, along with D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty, saying that "we're tired of seeing the yellow (police) tape" and calling for an end to revenge shootings. He also stated that he has been shot 13 times.
On August 3, 2014, Glover was beaten and stabbed at a nightclub. The injuries were non life-threatening.