8 Best Donald Glover Roles

8. The Martian - Rich Purnell

Though Donald Glover only has a supporting role in Ridley Scott's The Martian, a film laden with Hollywood's finest, he still manages to take his chance and steal the scenes that he appears in.

As Rich Purnell, Glover is thrown in as an Aerodynamicist who works out that in order to best save Astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) from Mars, they need to use the Earth's gravitational pull to fling the ship commanded by Jessica Chastain's Commander Lewis back toward Mars - in the process, saving millions of dollars in getting another crew together and blasting off from Earth, as well as saving Watney before his food and supplies can run out.

Glover managed to really bring some levity to the film, using his comedy chops to lighten the atmosphere (sorry...) and delivering a very convincing performance that actually managed to stand out, in a film full of standouts.

The scene in which he attends the second greatest Council of Elrond ever shown on film, where he explains his master plan to get Watney home, is brilliant and made all the more so by Glover's natural charm and humour.