Savion Glover was born in Newark, New Jersey on November 19, 1973. While a student at Broadway Dance Center in Manhattan, Glover's teacher arranged an audition for him with Broadway choreographer Henry LeTang. This led to his Broadway debut at age 12 in The Tap Dance Kid. He made his film debut in 1989's Tap co-starring with Gregory Hines and Sammy Davis, Jr. In 1990, he joined the cast of the children's television series Sesame Street and stayed on the show until 1995. He came to prominence in 1996, starring in the George C wolfe produced musical Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk. He also starred in Spike Lee's 2000 file Bamboozled. Glover is one of the youngest males to be nominated for a Tony Award.
His most recent credit is as co-choreographer and central motion-capture dancer for the role of the penguim Mumble, the main character in the 2006 animated release Happy Feat.
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