Jordan Peele
Acting
Biography
Jordan Haworth Peele (born February 21, 1979) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He is known for his film and television work in the comedy and horror genres. Peele started his career in sketch comedy before transitioning his career as a writer and director of psychological horror and satirical films. In 2017, Peele was included on the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world. Peele's breakout role came in 2003, when he was hired as a cast member on the Fox sketch comedy series Mad TV, where he spent five seasons, leaving the show in 2008. In the following years, he and his frequent Mad TV collaborator, Keegan-Michael Key, created and starred in their own Comedy Central sketch comedy series Key & Peele (2012–2015). The series was critically acclaimed, winning two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award. The two wrote, produced, and starred in the comedy film Keanu (2016) and appeared in various projects since. His 2017 directorial debut, the horror film Get Out, was a critical and box office success, for which he received numerous accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, along with nominations for Best Picture and Best Director. Critics have frequently named Get Out as one of the best films of the 21st century. He received another Academy Award nomination for Best Picture for producing Spike Lee's drama BlacKkKlansman (2018). He directed, wrote, and produced the acclaimed films Us (2019) and Nope (2022). He founded the film and television production company Monkeypaw Productions in 2012. He wrote and produced Candyman (2021), and Wendell and Wild (2022). Peele has also voice acted in the animated films Storks (2016), Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017) and Toy Story 4 (2019), as well as in the adult animated sitcom Big Mouth (2017–present). He co-created the TBS comedy series The Last O.G. (2018–2022) and the YouTube Premium comedy series Weird City (2019). He also served as the host and producer of the CBS All Access revival of the anthology series The Twilight Zone (2019–2020).
Born: February 21, 1979
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Self
as Danny
as Mystery Coach
as Wild (voice)
as Fanny (voice)
as Bunny (voice)
as Bunny (voice)
as Self - Host
as Dying Rabbit / Fun House Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
as Self - Illustrious Guest
as (voice)
as Self
as Ghost of Duke Ellington (voice)
as Melvin (voice)
as Self
as Dying Deer / UNCF PSA Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
as Beta Wolf (voice)
as Beta Wolf (voice)
as Rell Williams / Oil Dresden
as Self
as Chad
as Self
as Various Characters
as Self (segment "Absorption")
as Webb Pepper
as Self
as Second Fourth-Dimensional Being (voice)
as Cortez
as Sidecar Willy
as Percy Julian
as Nick
as Tan Fu
as Self
as Rodney Wilson
as Various Characters
as Gangsta #1
as Self
as Mark
as Horace (voice)
as Sandy (voice)
as Max (voice)
as Hotel Security Guard (voice)
as Salesman (voice)
as Fanny (voice)
as Don (voice)
as EMT
as Self
as Martin Luther King, Jr.
as Muhammad Ali
as Derrick
as Self - Guest
as Dr. Brian
as Gangster
as Sebastian / Gwaihir / Eugene (voice)
as Street thug (voice)
as Three-Card Monte Guy
as Self
as Various
as Self
as Self