Jordan Peele

Jordan Peele

CountryUnited States United States
GenderMale
Birthdayfévr. 21, 1979
BiographyJordan Haworth Peele (born February 21, 1979) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker known for his film and television work in the comedy and horror genres. He has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. Peele started his career in comedy before transitioning to writing and directing psychological horror with comedic elements.

In the early 2000s Peele began his career in improv comedy and performed with Boom Chicago and The Second City. His 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 Peele 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 have 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. He received another Academy Award nomination for Best Picture for producing Spike Lee's comedy-drama BlacKkKlansman (2018). He directed, wrote, and produced the films Us (2019) and Nope (2022). Critics have since frequently named Us, Nope, and in particular Get Out as among the best films of the 21st century.

He founded the film and television production company Monkeypaw Productions in 2012. He co-wrote and produced Candyman (2021) and Wendell and Wild (2022), co-starring in the latter. 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 (2017–2025). 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 Paramount+ revival of the anthology series The Twilight Zone (2019–2020).

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