Jordan Peele
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Born | Jordan Haworth Peele February 21, 1979 New York City, U.S. |
Alma mater | Sarah Lawrence College |
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Years active | 2002–present |
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Children | 1 |
Jordan Haworth Peele (born February 21, 1979) is an American actor, comedian, writer, film director, as well as film and television producer.[1][2]
Peele appeared for five seasons as a cast member on Mad TV, and starred with Keegan-Michael Key in the Comedy Central sketch series Key & Peele. In 2014, he had a recurring role in the first season of the FX anthology series Fargo, based on the 1996 film of the same name.[3]
Peele's 2017 directorial debut, the horror film Get Out, earned critical acclaim and was a box office success.[4] He received numerous accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, along with nominations for Best Picture and Best Director.
Early life
Peele was born in New York City,[5] and raised by his single mother, Lucinda Williams, on Manhattan's Upper West Side.[1] His mother is white and his father is black.[6] He attended the Computer School in Manhattan, graduated from The Calhoun School on Manhattan's Upper West Side, and went on to Sarah Lawrence College before dropping out after two years to form a comedy duo with his college roommate and future Key & Peele comedy writer Rebecca Drysdale.[1]
Career
2000s: Early beginnings and Mad TV
Peele regularly performed at Boom Chicago in Amsterdam and The Second City in Chicago. He and Nicole Parker were well known for their musical duets at Boom Chicago. He portrayed a popular character called "Danish Supermodel Ute" during his time at Boom Chicago and hosted MTV's Comedy Weekend in 2002.
In 2003, Peele joined the cast of Mad TV for its ninth season. Around the time Keegan-Michael Key joined the cast as a featured performer, it was assumed that Key would be chosen over Peele. The two of them ultimately were cast together after showing great comedic chemistry. Peele performed celebrity impersonations, which included favorites Caroll Spinney (as the voice of Big Bird from Sesame Street), Ja Rule, James Brown, Flavor Flav, Justin Guarini, Montel Williams, Morgan Freeman, Timbaland, and Forest Whitaker. Peele was absent from the first four episodes of his second season on Mad TV. He made a cameo in "Weird Al" Yankovic's video "White & Nerdy" with Mad TV co-star Keegan-Michael Key.
Peele was nominated for a 2008 Emmy Award for his song "Sad Fitty Cent", a music video parody about 50 Cent lamenting over his rivalry with Kanye West. The lyrics were, according to the music video, written by Peele, and he was involved in arranging its music. In 2009 he appeared in Little Fockers.[7]
Peele appeared in a viral video titled "Hillary vs Obama" (which was shown as a Mad TV sketch) where he and a Hillary Clinton supporter (played by short-term cast member Lisa Donovan) argue over whether Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama would make a better president, only to get upstaged by a Rudy Giuliani supporter (played by Donovan's brother, Ben).
Peele auditioned to be a castmember for Saturday Night Live when SNL producers were looking for someone to play Barack Obama (around the time when SNL and Mad TV — and other scripted shows — were put on hiatus due to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike). Peele remained at Mad TV and the role went to Fred Armisen until September 2012, when Jay Pharoah took over the role.
After five seasons on Mad TV, Peele left the cast at the end of the 13th season.
2010–2016: Further success with Key & Peele
In 2010, Peele co-starred in the FOX comedy pilot The Station,[8] and appeared with a recurring role in the Adult Swim series Childrens Hospital. He had a supporting role in the David Wain-directed comedy Wanderlust, which was released in 2012.
Peele and his former Mad TV castmate and friend Keegan-Michael Key starred in their own Comedy Central sketch series Key & Peele, from 2012 to 2015.[9][10] The series was a success with viewers, and spawned several skits and videos that went viral online.[11]
In 2014, Peele played an FBI Agent in the first season of the FX anthology series Fargo, based on the 1996 film of the same name.[3]
In 2016, Peele starred in, and produced, with Key, their first feature film Keanu.[12] The film received generally favorable reviews from critics.[13]
2017–present: Get Out and The Last O.G.
In February 2017, Peele's first film as solo director, Get Out, was released to critical acclaim, eventually scoring a 99% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[14] The film received particular praise for Peele's screenplay and direction, as well as the performance of the star, Daniel Kaluuya,[15] and was chosen by the National Board of Review, the American Film Institute, and Time magazine as one of the top 10 films of the year.[16][17][18] The Atlantic called the film "a masterpiece."[19]
Get Out proved to be popular with movie audiences, and it eventually became one of the most profitable horror films, and films of 2017, and grossed over $255 million on a budget of $4.5 million.[4][20] For his work on the film, Peele received significant attention,[21] as well as numerous accolades, including the Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award at the 2017 Gotham Independent Film Awards.[22]
The film also received four nominations at the 90th Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay nominations for Peele, as well as a Best Actor nomination for Kaluuya.[23] Peele won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay,[24][25] becoming the first black screenwriter to win in this category.[26] He became the third person, after Warren Beatty and James L. Brooks, to be nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay for a debut film, and the first black person to receive them for any one film. Get Out also earned him the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay, as well as nominations for a Directors Guild of America Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay.[22]
In early 2018 Peele announced his intention to retire from acting, stating in an interview with CBS "Acting is just nowhere near as fun for me as directing".[27]
In 2018, Peele co-created the TBS comedy series The Last O.G., who starred Tracy Morgan and Tiffany Haddish.[28]
Future projects
Peele will produce the HBO series Lovecraft Country written by Underground co-creator Misha Green.[29] Peele will also write and direct Us, a horror-thriller film starring Lupita Nyong'o and Winston Duke with Elisabeth Moss eyed for a lead role. The film will be produced by Blumhouse Productions, Monkeypaw Productions and QC Entertainment. The film is set to be released March 15, 2019 by Universal Pictures.[30]
Peele will also develop the science fiction web television series The Twilight Zone, the third reboot of the original 1959-64 anthology series that aired on CBS, for CBS All Access. The show will premiere in 2019, with Peele, Simon Kinberg and Marco Ramirez as executive producers.
Influences
In February 2017, Peele curated the Brooklyn Academy of Music film series "The Art of the Social Thriller", comprising 12 films that inspired the making of Get Out, including the horror films Rosemary's Baby, Night of the Living Dead, The Shining, Candyman, The People Under the Stairs, Scream, The Silence of the Lambs, Funny Games, Misery, and the thrillers Rear Window, The 'Burbs, and the 1967 racial comedy-drama Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.[31]
As a comedian, Peele counts among his influences In Living Color, Richard Pryor and Dave Chappelle.[32]
Personal life
Peele began dating Chelsea Peretti in 2013.[33] They became engaged in November 2015,[34] and, in April 2016, Peretti announced that she and Peele had eloped at an unspecified date.[35] On July 1, 2017, Peretti gave birth to their son.[36]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2008 | Boner Boyz! | D-Rock Peppers | Short film |
2010 | Little Fockers | EMT | |
2010 | 3B | Rob | Short film |
2012 | Wanderlust | Rodney | |
2013 | The Sidekick | Sidecar Willy | Short film |
2016 | Keanu | Rell / Oil Dresden | Also writer and producer |
2016 | Storks | Beta Wolf (voice) | |
2017 | Get Out | Wounded Deer, UNCF Voiceover (voices)[37] | Also director, writer, and producer |
2017 | Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie | Melvin Sneedly (voice) | |
2018 | BlacKkKlansman | — | Producer |
2019 | Abruptio | Danny | Filming |
2019 | Us | — | Post-production; director, writer, and producer |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2003–2008 | Mad TV | Various | 94 episodes; also writer |
2008 | Chocolate News | Kelvin Melvin | 7 episodes |
2009 | Reno 911! | Three-Card Monte Guy | Episode: "Extradition to Thailand" |
2009 | The Station | Joe | Pilot |
2009–2010 | SuperNews! | Various Voices | 15 episodes |
2010–2015 | Childrens Hospital | Dr. Brian | 10 episodes |
2011 | Love Bites | Eli | Episode: "Too Much Information" |
2012–2015 | Key & Peele | Himself, Various | 54 episodes; also co-creator, writer and executive producer |
2013 | The Mindy Project | Nick | Episode: "Mindy's Minute" |
2013 | Workaholics | Mark | Episode: "The Worst Generation" |
2013 | Comedy Bang! Bang! | Tan Fu | Episode: "Andy Samberg Wears a Plaid Shirt & Glasses" |
2013 | Axe Cop | Super Axe (voice) | Episode: "Super Axe" |
2013 | Modern Family | Derrick | Episode: "A Fair to Remember" |
2013–2014 | Kroll Show | Ref Rondy, Various | 2 episodes |
2014–2016 | Bob's Burgers | Various Voices | 8 episodes |
2014 | Fargo | Special Agent Webb Pepper | 4 episodes |
2014 | Drunk History | Percy Julian | Episode: "Montgomery, AL" |
2014 | Robot Chicken | Various Voices | 2 episodes |
2015 | Life in Pieces | Chad | 3 episodes |
2015 | Rick and Morty | Second Fourth-Dimensional Being (voice) | Episode: "A Rickle in Time" |
2015 | Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp | Alan | 3 episodes |
2015 | TripTank | Various Voices | 2 episodes |
2015 | SuperMansion | Bugula (voice) | Episode: "A Shop in the Dark" |
2016 | The Muppets | Himself | Episode: "Swine Song" |
2016 | American Dad! | Street Thug (voice) | Episode: "Criss-Cross Applesauce: The Ballad of Billy Jesusworth" |
2017 | The Daily Show | Barack Obama | Episode: "Keegan-Michael Key" |
2017–present | Big Mouth | The Ghost of Duke Ellington, Various | 10 episodes |
2018–present | The Last O.G. | — | Co-creator and executive producer |
2019 | The Twilight Zone | Host / Narrator | Also developer and co-executive producer |
Music videos
Year | Title | Role | Artist |
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2006 | "White & Nerdy" | Black Gangster | "Weird Al" Yankovic |
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
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2008 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics ("Sad Fitty Cent") | MADtv | Nominated |
2013 | Peabody Awards[38] | (N/A) | Key & Peele | Won |
Writers Guild of America Awards | Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series | Nominated | ||
2014 | American Comedy Awards[39] | Best Alternative Comedy Series | Won | |
Best Comedy Writing – TV | Nominated | |||
NAACP Image Awards[40] | Outstanding Variety – Series or Special | Nominated | ||
Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series | Nominated | ||
2015 | NAACP Image Awards[41] | Outstanding Comedy Series | Nominated | |
People's Choice Awards[42] | Favorite Sketch Comedy TV Show | Nominated | ||
Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Variety Sketch Series | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special | Key and Peele Super Bowl Special | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program | Key and Peele Presents: The Ascension | Nominated | ||
2016 | NAACP Image Awards[43] | Outstanding Comedy Series | Key & Peele | Nominated |
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series | Nominated | |||
Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Variety Sketch Series | Won | ||
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series | Nominated | |||
Writers Guild of America Awards | Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series | Nominated | ||
2017 | Detroit Film Critics Society | Best Director | Get Out | Nominated |
Best Screenplay | Nominated | |||
Gotham Independent Film Awards[44] | Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award | Won | ||
Best Feature | Nominated | |||
Best Screenplay | Won | |||
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | Best Screenplay | Won | ||
National Board of Review | Best Directorial Debut | Won | ||
2018 | AACTA International Awards | Best Screenplay | Nominated | |
Academy Awards | Best Picture | Nominated | ||
Best Director | Nominated | |||
Best Original Screenplay | Won | |||
BAFTA Awards | Best Original Screenplay | Nominated | ||
Critics' Choice Awards | Best Director | Nominated | ||
Best Original Screenplay | Won | |||
Golden Globe | Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy | Nominated | ||
Directors Guild Awards | Outstanding Directorial Achievement of a First-Time Feature Film Director | Won | ||
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Nominated | |||
Independent Spirit Awards | Best Feature | Won | ||
Best Director | Won | |||
Best Screenplay | Nominated | |||
London Film Critics' Circle Awards | Screenwriter of the Year | Nominated | ||
Producers Guild of America Awards | Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures | Nominated | ||
Satellite Awards | Best Director | Won | ||
Best Original Screenplay | Nominated | |||
Saturn Awards | Best Director | Nominated | ||
Best Writing | Nominated | |||
Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by and Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Nominated | ||
Writers Guild of America Awards | Original Screenplay | Won |
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External links
- Jordan Peele at IMDb
- Jordan Peele on Twitter
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