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Jordan Peele

Actor / Screenwriter / Comedian / Film Producer / Film Director / Showrunner / Television Producer | * 02/21/1979 (45) | New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
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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. He has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. Peele started his career in sketch comedy before transitioning his career to 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 ()
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Jordan Peele was born in New York City and was raised by his single mother on Manhattan's Upper West Side. He graduated from The Calhoun School on Manhattan's Upper West Side, and went on to Sarah Lawrence College. After two years, Peele dropped out to form a comedy duo with his college roommate and future Key & Peele comedy writer, Rebecca Drysdale. As of 2016, he is married to comedian Chelsea Peretti. In 2018, he won his first Oscar for writing his directorial debut, Get Out.

Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Animation | Horror

Known for these Movies & Shows

Husband and wife Gabe and Adelaide Wilson take their kids to their beach house expecting to unplug and unwind with friends. But as night descends, their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some s ...

Us

R

2019 | 3.5/5 | 1h 56min
Horror, Thriller, Mystery
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Two demon brothers enlist the aid of Kat Elliot — a tough teen with a load of guilt — to summon them to the Land of the Living. But what Kat demands in return leads to a brilliantly bizarre and co ...

Wendell & Wild

PG-13

2022 | 3.4/5 | 1h 45min
Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
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Residents in a lonely gulch of inland California bear witness to an uncanny, chilling discovery. ...

Nope

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2022 | 3.4/5 | 2h 15min
Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery
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Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interr ...

Get Out

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2017 | 3.8/5 | 1h 44min
Mystery, Thriller, Horror
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Awards & Nominations for Jordan Peele

Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Academy Award for Best Director 2x Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
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Movies with Jordan Peele as Actor(20)

as Danny2023 Abruptio
as Fanny (voice)2022 The Bob's Burgers Movie
as Wild (voice)2022 Wendell & Wild
as himself2020 Crossing Over: Living in the Twilight Zone
as Bunny (voice)2019 Toy Story 4
as Dying Rabbit / Fun House Narrator (voice)2019 Us
as himself2019 Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
as Dying Deer / UNCF PSA Narrator (voice) (uncredited)2017 Get Out
as Melvin (voice)2017 Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
as Beta Wolf (voice)2016 Pigeon Toady's Guide to Your New Baby
as Rell Williams / Oil Dresden2016 Keanu
as Beta Wolf (voice)2016 Storks
as Himself (segment "Absorption")2014 Rubberhead
as himself2014 Comedy Central's All-Star Non-Denominational Christmas Special
as Sidecar Willy2013 The Sidekick
as Rodney Wilson2012 Wanderlust
as Gangsta #12011 'Weird Al' Yankovic: Alpocalypse
as EMT2010 Little Fockers
as G-Money2007 Twisted Fortune
as Gangster2006 'Weird Al' Yankovic: White & Nerdy

TV Shows/Series with Jordan Peele as Actor(33)

as Bunny2021 Pixar Popcorn
as Self - Host2019 The Twilight Zone
as Self - Illustrious Guest2019 Desus & Mero
as Ghost of Duke Ellington (voice)2017 Big Mouth
as himself2015 The Muppets
as Alan2015 Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
as himself2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Chad2015 Life in Pieces
as himself2015 Hot Ones
as Webb Pepper2014 Fargo
as Percy Julian2013 Drunk History
as Second Fourth-Dimensional Being (voice)2013 Rick and Morty
as Various Characters2012 Key & Peele
2012 Inside Comedy
as himself2012 Finding Your Roots
as himself2011 Brain Games
as Horace (voice)2011 Bob's Burgers
as Sandy (voice)2011 Bob's Burgers
as Fanny (voice)2011 Bob's Burgers
as Don (voice)2011 Bob's Burgers
as Max (voice)2011 Bob's Burgers
as Hotel Security Guard (voice)2011 Bob's Burgers
as Salesman (voice)2011 Bob's Burgers
as Martin Luther King, Jr.2010 Epic Rap Battles of History
as Muhammad Ali2010 Epic Rap Battles of History
as himself2010 Conan
as Derrick2009 Modern Family
2008 Chocolate News
as Dr. Brian2008 Childrens Hospital
as Street thug (voice)2005 American Dad!
2003 Reno 911!
as himself1996 The Daily Show
as Various1995 MADtv

Movies with Jordan Peele as Crew(27)

Production/Producer2024 Untitled Monkeypaw Horror/Thriller
Production/Producer2024 Monkey Man
Directing/Director2024 Untitled Jordan Peele Project
Production/Producer2024 Untitled Jordan Peele Project
Writing/Writer2024 Untitled Jordan Peele Project
Production/Producer2023 Untitled Nikyatu Jusu Horror Project
Production/Producer2023 The People Under the Stairs
Production/Executive Producer2022 Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Directing/Director2022 Nope
Production/Producer2022 Nope
Writing/Writer2022 Nope
Production/Executive Producer2022 Moshari
Production/Producer2022 Wendell & Wild
Writing/Screenplay2022 Wendell & Wild
Production/Producer2021 Candyman
Writing/Screenplay2021 Candyman
Directing/Director2019 Us
Production/Producer2019 Us
Writing/Writer2019 Us
Production/Co-Executive Producer2019 Hair Love
Production/Producer2018 BlacKkKlansman
Directing/Director2017 Get Out
Production/Producer2017 Get Out
Writing/Writer2017 Get Out
Production/Producer2016 Keanu
Writing/Writer2016 Keanu
Writing/Writer2014 Rubberhead

TV Shows/Series with Jordan Peele as Crew(13)

Production/Executive Producer2020 Hunters
Production/Executive Producer2020 Lovecraft Country
Production/Executive Producer2019 The Twilight Zone
Writing/Story2019 The Twilight Zone
Writing/Writer2019 The Twilight Zone
Creator/Creator2019 The Twilight Zone
Production/Executive Producer2019 Weird City
Writing/Writer2019 Weird City
Creator/Creator2019 Weird City
Production/Executive Producer2019 Lorena
Creator/Creator2019 Lorena
Production/Executive Producer2018 The Last O.G.
Creator/Creator2018 The Last O.G.

Additional Information

Full Name: Jordan Peele
Born: Wednesday, 02/21 1979 (February) in New York City, New York (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 45 years + 65 days)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Sarah Lawrence College, Calhoun School
Member of: Writers Guild of America, West
Spouses (current/former): Chelsea Peretti
Children: Beaumont Peele
Mother: Lucinda J. Peele
Other names for Jordan Peele (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Τζόρνταν Πιλ"
"Jordan Haworth Peele"
"조던 필"
"Key & Peele"
"ジョーダン・ピール"
Jordan Peele frequently works together with these people:
Peter Shukoff (95x, Actor)
Lloyd Ahlquist (88x, Actor)
David Herman (85x, Actor)
Larry Murphy (47x, Actor)
Keegan-Michael Key (38x, Actor)
Brooke Dillman (36x, Actress)
Mike Barker (35x, Actor)
Kevin Michael Richardson (30x, Actor)
Tom Kenny (30x, Actor)
Maurice LaMarche (29x, Actor)
Dan Harmon (25x, Crew)
Win Rosenfeld (7x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:4036, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/16/2024