Jordan Peele
Jordan Peele
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 appeared in various projects since.
Jordan Peele
He founded the film and television production company Monkeypaw Productions in 2012. He 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 CBS All Access revival of the anthology series The Twilight Zone) (2019–2020).
2002–2016: Television
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 Ja Rule, Flavor Flav, Montel Williams, Morgan Freeman, Seal), Timbaland, will.i.am, 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. After five seasons on Mad TV, Peele left the cast at the end of the 13th season.
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