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 Peeles 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 KeeganMichael Key created and starred in their own Comedy Central sketch comedy series Key Peele 20122015 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 Lees 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 2017present He cocreated the TBS comedy series The Last OG 20182022 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 20192020
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