Jordan Peele

Jordan Peele (born February 21, 1979) is an American actor, comedian, director, producer and writer. Peele directed and wrote the 2017 horror movie Get Out, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

Early Life

Peele was born on February 21, 1979, in New York City and raised by a single mother on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. He graduated from the Calhoun School and attended Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York. He dropped out of college after two years to pursue comedy.

Career

Peele joined the cast of the sketch comedy show MADtv in 2003. He became friends with fellow cast member Keegan Michael-Key. The two became a comedy duo, and later co-starred in their own sketch show, Key & Peele.thumb|Peele in 2012

As Filmmaker
 Year  Title DirectorWriterProducer Distribution  Note2016KeanuWarner Bros. Pictures2017Get OutUniversal Pictures2018BlacKkKlansmanFocus Features2019UsUniversal Pictures2021Candyman 2022NopeWendell and WildNetflix

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Category:1979 births
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Category:American voice actors
Category:American movie actors
Category:Satellite Award winners
Category:Actors from New York City
Category:American television actors
Category:Comedians from New York City
Category:Academy Award winning writers
Category:Screenwriters from New York City
Category:Movie directors from New York City
Category:Movie producers from New York City