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Highest Rated: 100% Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror (2019)

Lowest Rated: 59% Wanderlust (2012)

Birthday: Feb 21, 1979

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

Actor-writer Jordan Peele gleefully skewered issues of race and popular culture as a solo performer and in tandem with his frequent partner Keegan-Michael Key on "MADtv" (Fox 1995-2009) and "Key & Peele" (Comedy Central 2012-15). A veteran of the Second City improvisational group, Peele broke into television with "MADtv," which earned him widespread praise for celebrity impersonations and unhinged recurring characters. After netting a 2008 Emmy nomination for writing the comic music video "Sad Fitty Cent," Peele left "MAD" to work on other series before reteaming with Key for their own show. "Key & Peele" was both a critical and audience favorite thanks to the stars' take on racially tinged subjects, including a supremely formal President Barack Obama (played by Peele). The popularity of the series led to additional high-profile opportunities for the stars and underscored both Key and Peele's ascent to the higher echelons of the comedy business. That success led to the duo's first big-screen effort, the action comedy "Keanu" (2016), in which the pair took on a violent street gang over a stolen kitten. In a somewhat unexpected shift of direction, Peele's first high-profile solo gig was the horror film "Get Out" (2017), which he wrote and directed; a racially-charged satirical film in the tradition of "Rosemary's Baby" (1968) and "The Stepford Wives" (1975), "Get Out" was a major critical and commercial success that poised Peele for a career apart from his longtime friend and partner.

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Jordan Peele Jordan Peele US, DIRECTOR JORDAN PEELE, ON SET, 2019. PH: CLAUDETTE BARIUS/© UNIVERSAL Key & Peele, Keegan-Michael Key (L), Jordan Peele (R), 'Season 2', 09/26/2012, ©CC KEANU, from left: Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, 2016. ph: Steve Dietl/© Warner Bros. Fargo, Jordan Peele (L), Keegan-Michael Key (R), 'A Fox, A Rabbit, and A Cabbage', Season 1, Ep. #9, 06/10/2014, ©FX Fargo, Jordan Peele (L), Keegan-Michael Key (R), 'A Fox, A Rabbit, and A Cabbage', Season 1, Ep. #9, 06/10/2014, ©FX Inside Comedy, Jordan Peele (L), Keegan-Michael Key (C), David Steinberg (R), 'Key & Peele / Gary Marshall', Season 3, Ep. #7, 03/17/2014, ©SHO Fargo, Keegan-Michael Key (L), Jordan Peele (R), 'The Heap', Season 1, Ep. #8, 06/03/2014, ©FX Fargo, Keegan-Michael Key (L), Jordan Peele (R), 'The Heap', Season 1, Ep. #8, 06/03/2014, ©FX View more photos

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