Keegan-Michael Key
Keegan-Michael Key (born March 22, 1971) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. He co-created and co-starred alongside Jordan Peele in Comedy Central's sketch series Key & Peele (2012–2015) for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award. He also acted in the FOX sketch series Mad TV (2004–2009), USA Networks's sitcom Playing House (2014–2017), the Netflix comedy series Friends from College (2017–2019) and the Hulu series Reboot (2022). He also appeared alongside Peele in the first season of the FX series Fargo in 2014, and had a recurring role on Parks and Recreation from 2013 to 2015. Key currently stars in the Apple TV+ musical comedy series Schmigadoon! (2021–present).
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Key has had supporting roles in several films, including Horrible Bosses 2 in (2014), Pitch Perfect 2 (2015), Don't Think Twice (2016), Dolemite Is My Name (2019), and The Prom (2020). He has provided voice-work for The Lego Movie (2014), the subsequent films of the Hotel Transylvania franchise (2015–2022), Storks, The Angry Birds Movie (both 2016), The Star (2017), Wendell & Wild (2022), and The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023). He has also voiced roles in Disney's Toy Story 4 (2019) and the live action remakes of The Lion King (2019), and Pinocchio (2022).
In 2015, he appeared at the White House Correspondents' Dinner as the Key & Peele character Luther, President Barack Obama's anger translator. Key and Peele produced and starred in the 2016 action-comedy film Keanu. In 2017, Key made his Broadway debut in Steve Martin's comic play Meteor Shower. He hosted The Planet's Funniest Animals on Animal Planet (2005–2008), and hosted Game On! on CBS in 2020.
Early life
Key was born in Southfield, Michigan, on March 22, 1971,[1][2] the son of an African-American father, Leroy McDuffie, and Carrie Herr, a woman of Polish and Flemish descent.[3][4] He was adopted at a young age by a couple from Detroit, Michael Key and Patricia Walsh, who were both social workers. Like his birth parents, his adoptive parents were also a black man and a white woman.[5][4] Through his biological father, Key had two half-brothers, one of whom was comic book writer Dwayne McDuffie.[6][7][8] Key discovered the existence of his half-siblings only after they had both died.
Raised Catholic, Key attended the University of Detroit Mercy as an undergraduate, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theater in 1993,[9][10] followed by a Master of Fine Arts in theater at Pennsylvania State University in 1996.[11] While at the University of Detroit Mercy, he was a brother of Phi Kappa Theta.[12]
Career
Mad TV
In 2004, Key joined the cast of Mad TV midway into the ninth season. He and Jordan Peele were cast against each other, but both ended up being picked after demonstrating great comedic chemistry. Key played many characters on the show. One of his most famous characters is "Coach Hines", a high school sports coach who frequently disrupts and threatens students and faculty members. On the penultimate episode of Mad TV, Hines revealed that he is the long-lost heir to the Heinz Ketchup company and only became a Catholic school coach to help delinquent teenagers like Yamanashi (Bobby Lee). During seasons 9 and 10, Key appeared as "Dr. Funkenstein" in blaxploitation parodies, with Peele playing the monster. Key also portrayed various guests on Real **********ing Talk like the strong African Rollo Johnson and blind victim Stevie Wonder Washington. He often went "backstage" as Eugene Struthers, an ecstatic water-or-flower delivery man who accosts celebrities. There was also "Jovan Muskatelle", a shirtless man with a jheri curl and a shower cap who interrupts live news broadcasts by a reporter (always played by Ike Barinholtz), annoying him with rapid-fire accounts of events that have happened frequently exclaiming "It was crazy as hell!" Celebrities that Key impersonated on the show include Ludacris, Snoop Dogg, Roscoe Orman (as his character Gordon from Sesame Street), Matthew Lillard, Bill Cosby, Al Roker, Terrell Owens, Tyler Perry, Keith Richards, Eddie Murphy (as his character James "Thunder" Early from the movie Dreamgirls), Sherman Hemsley (as his character George Jefferson on The Jeffersons), Charles Barkley, Sendhil Ramamurthy (as Mohinder Suresh), Tyson Beckford, Seal (originally played by Peele until Peele left the show at the end of season 13), Sidney Poitier, Lionel Richie, Barack Obama, Kobe Bryant and Jack Haley (as the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz). He also played female celebrities, including Phylicia Rashād, Robin Antin, and Eva Longoria (as Gabrielle Solis on a Desperate Housewives parody).
Key & Peele
Key and his Mad TV castmate Jordan Peele starred in their own Comedy Central sketch series Key & Peele, which began airing on January 31, 2012, and ran for five seasons until September 9, 2015.[13]
Key was introduced by President Barack Obama at the 2015 White House Correspondents' Dinner as Luther, Obama's Anger Translator, one of Key's characters from Key & Peele.[14]
Friends from College
Key played the most prominent male character, Ethan Turner, on the Netflix ensemble comedy Friends from College, about a group of Harvard University graduates and friends now in their late 30s living in New York City. He plays an award-winning fiction writer who is being encouraged to start writing for young adult fiction audiences.
Other work
Key was one of the founders of Hamtramck, Michigan,'s Planet Ant Theatre, and was a member of the Second City Detroit's mainstage cast before joining the Second City e.t.c. theater in Chicago. Key co-founded the Detroit Creativity Project along with Beth Hagenlocker, Marc Evan Jackson, Margaret Edwartowski, and Larry Joe Campbell.[15] The Detroit Creativity Project teaches students in Detroit improvization as a way to improve their communication skills. Key performed with The 313, an improv group formed with other members of Second City Hollywood that appears around the country.[16][17] The 313 is made up primarily of former Detroit residents and is named for Detroit's area code.[18]
He made a cameo in "Weird Al" Yankovic's video "White & Nerdy" with Peele. Key also hosted Animal Planet's The Planet's Funniest Animals.[19] In 2009, Key hosted GSN's "Big Saturday Night", and has co-starred in Gary Unmarried on CBS. Key was a panelist on the NPR comedy quiz show Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me... on March 27 and July 24, 2010. Key has been in several episodes of Reno 911! as the "Hypothetical Criminal".
Key and Peele were featured on the cover and in a series of full-page comic photos illustrating The New York Times Magazine article "Is Giving the Secret to Getting Ahead?" on March 31, 2013. A live-action video version was also featured on the Times' website.[20] Key co-stars in the horror-comedy Hell Baby. Key is one of the rotating "fourth chair" performers in the 2013 revival of Whose Line Is It Anyway?.
In addition to Key & Peele, he also co-starred in the USA Network comedy series Playing House, which began airing in April 2014.
Together with Peele, Key played an FBI agent in a recurring role in the 2014 FX crime drama Fargo.
Key and Peele starred in an episode of Epic Rap Battles of History, with Key playing Mahatma Gandhi and Peele playing Martin Luther King Jr.[21] The pair returned to Epic Rap Battles of History with the "Muhammad Ali versus Michael Jordan" battle, with Key portraying Jordan.[22]
Key was involved in audio episodes for the marketing campaign, "Hunt the Truth" on the website for the video game Halo 5: Guardians, voicing a fictional journalist and war photographer named Benjamin Giraud, who investigates the Master Chief's background.[23]
Key has had roles in numerous films, including 2014's Horrible Bosses 2, Let's Be Cops and the animated The Lego Movie, as well as Pitch Perfect 2 and Tomorrowland in 2015. Key and Peele are currently working with Judd Apatow on a feature-length film for Universal Pictures.[24]
Key is one of several hosts of the podcast Historically Black by American Public Media and The Washington Post.[25]
Key voices the character Murray the Mummy in Hotel Transylvania 2, Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation and Hotel Transylvania: Transformania. The character was originally voiced by rapper CeeLo Green in the first movie.
In the summer of 2017 Key returned to the theater after what he characterized as a "19-year detour into sketch comedy" for a production of Hamlet at New York's Public Theater, playing Horatio opposite Oscar Isaac in the title role.[26] Key, who is a Shakespearean-trained actor, fulfilled his lifelong dream to play Horatio and received rave reviews for his performance.[27] The Hollywood Reporter's David Rooney noted that Key's comedic skills were on full display, "...but his ease with the verse and stirring sensitivity [was] a revelation."[28]
Key voice acted in The Star, the animated film based on the Nativity of Jesus.[29] He later went on to voice Ducky in Toy Story 4 and Kamari in The Lion King.[30][31] Key voiced "Honest John" Worthington Foulfellow in the live-action film adaptation of Disney's Pinocchio[32] and Toad in The Super Mario Bros. Movie from Illumination.[33][34]
In 2017, Key made his Broadway debut[35] in Steve Martin's comedy Meteor Shower.[36][37] His hosting stint on Saturday Night Live on May 15, 2021, marked the first time a MADtv cast member has hosted SNL.
Key currently hosts popular science show Brain Games on National Geographic, which was renewed for a ninth season, his second, on January 17, 2020.[38]
On May 14, 2020, he hosted an online event by the Jazz Foundation of America to support its emergency fund for COVID-19.[39]
Personal life
Key was married to actress and dialect coach Cynthia Blaise from 1998 until 2017. They were legally separated in November 2015, with Key filing for divorce the following month.[40][41] He married producer and director Elisa Pugliese in New York City on June 8, 2018.[42][43]
Key is a Christian and has practiced Buddhism, Catholicism, and Evangelicalism in the past.[44][10] Being biracial has been a source of comedic material for Key, who told Terry Gross in an interview for NPR, "I think the reason Jordan and I became actors is because we did a fair amount of code-switching growing up and still do."[45][46] Key is a keen soccer fan and an avid supporter of English Premier League club Liverpool.[47]
Philanthropy
Key has worked with the Young Storytellers Foundation as an actor for their annual fundraiser alongside Max Greenfield, Jack Black and Judy Greer.[48]
Filmography
Film
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1999 | Get the Hell Out of Hamtown | J | |
| 2000 | Garage: A Rock Saga | TV Studio Manager | |
| 2003 | Uncle Nino | Airport Stranger | |
| 2004 | Mr. 3000 | Reporter | |
| 2006 | Alleyball | Curt Braunschweib | |
| Grounds Zero | Arch | Short film | |
| 2007 | Sucker For Shelley | Michael | |
| 2008 | Yoga Matt | Matt | |
| Role Models | Duane | ||
| Land of Arabia | Dwayne | Short film | |
| 2010 | Welcome to the Jungle Gym | Mike McKenzie | |
| Due Date | New Father | ||
| 2011 | Just Go with It | Ernesto | |
| Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star | Guinness Man | ||
| 2012 | Wanderlust | Marcys Flunkie | |
| 2013 | Hell Baby | F'Resnel | |
| Afternoon Delight | Bo | ||
| 2014 | The Lego Movie | Frank the Foreman (voice) | |
| Teacher of the Year | Ronald Douche | ||
| Let's Be Cops | Pupa | ||
| Horrible Bosses 2 | Mike | ||
| 2015 | Pitch Perfect 2 | Sammy | |
| Welcome to Happiness | Proctor | ||
| Tomorrowland | Hugo Gernsback | ||
| Vacation | Jack Peterson | ||
| Hotel Transylvania 2 | Murray the Mummy (voice) | ||
| Freaks of Nature | Mr. Keller | ||
| 2016 | Keanu | Clarence, Smoke Dresden | Also producer |
| The Angry Birds Movie | Judge Peckinpah (voice) | ||
| Don't Think Twice | Jack | ||
| Storks | Alpha Wolf (voice) | ||
| Why Him? | Gustav | ||
| 2017 | Get Out | NCAA Prospect | Uncredited cameo |
| Win It All | Gene | ||
| The Disaster Artist | Himself | Cameo | |
| The Star | Dave (voice) | ||
| 2018 | Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation | Murray (voice) | |
| The Predator | Coyle | ||
| 2019 | Toy Story 4 | Ducky (voice) | |
| The Lion King | Kamari (voice) | ||
| Dolemite Is My Name | Jerry Jones | ||
| Playing with Fire | Mark Rogers | ||
| 2020 | All the Bright Places | Embry | |
| Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey | Gustafson | ||
| The Prom | Tom Hawkins | ||
| 2022 | Hotel Transylvania: Transformania | Murray (voice) | [49] |
| The Bubble | Sean Knox/Colt Rockwell | ||
| Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers | Bjornson the Cheesemonger / Frog co-worker (voice) | ||
| Pinocchio | Honest John (voice) | ||
| Wendell & Wild[50] | Wendell (voice)[50] | ||
| 2023 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | Toad (voice) | |
| Wonka | TBA | Filming |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2001 | ER | Witkowski | Episode: "Quo Vadis?" |
| 2004 | I'm With Her | Orderly | Episode: "Poison Ivy" |
| 2004–2009 | Mad TV | Various | 107 episodes; also writer |
| 2005–2008 | The Planet's Funniest Animals | Host | 30 episodes |
| 2007 | Frangela | DeShawn | Television film |
| 2008 | Chocolate News | Woodsy | 1 episode |
| 2008–2009 | Reno 911! | Hypothetical Criminal | 8 episodes |
| 2009–2010 | Gary Unmarried | Curtis | 17 episodes |
| 2010 | Sons of Tucson | Eric | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2010–2015 | Childrens Hospital | Cop, Captain Tripper | 3 episodes |
| 2011 | A Series of Unfortunate People | Ted | Episode: "Family Secret" |
| Love Bites | Drew | 2 episodes | |
| Wilfred | Dick Barbian | Episode: "Identity" | |
| The League | Steve / Carmenjello | Episode: "Carmenjello" | |
| 2012–2015 | Key & Peele | Himself, Various | 54 episodes; also co-creator, writer and executive producer |
| 2013–2021 | Whose Line is it Anyway? | Himself / Fourth Seater | 11 episodes |
| 2013 | How I Met Your Mother | Calvin | Episode: "Something New" |
| Super Fun Night | Slade | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| 2014 | The Middle | Reverend Deveaux | Episode: "Hungry Games" |
| Hell's Kitchen | Himself | Guest diner; Season 13 Episode 14: "5 Chefs Compete" | |
| 2014–2015 | Parks and Recreation | Joe | 5 episodes |
| 2014–2016 | Bob's Burgers | Various | Voices 5 episodes |
| 2014–2017 | Playing House | Mark Rodriguez | 21 episodes |
| 2014 | Fargo | FBI Special Agent Bill Budge | 4 episodes |
| 2014 & 2016 | Robot Chicken | Various | Voices 2 episodes |
| 2014–2015 | BoJack Horseman | Sebastian St. Clair | Voice 4 episodes |
| 2015 | The Hotwives | Ace | 7 episodes |
| TripTank | King Lhoga | Voice Episode: "Dirty Talk" | |
| It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Grant Anderson | Episode: "The Gang Goes on Family Fight" | |
| White House Correspondents' Dinner | Luther | Television special | |
| W/ Bob & David | Traffic Cop | Episode: "Episode 3" | |
| 2015 & 2019 | Rick and Morty | Fourth Dimensional Being | Voice 2 episodes |
| 2015–2019 | SuperMansion | American Ranger, Sgt. Agony, Blue Menace | Voices 38 episodes |
| 2016 | Modern Family | Tom Delaney | Episode: "Playdates" |
| Angie Tribeca | Helmut Fröntbüt | Episode: "Ferret Royale" | |
| The Muppets | Himself | Episode: "Swine Song" | |
| House of Lies | Devin Townsend | Episode: "Johari Window" | |
| American Dad! | E-Money | Voice Episode: "Criss-Cross Applesauce: The Ballad of Billy Jesusworth" | |
| Mack & Moxy | Admirable Keegan | Episode: "Buckle, Buckle, Seatbelts and Chuckle" | |
| 2016–2017 | Archer | Detective Diedrich, Floyd | Voices 6 episodes |
| 2016 & 2018 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Crazy Jimmy, Faux BitConnect Carlos | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | The Simpsons | Jazzy James | Voice Episode: "The Great Phatsby" |
| Son of Zorn | Grobos the Great | Voice Episode: "All Hail Son of Zorn" | |
| Detroiters | Smilin' Jack | Episode: "Smilin' Jack" | |
| Samurai Jack | Da' Samurai | Voice Episode: "XCVII" | |
| 2017–2019 | Friends from College | Ethan Turner | 16 episodes |
| 2018 | Impulse | Michael Pearce | 2 episodes |
| Sesame Street | Himself | 2 episodes | |
| 2019 | Veep | Jordan Thomas Jr. | Episode: “South Carolina” |
| The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance | The Ritual-Master (skekZok) | Voice 9 episodes | |
| 2019–2022 | Green Eggs and Ham | Narrator | 23 episodes |
| 2019 | No Activity | Charles Brock | 2 episodes |
| 2020 | Brain Games | Host | 8 episodes |
| Game On! | Host | 8 episodes | |
| Home Movie: The Princess Bride[51] | Inigo Montoya | Episode: "Ultimate Suffering" | |
| 2021 | Saturday Night Live | Host | Episode: "Keegan-Michael Key/Olivia Rodrigo" |
| 2021–present | Schmigadoon! | Josh Skinner | 6 episodes |
| 2022 | The Pentaverate | Dr. Hobart Clark | 3 episodes |
| 2022 | Reboot | Reed Sterling | Main cast |
Stage
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | The People vs. Friar Laurence[52] | Romeo | Chicago, Second City |
| 2017 | Hamlet | Horatio | Off-Broadway |
| 2017–2018 | Meteor Shower | Gerald | Broadway |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | NFL Blitz Pro | Commentary/Additional Voices | [53] |
| 2018 | Hotel Transylvania 3: Monsters Overboard | Murray the Mummy | [54] |
Music videos
| Year | Title | Role | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | "White & Nerdy" | Black Gangster | "Weird Al" Yankovic |
Podcasts
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2021 | The History of Sketch Comedy | Host |
Books
| Year | Title | Authors | Notes |
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| 2023 | The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey through the Art and Craft of Humor | Keegan-Michael Key and Elle Key | Based on the podcast with new contributions from Mel Brooks, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Mike Myers, John Oliver, Tracy Morgan, Carol Burnett,Jordan Peele and more; as well as illustrations and photos. |
Awards and nominations
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