Keegan-Michael Key
Introduction


**Keegan\-Michael Key** (born March 22, 1971\) is an American actor, comedian, producer and writer. He and [Jordan Peele](/wiki/Jordan_Peele "Jordan Peele") co\-created and co\-starred in the sketch series *[Key \& Peele](/wiki/Key_%26_Peele "Key & Peele")* (2012–2015\) for which he received one [Primetime Emmy Award](/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award "Primetime Emmy Award") from ten nominations. He also acted in the sketch series *[Mad TV](/wiki/Mad_TV "Mad TV")* (2004–2009\), sitcom *[Playing House](/wiki/Playing_House_%28TV_series%29 "Playing House (TV series)")* (2014–2017\), the comedy series *[Friends from College](/wiki/Friends_from_College "Friends from College")* (2017–2019\) and the series *[Reboot](/wiki/Reboot_%282022_TV_series%29 "Reboot (2022 TV series)")* (2022\). He also appeared alongside Peele in the [first season](/wiki/Fargo_%28season_1%29 "Fargo (season 1)") of the series *[Fargo](/wiki/Fargo_%28TV_series%29 "Fargo (TV series)")* in 2014, and had a recurring role on *[Parks and Recreation](/wiki/Parks_and_Recreation "Parks and Recreation")* from 2013 to 2015\. Key later starred in the musical comedy series *[Schmigadoon!](/wiki/Schmigadoon%21 "Schmigadoon!")* (2021–2023\).

Key has had supporting roles in several films, including *[Horrible Bosses 2](/wiki/Horrible_Bosses_2 "Horrible Bosses 2")* (2014\), *[Pitch Perfect 2](/wiki/Pitch_Perfect_2 "Pitch Perfect 2")* (2015\), *[Don't Think Twice](/wiki/Don%27t_Think_Twice "Don't Think Twice")* (2016\), *[Dolemite Is My Name](/wiki/Dolemite_Is_My_Name "Dolemite Is My Name")* (2019\), *[The Prom](/wiki/The_Prom_%28film%29 "The Prom (film)")* (2020\), and *[Wonka](/wiki/Wonka_%28film%29 "Wonka (film)")* (2023\). He has provided voice\-work for *[The Lego Movie](/wiki/The_Lego_Movie "The Lego Movie")* (2014\), the subsequent films of the [*Hotel Transylvania* franchise](/wiki/Hotel_Transylvania "Hotel Transylvania") (2015–2022\), *[Storks](/wiki/Storks_%28film%29 "Storks (film)")*, *[The Angry Birds Movie](/wiki/The_Angry_Birds_Movie "The Angry Birds Movie")* (both 2016\), *[The Star](/wiki/The_Star_%282017_film%29 "The Star (2017 film)")* (2017\), *[Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers](/wiki/Chip_%27n%27_Dale:Rescue_Rangers_%28film%29 "Rescue Rangers (film)")*, *[Wendell \& Wild](/wiki/Wendell_%26_Wild "Wendell & Wild")* (both 2022\), *[The Super Mario Bros. Movie](/wiki/The_Super_Mario_Bros._Movie "The Super Mario Bros. Movie")*, *[Migration](/wiki/Migration_%282023_film%29 "Migration (2023 film)")* (both 2023\), *[IF](/wiki/IF_%28film%29 "IF (film)")*, and *[Transformers One](/wiki/Transformers_One "Transformers One")* (both in 2024\). He has also voiced roles in [Disney](/wiki/Disney_Studios "Disney Studios")'s *[Toy Story 4](/wiki/Toy_Story_4 "Toy Story 4")* (2019\) and the live\-action remakes of *[The Lion King](/wiki/The_Lion_King_%282019_film%29 "The Lion King (2019 film)")* (2019\), and *[Pinocchio](/wiki/Pinocchio_%282022_live-action_film%29 "Pinocchio (2022 live-action film)")* (2022\).

In 2015, he appeared at the [White House Correspondents' Dinner](/wiki/White_House_Correspondents%27_Association%23White_House_Correspondents%27_dinner "White House Correspondents' Association#White House Correspondents' dinner") as the *Key \& Peele* character Luther, President [Barack Obama](/wiki/Barack_Obama "Barack Obama")'s anger translator. Key and Peele produced and starred in the 2016 action\-comedy film *[Keanu](/wiki/Keanu_%28film%29 "Keanu (film)")*. In 2017, Key made his [Broadway](/wiki/Broadway_theatre "Broadway theatre") debut in the comic play *[Meteor Shower](/wiki/Meteor_Shower_%28play%29 "Meteor Shower (play)")*. He hosted *The Planet's Funniest Animals* on [Animal Planet](/wiki/Animal_Planet "Animal Planet") (2005–2008\), and hosted *[Game On!](/wiki/Game_On%21_%282020_game_show%29 "Game On! (2020 game show)")* in 2020\.


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