Keegan-Michael Key

Keegan-Michael Key

Known for
Acting
Born
March 22, 1971 (age 55)
Birthplace
Southfield, Michigan, USA

Biography

Keegan-Michael Key (born March 22, 1971) is an American actor and comedian, best known for starring in the Comedy Central sketch series Key & Peele and for his six seasons as a cast member on MADtv. He has also appeared in the films Wonka, Toy Story 4, and Pitch Perfect 2. Key was born in Southfield, Michigan and raised in Detroit. His father is African-American and his mother is European-American. He was adopted as a child. In 1989 he graduated from Shrine Catholic High School in Royal Oak, Michigan. Key attended the University of Detroit as an undergraduate and earned his Master of Fine Arts at the Pennsylvania State University School of Theatre. While at The University of Detroit Mercy, he was a brother of Phi Kappa Theta.

Known For

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Filmography

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Romy and Michele 2 poster

Romy and Michele 2

Movie

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Untitled Super Mario Film

Untitled Super Mario Film

Movie · as Toad (voice)

2027
The Haunting of Hotel Transylvania poster

The Haunting of Hotel Transylvania

Movie · as Murray (voice)

2026
Playing POTUS

Playing POTUS

Movie · as Self

2026
Buddy poster

Buddy

Movie · as Buddy / Dark Buddy (voice)

2026
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie poster

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

Movie · as Toad (voice)

2026
Funny AF with Kevin Hart poster

Funny AF with Kevin Hart

TV · as Self - Judge · 2 eps

2026
ESPN Jeopardy! poster

ESPN Jeopardy!

TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep

2026
Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America poster

Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America

TV · as Davy Crockett · 1 ep

2025
Play Dirty poster

Play Dirty

Movie · as Ed Mackey

2025
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special poster

Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2025
King Hamlet poster

King Hamlet

Movie · as Self

2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert poster

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

Movie · as Self

2025
Only Murders in the Building: Official Podcast poster

Only Murders in the Building: Official Podcast

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2024
Dear Santa poster

Dear Santa

Movie · as Dr. Finkleman

2024
Transformers One poster

Transformers One

Movie · as B-127 (voice)

2024
IF poster

IF

Movie · as Slime (voice)

2024
Elsbeth poster

Elsbeth

TV · as Ashton Hayes · 1 ep

2023
Wonka poster

Wonka

Movie · as Chief of Police

2023
The Super Mario Bros. Movie poster

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Movie · as Toad (voice)

2023
Migration poster

Migration

Movie · as Delroy (voice)

2022
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers poster

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers

Movie · as Frog Co-Worker / Bjornson the Cheesemonger (voice)

2022
Wendell & Wild poster

Wendell & Wild

Movie · as Wendell (voice)

2022
The Bubble poster

The Bubble

Movie · as Sean Knox

2022
Pinocchio poster

Pinocchio

Movie · as 'Honest' John (voice)

2022
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania poster

Hotel Transylvania: Transformania

Movie · as Murray (voice)

2022
The Pentaverate poster

The Pentaverate

TV · as Dr. Hobart Clark · 6 eps

2022
Reboot poster

Reboot

TV · as Reed Sterling · 8 eps

2021
Schmigadoon! poster

Schmigadoon!

TV · as Josh Skinner · 12 eps

2021
Pixar Popcorn poster

Pixar Popcorn

TV · as Ducky (voice) · 2 eps

2021
Abbott Elementary poster

Abbott Elementary

TV · as Superintendent Reynolds · 3 eps

2021
Only Murders in the Building poster

Only Murders in the Building

TV · as Mayor Tillman · 4 eps

2020
All the Bright Places poster

All the Bright Places

Movie · as Embry

2020
The Prom poster

The Prom

Movie · as Principal Hawkins

2020
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey poster

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

Movie · as Gustafson

2020
Feeding America Comedy Festival poster

Feeding America Comedy Festival

Movie · as Self

2020
Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Celebration poster

Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Celebration

Movie · as Self

2020
Home Movie: The Princess Bride poster

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

TV · as Inigo Montoya · 1 ep

2020
Game On! poster

Game On!

TV · as Self - Host · 8 eps

2019
The Lion King poster

The Lion King

Movie · as Kamari (voice)

2019
Dolemite Is My Name poster

Dolemite Is My Name

Movie · as Jerry Jones

2019
Toy Story 4 poster

Toy Story 4

Movie · as Ducky (voice)

2019
Playing with Fire poster

Playing with Fire

Movie · as Mark

2019
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Adventure Awaits poster

Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Adventure Awaits

Movie · as Self

2019
Somewhere in the Middle poster

Somewhere in the Middle

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2019
Green Eggs and Ham poster

Green Eggs and Ham

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 23 eps

2019
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance poster

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

TV · as skekZok (The Ritual Master) (voice) · 9 eps

2018
The Predator poster

The Predator

Movie · as Coyle

2018
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation poster

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation

Movie · as Murray (voice)

2018
The Shop poster

The Shop

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
Impulse poster

Impulse

TV · as Michael Pearce · 2 eps

2018
2 Dope Queens poster

2 Dope Queens

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
What the Fit poster

What the Fit

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2017
Win It All poster

Win It All

Movie · as Gene

2017
The Star poster

The Star

Movie · as Dave (voice)

2017
The Disaster Artist poster

The Disaster Artist

Movie · as Keegan-Michael Key

2017
Get Out poster

Get Out

Movie · as NCAA Prospect (uncredited)

2017
Carpool Karaoke: The Series poster

Carpool Karaoke: The Series

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2017
Friends from College poster

Friends from College

TV · as Ethan Turner · 16 eps

2017
The History of Comedy poster

The History of Comedy

TV · as Self · 14 eps

2017
No Activity poster

No Activity

TV · as Officer Charles Brock · 2 eps

2017
Detroiters poster

Detroiters

TV · as Smilin' Jack · 1 ep

2016
Bad Guys

Bad Guys

Movie · as Mantis Commander (voice)

2016
The Angry Birds Movie poster

The Angry Birds Movie

Movie · as Judge Peckinpah (voice)

2016
Keanu poster

Keanu

Movie · as Clarence Goobril / Smoke Dresden

2016
Welcome to Happiness poster

Welcome to Happiness

Movie · as Proctor

2016
Don't Think Twice poster

Don't Think Twice

Movie · as Jack

2016
Storks poster

Storks

Movie · as Alpha Wolf (voice)

2016
Why Him? poster

Why Him?

Movie · as Gustav

2016
Pigeon Toady's Guide to Your New Baby poster

Pigeon Toady's Guide to Your New Baby

Movie · as Alpha Wolf (voice)

2016
Angie Tribeca poster

Angie Tribeca

TV · as Helmut FröntBüt · 1 ep

2015
Freaks of Nature poster

Freaks of Nature

Movie · as Mr. Keller

2015
Vacation poster

Vacation

Movie · as Jack Peterson

2015
Teacher of the Year poster

Teacher of the Year

Movie · as Ronald Douche

2015
Hotel Transylvania 2 poster

Hotel Transylvania 2

Movie · as Murray (voice)

2015
Tomorrowland poster

Tomorrowland

Movie · as Hugo

2015
Pitch Perfect 2 poster

Pitch Perfect 2

Movie · as Beca's Boss

2015
Key and Peele: Super Bowl Special poster

Key and Peele: Super Bowl Special

Movie · as Various Characters

2015
SuperMansion poster

SuperMansion

TV · as American Ranger · 44 eps

2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter poster

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
The Muppets poster

The Muppets

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2015
Hot Ones poster

Hot Ones

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self - Guest · 7 eps

2015
The Hotwives of Las Vegas poster

The Hotwives of Las Vegas

TV · as Ace · 7 eps

2014
Let's Be Cops poster

Let's Be Cops

Movie · as Pupa

2014
The Lego Movie poster

The Lego Movie

Movie · as Foreman Jim (voice)

2014
Horrible Bosses 2 poster

Horrible Bosses 2

Movie · as Mike

2014
Comedy Central's All-Star Non-Denominational Christmas Special poster

Comedy Central's All-Star Non-Denominational Christmas Special

Movie · as Self

2014
Rubberhead poster

Rubberhead

Movie · as Self (segment "Absorption")

2014
Running Wild with Bear Grylls poster

Running Wild with Bear Grylls

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Playing House poster

Playing House

TV · as Mark Rodriguez · 26 eps

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2014
BoJack Horseman poster

BoJack Horseman

TV · as Sebastian St. Clair (voice) · 4 eps

2014
Fargo poster

Fargo

TV · as Bill Budge · 4 eps

2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones poster

Off Camera with Sam Jones

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver poster

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

TV · as Responsible Guy · 1 ep

2013
Hell Baby poster

Hell Baby

Movie · as F'resnel

2013
Afternoon Delight poster

Afternoon Delight

Movie · as Bo

2013
Mexican Standoff (ft. Key & Peele)

Mexican Standoff (ft. Key & Peele)

Movie · as Agent

2013
Rick and Morty poster

Rick and Morty

TV · as Fourth-Dimensional Being (voice) · 3 eps

2013
Whose Line Is It Anyway? poster

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

TV · as Self · 11 eps

2013
The Amazing Race Canada poster

The Amazing Race Canada

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
Super Fun Night poster

Super Fun Night

TV · as Slade · 1 ep

2012
Wanderlust poster

Wanderlust

Movie · as Marcy’s Flunkie

2012
CC:Stand-Up: The Bonnaroo Experience

CC:Stand-Up: The Bonnaroo Experience

Movie · as Self - Host

2012
Inside Comedy poster

Inside Comedy

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
Key & Peele poster

Key & Peele

TV · as Various Characters · 53 eps

2012
Dish Nation poster

Dish Nation

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
NFL Honors poster

NFL Honors

TV · as Himself · 2 eps

2012
Veep poster

Veep

TV · as Jordan Thomas Jr. · 1 ep

2012
House of Lies poster

House of Lies

TV · as Devin · 1 ep

2011
Just Go with It poster

Just Go with It

Movie · as Ernesto

2011
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star poster

Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star

Movie · as Guinness Man

2011
'Weird Al' Yankovic: Alpocalypse poster

'Weird Al' Yankovic: Alpocalypse

Movie · as Gangsta #2

2011
Wilfred poster

Wilfred

TV · as Dick Barbian · 1 ep

2011
Talking Dead poster

Talking Dead

TV · as Himself · 1 ep

2011
Bob's Burgers poster

Bob's Burgers

TV · as Beefersutherland (voice), Bartender (voice), Dr. Juarez (voice), Cory (voice), Todd (voice), Darnell (voice) · 1 ep

2011
Billy on the Street poster

Billy on the Street

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2011
Brain Games poster

Brain Games

TV · as Himself - Host · 8 eps

2011
Love Bites poster

Love Bites

TV · as Drew · 2 eps

2010
Welcome to the Jungle Gym

Welcome to the Jungle Gym

Movie · as Mike McKenzie

2010
Due Date poster

Due Date

Movie · as New Father

2010
Sons of Tucson poster

Sons of Tucson

TV · as Eric · 1 ep

2010
Epic Rap Battles of History poster

Epic Rap Battles of History

TV · as Gandhi, Michael Jordan · 1 ep

2010
Conan poster

Conan

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2009
Modern Family poster

Modern Family

TV · as Tom Delaney · 1 ep

2009
The Middle poster

The Middle

TV · as Reverend Erik Devow · 1 ep

2009
Parks and Recreation poster

Parks and Recreation

TV · as Craig, Joe · 1 ep

2009
Archer poster

Archer

TV · as Floyd (voice), Detective Rimshot (voice) · 1 ep

2009
The League poster

The League

TV · as Carmenjello · 1 ep

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2008
Role Models poster

Role Models

Movie · as Duane

2008
Yoga Matt

Yoga Matt

Movie · as Matt

2008
Gary Unmarried poster

Gary Unmarried

TV · as Curtis · 17 eps

2008
Chocolate News poster

Chocolate News

TV · 1 ep

2008
Childrens Hospital poster

Childrens Hospital

TV · as Cop, Captain Tripper · 1 ep

2006
'Weird Al' Yankovic: White & Nerdy poster

'Weird Al' Yankovic: White & Nerdy

Movie · as Gangster

2006
Alleyball poster

Alleyball

Movie · as Curt Braunschweib

2005
How I Met Your Mother poster

How I Met Your Mother

TV · as Calvin · 1 ep

2005
Hell's Kitchen poster

Hell's Kitchen

TV · as Self - Restaurant Patron · 1 ep

2005
American Dad! poster

American Dad!

TV · as Dennis (voice), E-Money (voice) · 1 ep

2005
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia poster

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

TV · as Grant Anderson · 1 ep

2004
Mr. 3000 poster

Mr. 3000

Movie · as Reporter

2003
Uncle Nino poster

Uncle Nino

Movie · as Stranger in Airport

2003
Reno 911! poster

Reno 911!

TV · as Theoretical Criminal, Cow Man, Blu-Ray Thief · 6 eps

2003
I'm with Her poster

I'm with Her

TV · as Orderly · 1 ep

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 5 eps

2003
Real Time with Bill Maher poster

Real Time with Bill Maher

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2001
Samurai Jack poster

Samurai Jack

TV · as Da' Samurai (voice) · 1 ep

2000
Garage: A Rock Saga poster

Garage: A Rock Saga

Movie · as TV Studio Manager

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1995
MADtv poster

MADtv

TV · as Various · 100 eps

1994
ER poster

ER

TV · as Witkowski · 1 ep

1991
Lunatics: A Love Story poster

Lunatics: A Love Story

Movie · as Passerby (uncredited)

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Jazzy James (voice) · 2 eps

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

1984
MTV Video Music Awards poster

MTV Video Music Awards

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

1969
Sesame Street poster

Sesame Street

TV · 1 ep

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep