Jordan Peele

Jordan Peele
Peele at the 2014 Peabody Awards
Born	Jordan Haworth Peele (1979-02-21) February 21, 1979 (age 47) New York City, New York, U.S.
Alma mater	Sarah Lawrence College
Occupations	Actor comedian director producer writer
Years active	2002–present
Spouse	Chelsea Peretti ​ (m. 2016)​
Children	1

Jordan Peele (born February 21, 1979) is an American actor, comedian, director, producer and writer.^{[better source needed]} 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.

As Filmmaker

References

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