Keegan-Michael Key was born on March 22,1971 and is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer.
32 Facts About Keegan-Michael Key
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Keegan-Michael Key acted in the FOX sketch series Mad TV, USA Networks's sitcom Playing House, the Netflix comedy series Friends from College and the Hulu series Reboot.
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Keegan-Michael Key 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.
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Keegan-Michael Key has had supporting roles in several films, including Horrible Bosses 2 in, Pitch Perfect 2, Don't Think Twice, Dolemite Is My Name, and The Prom.
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Keegan-Michael Key has voiced roles in Disney's Toy Story 4 and the live action remakes of The Lion King, and Pinocchio.
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In 2017, Keegan-Michael Key made his Broadway debut in Steve Martin's comic play Meteor Shower.
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Keegan-Michael Key was born in Southfield, Michigan, on March 22,1971, the son of an African-American father, Leroy McDuffie, and Carrie Herr, a woman of Polish and Flemish descent.
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Keegan-Michael Key was adopted at a young age by a couple from Detroit, Michael Key and Patricia Walsh, who were both social workers.
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Keegan-Michael Key discovered the existence of his half-siblings only after they had both died.
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In 2004, Keegan-Michael Key joined the cast of Mad TV midway into the ninth season.
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Keegan-Michael Key often went "backstage" as Eugene Struthers, an ecstatic water-or-flower delivery man who accosts celebrities.
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Keegan-Michael Key played female celebrities, including Phylicia Rashad, Robin Antin, and Eva Longoria.
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Keegan-Michael 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.
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Keegan-Michael Key plays an award-winning fiction writer who is being encouraged to start writing for young adult fiction audiences.
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Keegan-Michael Key co-founded the Detroit Creativity Project along with Beth Hagenlocker, Marc Evan Jackson, Margaret Edwartowski, and Larry Joe Campbell.
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Keegan-Michael Key performed with The 313, an improv group formed with other members of Second City Hollywood that appears around the country.
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In 2009, Keegan-Michael Key hosted GSN's "Big Saturday Night", and has co-starred in Gary Unmarried on CBS.
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Keegan-Michael Key was a panelist on the NPR comedy quiz show Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me.
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Together with Peele, Keegan-Michael Key played an FBI agent in a recurring role in the 2014 FX crime drama Fargo.
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Keegan-Michael 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.
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Keegan-Michael 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.
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Keegan-Michael Key is one of several hosts of the podcast Historically Black by American Public Media and The Washington Post.
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Keegan-Michael Key, who is a Shakespearean-trained actor, fulfilled his lifelong dream to play Horatio and received rave reviews for his performance.
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Keegan-Michael Key voice acted in The Star, the animated film based on the Nativity of Jesus.
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Keegan-Michael Key later went on to voice Ducky in Toy Story 4 and Kamari in The Lion King.
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Keegan-Michael Key voiced "Honest John" Worthington Foulfellow in the live-action film adaptation of Disney's Pinocchio and Toad in The Super Mario Bros.
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In 2017, Keegan-Michael Key made his Broadway debut in Steve Martin's comedy Meteor Shower.
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Keegan-Michael Key's hosting stint on Saturday Night Live on May 15,2021, marked the first time a MADtv cast member has hosted SNL.
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Keegan-Michael Key was married to actress and dialect coach Cynthia Blaise from 1998 until 2017.
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Keegan-Michael Key married producer and director Elisa Pugliese in New York City on June 8,2018.
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Keegan-Michael Key is a Christian and has practiced Buddhism, Catholicism, and Evangelicalism in the past.
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Keegan-Michael Key has worked with the Young Storytellers Foundation as an actor for their annual fundraiser alongside Max Greenfield, Jack Black and Judy Greer.