1. Keegan-Michael Key was born on March 22,1971 and is an American comedian, actor, producer and writer.
33 Facts About Keegan-Michael Key
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Keegan-Michael Key acted in the sketch series Mad TV, sitcom Playing House, the comedy series Friends from College and the series Reboot.
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Keegan-Michael Key appeared alongside Peele in the first season of the 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, Pitch Perfect 2, Don't Think Twice, Dolemite Is My Name, The Prom, and Wonka.
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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 the 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 both had 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, Tomorrowland, and Wonka in 2023.
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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, which stars Tom Hanks, Cynthia Erivo and Luke Evans, as well as 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 "Elle" 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 is a keen soccer fan and an avid supporter of English Premier League club Liverpool, and is a fan of the NFL's Detroit Lions.
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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.