Jordan Peele

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Jordan Peele
Peele at the 2014 Peabody Awards
Born
Jordan Haworth Peele

(1979-02-21) February 21, 1979 (age 45)
New York City, U.S.
EducationSarah Lawrence College
Occupations
  • Actor
  • comedian
  • filmmaker
Years active2002–present
WorksFull list
Spouse
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(m. 2016)​
Children1
AwardsFull list

Jordan Haworth Peele (born February 21, 1979) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He is known for his film and television work in the

Primetime Emmy Award. Peele started his career in sketch comedy before transitioning his career to a writer and director of psychological horror and satirical films. In 2017, Peele was included on the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world.[3]

Peele's breakout role came in 2003, when he was hired as a cast member on the

Peabody Award. The two wrote, produced, and starred in the comedy film Keanu
(2016) and appeared in various projects since.

His 2017 directorial debut, the horror film Get Out, was a critical and box office success,[4] for which he received numerous accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, along with nominations for Best Picture and Best Director. He received another Academy Award nomination for Best Picture for producing Spike Lee's drama BlacKkKlansman (2018). He directed, wrote, and produced the acclaimed films Us (2019) and Nope (2022). Critics have since frequently named Get Out and Nope as among the best films of the 21st century.[5][6][7]

He founded the film and television production company

CBS All Access revival of the anthology series The Twilight Zone
(2019–2020).

Early life and education

Jordan Haworth Peele[8] was born in New York City on February 21, 1979. His mother, Lucinda Williams,[9] is white, from Maryland. His father, Hayward Peele, Jr. (died 1999), was African American, and originally from North Carolina.[10][11][12][13] Peele last saw his father when he was seven years old,[14] and was raised by his single mother on Manhattan's Upper West Side.[1][15]

He attended the Computer School in Manhattan, graduated from

The Calhoun School on Manhattan's Upper West Side in 1997 after securing a scholarship to attend the private school, and went on to Sarah Lawrence College, where he majored in puppetry.[16] After two years, Peele dropped out to form a comedy duo with Sarah Lawrence classmate and future Key & Peele writer Rebecca Drysdale.[1]

Peele had been a

cinephile ever since he was a young child and decided at 12 that he wanted to be a film director, citing Glory, Edward Scissorhands, Thelma & Louise, and Aliens as films that had a strong effect on him.[17]

Career

Live stand-up

Peele regularly performed at Boom Chicago in Amsterdam and The Second City in Chicago.[citation needed] He and Nicole Parker were well known for their musical duets at Boom Chicago.[citation needed] He portrayed a popular character called "Danish Supermodel Ute" during his time at Boom Chicago[citation needed] and hosted MTV's Comedy Weekend in 2002.[citation needed]

2002–2016: television

In 2003, Peele joined the cast of

2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike
).

In 2010, Peele co-starred in the Fox comedy pilot The Station,[19] and appeared with a recurring role in the Adult Swim series Childrens Hospital. He had a supporting role in the David Wain-directed comedy Wanderlust, which was released in 2012. Peele and his former Mad TV castmate and friend Keegan-Michael Key starred in their own Comedy Central sketch series Key & Peele, from 2012 to 2015.[20][21] The series was a success with viewers, and spawned several skits and videos that went viral online.[22]

In 2014, Peele played an FBI agent in the first season of the FX anthology series Fargo, inspired by the 1996 film of the same name.[23]

In 2016, Peele starred in and produced, with Key, the first feature film in which the two both had leading roles, Keanu (they had previously both appeared in Wanderlust).[24] The film received generally favorable reviews from critics.[25]

2017–present: filmmaking

In February 2017, Peele's first film, Get Out, was released to critical acclaim, eventually scoring a 98% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[26] The film received universal acclaim for Peele's screenplay and direction, as well as the performance of its lead, Daniel Kaluuya,[27] and was chosen by the National Board of Review, the American Film Institute, and Time magazine as one of the top 10 films of the year.[28][29][30] The Atlantic called the film "a subversive horror masterpiece".[31] Get Out proved to be popular with audiences, and it eventually became one of the most profitable horror films, and films of 2017, and grossed over $255 million on a budget of $4.5 million.[4][32] For his work on the film, Peele received significant attention,[33] as well as numerous accolades, including the Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award at the 2017 Gotham Independent Film Awards.[34] The film also received four nominations at the 90th Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay nominations for Peele, as well as a Best Actor nomination for Kaluuya.[35] Peele won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay,[36][37] becoming the first African-American screenwriter to win in this category.[38] He became the third person, after Warren Beatty and James L. Brooks, to be nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay for a debut film, and the first black person to receive them for any one film. Get Out also earned him the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay, as well as nominations for a Directors Guild of America Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay.[34] The success prompted his Monkeypaw Productions company to a first look deal with Universal Pictures.[39]

Sonar Entertainment, and Number 19. It ultimately premiered on February 15, 2019.[43][44][45][46]

Peele's second film as director was Us, a horror-thriller film which he also wrote and produced, starring Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, and Tim Heidecker. After having its world premiere on March 8, the film was released in the United States on March 22, 2019, by Universal Pictures, Monkeypaw Productions, and QC Entertainment.[47] Peele developed and is narrator for the science fiction web television series The Twilight Zone, the third revival of the original 1959–64 anthology series that aired on CBS, for CBS All Access. The show premiered on April 1, 2019, with Peele, Simon Kinberg and Marco Ramirez as executive producers.[48] In February 2020, Peele produced a 10-episode series about hunting down Nazis called Hunters.[49][50][51] Peele produced the HBO series Lovecraft Country written by Underground co-creator Misha Green.[52]

Peele co-produced and co-wrote the 2021 sequel to Candyman, through his Monkeypaw Productions,[53] of which Candyman star Tony Todd stated in a 2018 interview with Nightmare on Film Street, "I'd rather have him do it, someone with intelligence, who's going to be thoughtful and dig into the whole racial makeup of who Candyman is and why he existed in the first place."[54] Universal and MGM partnered with Win Rosenfeld to co-produce the film with Peele, and Nia DaCosta directed.[55] The new Candyman serves as a "spiritual sequel", taking place back in the gentrified Cabrini Green, where housing projects once stood in Chicago. After multiple delays, the film was theatrically released on August 27, 2021, to positive reviews.[56][57]

Peele's next film, Nope, was released on July 22, 2022.[58][59]

On November 3, 2015, it was reported that Henry Selick was developing Wendell & Wild, a new stop-motion feature with Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key based on an original story by Selick.[60] In March 2018, the film was picked up by Netflix.[61]

Other projects

There have been several films floated based on Peele's sketch comedy series Key & Peele. In March 2015, it was announced that Key would reprise the role of Mr. Garvey in a feature-length film Substitute Teacher with Peele portraying a rival teacher.[62] In March 2017 in a Reddit AMA, Peele expressed interest in developing a film around his Key & Peele character Wendell Sanders based on the music video "The Power of Wings". The film, titled Wendell Meets Middle-Earth, would follow Wendell's existence in the fantasy world that he likes to see his life in.[63]

In October 2020, Rosenfeld and Peele signed on to produce the remake of

cult favorite animated property, Gargoyles, but was declined.[66]

At the Game Awards 2023, Peele announced that he would be working with Hideo Kojima on his next game, OD.[67]

Peele's next directorial effort was set to be released on December 25, 2024, before being quietly pulled from Universal's release schedule following the impact of the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes.[68][69]

Influences

In February 2017, Peele curated the Brooklyn Academy of Music film series "The Art of the Social Thriller", comprising 12 films that inspired the making of Get Out, including the horror films Rosemary's Baby, Night of the Living Dead, The Shining, Candyman, The People Under the Stairs, Scream, The Silence of the Lambs, Funny Games, Misery, the thrillers Rear Window and The 'Burbs, and the comedy drama Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.[70]

As a filmmaker, Peele has cited his influences as being Steven Spielberg, Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, John Carpenter and M. Night Shyamalan.[71]

As a comedian, Peele counts among his influences In Living Color, Richard Pryor and Dave Chappelle.[72] He also has listed Steve Martin and Martin Lawrence as arguably his two biggest influences.[73]

Personal life

Through his mother, Lucinda Williams, Peele is descended from the colonial Woodhull family, whose members include Brigadier General Nathaniel Woodhull and Culper Ring Spy Abraham Woodhull (the latter of whom is his first cousin, eight times removed).[74]

Peele began dating Chelsea Peretti in 2013.[75] They became engaged in November 2015,[76] and Peretti announced in April 2016 that she and Peele had eloped.[77] They have a son.[78]

Filmography

Main article: Jordan Peele filmography

As filmmaker

Year Title Director Writer Producer Distribution Note
2016 Keanu No Yes Yes Warner Bros. Pictures Also acted in a starring role
2017 Get Out Yes Yes Yes Universal Pictures Also made a cameo (voice) appearance
2018 BlacKkKlansman No No Yes Focus Features
2019 Us Yes Yes Yes Universal Pictures Also made a cameo (voice) appearance
2021 Candyman No Yes Yes
2022 Nope Yes Yes Yes
Wendell & Wild No Yes Yes Netflix Also voiced a leading role
2024 Monkey Man No No Yes Universal Pictures

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Jordan Peele

Peele has been nominated for four

Primetime Emmy Award
.

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