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Keegan-Michael Key
Southfield, Michigan, USA
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 ca…
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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.
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2027
The Haunting of Hotel Transylvania
Movie Murray (voice)
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2026
Buddy
Movie Buddy the Unicorn (voice)
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2026
ESPN Jeopardy!
TV show Self - Contestant
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2026
Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America
TV show Davy Crockett
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2026
Playing POTUS
Movie Self
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2026
Funny AF with Kevin Hart
TV show Self - Judge
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2026
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Movie Toad (voice)
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2025
Play Dirty
Movie Ed Mackey
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2025
Only Murders in the Building: Official Podcast
TV show Self
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2025
King Hamlet
Movie Self
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2025
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Movie Self
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2024
Dear Santa
Movie Dr. Finkleman
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2024
Transformers One
Movie B-127 (voice)
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2024
IF
Movie Slime (voice)
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2024
Elsbeth
TV show Ashton Hayes
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2023
Wonka
Movie Chief of Police
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2023
Migration
Movie Delroy (voice)
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2023
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Movie Toad (voice)
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2022
Wendell & Wild
Movie Wendell (voice)
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2022
Reboot
TV show Reed Sterling
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2022
Pinocchio
Movie 'Honest' John (voice)
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2022
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
Movie Frog Co-Worker / Bjornson the Cheesemonger (voice)
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2022
The Pentaverate
TV show Dr. Hobart Clark
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2022
The Bubble
Movie Sean Knox
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2022
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
Movie Murray (voice)
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2021
Abbott Elementary
TV show Superintendent Reynolds
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2021
Only Murders in the Building
TV show Mayor Tillman
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2021
Schmigadoon!
TV show Josh Skinner
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2021
Pixar Popcorn
TV show Ducky (voice)
- 2020
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2020
The Prom
Movie Principal Hawkins
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2020
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
Movie Gustafson
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2020
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
TV show Inigo Montoya
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2020
Game On!
TV show Self - Host
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2020
Feeding America Comedy Festival
Movie Self
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2020
All the Bright Places
Movie Embry
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2019
Playing with Fire
Movie Mark
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2019
Green Eggs and Ham
TV show Narrator (voice)
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2019
Somewhere in the Middle
Movie Self (archive footage)
