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Keegan-Michael Key

Keegan-Michael Key (born March 22, 1971) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. He and Jordan Peele co-created and co-starred in the sketch series ''Key & Peele'' (2012–2015) for which he received one Primetime Emmy Award from ten nominations. He also acted in the sketch series ''Mad TV'' (2004–2009), sitcom ''Playing House'' (2014–2017), the comedy series ''Friends from College'' (2017–2019) and the series ''Reboot'' (2022). He also 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. Key later starred in the musical comedy series ''Schmigadoon!'' (2021–2023).

Key has had supporting roles in several films, including ''Horrible Bosses 2'' (2014), ''Pitch Perfect 2'' (2015), ''Don't Think Twice'' (2016), ''Dolemite Is My Name'' (2019), ''The Prom'' (2020), and ''Wonka'' (2023). He has provided voice-work for ''The Lego Movie'' (2014), the subsequent films of the ''Hotel Transylvania'' franchise (2015–2022), ''Storks'', ''The Angry Birds Movie'' (both 2016), ''The Star'' (2017), ''Wendell & Wild'' (2022), ''The Super Mario Bros. Movie'', and ''Migration'' (both 2023). He has also voiced roles in Disney's ''Toy Story 4'' (2019) and the live-action remakes of ''The Lion King'' (2019), and ''Pinocchio'' (2022). In 2015, he appeared at the White House Correspondents' Dinner as the ''Key & Peele'' character Luther, President Barack Obama's anger translator. Key and Peele produced and starred in the 2016 action-comedy film ''Keanu''. In 2017, Key made his Broadway debut in the comic play ''Meteor Shower''. He hosted ''The Planet's Funniest Animals'' on Animal Planet (2005–2008), and hosted ''Game On!'' in 2020. Provided by Wikipedia