Keegan-Michael Key

Acting

Keegan-Michael Key

Born March 22, 1971Southfield, Michigan, USA154 credits

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.

Known For

Filmography

Buddy
2026Buddy
as Buddy the Unicorn (voice)Movie
Play Dirty
2025Play Dirty
as Ed MackeyMovie
King Hamlet
2025King Hamlet
as SelfMovie
Dear Santa
2024Dear Santa
as Dr. FinklemanMovie
Transformers One
2024Transformers One
as B-127 (voice)Movie
IF
2024IF
as Slime (voice)Movie
Elsbeth
2024Elsbeth
as Ashton HayesTV
Wonka
2023Wonka
as Chief of PoliceMovie
Migration
2023Migration
as Delroy (voice)Movie
Wendell & Wild
2022Wendell & Wild
as Wendell (voice)Movie
Reboot
2022Reboot
as Reed SterlingTV
Pinocchio
2022Pinocchio
as 'Honest' John (voice)Movie
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
2022Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
as Frog Co-Worker / Bjornson the Cheesemonger (voice)Movie
The Pentaverate
2022The Pentaverate
as Dr. Hobart ClarkTV
The Bubble
2022The Bubble
as Sean KnoxMovie
Abbott Elementary
2021Abbott Elementary
as Superintendent ReynoldsTV
Schmigadoon!
2021Schmigadoon!
as Josh SkinnerTV
Pixar Popcorn
2021Pixar Popcorn
as Ducky (voice)TV
The Prom
2020The Prom
as Principal HawkinsMovie
Game On!
2020Game On!
as Self - HostTV
Green Eggs and Ham
2019Green Eggs and Ham
as Narrator (voice)TV
Somewhere in the Middle
2019Somewhere in the Middle
as Self (archive footage)Movie
Dolemite Is My Name
2019Dolemite Is My Name
as Jerry JonesMovie
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
2019The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
as skekZok (The Ritual Master) (voice)TV
The Lion King
2019The Lion King
as Kamari (voice)Movie
Toy Story 4
2019Toy Story 4
as Ducky (voice)Movie
The Predator
2018The Predator
as CoyleMovie
The Shop
2018The Shop
as SelfTV
Impulse
2018Impulse
as Michael PearceTV
The Star
2017The Star
as Dave (voice)Movie
No Activity
2017No Activity
as Officer Charles BrockTV
Friends from College
2017Friends from College
as Ethan TurnerTV
The Disaster Artist
2017The Disaster Artist
as Keegan-Michael KeyMovie
Win It All
2017Win It All
as GeneMovie
Get Out
2017Get Out
as NCAA Prospect (uncredited)Movie
Detroiters
2017Detroiters
as Smilin' JackTV
Why Him?
2016Why Him?
as GustavMovie
B
2016Bad Guys
as Mantis Commander (voice)Movie
Storks
2016Storks
as Alpha Wolf (voice)Movie
The Angry Birds Movie
2016The Angry Birds Movie
as Judge Peckinpah (voice)Movie
Keanu
2016Keanu
as Clarence Goobril / Smoke DresdenMovie
Angie Tribeca
2016Angie Tribeca
as Helmut FröntBütTV
Freaks of Nature
2015Freaks of Nature
as Mr. KellerMovie
SuperMansion
2015SuperMansion
as American RangerTV
Hotel Transylvania 2
2015Hotel Transylvania 2
as Murray (voice)Movie
Vacation
2015Vacation
as Jack PetersonMovie
Teacher of the Year
2015Teacher of the Year
as Ronald DoucheMovie
Tomorrowland
2015Tomorrowland
as HugoMovie
Pitch Perfect 2
2015Pitch Perfect 2
as Beca's BossMovie
Hot Ones
2015Hot Ones
as SelfTV
Key and Peele: Super Bowl Special
2015Key and Peele: Super Bowl Special
as Various CharactersMovie
Rubberhead
2014Rubberhead
as Self (segment "Absorption")Movie
BoJack Horseman
2014BoJack Horseman
as Sebastian St. Clair (voice)TV
Let's Be Cops
2014Let's Be Cops
as PupaMovie
Playing House
2014Playing House
as Mark RodriguezTV
Fargo
2014Fargo
as Bill BudgeTV
The Lego Movie
2014The Lego Movie
as Foreman Jim (voice)Movie
Rick and Morty
2013Rick and Morty
as Fourth-Dimensional Being (voice)TV
Hell Baby
2013Hell Baby
as F'resnelMovie
Veep
2012Veep
as Jordan Thomas Jr.TV
Wanderlust
2012Wanderlust
as Marcy’s FlunkieMovie
NFL Honors
2012NFL Honors
as HimselfTV
Key & Peele
2012Key & Peele
as Various CharactersTV
Talking Dead
2011Talking Dead
as HimselfTV
Brain Games
2011Brain Games
as Himself - HostTV
Wilfred
2011Wilfred
as Dick BarbianTV
Just Go with It
2011Just Go with It
as ErnestoMovie
Bob's Burgers
2011Bob's Burgers
as Beefersutherland (voice)TV
Conan
2010Conan
as SelfTV
Due Date
2010Due Date
as New FatherMovie
W
2010Welcome to the Jungle Gym
as Mike McKenzieMovie
The League
2009The League
as CarmenjelloTV
The Middle
2009The Middle
as Reverend Erik DevowTV
Modern Family
2009Modern Family
as Tom DelaneyTV
Archer
2009Archer
as Floyd (voice)TV
Role Models
2008Role Models
as DuaneMovie
Y
2008Yoga Matt
as MattMovie
Hell's Kitchen
2005Hell's Kitchen
as Self - Restaurant PatronTV
American Dad!
2005American Dad!
as Dennis (voice)TV
Mr. 3000
2004Mr. 3000
as ReporterMovie
Uncle Nino
2003Uncle Nino
as Stranger in AirportMovie
Reno 911!
2003Reno 911!
as Theoretical CriminalTV
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - GuestTV
Samurai Jack
2001Samurai Jack
as Da' Samurai (voice)TV
The View
1997The View
as Self - GuestTV
MADtv
1995MADtv
as VariousTV
ER
1994ER
as WitkowskiTV
Lunatics: A Love Story
1991Lunatics: A Love Story
as Passerby (uncredited)Movie
The Simpsons
1989The Simpsons
as Jazzy James (voice)TV
Saturday Night Live
1975Saturday Night Live
as Self - HostTV
Golden Globe Awards
1944Golden Globe Awards
as Self - PresenterTV
P
Playing POTUS
as SelfMovie
H
Hotel Transylvania 5
as Murray (voice)Movie