Jordan Peele
Jordan Peele (born February 21, 1979) is a comic actor. Peele is most notable for his membership in the recurring cast of comedians on sketch comedy series MADtv.
Biography
Jordan Peele was born on February 21, 1979 in New York City, New York, USA, where he was raised. He attended the same independent, college preparatory school as Ben Stiller, the Calhoun School in Manhattan, New York and graduated in 1997. Afterwards, Peele attended Sarah Lawrence College. While at college, Peele harnessed his improv and sketch comedy skills by joining comedy troupe at Sarah Lawrence called Judith. He enjoyed improv so much that he left school two years early to co-write and perform in Two White Guys in Chicago with fellow student Rebecca Drysdale. The show was a huge hit, first at the Sky Box theatre at Second City and then at Improv Olympics; it won "Best Scripted Show," at the Improv Olympic's annual awards show, the Del's. After college, Peele studied at Chicago's famed Second City. While training at Second City, Peele met his future fellow MADtv cast members, Ike Barinholtz, Nicole Parker and Josh Meyers. The trio also teamed together to perform in the comedy show Boom Chicago in Amsterdam.
MADtv
Peele joined the cast of MADtv in 2003 as a feature performer, for the ninth season. However, Peele was later promoted to a repertory performer status the following season. As of February 2006, Peele is still a member of the current cast.
Characters:
- Dontel LaMontrose (Inside Looking Out)
- Funkenstein
- Gray (The Superstitious Knights)
- Killbrain the Fury
- Larvelle Dupree (Real Mother****ing Talk)
- Stingray (Abercrombie and Fitch)
- Tyrone Conkling (Holly Meadow Estates)
Impressions:
- Anthony Okungbowa
- Chingy
- Danny Seagreene
- Dennis Haysbert
- Ed Bradley
- Frederick Douglass
- George Foreman Jr.
- Harold Perrineau Jr.
- Ja Rule
- James Brown
- Justin Guarini
- Kanye West
- Lenny Kravitz
- Malcolm-Jamal Warner
- Montel Williams
- Morgan Freeman
- Omar Epps
- Pharrell Williams (The Neptunes)
- R. Kelly
- Redd Foxx
- Whoopi Goldberg
- will.i.am (The Black Eyed Peas)
- Xzibit
Trivia
- Enjoys making puppets, watching cartoons and eating frites
- His gay Laker character, Saffron Johnson, said he attended Sarah Lawrence College, the same college that Jordan attended.
- Jordan and Nicole Parker were well known for their duets at Boom Chicago.
- Portrayed a popular character called "Danish Supermodel Ute" during his time at Boom! Chicago
- Hosted MTV's Comedy Weekend in 2002
- Peele was absent for unknown reasons from the first 4 episodes of his second season on MADtv.
Catch phrases
- "Mmm, mmm, mmm;" "I love this woman!" - Dontelle LaMontrose
- "Man up!" - Gray the Superstitious Knights
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
| N/A | None | N/A |
Television Appearances
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
| 2003 - Present | MADtv | Various Characters | Sketch Comedy |
External links
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