Keegan-Michael Key
Acting
Born: Mar 22, 1971
From: Southfield, Michigan, USA
Credits: 30 titles
Biography
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.
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play Dirty | Ed Mackey | 2025 | 6.566 |
| Dear Santa | Dr. Finkleman | 2024 | 6.23 |
| Transformers One | B-127 (voice) | 2024 | 7.967 |
| IF | Slime (voice) | 2024 | 6.964 |
| Wonka | Chief of Police | 2023 | 7.0 |
| The Super Mario Bros. Movie | Toad (voice) | 2023 | 7.589 |
| Migration | Delroy (voice) | 2023 | 7.348 |
| Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers | Frog Co-Worker / Bjornson the … | 2022 | 6.993 |
| Bad Guys | Mantis Commander (voice) | 2016 | — |
| The Angry Birds Movie | Judge Peckinpah (voice) | 2016 | 6.257 |
| Keanu | Clarence Goobril / Smoke Dresden | 2016 | 6.054 |
| Welcome to Happiness | Proctor | 2016 | 5.4 |
| Don't Think Twice | Jack | 2016 | 6.408 |
| Storks | Alpha Wolf (voice) | 2016 | 6.669 |
| Why Him? | Gustav | 2016 | 6.378 |
| Freaks of Nature | Mr. Keller | 2015 | 6.1 |
| Vacation | Jack Peterson | 2015 | 6.306 |
| Teacher of the Year | Ronald Douche | 2015 | 5.4 |
| Hotel Transylvania 2 | Murray (voice) | 2015 | 6.764 |
| Tomorrowland | Hugo | 2015 | 6.3 |
| Pitch Perfect 2 | Beca's Boss | 2015 | 6.841 |
| Let's Be Cops | Pupa | 2014 | 6.461 |
| The Lego Movie | Foreman Jim (voice) | 2014 | 7.421 |
| Horrible Bosses 2 | Mike | 2014 | 6.176 |
| Hell Baby | F'resnel | 2013 | 5.137 |
| Wanderlust | Marcy’s Flunkie | 2012 | 5.488 |
| Welcome to the Jungle Gym | Mike McKenzie | 2010 | — |
| Role Models | Duane | 2008 | 6.488 |
| 'Weird Al' Yankovic: White & Nerdy | Gangster | 2006 | 7.7 |
| Lunatics: A Love Story | Passerby (uncredited) | 1991 | 4.912 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1971 |
| From | Southfield, Michigan, USA |