Keegan-Michael Key

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Writer
Producer

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Keegan-Michael Key was born in Southfield, Michigan and raised in Detroit. He was adopted as a child by a black father and a white mother. In 1989, he graduated from Shrine Catholic High School in Royal Oak, Michigan. Key attended the University of Detroit Mercy as an undergraduate and earned his Master of Fine Arts in Theater at Pennsylvania State University. While at The University of Detroit Mercy, he was a brother of Phi Kappa Theta.

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Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 4 wins & 38 nominations total

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Keanu

6.2

Clarence Goobril
Smoke Dresden

2016

Wonka

7.0

Chief of Police

2023

Jack Black, Charlie Day, Scott Menville, Chris Pratt, Kevin Michael Richardson, Seth Rogen, Keegan-Michael Key, and Anya Taylor-Joy in The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

7.0

Toad(voice)

2023

Let's Be Cops

6.4

Pupa

2014

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Unlimited Choices - Lay's Commercial
Video
- Morpheus
- 2025
Dear Santa
5.4
- Dr. Finkleman
- 2024
Transformers One
7.6
- B-127 (voice)
- 2024
IF
6.4
- Slime (voice)
- 2024
Elsbeth
7.6
TV Series
- Ashton Hayes
- 2024
Abbott Elementary
8.2
TV Series
- Superintendent Reynolds
- 2024
Wonka
7.0
- Chief of Police
- 2023
Migration
6.6
- Delroy (voice)
- 2023
Schmigadoon!
7.4
TV Series
- Josh Skinner
- 2021–2023
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
7.0
- Toad (voice)
- 2023
The Super Mario Bros. Movie McDonald's
6.4
Video
- Toad (voice)
- 2023
Reboot
7.4
TV Series
- Reed Sterling
- 2022
Wendell & Wild
6.4
- Wendell (voice)
- 2022
Pinocchio
5.1
- Honest John (voice)
- 2022
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
6.9
- Frog Co-Worker
- Bjornson the Cheesemonger (voice)
- 2022

Writer

Official sites
- Facebook
- Facebook Fan Page
Alternative names
- Keegan Michael Key
Height
- 6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
Born
- March 22, 1971
- Southfield, Michigan, USA
Spouses
Children
- No Children
Parents
- Carrie Herr
Relatives
- Dwayne McDuffie(Half Sibling)
Other works
Appears in Weird Al Yankovic's music video for "White and Nerdy" (2006)
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A biological paternal half-brother of comic book writer Dwayne McDuffie, a fact neither was aware of while McDuffie was alive.

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Our show is not based on huge characters. There are characters in our show; whether or not they reoccur is based on the audience. Mad TV (1995) was a formula - our show doesn't have one,. We try to incorporate the shows. We're not trying to be cool here. We're trying to be funny. If you watch the beginning of certain shows, you notice that they're trying too hard to be hipsters and be cool. We're like, 'Why are you trying to be a badass?' We realize that we're nerds. Our goal in life is to get the laughs.