Jordan Haworth Peele was born on 21February 1979, in New York City USA, of American mixed race parentage. Peele is a popular comedian, actor and voice actor, best known for his comedy sketch television show “Key & Peele”, which has been on air since 2012, the title referring to its creators, Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key. “MADtv”, a comedy television series created by William Gaines and based on “Mad” magazine, is another show for which Jordan Peele is known by many television fans.
So just how rich is Jordan Peele? Jordan’s net worth has been increasing since his professional debut in 2002, and is currently estimated by sources to be $2 million.
Jordan Peele Net Worth $2 Million
As a comedian, Jordan Peele started his career with the improvisational comedy groups and enterprises “Boom Chicago” and “Second City”. The former was founded in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and the latter in Chicago. Both contributed considerable incomes to Jordan Peele’s net worth. What is important is that in “Boom Chicago” Jordan Peele performed some musical duets along with the famous American singer and actress Nicole Ari Parker. In “Boom Chicago”, Jordan performed as “Danish Supermodel Ute”. Peele was also a host of “MADtv”`s Comedy Weekend which took place in 2002. This definitely lead to Jordan earning a great amount of money and so to increasing his net worth.
For some time, Jordan appeared on a weekly comedy audio podcast “Comedy Bang! Bang!”, which first went to air on May 1, 2009, and which is hosted by Scott Aukerman, another famous comedian.
“MADtv” was very successful because of talented actors. Jordan Peele managed to perfectly impersonate such known personas as Barack Obama, Ja Rule, Morgan Freeman and Justin Guarini. “MADtv” was also the place where Jordan met his future professional comedy partner Keegan-Michael Key.
Jordan Peele’s net worth has been boosted by many other television appearances. Jordan performed in “Chocolate News” (2008) wherein he had a recurring role. Jordan was also a star of “Reno 911!” (2009), the American comedy television series “Childrens Hospital” (2010 – 2013) created and directed by Rob Corddry, “Love Bites” (2011), “The Mindy Project” (2013), “Modern Family” (2013), “Bob`s Burgers” (2013), “Fargo” (2014) and “Drunk History” (2014). “Childrens Hospital” received two Emmy Awards.
During his successful career, Jordan Peele has also starred in several movies, including “Little Fockers” (2010) and “Twisted Fortune” (2007), plus in “Wanderlust” (2012) along with Jennifer Aniston, Paul Rudd and Kathryn Hahn. Jordan is very likely to increase his net worth with voicing “Captain Underpants”, an adaption of the children`s novel series upcoming in 2017.
When “Saturday Night Live” was looking for somebody to play the character of Barack Obama, Peele`s position was discussed. However, Jordan decided to remain on “MADtv”, but Peele actually left “MADtv” at the end of its 13th season.
For his song “Sad Fitty Cent”, Jordan was nominated for an Emmy Award. It was a musical parody about 50 Cent and Kanye West. Peele wrote the lyrics and co-composed the music. In 2014, Peele won an American Comedy Award for Alternative Comedy Series.
In his personal life, Jordan has been dating actress Chelsea Peretti since 2013.
Primetime Emmy Awards - Outstanding Variety Sketch Series (2016)
Nominations
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics (2008), Primetime Emmy Awards - Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series, Image Awards, OFTA Television Award (2016, 2014), Teen Choice Awards (2016), The Streamy Awards (2014), WGA Award (TV, 2013, 2016), Young Hollywood Awards (2014)
Keegan and I go day to day: One day we're like in an almost racial utopia, and one day that feels like we're living in the 1950s.
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[on Key and Peele (2012)] I love dishing it out to everybody, and I love doing that on the show. But Keegan and I are usually perceived as African-American, and those characters are our bread and butter. Yes, we make fun of a lot of black people, but we make fun of a wide variety of black people because we don't like this idea that black people are a monolith, that there's only one type of black people.
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[on being biracial] Growing up, until really last year, I don't know that I would have readily brought up my white mother to anyone. It was not something I'm embarrassed by, but to announce that was synonymous to some black people to saying, 'I think I'm better than you.' This whole thing has felt almost like a coming out as biracial - saying this is a thing, we exist, and this is a future.
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[Barack Obama] is the best thing ever to happen to black nerds. Up until Obama, it was basically Urkel and the black guy from Revenge of the Nerds - Lamar. Other than that, we had no role models. So he made us cool.
As a child, Jordan Peele appeared on a March 1994 ABC News special called "President Clinton Answering Children's Questions." The question he asked President Clinton, "Um, yeah, I was just wondering, how can you help the families where there's a mom, and she's taking care of a kid or kids, and the father isn't willing or isn't able to pay child support?," was inspired by his own family's situation.
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Along with Keegan-Michael Key, one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World. [April 2014].
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Both he and partner Keegan-Michael Key were dramatically featured in a series of comic-photo examples of fictional employees demonstrating "The Saintly Way to Succeed" in a cover story and lengthy article with that title in the March 31, 2013 issue of The New York Magazine.
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His father is African-American and his mother is Caucasian.
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He auditioned by playing Barack Obama for Saturday Night Live (1975) and was offered to become a feature player but when the Writer's Strike came to pass in 2008, he found out that MADtv (1995) would be continuing and lost the part and the opportunity to be on "SNL". "SNL" cast member Fred Armisen plays Obama on that show and Peele now gets to write and perform his own Obama sketches on Key and Peele (2012).
TV Series 17 episodes, 2012 - 2013 creator - 37 episodes, 2012 - 2015 writer - 1 episode, 2015
Rubberhead
2014
TV Movie segment "Absorption"
Epic Rap Battles of History
2013
TV Series short written by - 1 episode
Obama
TV Series short writer - 4 episodes creator - 1 episode
MADtv
TV Series writer - 25 episodes, 2003 - 2004 written by - 4 episodes, 2005
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Police Academy
executive producer announced
Get Out
2017
producer - produced by
Untitled Tracy Morgan Project
2017
TV Series executive producer - 9 episodes announced
#15SecondScare
2015-2016
TV Series short executive producer - 14 episodes
Keanu
2016
producer
Key and Peele
2012-2015
TV Series executive producer - 47 episodes
Ithamar Has Nothing to Say
2015
TV Series executive producer - 6 episodes
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
MADtv
TV Series performer - 4 episodes, 2006 - 2007 writer - 1 episode, 2007
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Get Out
2017
directed by
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Arsenio Hall Show
2013
TV Series
Himself - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2012-2013
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Guest
Reggie Makes Music
2013
TV Series
Himself
The Mythical Show
2013
TV Series
Himself
Hardball with Chris Matthews
2012
TV Series
Himself
Big Morning Buzz Live
2012
TV Series
Himself
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2012
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Tosh.0
2012
TV Series
Himself
CC: Stand-Up - The Bonnaroo Experience
2012
TV Movie
Himself
The Playboy Morning Show
2012
TV Series
Himself
Free Radio
2008
TV Series
Himself
Live! From the Future
2006
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Celebrity Poker Showdown
2006
TV Series
Himself
Last Call with Carson Daly
2012-2017
TV Series
Himself - Guest / Himself
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2017
TV Series
Himself
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2016-2017
TV Series
Himself
Today
2016-2017
TV Series
Himself
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2014-2017
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Guest
Good Morning America
2016
TV Series
Himself
Made in Hollywood
2016
TV Series
Himself
Live with Kelly and Michael
2016
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Reel Junkie
2016
TV Series
Himself
CBS This Morning
2014-2016
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Comedian
Conan
2012-2016
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Extra
2016
TV Series
Himself
WGN Morning News
2016
TV Series
Himself
Temple Talk
2016
TV Series
Himself - Guest
The Daily Show
2013-2016
TV Series
Himself
TV Land Icon Awards 2016
2016
TV Movie
Himself - Comedy Duo Icon Award Honoree
2016 MTV Movie Awards
2016
TV Special
Himself - Presenter: Virtual Performance
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2016
TV Series
Himself
The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards
2015
TV Special
Himself - Co-Presenter: Outstanding Reality Competition Program
Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter
2015
TV Series
Himself
CBS News Sunday Morning
2014-2015
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Guest
What Are You?
2015
Documentary short
Himself
No, You Shut Up!
2015
TV Series
Himself
Comedy Central's All-Star Non-Denominational Christmas Special
2014
TV Special
Rubberhead
2014
TV Movie
Himself (segment "Absorption")
Late Show with David Letterman
2014
TV Series
Himself - Key and Peele
The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards
2014
TV Special
Himself - Presenter: Ernst & Young Accountants (as Peele)
2014 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
2014
TV Special
Himself - Co-Presenter: Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special / Outstanding Sound Mixing for Nonfiction Programming / Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour) / ...
That's My Entertainment Comic Con Special
2014
TV Movie
Himself
Guys Choice Awards 2014
2014
TV Special
Himself
American Comedy Awards
2014
TV Special
Himself - Winner
Kevin Pollak's Chat Show
2014
TV Series
Himself
Inside Comedy
2014
TV Series
Himself
Key and Peele
2013
TV Series
Himself / Various Characters
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Access Hollywood
2017
TV Series
Himself
Video on Trial
2006
TV Series
Gangsta in Convertible
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2016
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
Key and Peele (2012)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2017
Black Reel
Black Reel Awards
Outstanding Screenplay, Motion Picture
Keanu (2016)
2016
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
Key and Peele (2012)
2016
Image Award
Image Awards
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
Key and Peele (2012)
2016
OFTA Television Award
Online Film & Television Association
Best Male Performance in a Variety Program
Key and Peele (2012)
2016
Actor
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
Key and Peele (2012)
2016
Teen Choice Award
Teen Choice Awards
Choice Movie Actor: Comedy
Keanu (2016)
2016
WGA Award (TV)
Writers Guild of America, USA
Comedy/Variety - Sketch Series
Key and Peele (2012)
2015
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special
Super Bowl Special (2015)
2015
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
Key and Peele (2012)
2015
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
Key and Peele (2012)
2015
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program
Key and Peele (2012)
2014
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
Key and Peele (2012)
2014
OFTA Television Award
Online Film & Television Association
Best Male Performance in a Fiction Program
Key and Peele (2012)
2014
Streamy Award
The Streamy Awards
Best Ensemble Cast
The ArScheerio Paul Show (2013)
2014
Young Hollywood Award
Young Hollywood Awards
Best Bromance
2013
WGA Award (TV)
Writers Guild of America, USA
Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series
Key and Peele (2012)
2008
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics
MADtv (1995)
Known for movies
Keanu (2016) as Rell Williams / Oil Dresden
MADtv (2003-2008) as Various
Get Out (2017) as Writer
Key and Peele (2012-2015) as Various Characters / Himself / African Man #2 / Al