---
name: "Jordan Peele"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jordan-peele"
fi1m_id: "jordan-peele"
imdb_id: "nm1443502"
tmdb_id: 291263
wikidata_id: "Q3371986"
roles: ["Writer","Producer","Director"]
born: "21 February 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 11
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-10-13T21:57:12.968225+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jordan Peele

## Identity

Jordan Peele

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jordan-peele
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jordan-peele
- **IMDb ID:** nm1443502
- **TMDB ID:** 291263
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3371986
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Peele, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3371986, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1443502/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/291263

Writer and producer. Born 21 February 1979 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer, Director
- **Born:** 21 February 1979, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2012–present
- **Also known as:** Τζόρνταν Πιλ, Jordan Haworth Peele, 조던 필, Key & Peele, ジョーダン・ピール, جوردن پیل
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 11: 4 acting, 3 directing, 4 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Jason Blum](https://film.one/person/jason-blum.md), [Sean McKittrick](https://film.one/person/sean-mckittrick.md), [Daniel Kaluuya](https://film.one/person/daniel-kaluuya.md), [Ian Cooper](https://film.one/person/ian-cooper-2330663.md), [Keegan-Michael Key](https://film.one/person/keegan-michael-key.md), [Tim Heidecker](https://film.one/person/tim-heidecker.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 3 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 80 (6), 2020s 69 (5)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Peele, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3371986, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1443502/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/291263

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Get Out*](https://film.one/film/get-out.md) (89), [*Toy Story 4*](https://film.one/film/toy-story-4.md) (78)
- **Netflix:** [*Nope*](https://film.one/film/nope.md) (77), [*HIM*](https://film.one/film/him.md) (48)
- **Apple TV:** [*Key & Peele*](https://film.one/tv/key-and-peele.md) (82)
- **HBO Max:** [*Us*](https://film.one/film/us.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Jordan Peele

> Jordan Peele makes horror out of the moment a polite person notices something is wrong and cannot yet say so. *Get Out* trusts that moment, so the fear and the jokes arrive together; *Us* stops to explain it, and the fear thins.

The Peele character is the one who has noticed something is wrong and has not yet decided what to do about it. On *Key & Peele* it was Peele himself, playing the president with a face that would not move while Keegan-Michael Key's Luther stood beside him and shouted what he actually meant. In *Get Out* (2017) it is Daniel Kaluuya's Chris, uneasy from the moment he arrives and unable to say why without seeming rude. Everything Peele has made turns on that gap between what a person can see and what he is allowed to say about it.

He came up through improv, at Boom Chicago and The Second City, then spent 2003 to 2008 on Mad TV. The sketch programme he created with Key for Comedy Central, 53 episodes from 2012 to 2015, is where the method was worked out. Some of those sketches were not comedies at all. Two men being polite on a street would end somewhere close to horror, and the picture changed before the writing did: the light dropped, the lens got longer, and Monsour's cutting went back to Peele's blank face exactly when we wanted it. Then came the films, all written and directed by him: *Get Out*, *Us* (2019) and *Nope* (2022), with Monkeypaw Productions, which he founded in 2012, producing *BlacKkKlansman* (2018) and *Candyman* (2021) in between.

*Get Out* is the one to see first. Its white liberals take their own decency for granted, and Peele understands how exhausting it is to stay polite under that kind of attention. We sat through Chris's weekend with our shoulders up, not because anything had happened but because every friendly remark at the house asked him to prove he was not offended. Kaluuya makes each of those small encounters carry weight, and the jokes never leave; they are the same scenes as the frights. Only a few of the supporting performances are broader than they need to be.

*Us* shows the habit that lets him down. The premise, someone with your face wants to hurt you, needs no explaining, and at first Peele does not explain it. Lupita Nyong'o gives two performances, both unsettling, and the switches between family comedy and terror are quick enough to catch us out. Then the script starts telling us how much the doubles are meant to stand for, and the more it accounts for, the more we doubted. We found ourselves checking the logic when we should have been worrying about the Wilsons. The reviews so far of *Nope* divided on similar lines, admiring the scale and less certain the ideas held together.

Peele has said, "I feel very strongly I just cannot give people the same thing. That's just not the point of filmmaking." Fair enough. We would only ask that whatever the next thing is, he trust it the way he trusted Chris on the doorstep, and leave the explaining to us.

## Biography

Jordan Peele is an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. He joined the cast of the Fox sketch comedy series Mad TV in 2003 and remained until 2008. With Keegan-Michael Key he created and starred in the Comedy Central series Key & Peele, which ran from 2012 to 2015.

Peele wrote, directed and produced his feature directorial debut Get Out (2017). He produced Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman (2018). He has since written and directed the films Us (2019) and Nope (2022).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (11)

### Performed in (4)

- *The Bob's Burgers Movie* (2022), Fi1m 72, as Fanny (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-bobs-burgers-movie.md)
- *Toy Story 4* (2019), Fi1m 78, as Bunny (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-4.md)
- *Rick and Morty* (2013), Fi1m 78, as Second Fourth-Dimensional Being (voice) — [page](https://film.one/tv/rick-and-morty.md)
- *Key & Peele* (2012), Fi1m 82, as Various Characters — [page](https://film.one/tv/key-and-peele.md)

### Directed (3)

- *Nope* (2022), Fi1m 77, Writer, Producer, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/nope.md)
- *Us* (2019), Fi1m 78, as Dying Rabbit / Fun House Narrator (voice) (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/us.md)
- *Get Out* (2017), Fi1m 89, as Dying Deer / UNCF PSA Narrator (voice) (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/get-out.md)

### Produced (4)

- *HIM* (2025), Fi1m 48, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/him.md)
- *Monkey Man* (2024), Fi1m 72, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/monkey-man.md)
- *Lovecraft Country* (2020), Fi1m 74, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/lovecraft-country.md)
- *BlacKkKlansman* (2018), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/blackkklansman.md)

## Complete filmography (69)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *I Love Boosters* (2026), Thanks — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/i-love-boosters.md)
- *High Horse: The Black Cowboy* (2025), series, Executive Producer
- *HIM* (2025), Producer — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/him.md)
- *Thick Skin* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Spilled Milk* (2025), Executive Producer
- *The Pigs Underneath* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Morty* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Imago* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Abruptio* (2024), as Danny
- *Longlegs* (2024), Thanks — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/longlegs.md)
- *Monkey Man* (2024), Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/monkey-man.md)
- *First Time Female Director* (2023), as Mystery Coach
- *Wendell & Wild* (2022), as Wild (voice) · Screenplay, Producer
- *Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Nope* (2022), Writer, Producer, Director — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/nope.md)
- *The Bob's Burgers Movie* (2022), as Fanny (voice) — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bobs-burgers-movie.md)
- *Moshari* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Candyman* (2021), Screenplay, Producer
- *Pixar Popcorn* (2021), series, as Bunny (voice)
- *Lovecraft Country* (2020), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/lovecraft-country.md)
- *Hunters* (2020), series, Executive Producer
- *Hair Love* (2019), Co-Executive Producer
- *Toy Story 4* (2019), as Bunny (voice) — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-4.md)
- *The Twilight Zone* (2019), series, Executive Producer, Story, Writer, Creator
- *Us* (2019), as Dying Rabbit / Fun House Narrator (voice) (uncredited) · Director, Producer, Writer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/us.md)
- *Lorena* (2019), series, Executive Producer
- *Weird City* (2019), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *The Shivering Truth* (2018), series, as (voice)
- *BlacKkKlansman* (2018), Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/blackkklansman.md)
- *The Last O.G.* (2018), series, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Big Mouth* (2017), series, as Ghost of Duke Ellington (voice)
- *Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie* (2017), as Melvin (voice)
- *Get Out* (2017), as Dying Deer / UNCF PSA Narrator (voice) (uncredited) · Director, Writer, Producer — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/get-out.md)
- *Pigeon Toady's Guide to Your New Baby* (2016), as Beta Wolf (voice)
- *Storks* (2016), as Beta Wolf (voice)
- *Keanu* (2016), as Rell Williams / Oil Dresden · Writer, Producer
- *#15SecondScare* (2015), series, Executive Producer
- *Life in Pieces* (2015), series, as Chad
- *Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp* (2015), series, as Alan
- *Key and Peele: Super Bowl Special* (2015), Various Characters, Writer
- *Rubberhead* (2014), Writer
- *Fargo* (2014), series, as Webb Pepper — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/fargo-2014.md)
- *Rick and Morty* (2013), series, as Second Fourth-Dimensional Being (voice) — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/rick-and-morty.md)
- *Mexican Standoff (ft. Key & Peele)* (2013), as Cortez
- *The Sidekick* (2013), as Sidecar Willy
- *The Mindy Project* (2012), series, as Nick — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mindy-project.md)
- *Wanderlust* (2012), as Rodney
- *Key & Peele* (2012), series, as Various Characters · Executive Producer, Creator — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/key-and-peele.md)
- *'Weird Al' Yankovic: Alpocalypse* (2011), as Gangsta #1
- *Love Bites* (2011), series, as Eli
- *Workaholics* (2011), series, as Mark
- *Bob's Burgers* (2011), series, as Horace (voice), Sandy (voice), Salesman (voice), Max (voice), Hotel Security Guard (voice), Fanny (voice), Don (voice)
- *Little Fockers* (2010), as EMT
- *Epic Rap Battles of History* (2010), series, as Muhammad Ali, Martin Luther King, Jr.
- *Modern Family* (2009), series, as Derrick — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/modern-family.md)
- *Alligator Boots* (2009), series, Writer
- *Childrens Hospital* (2008), series, as Dr. Brian
- *Chocolate News* (2008), series, Actor
- *Alligator Boots* (2008), Writer
- *Twisted Fortune* (2007), as G-Money
- *'Weird Al' Yankovic: White & Nerdy* (2006), as Gangster
- *Robot Chicken* (2005), series, as Sebastian / Gwaihir / Eugene (voice)
- *American Dad!* (2005), series, as Street thug (voice)
- *Reno 911!* (2003), series, as Three-Card Monte Guy
- *MADtv* (1995), series, as Various
- *Sinkhole*, Producer
- *Suicide by Sunlight*, Producer
- *Portrait of God*, Producer
- *The People Under the Stairs*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Jordan Peele](https://film.one/media/person/298/gallery-0bb11c42add1.jpg) Jordan Peele — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Jordan_Peele_Peabody_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jordan Peele](https://film.one/media/person/298/gallery-9532ba26fbcd.jpg) Jordan Peele — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 3 nominated

- 2019: Best Picture (nominated), for *BlacKkKlansman*
- 2018: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (won), for *Get Out*
- 2018: Best Picture (nominated), for *Get Out*
- 2018: Best Director (nominated), for *Get Out*

### Other awards — 3 won, 2 nominated

- British Fantasy Award for Best Anthology 2024: British Fantasy Award for Best Anthology (won), for *Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror*
- Ignyte Award for Best Anthology/Collected Works 2024: Ignyte Award for Best Anthology/Collected Works (nominated), for *Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror*
- Locus Award for Best Anthology 2024: Locus Award for Best Anthology (won), for *Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror*
- World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology 2024: World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology (nominated), for *Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror*
- Bram Stoker Award for Best Anthology 2023: Bram Stoker Award for Best Anthology (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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