Peele\'s breakout role came in 2003 when he was hired as a cast member on the Fox sketch comedy series Mad TV, where he spent five seasons, leaving the show in 2008. In the following years, he and his frequent Mad TV collaborator, Keegan-Michael Key, created and starred in their own Comedy Central sketch comedy series Key & Peele (2012–2015). In 2014, they recurred together playing FBI agents in season one of FX\'s anthology series Fargo. Peele co-created the TBS comedy series The Last O.G. (2018–present) and the YouTube Premium comedy series Weird City (2019–present). He has also served as the host and producer of the CBS All Access revival of the anthology series The Twilight Zone (2019–present).\n', '

In film, Peele co-wrote and starred in Keanu (2016) and has provided his voice to the animated films Storks (2016) and Toy Story 4 (2019). His 2017 directorial debut, the horror film Get Out, was a critical and box office success. He received numerous accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, along with nominations for Best Picture and Best Director. He received his second Academy Award nomination for Best Picture for producing Spike Lee\'s BlacKkKlansman (2018). He then directed, wrote, and produced the acclaimed horror film Us (2019).\n', '

Peele was born in New York City, the son of Lucinda Williams and Hayward Peele, and was raised by his single mother on Manhattan\'s Upper West Side. His mother is white, and his father is black. He attended the Computer School in Manhattan, graduated from The Calhoun School on Manhattan\'s Upper West Side, and went on to Sarah Lawrence College. After two years, Peele dropped out to form a comedy duo with college roommate and future Key & Peele comedy writer Rebecca Drysdale.\n', '

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