Keegan-Michael Key (born March 22, 1971) is an American actor, comedian, writer and producer. He starred in the Comedy Central sketch series Key & Peele (2012–2015) and co-starred in the USA Network comedy series Playing House (2014–2017). He spent six seasons as a cast member on Mad TV (2004–2009) and has made several guest appearances on the U.S. version of Whose Line is it Anyway? on The CW. He also appeared in the first season of the FX series Fargo in 2014, and had a recurring role on the sixth and seventh seasons of Parks and Recreation from 2013–2015. He hosted the U.S. version of The Planet\'s Funniest Animals on Animal Planet from 2005 until the series\' end in 2008.\n', '

He has had supporting roles in several films, including Let\'s Be Cops (2014), Tomorrowland (2015) and Pitch Perfect 2 (2015). Also in 2015, Key appeared at the White House Correspondents\' Dinner as the character Luther, President Barack Obama\'s anger translator. He produced and starred in the 2016 film Keanu with his Key & Peele co-creator Jordan Peele. In 2017, Key made his Broadway debut in Steve Martin\'s comedy Meteor Shower.\n', '

Key was born in Southfield, Michigan on March 22, 1971, the son of Leroy McDuffie, who was black, and Carrie Herr, who was white. He was adopted at a young age by a couple from Detroit, Michael Key and Patricia Walsh, both social workers. Like his birth parents, Michael is black and Patricia is white. Through his biological father, Key had two half-brothers, one of whom was the Eisner Award-nominated comic book writer Dwayne McDuffie (1962–2011), also of Detroit. Key only discovered the existence of his siblings after they had died, and thus was never able to meet them.\n', '

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