Though their comedic chemistry is simple, Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele‘s careers have gone in several instructions.
Practically a decade after their Comedy Central sketch comedy present Key & Peele ended, Key admitted that he and his former onscreen accomplice “don’t see one another that always anymore” amid their busy lives on reverse coasts.
“Which is, to me, a tragedy,” he informed People, noting that “your lives begin to evolve and transfer in several instructions.”
After the duo first appeared collectively on Fox’s Mad TV in 2004, they landed their very own self-titled present on Comedy Central, which ran for 5 seasons from 2012 to 2015. The collection earned them an Emmy Award for Excellent Selection Sketch Collection in 2016.
Key and Peele additionally appeared collectively in 2016’s Keanu, which was co-written by Peele. Moreover, they’ve voiced characters collectively in Storks (2016), Toy Story 4 (2019) and Wendell & Wild (2022).
Key defined, “Our evolution, I believe, is tied to each of what our needs are. His need was to begin exploring the horror style, and my need was to do extra dramatic work like I had been skilled in class.”
Following Key & Peele, the previous has gone on to roles in movies like The Catastrophe Artist, The Promenade, Wonka, IF and Transformers One. He additionally starred alongside Cecily Sturdy, Alan Cumming and Kristin Chenoweth within the Apple TV+ musical collection Schmigadoon!.
Whereas Peele nonetheless often seems onscreen and in voice roles, he’s made a notable pivot to the director’s chair along with his acclaimed horror movies Get Out (2017), Us (2019) and Nope (2022). Get Out earned him his first Oscar for Greatest Authentic Screenplay, additionally nominated for Greatest Director and Greatest Image.
