Keegan-Michael Key

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Summary

Keegan-Michael Key is an actor, comedian, writer, and producer known for MADtv and Key & Peele, as well as roles in films including Keanu and Dolemite Is My Name. Key & Peele often used satire to explore race, cultural identity, gender, and sexuality alongside absurdist comedy; Key has described how his biracial identity and code-switching informed his comedy. He appeared at a Pete Buttigieg campaign event to encourage voting and voter registration, and publicly supported Kamala Harris in 2024. In 2020, he discussed protests after George Floyd’s killing and ways to support criminal-justice reform; no public DEI role or affiliation with an identity advocacy organization is on record.