Jordan Haworth Peele (born February 21, 1979) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He is known for his film and television work in the comedy and horror genres. Peele started his career in sketch comedy before transitioning his career as a writer and director of psychological horror and satirical films. In 2017, Peele was included on the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world. 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). The series was critically acclaimed, winning two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award. The two wrote, produced, and starred in the comedy film Keanu (2016) and appeared in various projects since. His 2017 directorial debut, the horror film Get Out, was a critical and box office success, for which he received numerous accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, along with nominations for Best Picture and Best Director. Critics have frequently named Get Out as one of the best films of the 21st century. He received another Academy Award nomination for Best Picture for producing Spike Lee's drama BlacKkKlansman (2018). He directed, wrote, and produced the acclaimed films Us (2019) and Nope (2022). He founded the film and television production company Monkeypaw Productions in 2012. He wrote and produced Candyman (2021), and Wendell and Wild (2022). Peele has also voice acted in the animated films Storks (2016), Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017) and Toy Story 4 (2019), as well as in the adult animated sitcom Big Mouth (2017–present). He co-created the TBS comedy series The Last O.G. (2018–2022) and the YouTube Premium comedy series Weird City (2019). He also served as the host and producer of the CBS All Access revival of the anthology series The Twilight Zone (2019–2020).
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Biography from TMDB.
- February 21, 1979 (47)
- New York City, New York, USA
- Actor, producer and writer, also director
- 45 on MovieCove · 75 credits in all
Known for
What are Jordan Peele's films like?
Across their 22 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 3 · Wry 1 · Earnest 11
A split, not a type: Light 6 · Serious 1 · Dark 8
Grounded 3 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 5
A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 4 · Intense 8
Steady 4 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 5
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 5
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 4
Casual 5 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 5
A split, not a type: Easy watch 4 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 7
A split, not a type: Resolved 7 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 2
Roles they play
Usually the Trickster: 3 of 9 analyzed roles.
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- Allyas Kelvin Melvin in Chocolate News (2008)
- Tricksteras Various Characters in Key and Peele (2012)
- Tricksteras Beta Wolf in Storks (2016)
- Heroas Rell in Keanu (2016)
- Mentoras Ghost of Duke Ellington in Big Mouth (2017)
- Threshold guardianas Melvin in Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017)
- Mentoras The Narrator in The Twilight Zone (2019)
- Allyas Bunny in Pixar Popcorn (2021)
- Tricksteras Wild in Wendell & Wild (2022)
Moods and endings
- Happy5
- Bittersweet10
- Ambiguous6
- Cyclical1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Jordan Peele's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 36 of their 45 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Hulu (9).
- Nope (2022) · director, writer, producer
- Big Mouth (2017) · actor
- Wendell & Wild (2022) · actor, writer, producer
- Hunters (2020) · producer
- Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp (2015) · actor
- Keanu (2016) · actor, writer, producer
- Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. (2022) · producer
- Him (2025) · producer
Subscription and free streaming for Jordan Peele's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
75 credits, 45 with a MovieCove page; 24 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
I Love Boosters(2026)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
Him(2025)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Imago (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Morty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Spilled Milk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
The Pigs Underneath (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Thick Skin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Scare Tactics (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Abruptio(2023)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Longlegs(2024)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Monkey Man(2024)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Wendell & Wild(2022)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Portrait of God (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Nope(2022)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
The Bob's Burgers Movie(2022)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Moshari (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Candyman(2021)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Pixar Popcorn(2021)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows
Lovecraft Country(2020)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Hunters(2020)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
Hair Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Toy Story 4(2019)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
The Twilight Zone(2019)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows
Us(2019)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Lorena(2019)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Weird City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
The Shivering Truth(2018)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows
BlacKkKlansman(2018)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
The Last O.G. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Big Mouth(2017)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Get Out(2017)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Pigeon Toady's Guide to Your New Baby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Storks(2016)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Keanu(2016)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
#15SecondScare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Life in Pieces(2015)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Key and Peele: Super Bowl Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Rubberhead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Fargo(2014)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Rick and Morty(2013)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all showsMexican Standoff (ft. Key & Peele) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
The Sidekick (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Drunk History(2013)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
The Mindy Project(2012)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
Comedy Bang! Bang!(2012)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
Wanderlust(2012)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Key and Peele(2012)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Inside Comedy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
'Weird Al' Yankovic: Alpocalypse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Love Bites (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Workaholics(2011)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Bob's Burgers(2011)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Little Fockers(2010)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
Epic Rap Battles of History (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Modern Family(2009)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all showsAlligator Boots (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Childrens Hospital(2008)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
Chocolate News(2008)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all shows
Alligator Boots (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Twisted Fortune (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
'Weird Al' Yankovic: White & Nerdy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Robot Chicken(2005)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
American Dad!(2005)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Reno 911! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Scare Tactics(2003)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows
Mad TV(1995)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
Portrait of God (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Sinkhole (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Suicide by Sunlight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The People Under the Stairs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 75 titles, 71 of them dated from 1995 to 2026; peak year 2016.
Biggest box office
Toy Story 4 (2019)
Highest rated
Get Out (2017)
Most popular right now
Big Mouth (2017)
Film career
Peak 2016 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1995Screen debut· MADtv
- 1995Primetime Emmy nomination· MADtv
- 2010First film· Little Fockers
- 2012Primetime Emmy win· Key & Peele
- 2016First top-billed film· Keanu
- 2016Breakout· Keanu
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- 2017Oscar win· Get Out
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
Awards
an Oscar, a Primetime Emmy and 5 other major awards from 29 major nominations, 2008–2023.
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Original Screenplay
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Drama Series
- Oscar, nominated · Best Motion Picture of the Year
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Film
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
- Oscar, won · Best Original Screenplay
- Oscar, nominated · Best Achievement in Directing
- Oscar, nominated · Best Motion Picture of the Year
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Screenplay (Original)
+5 other major bodies · 5 wins and 4 nominations
- Directors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Feature Film
- Directors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
- Writers Guild Award, won · Original Screenplay
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
- Critics Choice Award, won · Best Original Screenplay
- Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Director
- Independent Spirit Award, won · Best Director
- Independent Spirit Award, won · Best Feature
- Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Screenplay
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy/Variety - Sketch Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series
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- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Jordan Peele's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 64th percentile, the median of all 20; across their 15 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 71st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up18
- 50th to 74th15
- 25th to 49th6
- Below 25th6
Shape of the crowd
20 of their 45 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved9
- Divisive2
- Crowd Pleaser20
- Broadly Agreed4
- Mixed10
Reviewers score the acting 75/100 in their films, across 13 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 52. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Jordan Peele's work okay for kids?
Across up to 16 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Jordan Peele work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jordan Peele's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Win Rosenfeld shares the most, 9.
Writers
- Nicholas StollerShared titles: Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017), Storks (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Nicholas Stoller
Actors
- Keegan-Michael KeyShared titles: Wendell & Wild (2022), Pixar Popcorn (2021), Toy Story 4 (2019), Keanu (2016), Storks (2016), CC: Stand-Up - The Bonnaroo Experience (2012), Key and Peele (2012)See all 7 shared titles with Keegan-Michael Key
- Daniel KaluuyaShared titles: Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. (2022), Nope (2022), Get Out (2017), Unveiling the Horror of 'Get Out' (2017)See all 4 shared titles with Daniel Kaluuya
- Tim HeideckerShared titles: Him (2025), Us (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Tim Heidecker
- Yahya Abdul-Mateen IIShared titles: Candyman (2021), Us (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Michael AbelsShared titles: Nope (2022), Us (2019), Get Out (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Michael Abels
- Nicholas MonsourShared titles: Nope (2022), Us (2019), Keanu (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Nicholas Monsour
- Jean-Claude KalacheShared titles: Pixar Popcorn (2021), Toy Story 4 (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Jean-Claude Kalache
Producers
- Win RosenfeldShared titles: High Horse: The Black Cowboy (2025), Him (2025), Monkey Man (2024), Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. (2022), Nope (2022), Wendell & Wild (2022), Candyman (2021), Lorena (2019), BlacKkKlansman (2018)See all 9 shared titles with Win Rosenfeld
- Ian CooperShared titles: Him (2025), Monkey Man (2024), Nope (2022), Wendell & Wild (2022), Candyman (2021), Us (2019)See all 6 shared titles with Ian Cooper
- Daniel F. LarsonShared titles: Him (2025), Monkey Man (2024), Nope (2022), Candyman (2021)See all 4 shared titles with Daniel F. Larson
- Jason BlumShared titles: Us (2019), BlacKkKlansman (2018), Get Out (2017), Unveiling the Horror of 'Get Out' (2017)See all 4 shared titles with Jason Blum
