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Jordan Haworth Peele is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He is known for his film and television work in the comedy and horror genres. He has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award.

Net worth$50 million
Source of wealth Actor, comedian, and filmmaker
Date of BirthFebruary 21, 1979
Country of ResidenceUnited States of America

Jordan Peele Net Worth

Jordan Peele net worth 2024 and salary: Jordan Peele is an American actor, writer, director and comedian who has a net worth of $50 million.

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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).

Early life

Jordan Haworth Peele was born in New York City on February 21, 1979. His mother, Lucinda Williams, is white, from Maryland, with deep roots in the Colonial United States.

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 His father, Hayward Peele, Jr., was black, and originally from North Carolina. He was raised by his single mother on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. 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 Sarah Lawrence classmate and future Key & Peele writer Rebecca Drysdale.

Career

Peele regularly performed at Boom Chicago in Amsterdam and The Second City in Chicago. He and Nicole Parker were well known for their musical duets at Boom Chicago. He portrayed a popular character called “Danish Supermodel Ute” during his time at Boom Chicago and hosted MTV’s Comedy Weekend in 2002.

Peele co-created the TBS comedy series The Last O.G. (2018–present) and the YouTube Premium comedy series Weird City (2019). He has also served as the host and producer of the CBS All Access revival of the anthology series The Twilight Zone (2019–present).

Peele and Key wrote, produced, and starred in Keanu (2016) and Peele has voice acted in Storks (2016), Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017), Big Mouth (2017–present) and Toy Story 4 (2019). His 2017 directorial debut, the horror film Get Out, was a critical and box office success.

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 He received numerous accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, along with nominations for Best Picture and Best Director. He received another Academy Award nomination for Best Picture for producing Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman (2018).

He directed, wrote, and produced the acclaimed horror film Us (2019). He is the founder of film and television production company Monkeypaw Productions.

In 2017, Peele was included on the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world.

Peele co-produced and co-wrote the 2021 sequel to Candyman, through his Monkeypaw Productions

 Universal and MGM partnered with Win Rosenfeld to co-produce the film with Peele, and Nia DaCosta directed.

In October 2020, Rosenfeld and Peele signed on to produce the remake of Wes Craven’s 1991 comedy horror film The People Under the Stairs.

In February 2017, Peele curated the Brooklyn Academy of Music film series “The Art of the Social Thriller”, comprising 12 films that inspired the making of Get Out, including the horror films Rosemary’s BabyNight of the Living DeadThe ShiningCandymanThe People Under the StairsScreamThe Silence of the LambsFunny GamesMisery, the thrillers Rear Window and The ‘Burbs, and the 1967 racial comedy-drama Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.

As a comedian, Peele counts among his influences In Living Color, Richard Pryor and Dave Chappelle. He also has listed Steve Martin and Martin Lawrence as arguably his two biggest influences.

Peele has been nominated for four Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay for Get Out (2017), winning the latter, and another Best Picture nomination for BlacKkKlansman (2018). He has also been nominated for two British Academy Film Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and won one Primetime Emmy Award.

Jordan Peele net worth is estimated at $50 million

Jordan Peele Movies

Movies starred by Jordan Peele includes;

YearTitle
2021
Wendell and Wild
2021Candyman
2021Abruptio
2019Toy Story 4
2019Us
2019Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
2018BlacKkKlansman
2017Get Out
2017Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
2016Keanu
2013The Sidekick

Jordan Peele Net Worth

Jordan Peele net worth 2024 is estimated at $50 million.  Peele was included on the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world. He received another Academy Award nomination for Best Picture for producing Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman (2018). He directed, wrote, and produced the acclaimed horror film Us (2019). He is the founder of film and television production company Monkeypaw Productions.

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