Jordan Peele
Born | February 21, 1979 |
Hometown | New York City, New York, United States of America |
Height | 5'7" (1.71m) |
Spouse | Chelsea Peretti (m 2016 - present) |
Children | Beaumont Peele |
Parents | Lucinda J. Peele |
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Jordan Peele 'glad' to have snubbed Akira remake
- Jordan Peele is "glad" that he didn't direct the remake of 'Akira' as he felt he couldn't faithfully recreate the story.
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AWARDS
Year | Associations | Category | Work | Result |
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2016 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Key & Peele | Nominated |
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Keke Palmer was “so glad” director Jordan Peele let her sport her “natural hair” in ‘Nope’ and "improv" a little bit.
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Keke Palmer got to meet the real Daniel Kaluuya after they completed Nope
Keke Palmer only got to meet the true Daniel Kaluuya after they finished making Nope because he had "a little bit of a method vibe". In Jordan Peele's sci-fi horror, which was released this summer, the Scream Queens star plays Emerald Haywood, who runs a Hollywood horse training company alongside her brother OJ, played by Daniel. During a talk at the Teen Vogue Summit on Saturday, Keke revealed that her British co-star Daniel was so focused on his character and his American accent that she didn'
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Jordan Peele wanted to pay tribute to Akira in Nope
Jordan Peele wanted to pay tribute to 'Akira' with a scene in 'Nope' after being inspired by the 1988 anime classic when he was growing up.
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