Keegan-Michael Key Parents: Meet Carrie Herr, Leroy McDuffie, Patricia Walsh And Michael Key

Publish date: 2024-05-17

Keegan-Michael Key is an American actor, comedian, producer and screenwriter. He co-created and co-starred alongside Jordan Peele in Comedy Central’s sketch series Key & Peele (2012–2015) and co-starred in USA Network’s Playing House (2014–2017).

He spent six seasons as a cast member on Mad TV (2004–2009) and has made guest appearances on the U.S. version of Whose Line is it Anyway? on The CW. he appeared at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner as the Key & Peele character Luther, President Barack Obama’s anger translator.

Key and Peele produced and starred in the 2016 action-comedy film Keanu. In 2017, Key made his Broadway debut in Steve Martin’s comic play Meteor Shower. Key appeared in the musical film The Prom (2020) directed by Ryan Murphy on Netflix, and the musical comedy series Schmigadoon! (2021) on Apple TV+.

Keegan-Michael Key Parents: Meet Carrie Herr, Leroy McDuffie, Patricia Walsh And Michael Key

Born on March 22, 1971, in Southfield, Michigan, Keegan-Michael Key is the product of a relationship between a Caucasian woman named Carrie Herr and an African-American man, Leroy McDuffie.

His biological parents gave him up for adoption when he was very young and he was equally adopted by an interracial couple, Michael Key and Patricia Walsh, both of whom are social workers from Detroit, Michigan.

Key traces his love for comedy and theatre to his dad as well as his interracial background. According to him, while growing up, his father loved watching kiddies shows such as The Bugs Bunny Show, and he would often join him to watch them.

He was mesmerized by how a full-grown man could be reduced to fits of laughter by the antics of a coyote and a roadrunner. He, therefore, found that quite powerful and dreamt of exerting such influence one day.

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