Colton Dunn

Colton Dunn Biography

Colton Dunn (born June 30, 1977) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He is best known for his work on the Comedy Central sketch comedy series Key & Peele (2013-2015), where served as writer, producer, and an occasional performer throughout its five-season run.

Biography

Born in Illinois in 1977, Dunn moved to St. Paul, Minnesota, with his mother when he was a toddler. While attending St. Paul Central High School, he was involved in theater and joined an improv comedy group. Dunn moved to New York in 1998, and while there, worked for Late Night with Conan O'Brien. He then moved to Los Angeles in 2004.

Prior to working on Key & Peele, Dunn was a writer and performer on madTV, from 2005 to 2009. He has also appeared in Parks and Recreation, Nick Swardson's Pretend Time, Game Shop, Burning Love, and currently co-stars in Superstore on NBC. Dunn hosted the comedy variety show RT-ES, produced by Rooster Teeth Productions, and co-starred in their sci-fi action comedy Lazer Team in 2016.

He is an alumnus of the improvisational comedy group Boom Chicago and has performed and taught at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre since 1999.

Dunn has received two Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series for his work on Key & Peele.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Mad TV Live and Almost Legal	Yaris Guy
2003	Phileine Says Sorry	Newsreader 5
2004	Beep	Greg	Short film
2004	Last Laugh '04	Patron
2004-05	Boiling Points	Series Regular
2005-09	madTV	Various	Writer of 55 episodes
2007	Twisted Fortune	Oliver
2008	Boner Boyz	Boner Boyz	Short film; also writer and producer
2009	Marvel Super Heroes: What The--?!	War Machine	Voice
	Dow Jones	Homeless Guy	Video short
	Brothers	Roscoe	Episode: "Pilot"
	Brainstorm	Darryl	8 episodes
2010	The Big Dog	Salesman	Short film
	LeBron Waynes Makes His Decision: Chicken Wings	LeBron Waynes	Short film; also writer
	Hatchet II	Vernon
	Take a Silly One	Sergeant	Video short
2010-11	Pretend Time	Various	5 episodes; also writer of 7 episodes
2010-11	The League	Cop	2 episodes
2010-15	Parks and Recreation	Brett	6 episodes
2011	Team Unicorn	Blake	Episode: "SuperHarmony"; also wrote 2 episodes
	Damn Love	Gardener
	Rockin' Out	Colton	Video short; also writer
	Honey and Joy	Earl the Clown
	Forcin' the Blues	Colton	Video short
	Childrens Hospital	70's Dude	Episode: "The 70's Episode"
	Roommate Meeting	Cop	Episode: "Rat Problem Solved"
2012	Game Shop	Derrick	11 episodes; also writer
	Sketchy	Agent #1	Episode: "Bourne Again"
	NTSF:SD:SUV	Al	Episode: "Time Angels"
	The Funtime Gang	Gary the Girafffe
2012-13	Campus Security	Darren Scott	6 episodes
2012-13	Burning Love	Tim	7 episodes
2012-15	Key & Peele	Various	53 episodes; also writer and co-producer
2012-15	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Various	3 episodes
2013	Happy Endings	Thug	Episode: "The Marry Prankster"
	The Arsenio Hall Show		Writer of 30 episodes
	Unidentified	Dave
2014	Kroll Show	Tony	Episode: "Sponsored by Stamps"
	NerdTerns	Barry	Episode: "Matt Bennett in Jenny vs. Hallie"
	Spirit Town	Buddy Hickel	Short film
	Drunk History	Narrator	Episode: "American Music"
	Mr. Pickles	Rich Snob, Darrel	Voice; episode: "The Cheeseman"
	This Is Why You're Single	Not Brandon
2015	The Dramatics: A Comedy	Dennis
	Trevor Moore: High in Church	Doug
	Red Baroness Warrior Single Lady	No Tongue	Episode: "The Good Listener"
	Steven Universe	Mr. Smiley	Voice; episode: "Sadie's Song"
	Monster Problems	Julian	Short film
	RT-ES	Himself (host) / Various	8 episodes; also writer and executive producer
2015-present	Superstore	Garrett	Main cast; 12 episodes
2016	Lazer Team	Herman
	Other People	Dan
	The Crossroads of History		Writer; episode: "Lincoln"
	Killing Hasselhoff	Redix	Post-production

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