Pete Davidson Biography

Pete Davidson (born November 16, 1993) is an American actor and comedian. He is a featured player on Saturday Night Live, the youngest member of the current cast, and the first SNL cast member to have been born in the 1990s.

Previously, Davidson had made appearances on the MTV programs Guy Code, Wild 'n Out, and Failosophy. and standup work on Adam Devine's House Party, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Comedy Underground with Dave Attell, and guest-starred in Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

Early life

Davidson was born November 16, 1993 in Staten Island, the son of Amy (Waters) and Scott Davidson, His father was a New York City firefighter who died in service during the September 11 attacks. Scott was last seen running up the stairs of the Marriott World Trade Center Hotel, just prior to its collapse. Davidson, who was seven years old at the time, was profoundly affected by the loss. He told The New York Times, "It was overwhelming", and would often act out in school as a result of the trauma, at one point ripping his hair out until he was bald. He has a younger sister, Casey, who currently plays basketball as a guard for Marist College. Davidson is of Irish, German and Italian heritage.

Davidson first tried his hand at standup comedy at age 16, when he and a group of friends were in a Staten Island bowling alley. His friends, knowing of his comedy aspirations, dared him to take to the stage, which Davidson did. Following high school, he enrolled at St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights, though he was there only briefly before he dropped out.

Career

Davidson's earliest onscreen appearance was in the third episode of the MTV comedy series Failosophy, which premiered February 28, 2013. The following month, he appeared in "PDA and Moms", a third season episode of the MTV2 reality TV comedy series Guy Code, the first of four episodes in which he was featured. That June, his first televised standup aired as part of a second season episode of the Comedy Central program Gotham Comedy Live, which showcases standup comedians at the Gotham Comedy Club in New York City. The following month, he returned to MTV2 with an appearance on Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out, his first of six episode appearances on that show.

Davidson subsequently made standup appearances on Adam Devine's House Party, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Comedy Underground with Dave Attell, and guest-starred in Brooklyn Nine-Nine. In 2014, he acquired a role in a Fox comedy pilot, Sober Companion, but it ultimately did not make it to series.

Davidson joined the cast of Saturday Night Live with that show's 40th season premiere, which debuted on September 27, 2014, making him the youngest member of the current cast, the first SNL cast member to be born in the 1990s, and at 20 years and 10 months old, the fourth-youngest cast member in the show's 40-year history, behind Anthony Michael Hall, Eddie Murphy and Robert Downey Jr. The first new addition to the cast that season, Davidson was given a chance to audition for the show through regular Bill Hader, whom he had met while filming a small part in the 2015 Judd Apatow feature film comedy Trainwreck; Hader subsequently told producer Lorne Michaels about him. His debut garnered positive critical notice, with his most noted skits during the season including an Indiana Jones-style sketch in which he and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, after being pelted with poison darts, were forced to mutually suck poison out of each other's various body parts, an endeavor that eventually found them entangled in the "69" position. Another involved Davidson being shot in the chest with an arrow by Norman Reedus.

In March 2015, Davidson served as a roaster in the Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber, for which his set was praised as one of the best ones of the show. Among his bolder jokes was one at the expense of fellow roaster Snoop Dogg and host Kevin Hart, and their 2004 film Soul Plane. Davidson, whose firefighter father died during the September 11 attacks, called that film "the worst experience of my life involving a plane."

Comedy style

Davidson has been lauded for basing his comedy on his own life, and employing aspects of his life that have been likened to "a series of brutal truths and vulgar confessions", and which make him relatable to audiences. Touching upon topics such as marijuana, sex and relationships, incidents he relates include those from his awkward high school experiences ("It just wasn't my time to...have friends") to living in a dormitory during his brief stint at St. Francis College. Davidson jokes about highly sensitive subjects, including the loss of his father during the September 11 attacks, because he finds that it empowers him to address the feeling of powerlessness that experiencing that tragedy at such a young age inflicted upon him.

Personal life

Davidson dated Girl Code star Carly Aquilino from 2014 to 2015 before they split. He is currently dating Cazzie David, daughter of comedian Larry David.

Davidson has 8418, his father's badge number, tattooed on his left arm.

Davidson suffers from Crohn's disease, for which he receives intravenous treatment.

Davidson is a fan of the Harry Potter franchise, and has incorporated that material into his comedy work.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	TubbyMan	PipeKleener	Short film
2014	School Dance	Stinkfinger
2015	Trainwreck	Dr. Conner's Patient

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Guy Code	Himself	4 episodes
2013-2014	Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out	Himself	6 episodes
2013	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Steven	Episode: "The Slump"
2013	Adam DeVine's House Party	Himself	Episode: "Stunt Audition"
2014-present	Saturday Night Live	Himself, Various	Main cast
2015	Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber	Himself	TV special
2016	Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe	Himself	TV special