Key & Peele - "Bone, Thugs and Homeless" - 8:30 pm Thursday, December 4 on MTV2 (East)

Keegan-michael Key (Actor)

Born: March 22, 1971
Birthplace: Detroit, MIchigan, United States

Trivia: Says he was "painfully shy" as a child. Was trained as a Shakespearean actor, but became interested in comedy after he was exposed to improv in college. First TV appearance was in a 1994 episode of ER. Returned to Detroit in 1997 and joined the Second City as a performer and writer. Has received multiple Joseph Jefferson Awards, given to honor achievement in Chicago theater. A founding member of the Planet Ant Theatre.

Jordan Peele (Actor)

Born: February 21, 1979
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Trivia: Intended to be a puppeteer in college, but dropped out to study comedy, including a stint with Boom Chicago in Amsterdam; while on a cast swap with Second City in Chicago in 2002, met his future comedic partner Keegan-Michael Key. Before the premiere of Key & Peele on Comedy Central in 2012, overlapped with Key for several seasons in the cast of MADtv. Unsuccessfully auditioned to play Barack Obama on Saturday Night Live in 2008 (the role went to Fred Armisen), but would earn acclaim for impersonating the president on Key & Peele in 2012. Like Key, has a black father and a white mother, a biracial status that provides a unique cultural sensitivity and informs much of their comedy.

Mekia Cox (Actor) .. Girlfriend

Born: November 18, 1981
Birthplace: St. Croix, Virgin Islands

Trivia: Knew from the age of 2 that she wanted to be a dancer. Originally from St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, she moved to Orlando when she was 7. Appeared on many Nickleodeon programs, including Noah Knows Best and Kenan & Kel. Toured for two years as Carmen in Fame--The Musical. Was one of only two female dancers chosen for Michael Jackson's This Is It tour.

Jason Echols (Actor) .. Bone Thugs-n-Homeless

Nana Gbewonyo (Actor) .. Basketball Player

Born: December 11, 1980

Justin Hires (Actor) .. Friend

Born: June 24, 1985
Birthplace: St. Petersburg, Florida, United States

Trivia: Became the youngest member of the Tampa Bay area's Shakespeare in the Park program at the age of 13. Studied theater and performed in productions at his high school through Pinellas County Center for the Arts. Was an on-air personality for Clark Atlanta University's campus radio station WSTU 98.1. Discovered by MTV while working at CAU's radio station and was hired as a video jockey for their college network mtvU. Participated in episodes of MTV's Disaster Date circa 2010. Was featured in CBS' Diversity Showcase in 2011. In 2015, was listed as one of Variety magazine's 10 TV Actors to Watch. Has been regularly performing stand-up comedy since 2007. Is a first-degree black belt.

Jerry Minor (Actor) .. Bone Thugs-n-Homeless

Born: October 04, 1969
Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Trivia: African-American actor and comic Jerry Minor attended secondary school at Southwestern Academy in Flint, MI, graduating in 1985. He subsequently performed (at various times) at all three Second City venues. In 2000, Minor became one of the inimitable "Not Ready for Prime Time Players," during Saturday Night Live's 25th season. Following writing assignments on Cedric the Entertainer's variety program, Cedric the Entertainer Presents, and a supporting role in the 2006 sports comedy Artie Lange's Beer League, Minor joined the casts of two sitcoms: the 2006 Lucky Louie and the 2007 Carpoolers.

Danielle Nicolet (Actor) .. Girlfriend

Born: November 24, 1973
Birthplace: Ashtabula, Ohio, United States

Trivia: Family moved to California when she was a child so she could train as a gymnast, but injuries and operations forced her to turn to her other love: acting. First success came in a role on the sitcom Family Matters in the 1991-92 season, but she had an even bigger part as a college student on 3rd Rock From the Sun from 1996 to 2001. After she appeared in the UPN sitcom Second Time Around (2004-05), Entertainment Weekly named her the network's "breakout star." Is an advocate for prisoners who may have been wrongfully convicted.

Key & Peele: Bone, Thugs and Homeless

8:30 pm - 9:00 pm, Today on MTV2 (East) ()

Bone, Thugs and Homeless

Season 2, Episode 5