Colton Dunn (born June 30, 1977) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He is perhaps best known for his role as Garrett McNeil on the NBC workplace comedy '' Superstore'' (2015–2021) and for his work on Comedy Central sketch comedy series '' Key & Peele'' (2013–2015), where he served as writer, producer, and occasionally performer throughout its five-season run. Dunn also played Herman in '' Lazer Team'' (2015) and its sequel '' Lazer Team 2'' (2017).

Life and career

Born in 1977 in Normal, Illinois, Dunn moved to

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, with his mother, when he was a toddler. While attending

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, he was involved in theater and joined an improv comedy group. Dunn moved to

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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 ''

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'', '' Nick Swardson's Pretend Time'', ''Game Shop'', '' Burning Love'', a small part on CollegeHumor's "If Google Was a Guy" and co-starred in '' Superstore'' on NBC. Dunn hosted the comedy variety show ''RT-ES'', produced by

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, 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

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nominations for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series for his work on ''Key & Peele''. In 2019, Dunn appeared on the podcast Hello From the Magic Tavern as a talking crossbow in the episode "Wizard with a Crossbow". He reprised this role in March 2022 in the season 4 episode "Talking Crossbow Visits".https://hellofromthemagictavern.com/episodes/2022/3/20/season-4-ep-21-

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