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

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sketch comedy series ''

Key & Peele ''Key & Peele'' (abbreviated to ''K&P'') is an American sketch comedy television series created by Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele for Comedy Central. Both Key and Peele previously worked on '' Mad TV.'' Each episode of the show consists ...

'' (2013–2015), where he served as writer, producer, and occasionally performer throughout its five-season run. Dunn also played Herman in ''

Lazer Team ''Lazer Team'' is a 2015 American science fiction action comedy film directed, produced, and co-written by Matt Hullum. The first feature film produced by Rooster Teeth, it stars Burnie Burns, Gavin Free, Michael Jones, Colton Dunn, Allie DeBe ...

'' (2015) and its sequel ''

Lazer Team 2 ''Lazer Team 2'' is a 2017 American science fiction action comedy film directed, produced and co-written by Matt Hullum and Daniel Fabelo. The film is a sequel to 2015's ''Lazer Team'', and follows the team travelling through a wormhole to find th ...

'' (2017).

Life and career

Born in 1977 in

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, 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 ''

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''. He then moved to

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in 2004. Prior to working on ''Key & Peele'', Dunn was a writer and performer on ''

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'', from 2005 to 2009. He has also appeared in '' Parks and Recreation'', ''

Nick Swardson's Pretend Time ''Nick Swardson's Pretend Time'' is a TV sketch comedy show created by and starring actor and comedian Nick Swardson. The show premiered on Tuesday, October 12, 2010, at 10 p.m. EST on Comedy Central and ran for two seasons, with the final firs ...

'', ''Game Shop'', ''

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'', a small part on CollegeHumor's "If Google Was a Guy" and co-starred in '' Superstore'' on

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. Dunn hosted the comedy variety show ''RT-ES'', produced by

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, and co-starred in their sci-fi action comedy ''

'' in 2016. He is an alumnus of the

improvisational comedy Improvisational theatre, often called improvisation or improv, is the form of theatre, often comedy, in which most or all of what is performed is unplanned or unscripted: created spontaneously by the performers. In its purest form, the dialogue, a ...

group

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since 1999. Dunn has received two Emmy Award 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-

Filmography

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