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Pete Davidson
Birthdate: November 16, 1993 (31 Years Old)
Birthplace: New York City, New York
Pete Davidson (birthname: Peter Michael Davidson) was a standout member of the cast of Saturday Night Live from 2014 to 2022, while simultaneously establishing a presence as a comic actor in small roles in School Dance (2014), Trainwreck (2015), and Set It Up (2018) before starring in his first feature (also as an executive producer), debuting director/writer Jason Orley’s coming-of-age comedy, Big Time Adolescence (2019), with Sydney Sweeney and Jon Cryer, and premiering at the Sundance Film Festival before a release by Neon.
Davidson took on his first voice role in an animated movie with a supporting turn in the U.S./Finland-produced sequel, The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019), with Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Danny McBride, Bill Hader, Peter Dinklage, Awkwafina, Sterling K. Brown and Eugenio Derbez, under Thurop Van Orman’s and John Rice’s co-direction and released by Sony via Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Animation/Rovio Entertainment.
Davidson joined the colorful cast of director/writer/star John Turturro’s The Big Lebowski sequel, The Jesus Rolls (2019), co-starring Bobby Cannavale, Audrey Tatou, Christopher Walken, Jon Hamm, and Susan Sarandon, which was released to the poor box office by Screen Media Films after premiering at the Rom Film Festival. Davidson’s first prominent feature was his semi-autobiographical drama-comedy, The King of Staten Island (2020), in which he was co-writer (with Dave Sirius and director Judd Apatow), and which featured Marisa Tomei, Bill Burr, Bel Powley, and Steve Buscemi, losing money for distributor Universal Pictures with a $2.2 million return (on $35 million costs).
Pete Davidson landed a small role in director/writer James Gunn’s standalone sequel, The Suicide Squad (2021), with Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena, Joel Kinnaman, Sylvester Stallone and Viola Davis, but proving a theatrical loser (during the COVID-19 pandemic) for Warner Bros with a disastrous $168.7 million gross on a $185 million budget, but a streaming success on HBO Max. Director Halina Reijn then cast Davidson in the horror comedy, Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022), co-starring Amandla Stenberg, Maria Bakalova, Myha’la Herrold, Chase Sui Wonders, Rachel Sennott, and Lee Pace, and grossing $14 million for distributors A24/Stage 6 Films/Sony Pictures Releasing International.
Davidson voiced the role of Mirage, an Autobot spy in the Hasbro sequel, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023), directed by Steven Caple Jr. and produced by Michael Bay, and with the voice ensemble of Peter Cullen, Ron Perlman, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Yeoh as well as live-action stars Anthony Ramos, Dean Scott Vazquez and Dominique Fishback, and grossing $441 million for Paramount Pictures. Davidson co-starred in director Craig Gillespie’s comedy-drama, Dumb Money (2023), based on Ben Mezrich’s 2021 non-fiction book, The Antisocial Network, with the ensemble of Paul Dano, Vincent D’Onofrio, American Ferrera, Nick Offerman, Ramos, Sebastian Stan, Shailene Woodley and Seth Rogen, and released by Columbia Pictures/Sony after premiering at the Toronto Film Festival.
Pete Davidson starred as the title character voice in DreamWorks Animation/Universal Pictures’ animated Captain Underpants spinoff, Dog Man (2025), with the voices of Lil Rel Howery, Isla Fisher, Poppy Liu, Stephen Root, and Ricky Gervais under writer Peter Hastings’s direction. Davidson also starred in director/co-writer James DeMonaco’s long-delayed horror movie, The Home (date to be announced), released by Lionsgate. Then Davidson was cast in a lead role in director/writer David Michôd’s comedy, Wizards! (date to be announced), co-starring Frank Rogowski, Naomi Scott, Sean Harris, and Orlando Bloom, and released by A24.
Davidson joined co-star and SNL alum Eddie Murphy for the Tim Story-directed heist movie, The Pickup (date to be announced), with Keke Palmer, Eva Longoria, Jack Kesy, Marshawn Lynch, and Andrew Dice Clay, and released by Amazon MGM Studios.
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