Peter Michael Davidson is an American comedian, actor, writer and producer. He is a cast member on Saturday Night Live. Davidson has also appeared on the MTV shows Guy Code, Wild ‘n Out, and Failosophy. In 2020, he co-wrote and starred in the semi-autobiographical comedy-drama film The King of Staten Island.
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Peter Michael Davidson is an American comedian, actor, writer and producer. He is a cast member on Saturday Night Live. Davidson has also appeared on the MTV shows Guy Code, Wild ‘n Out, and Failosophy. In 2020, he co-wrote and starred in the semi-autobiographical comedy-drama film The King of Staten Island. His father was a New York City firefighter who died in service during the September 11 attacks. Davidson first tried stand-up comedy at age 16 in a Staten Island bowling alley, where a group of friends, knowing of his comedy aspirations, dared him to take to the stage. He did so, however, only after smoking marijuana. He has been candid about his regular marijuana use and states he cannot function without it. Davidson was praised as one of the best roasters on the Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber, and his set was praised by many as the best of the show. In October 2016, Davidson revealed on The Breakfast Club morning radio show that he struggled with suicidal thoughts when he was younger and that the music of rap artist Kid Cudi saved his life. Davidson’s father was predominantly of Jewish ancestry, with some Italian. His mother is of Irish heritage and he has a younger sister named Casey. Both were raised as Catholics. Davidson attended St. Joseph by-the-Sea High School, then Tottenville High School before transferring to Brooklyn’s Xaverian High School.
Davidson subsequently made standup appearances on television and appeared 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. At age 20, he was the first SNL cast member to be born in the 1990s and one of his youngest cast members ever. His debut garnered positive critical notice, with his most noted skits including an Indiana Jones-style sketch in which he and Dwayne Johnson, after being pelted with poison darts, were forced to mutually suck out of each other’s body parts. Another involved being shot in the chest with an arrow by Norman Reedus in the 2004 film Soul Plane, starring Kevin Hart, Kevin Spacey and Snoop Dogg. In March 2015, Davidson was a roaster on Comedy Central’s Soul Dogg, which he called the best show of the year. He was a co-host on the show’s second episode, which was hosted by Conan O’Brien. He also appeared in a second-season episode of Gotham Comedy Live, which showcases standup comedians at the Gotham Comedy Club in New York. In June 2013, he appeared on Nick Cannon Presents: Wild ‘N Out, his first of six appearances on that show. His first televised standup aired as part of a second season episode of Comedy Central program Gotham comedy Live. In July 2013, Davidson appeared in an episode of MTV2 reality TV comedy series Guy Code.
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