Colton Dunn

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Colton Dunn
Dunn at the 2015 Comic-Con International
(1977-06-30) June 30, 1977Normal, Illinois, U.S.
Jessica Stier
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2001–present
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Colton Dunn (born June 30, 1977) is an American comedian, actor and writer. He is best known for his role as Garrett McNeil on the NBC workplace comedy Superstore (2015–2021), his work on Comedy Central sketch comedy series Key & Peele (2012–2015), where he served as writer, producer, and occasional performer throughout its five-season run, and his role as Lester Kitchens in the Netflix spy-adventure series The Recruit (2022–2025). Dunn also played Herman in Lazer Team (2015) and its sequel Lazer Team 2 (2017).

Born in 1977 in Normal, Illinois, Dunn moved to Saint Paul, Minnesota with his mother when he was a toddler. While attending Saint 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 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 Parks and Recreation, Nick Swardson's Pretend Time, Game Shop, Burning Love, a small part on CollegeHumor's If Google Was a Guy, and co-starred as Garrett McNeil in Superstore on NBC. Dunn hosted the comedy variety show RT-ES, produced by Rooster Teeth Productions, and co-starred in their sci-fi action comedy Lazer Team in 2015.

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 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".

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Phileine Says Sorry	Newsreader 5
2004	Beep	Greg	Short film
2007	Twisted Fortune	Oliver
2008	Boner Boyz	Boner Boyz	Short film; also writer and producer
2009	Dow Jones	Homeless Guy	Video short
2010	The Big Dog	Salesman	Short film
LeBron Waynes Makes His Decision: Chicken Wings	LeBron Waynes	Short film; also writer
Hatchet II	Vernon
Take a Silly One	Sergeant	Video short
2011	Damn Love	Gardener	Short film
Rockin' Out	Colton	Video short; also writer
Forcin' the Blues	Colton	Video short
2013	Unidentified	Dave
2014	Spirit Town	Buddy Hickel	Short film
2015	The Dramatics: A Comedy	Dennis
Lazer Team	Herman
Monster Problems	Julian	Short film
2016	Other People	Dan
2017	Killing Hasselhoff	Redix
Lazer Team 2	Herman
2018	Blockers	Rudy
Dude	Officer Higgins
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TBA	Judgment Day	TBA	Post-production

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