Among his bolder jokes was one at the expenses of fellow roaster Snoop Dogg, host Kevin Hart, and their 2004 film Soul Plane. In March 2015, Davidson was a roaster on the Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber, and his set was praised as one of the best of the show.
Another involved Davidson being shot in the chest with an arrow by Norman Reedus. His debut garnered positive critical notice, with his most noted skits during the season including an Indiana Jones-style sketch in which he and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, after being pelted with poison darts, were forced to mutually suck poison out of each other's various body parts, an endeavor that eventually found them entangled in the "69" position. Hader subsequently told producer Lorne Michaels about him. The first new addition to the cast that season, Davidson was given a chance to audition for the show through regular Bill Hader, whom he had met while filming a small part in the 2015 Judd Apatow feature film comedy Trainwreck. At age 20, he was the first SNL cast member to be born in the 1990s and one of the youngest cast members ever. ĭavidson joined the cast of Saturday Night Live with the show's 40th-season premiere, which debuted on September 27, 2014. In 2014, he acquired a role in a Fox comedy pilot, Sober Companion, but it ultimately did not make it to series. He subsequently made standup appearances on television and appeared in Brooklyn Nine-Nine. The following month, he returned to MTV2 with an appearance on Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out, his first of six appearances on that show.
That June, his first televised standup aired as part of a second-season episode of the Comedy Central program Gotham Comedy Live, which showcases standup comedians at the Gotham Comedy Club in New York City.
The following month, he appeared in "PDA and Moms," a third-season episode of the MTV2 reality TV comedy series Guy Code, the first of four episodes in which he was featured. Careerĭavidson's earliest onscreen appearance was in the third episode of the MTV comedy series Failosophy, which premiered February 28, 2013. He first tried stand-up comedy at age sixteen in a Staten Island bowling alley, where a group of friends, knowing of his comedy aspirations, dared him to take to the stage. After one semester, Davidson decided to pursue a career in comedy full-time. Joseph by-the-Sea High School, then Tottenville High School before transferring to Brooklyn's Xaverian High School, where he graduated in 2011. His mother is of mostly Irish ancestry, with some distant German roots. ĭavidson's father was predominantly of Jewish ancestry, with some distant German, Irish, and Italian roots. In October 2016, he revealed on The Breakfast Club morning radio show that he struggled with suicidal thoughts when he was younger and that the music of Kid Cudi saved his life.
He told The New York Times that it was "overwhelming" and that he later acted out in school as a result of the trauma, at one point ripping his hair out until he was bald. Davidson, then aged seven, was profoundly affected by the loss. Clare's Roman Catholic Church in Great Kills, Staten Island. He was last seen running up the stairs of the Marriott World Trade Center just before it collapsed. His father was a New York firefighter who died in service during the 9/11 attacks.
Peter Michael Davidson was born in New York City's Staten Island borough on November 16, 1993, the son of Amy (née Waters) and Scott Matthew Davidson.
He was also nominated for a People's Choice Award for Favorite Comedy Movie Star in 2020. Davidson was nominated at the 2020 Hollywood Critics Association Midseason Awards for Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay for the film. For the film, Davidson has received three honors for International Competition at the CinEuphoria Awards: one win for Best Actor and two nominations for Best Ensemble and Best Screenplay. In 2020, he co-wrote and starred in the semi-autobiographical comedy-drama film The King of Staten Island. Davidson has also appeared on Wild 'n Out, The Jim Gaffigan Show, Give Converse with Pete Davidson, and Failosophy, and he has performed stand-up comedy on Adam DeVine's House Party, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and Comedy Underground with Dave Attell. Davidson joined the cast of NBC late-night sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live in 2014 and has remained on the cast list since. His father, Scott Matthew Davidson, was a New York firefighter who died in 2001 at the World Trade Center during the September 11 attacks. Born and raised in Staten Island, New York, Davidson began his career in the early 2010s with minor guest roles on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Friends of the People, and Guy Code. Peter Michael Davidson (born November 16, 1993) is an American comedian, actor, and writer.