Full Name: | Peter Michael Davidson |
Date of Birth: | 16 NOV 1993 |
Medium: | Stand-up, television, film |
Years active: | 2013 – Present |
Father Name: | Scott Matthew Davidson |
Place of Birth: | New York City |
Pete Davidson is an American comedian and actor who is a featured player on Saturday Night Live (1975), as of September 2014.
He was raised on Staten Island, New York, and is the son of Amy (Waters) and Scott Matthew Davidson. Pete’s father, a firefighter, died during the 9/11 attacks.
Davidson attended St. Joseph High School, a Catholic school. Before SNL, he appeared on the shows Wild ‘N Out (2005), Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003), Guy Code (2011), and in the film School Dance (2014).
Davidson began his career in the early 2010s with minor guest roles on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Friends of the People, and Guy Code. His father, Scott Matthew Davidson, was a New York firefighter who died in 2001 at the World Trade Center during the September 11 attacks. Davidson joined the cast of NBC late-night sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live in 2014 and has remained on the cast list since. 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.