Pete Davidson Biography, Career, Awards, Net Worth And Other Facts

Pete Davidson is an American standup comedian and actor, best known for his work on ‘Saturday Night Live.’

TABLE OF CONTENT

• BIOGRAPHY
• EARLY LIFE
• EDUCATION
• CAREER
• PERSONAL LIFE
• AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
• NETWORTH
• MOVIES

PETE DAVIDSON BIOGRAPHY
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).

PETE DAVIDSON  PROFILE

PETE DAVIDSON EARLY LIFE

Pete Davidson was born Peter Michael Davidson on November 16, 1993, in Staten Island, New York, to parents Amy and Scott Davidson. Pete’s father was an NYC firefighter who died while responding to the terrorist attacks on September 11th.

His father’s death deeply traumatized Pete, who had problems in school and had suicidal thoughts. However, he credits the rapper Kid Cudi, who’s used his music to share his own battle with suicide, for having saved his life.

“I would’ve killed myself if I didn’t have Kid Cudi,” he told the morning radio show The Breakfast Club. “I truly believe if Man on the Moon didn’t come out, I wouldn’t be here.”

After graduating from Xaverian High School in 2011, Davidson briefly attended Brooklyn Heights’ St. Francis College before deciding to drop out.

PETE DAVIDSON EDUCATION
Pete studied at St. Joseph’s School and later attended Tottenville High School. Following high school, Davidson enrolled at St. Francis College in Brooklyn. However, he dropped out of college after studying there briefly.

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PETE DAVIDSON CAREER
Davidson’s earliest onscreen appearance was in the third episode of the MTV comedy series Failosophy, which premiered on February 28, 2013. 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. 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 returned to MTV2 with an appearance on Nick Cannon Presents Wild ‘N Out, his first of six appearances on that show. He 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 the series. Davidson collaborated with Machine Gun Kelly to write the sketch “A Message from the Count” for Kelly’s album Hotel Diablo. In 2019 he starred in Jason Orley’s Big Time Adolescence, and had supporting roles in Adam Shankman’s What Men Want, Jeff Tremaine’s The Dirt, and Thurop Van Orman’s The Angry Birds Movie 2, and John Turturro’s The Big Lebowski spin-off The Jesus Rolls. In February 2020, Davidson released his stand-up special Alive from New York on Netflix. In May 2020, The King of Staten Island was released, which Davidson both starred in and co-wrote with Judd Apatow, who also directed. Davidson was nominated for The Comedy Movie Star of 2020 for his work in The King of Staten Island and The Comedy Act of 2020 Pete Davidson: Alive from New York at the 46th People’s Choice Awards. In April 2021, Davidson was cast as Joey Ramone in a Netflix biopic I Slept With Joey Ramone, based on the late singer’s brother’s memoir of the same name. Davidson will also serve as co-writer and executive producer. In August 2021, he appeared as Blackguard in The Suicide Squad directed by James Gunn. He voiced Marmaduke in an animated film released on Netflix on May 6, 2022. Following lengthy absences in season 47, it was announced shortly before its finale that it would be Davidson’s last on Saturday Night Live.

PETE DAVIDSON PERSONAL LIFE
Pete Davidson was born on November 16, 1993, in Staten Island, New York, USA, to Amy and Scott Davidson. He has a younger sister named Casey. His father was a firefighter who died in service during the September 11 attacks. Davidson has got a tattoo depicting the number ‘8418’—his father’s badge number—on his left arm. The loss of his father affected the young boy very deeply. At the age of 17 or 18, he was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease for which he has been receiving intravenous treatment. The actor also uses medical marijuana as a pain reliever for the disease. He suffers from a borderline personality disorder as well, for which he has been undergoing treatment.

Talking about his love life, Davidson dated actress Carly Aquilino from 2014 to 2015. After separating from her, he started a relationship with Cazzie David and has been with her since 2016.

Davidson has been praised for basing his comedy on his own life and employing aspects of his life that have been likened to “a series of brutal truths and vulgar confessions” which make him relatable to audiences. He touches upon topics such as marijuana, sex, and relationships. He talks about incidents from his awkward high school experiences to living in a dormitory during his brief stint at St. Francis College. He jokes about highly sensitive subjects, including the loss of his father during the September 11 attacks. He says he finds that it empowers him to address the feeling of powerlessness that experiencing such tragedy at a young age inflicted upon him. He is a fan of the Harry Potter franchise and has incorporated that material into his comedy work as well.

PETE DAVIDSON AWARDS
• King of staten
• Favourite comedy movie star
• Best Actor HCA award
• Best screenplay award
• Best Ensemble Award

PETE DAVIDSON NETWORTH
As of 2022, Pete Davidson’s net worth is $8 million. He majorly earns through his various film roles, television roles, and several other business ventures.

PETE DAVIDSON MOVIES

• Bodies bodies bodies
• Brooklyn nine-nine
• The Rookie
• The Suicide squade
• Saturday Nightlife
• The King of Staten Island
• The Angry birds
• Train wreck
• Set it up
• Big Time Adolescence
• What Men want

PETE DAVIDSON SOCIAL MEDIA

You can connect with Pete Davidson on the following social media platforms;

Instagram: @petedavidson.93