Taran Killam Bio | Wiki
Taran Killam is a popular American actor, comedian, and writer. He is known for his role in The Amanda Show, How I Met Your Mother, MADtv, New Girl, Saturday Night Live, and Single Parents. He had a role in the 2004 Disney Channel Original Movie Stuck in the Suburbs.
Further, he voices the title character on the PBS children’s cartoon series Nature Cat. In addition, he performed the role of King George III in the Broadway production of Hamilton at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on April 13, 2017.
Taran Killam Age
He was born on April 1, 1982, in Culver City, California, in the United States. Killam is 41 years old.
Taran Killam Height
He is a man of tall stature. Killam stands at a height of 6 ft 1 in (Approx 1.86 m).
Taran Killam Family
He was born to his loving parents in Culver City, California, in the United States. Killam holds an American nationality and grew up with Taylor Killam. He grew up in Big Bear Lake, California, until the age of 15. Killam’s mother toured with The Charlie Daniels Band and is described as a singer while his father was a part of the City Garage Theatre Group and has been described as having had acting ambitions. He is the great-nephew of Rosemarie Bowe, wife of actor Robert Stack.
Taran Killam Wife
He got married to his beautiful wife actress Cobie Smulders on September 8, 2012, in Solvang, California. Cobie is 40 years old Canadian actress known for her starring role as Robin Scherbatsky in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother. The duo got engaged in January 2009 after several years of dating. They are parents of two daughters Shaelyn Cado Killam born in 2009 and Janita Mae Killam born in 2015. Additionally, he is a fan of the Los Angeles Rams, having been reported wearing the team’s home jersey at local home games.
Taran Killam Education
He studied at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts from where he graduated with his high school diploma. Killam then enrolled at UCLA’s School of Theater, Film, and Television “as a musical theater student”, where he stated he “spent much of his time working on UCLA’s Theater Festival”. However, he left UCLA “to pursue his acting career”.
Taran Killam Movies and Tv Shows
Movies
- Naked Gun 33+1⁄3: The Final Insult as Boy of Geriatric Park in 1994
- Just Married as Dickie McNerney in 2003
- The Showdown as The Batter in 2006
- Epic Movie asPirate in 2007
- Anderson’s Cross as Austin Wilson in 2010
- Grown Ups 2 as Male Cheerleader in 2013
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Jim McNaughton in 2014
- Underdogs as Captain Skip / Rufus (voice) in 2015
- Brother Nature as Roger Fellner in 2016
- Killing Gunther as Blake in 2017
- Night School as Stewart in 2018
Tv Shows
- All That as Himself from 1994 to 2002
- Judging Amy as Freddie Felleman in 2000
- The Amanda Show as Spaulding from 2000 to 2002
- MADtv as Various from 2001 to 2002
- Boston Public as Alex Buchanan in 2004
- Stuck in the Suburbs as Jordan Cahill in 2004
- Girlfriends as Jordan Gray in 2006
- Nick Cannon Presents: Short Circuitz as Various in 2007
- Community as Cory Radison in 2011
- The Awesomes as Zip “Frantic” Danger (voice) from 2013 to 2015
- Single Parents as Will Cooper from 2018 to 2020
- Nature Cat as Nature Cat (voice) from 2015 to the present
- Full Frontal with Samantha Bee as Zam Larson in 2019
- Vampirina as Ichabod Crane (voice) in 2020
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch asDepot Manager, Goatal, and Landspeeder Driver (voice) in 2021
- Mr. Mayor as Taryn Digiacomo in2021
- The NFL Pile On Host from 2022 to the present
Taran Killam SNL
He joined the cast of Saturday Night Live for the 36th season on September 25, 2010, and became the second Nickelodeon veteran (after Kenan Thompson) to join SNL. He named Eddie Murphy as his favorite SNL cast member and Arcade Fire as his favorite musical guest. Further, he and castmate Jay Pharoah left the show in August 2016 as he said he was not told why his contract was not renewed.
Taran Killam How I Met Your Mother
He is known for his role in the TV series, How I Met Your Mother as Gary Blauman. The first appearance was in the March 20, 2006, episode, “Life Among the Gorillas” and the final one was in the March 24, 2014, episode, “The End of the Aisle”. He appeared from 2006 to 2014. In addition, the series contains 208 episodes with nine seasons.
Taran Killam Hamilton
He appeared in the 2013 film 12 Years a Slave, playing the role of Abram Hamilton, one of the kidnappers who brought the main character into slavery. Further, he performed the role of King George III in the Broadway production of Hamilton at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on April 13, 2017.
Taran Killam Amanda Show
He was featured on Nickelodeon’s The Amanda Show, a sketch-comedy vehicle for Amanda Bynes. In the show, he potrays the role of Spaulding in seven episodes from 2000 to 2002. The show contains 46 episodes in three seasons and after the end of The Amanda Show, Dan Schneider created a new series, called Drake & Josh, featuring Drake Bell, Josh Peck, and Nancy Sullivan in 2002.
Taran Killam MADtv
He joined the cast of MADtv as a featured player during its seventh season from 2001 to 2002. Killam joined MADtv at the age of 19 as the youngest cast member hired on the show and the only cast member on MADtv to get his start on children’s shows. Killam appeared in 13 episodes of the show.
Taran Killam Actor
His career kicked off as he made his first film appearance as a young boy in Naked Gun 33+1⁄3: The Final Insult. He then appeared on Nickelodeon’s The Amanda Show. From 2001 to 2002, he joined the cast of MADtv as a featured player during its seventh season. Killam was a cast member in the third and fourth seasons of Wild ‘N Out. Moreover, he co-starred in the 2004 Disney Channel original film Stuck in the Suburbs.
He has been on tv shows like Still Standing, Boston Public, Drake & Josh, Do Over, Jake in Progress, Roswell, and Judging Amy. He appeared as a contestant on the episode of The Price Is Right which aired on December 7, 2006. Further, he has been in Big Fat Liar, Just Married, Anderson’s Cross, and My Best Friend’s Girl. He appeared in the Community episode “Regional Holiday Music” as Mr. Radison (Mr. Rad), a parody of Will Schuester from Glee in 2011.
Killam appears in the 2013 film 12 Years a Slave, playing the role of Abram Hamilton, one of the kidnappers who brought the main character into slavery. Also, he made six guest appearances as Gary Blauman on his wife Cobie Smulders’ TV series, How I Met Your Mother. Killam succeeded Rory O’Malley in the role of King George III in the Broadway musical Hamilton on January 17, 2017. In addition, he had a lead casting role in the comedy pilot Single Parents for ABC in March 2018.
Taran Killam Net Worth
He has attained decent fortune working as an actor, comedian, and writer. Killam’s net worth is $10 Million.
Who Is Taran Killam
Killam is a popular American actor, comedian, and writer. He is famous for his role in The Amanda Show, How I Met Your Mother, MADtv, New Girl, Saturday Night Live, and Single Parents. He had a role in the 2004 Disney Channel Original Movie Stuck in the Suburbs.
How Tall Is Taran Killam
Killam is a man of tall stature and is 6 ft 1 in tall.
Is Taran Killam Married
He got married to his beautiful wife actress Cobie Smulders on September 8, 2012, in Solvang, California. Cobie is 40 years old Canadian actress famous for her starring role as Robin Scherbatsky in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother.
Killam’s Social Media Account
Twitter – @TaranKillam
Instagram – tarzannoz