Jorma Taccone

Actor

Birthday March 19, 1977

Birth Sign Pisces

Birthplace Berkeley, California, U.S.

Age 46 years old

Nationality United States

Height 173 cm

#8155 Most Popular

1936

As of SNL's 36th season, he was no longer cited in the end credits, though he was still listed on the NBC website as a writer and holds the unofficial title of "Sexiest Member of Lonely Island".

However, according to the band's website, thelonelyisland.com, "the Dudes" were still responsible for the SNL Digital Shorts.

It was later confirmed Taccone had left Saturday Night Live, though he worked on some shorts in the 36th season.

Taccone acted in season 5 of MyDamnChannel's Wainy Days and is the director of the AT&T Wireless television ad campaign It's Not Complicated.

He also had a recurring role on the HBO show Girls as the character Booth Jonathan.

1977

Jorma Christopher Taccone (born March 19, 1977) is an American actor, comedian, writer, director, producer, and musician.

He is one-third of the sketch comedy troupe The Lonely Island, with childhood friends Andy Samberg and Akiva Schaffer.

2000

He attended University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and graduated with a BA in Theater in 2000.

He spent one semester at the University of Lancaster in United Kingdom as part of his degree study.

His brother, Asa, is a member of the band Electric Guest.

He is named after his father's friend, Jorma Kaukonen, Jefferson Airplane's famed guitarist.

Taccone lives in New York City.

2005

In the fall of 2005, Samberg, Taccone, and Schaffer joined the staff of NBC's late-night variety show Saturday Night Live.

Since then, as The Lonely Island, they have created more than 100 SNL Digital Shorts including the YouTube favorites "Lazy Sunday" (featuring Chris Parnell), "Jizz in My Pants", "I'm on a Boat" (featuring T-Pain) and the Emmy-winning "Dick in a Box" (featuring Justin Timberlake).

2007

In 2007, Taccone co-starred in Paramount's Hot Rod (starring Andy Samberg, directed by Akiva Schaffer).

He is one of the principal actors in the music video "Jizz in My Pants" too.

He played Guy #2 in "We Like Sportz", reprising the role from "Just 2 Guyz", and the lead role of Brett in The Lonely Island's The 'Bu, the group's record-breaking contribution to Channel 101, where he played a ninja who did not belong.

The 'Bu, a parody of The OC, also starred Sarah Chalke as Melissa and Andy Samberg as Aaron.

In the group's first Channel 101 show, "ITV Buzz Countdown", he played Chris Hoffman, a fictional VJ in a parody of MTV's Total Request Live.

Taccone made a cameo appearance in Role Models as Mitch from Graphics, where he sang a karaoke version of the Scorpions' "Rock You Like a Hurricane"; and co-starred in the Gnarls Barkley music video for the song "Who's Gonna Save My Soul".

2009

Taccone produces much of the music for The Lonely Island, including "Lazy Sunday", "Dick in a Box", and many other tracks that appear on The Lonely Island first album, Incredibad, released in February 2009.

As a director, he is responsible for the SNL shorts "MacGruber", "Business Meeting", "Sloths", "Giraffes", and others.

He also directed a "MacGruber" Pepsi commercial spot for the 43rd Super Bowl, which aired February 1, 2009.

Taccone appeared as Chaka in Universal's 2009 film Land of the Lost (starring Will Ferrell), for which he was nominated for the Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor.

In August 2009, he directed his first film, an adaptation of the Saturday Night Live sketch MacGruber that was featured as part of the group male vocals on Lightspeed Champion's album ''Life Is Sweet!

Nice to Meet You''.

2010

In 2010, Taccone co-wrote and directed the SNL spinoff film MacGruber, which was his directorial debut.

He directed his second feature alongside Schaffer, the musical comedy Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, which he also co-wrote and co-starred in with Schaffer and Samberg.

Taccone was born in Berkeley, California, to Suellen Ehnebuske and Tony Taccone, the artistic director of the Berkeley Repertory Theatre.

His father is of half Italian and half Puerto Rican descent.

2014

He is married to film director Marielle Heller, with whom he has a son (born December 2014) and a daughter (born August 2020).

His brother-in-law, Nate, a musician, composed the scores for The Diary of a Teenage Girl and Can You Ever Forgive Me?.

His sister-in-law, Emily Heller, is a stand-up comic and a writer for the HBO comedy Barry.

2015

In 2015, Taccone appeared in the Kickstarter short movie Kung Fury as Adolf Hitler (A.K.A. Kung-Führer).

He will play this role again in the sequel Kung Fury 2.

2020

In 2020, Taccone authored a children's book, illustrated by Dan Santat, titled Little Fox and the Wild Imagination.

Executive producer