Taran Killam has attained new heights in Hollywood for his appearances on MADtv and Saturday Night Live. Aside from these comic appearances, he is also a writer and stage actor. There are so many details about him you might not know like his comment on Donald Trump’s SNL appearances. See all Taran Killam facts here.
Taran Killam: Bio
Taran Killam is an April fool baby. He was born on 1st April 1982 in Culver City, California. His parent’s name has not been made public but his mother is a singer and songwriter who went on tours with The Charlie Daniels Band in the ’80s. On the other hand, his father had acting ambitions and ended up as a member of the City Garage Theatre Group. Taran is the great-nephew of Rosemarie Bowe, wife of actor Robert Stack.
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Taran was raised in Big Bear Lake California. He attended the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. Later, he moved to the University of California, Los Angeles as a musical theater student. The UCLA theater festivals became a grooming ground for him before he finally departed to chase a career as a professional actor.
Taran Killam: Career
Taran Killam made his acting debut in 1994 when he appeared in a minor in the comedy film “Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult”. The same year he appeared in an episode of a sketch comedy series “All That” and continued on the show till 2004.
Later, he played the role of Spaulding, a boy who had a crush on Moody, in the soap opera parody of Nickelodeons Amanda’s show. Taran appeared as Bret Callaway in the teen comedy film “Big Fat Liar” in 2002. The film did very well at the box office and received positive reviews as well.
In 2002, Taran’s biggest moment arrived on TV as he joined the cast of the sketch comedy television series “MADtv” At age 19, he was the youngest cast member to be on the show. Following this, Killam became quite popular and the next project he found himself was on Nick Canon’s sketch comedy and improve television series “Wild ‘N Out”. His time at “Wide ‘N Out” further solidified his foot in the entertainment industry.
Killam appeared in 126 episodes of NBC late-night television variety show “Saturday Night Live”. During his time at SNL, he made headlines but most importantly, he made viewers laugh. His cast on SNL also made him the second Nickelodeon star to be on the show after Kenan Thompson. However, he stated in an interview what he felt about working with many guests on SNL but never said nice things about Donald Trump: “He struggled to read at the table read, which did not give many of us great confidence. Didn’t get the jokes, really. He’s just a man who seems to be powered by bluster.”
Killam has played a voice role in television series like “The Awesomes”. An American adult animated web comedy television series. Since 2015, he has been playing voice roles on the American-Canadian educational animated children TV series “Nature Cat” on PBS kids.
Killam wrote and directed the film “Killing Gunther” he was also a main cast in the film. Actors like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Hannah Simone, Cobie Smulders starred in the movie as well. he has appeared in two stage plays “Little Shop of Horrors” and “Hamilton”.
The actor has been nominated for several industry awards. In 2019, he appeared in an episode of the television parody series “What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage”. He is also the author of the book “The Illegitimates”
Marriage
Taran Killam is married. The actor married Canadian actress Cobie Smulders on September 8, 2012. They have been dating since 2009, Cobie Smulders is known for her roles on CBS sitcom “How I Met Your Mother”. Together they have two daughters Shaelyn, who was born in May 2009 and Joelle who was born in January 2015.
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Previously, Taran dated actress Amanda Bynes in 2001 and the relationship ended in 2002. Taran lives in New York with his wife and two kids.
Taran Killam: Net worth, height, and other facts
Taran Killam has been steady killing it in television series and motion pictures. He is one of those stars who are slowly rising on top of the Hollywood food chain with confidence. The actor has a net worth of 4 million dollars according to Celebritynetworth. He is one actor who has the potentials of going far and only time will tell what his retirement package would be when he finally decides to drop his acting gloves. That time is far anyways.
Taran stands at a height of 6 ft 1 inch or 185 meters. He is a lover of comic books and he loves star wars. To add to the list of other things he loves, James Bond Films. Maybe he might play that role in the future, just maybe.
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