Gender: | Male |
Age: | 41 Years Old |
Birth: | April 1, 1982 |
Role: | Trevor |
Occupation: | American actor Comedian Voice Actor Film director Television producer Singer Screen Writer |
Years Active: | 1994 - Present |
SeasonsAppeared: | Season 1 |
FirstAppearances: | Dune Buggy |
LastAppearances: | Dune Buggy |
Taran Killam is an American actor and comedian. He portrays Trevor on Drake & Josh as seen from the Season 1 episode, "Dune Buggy". He is known for being a cast member of both MADtv and Saturday Night Live respectively.
Biography[]
On April 1, 1982, Killam was born in Culver City, California, and lived in Big Bear Lake, California, until age 15. His mother toured with The Charlie Daniels Band and has been described as a singer-songwriter. His father was a part of the City Garage Theatre Group and was described as having had acting ambitions. Killam is also the great-nephew of Rosemarie Bowe, wife of actor Robert Stack. Killam attended the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. He then attended UCLA's School of Theater, Film, and Television "as a musical theater student," He stated he "spent much of his time working on UCLA's Theater Festival." He left UCLA "to pursue his acting career."
Career[]
In 1994, Killam made his first film appearance as an adolescent in Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult. Killam was featured on Nickelodeon's The Amanda Show, a sketch-comedy vehicle for Amanda Bynes, on which he played Spaulding, a boy who had a massive crush on Moody, in the soap opera parody "Moody's Point." Killam joined the cast of MADtv as a featured player during its seventh season from 2001 to 2002. Although, of the 25 episodes that aired during MADtv's seventh season, Killam only fully appeared in 13 episodes. Joining the MADtv cast at age 19, Killam was the youngest cast member ever hired on the show and the only cast member on MADtv to get his start on children's shows (similar to Kenan Thompson on Saturday Night Live). He was also a regular cast member on the third and fourth seasons of Nick Cannon's Wild 'N Out. In 2005, Killam co-starred in the television pilot Nobody's Watching, which never aired on network TV. The pilot, however, gained popularity after it was leaked online, and they continued making webisodes from 2006 to 2007. Killam co-starred in the 2004 Disney Channel Original Movie Stuck in the Suburbs. After MADtv, Killam appeared on TV shows such as Jake in Progress, Still Standing, Boston Public, Drake & Josh, Do Over, Roswell, and Judging Amy. He had also appeared on Scrubs and Scrubs: Interns as Jimmy (the Overly Touchy Orderly). Killam appeared as a contestant on the episode of The Price Is Right, which aired on December 7, 2006.
The attack was re-aired on July 19, 2007. He has also been in Big Fat Liar, Just Married, Anderson's Cross, and My Best Friend's Girl. Killam was a member of the Los Angeles-based improvisational and sketch-comedy troupe The Groundlings, and he retired from the leading company in 2012. On September 25, 2010, Killam joined the cast of Saturday Night Live for the 36th season, making him the second Nickelodeon veteran (after Kenan Thompson) to join SNL and the second SNL cast member who was previously a cast member on the sketch show MADtv (after Jeff Richards). Killam has named Eddie Murphy his favorite SNL cast member and Arcade Fire as his favorite musical guest. On August 8, 2016, Killam was dropped from the cast.
Filmography[]
Film | |||
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Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1994 | Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult | Boy of Geriatric Park | |
2002 | Big Fat Liar | Bret Callaway | |
2003 | Just Married | Dickie McNerney | |
2004 | Stuck in the Suburbs | Jordan Cahill | |
2006 | The Showdown | The Batter | Short film |
2006 | Dr. Miracles | Mr. Peterson | Short film |
2007 | Epic Movie | Pirate | |
2008 | My Best Friend's Girl | Josh | |
2009 | Three Matthew McConaugheys and a Baby | Matthew McConaughey 2 | Short film |
2010 | Anderson's Cross | Austin Wilson | |
2013 | The Heat | Adam/Simon Larkin | |
2013 | Grown Ups 2 | Male Cheerleader | Cameo |
2013 | 12 Years a Slave | Abram Hamilton | |
2014 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Jim McNaughton | |
2015 | Ted 2 | Himself | |
2015 | Underdogs | Captain Skip / Rufus (voice) | |
2016 | Casual Encounters | Justin Davis | |
2016 | Brother Nature | Roger Fellner | Also writer |
2017 | All Nighter | Gary | |
2017 | Killing Gunther | Blake | Also director, producer and writer; directorial debut |
2018 | Night School | Stewart | |
2020 | Nina West: Nina the Vampire Slayer | Narrator | Short Video |
Television | |||
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1994–2002 | All That | Himself | 15 episodes |
2000 | The Jersey | Varsity 1 | Episode: "Nick's a Chick" |
2000 | Judging Amy | Freddie Felleman | Episode: "The Wee Hours" |
2000 | Touched by an Angel | Teenage Robert | Episode: "The Grudge" |
2000–2002 | The Amanda Show | Spaulding | 7 episodes |
2001 | Undressed | Blake | 40 episodes |
2001 | Roswell | Malamud | Episode: "Heart of Mine" |
2001–2002 | MADtv | Various | 13 episodes |
2002 | Do Over | Dave | Episode: "The Block Party" |
2004 | Drake & Josh | Trevor | Episode: "Dune Buggy" |
2004 | Boston Public | Alex Buchanan | Episode: "Chapter Seventy-Eight" |
2004 | Still Standing | Andy | Episode: "Still Narcing" |
2004 | Stuck in the Suburbs | Jordan Cahill | TV film |
2005 | Jake in Progress | Todd | Episode: "Loose Thread" |
2006 | Girlfriends | Jordan Gray | Episode: "Hustle & Dough" |
2006–2014 | How I Met Your Mother | Gary Blauman | 6 episodes |
2006–2007 | Wild 'n Out | Various | 29 episodes |
2007 | Nick Cannon Presents: Short Circuitz | Various | 8 episodes; also writer |
2009 | Scrubs | Jimmy | 4 episodes |
2009 | Scrubs: Interns | Jimmy | Episode: "The Late Night with Jimmy Show" |
2010–2016 | Saturday Night Live | Himself, Various | 126 episodes |
2011 | Community | Cory Radison | Episode: "Regional Holiday Music" |
2012 | iCarly | Agent Kinsey | Episode: "iMeet the First Lady" |
2012 | Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday | Patient, Steve Doocy, Guy | 2 episodes |
2013–2018 | Drunk History | Various | 6 episodes |
2013–2015 | The Awesomes | Zip "Frantic" Danger (voice) | Main role; 30 episodes |
2014 | Comedy Bang! Bang! | Smith Calvins | Episode: "Jenna Fischer Wears a Floral Blouse & Black Heels" |
2014 | Sesame Street | Professor Buck Awe | Episode: "School for Chickens" |
2015–present | Nature Cat | Nature Cat | Voice |
2016 | New Girl | Fred | Episode: "What About Fred" |
2016 | Mating | Jay | Pilot |
2018 | A.P. Bio | Mr. Vining | Episode: "Teacher Jail" |
2018 | Robot Chicken | Various voices | Episode: "Ext. Forest Day" |
2018–2020 | Single Parents | Will Cooper | Main role, 45 episodes |
2018 | We Bare Bears | Willoughby-Wentworth (voice) | Episode: "Adopted" |
2018 | Angie Tribeca | Pierre Cardin | 6 episodes |
2019 | Documentary Now! | Benedict Juniper | Episode: "Original Cast Album: Co-Op" |
2019 | Arrested Development | Young George Bluth, Sr. | |
2019 | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | Zam Larson | Episode: "Not the White House Correspondents' Dinner" |
2019 | What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage | Himself | Episode: "Elevator" |
2020 | The Simpsons | Glen Tangier/Airshot (voice) | Episode: "Bart the Bad Guy" |
2020 | Vampirina | Ichabod Crane (voice) | Episode: "A Tale Of Two Hollows" |
2020 | The George Lucas Talk Show | Himself | Episode: "Revenge of the Sick" |
2021 | Star Wars: The Bad Batch | Depot Manager / Goatal / Landspeeder Driver (voice) | Episode: "Cornered" |
2021 | Impeachment: American Crime Story | Steve Jones | |
2021 | Mr. Mayor | Taryn Digiacomo | Episode: "Mr. Mayor's Magical L.A. Christmas" |
Awards and Nominations[]
Awards and Nominations | ||||
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Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
2012 | Gold Derby Awards | Breakthrough Performer of the Year | Saturday Night Live | Nominated |
2013 | Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | Best Acting Ensemble | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated |
2014 | Online Film & Television Association | Best Male Performances in a Fiction Program | Saturday Night Live | Nominated |
2014 | Gold Derby Awards | Ensemble Cast | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated |
2017 | San Diego International Film Festival | Visionary Filmmaker Award | Winner | |
2020 | Gold Derby Awards | Ensemble of the Decade | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated |
External Links[]
- Taran Killam on IMDb
- Taran Killam on Facebook
- Taran Killam on Twitter