Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1982-04-01 (43 years old)

Place of Birth

Culver City, California, USA

Also Known As

Taran Hourie Killam
Тарен Киллам

Taran Killam

Biography

Taran Killam is an American actor born on April 1, 1982 in Culver City, California. He is known for his television work on The Amanda Show, How I Met Your Mother, MADtv, New Girl, Saturday Night Live, and Single Parents. Killam is also known for his portrayal of a teen pop star in the 2004 Disney Channel Original Movie Stuck in the Suburbs. He voices the title character on the PBS children's cartoon series Nature Cat. Killam performed the role of King George III in the Broadway production of Hamilton at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, ending his run on the evening of April 13, 2017. He has been married to Cobie Smulders since September 8, 2012. They have two children.

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Acting

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Nobody's Watching as Derrick

2025

The Residence as St. Pierre

2024		High Potential as Ludo Radovic
2024		After Midnight as Self

2023		River Wild as Gray
2023		Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse as Web-Slinger (voice)
2023		Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures as Hap (voice)
2023		Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures as Jooro "Speeds" Jarrot (voice)
2023		Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures as Jooro "Speed" Jarrot / Gangul Crew Member (voice)
2023		Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures as Hap / Jooro "Speeds" Jarrot / Janitor (voice)
2023		Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures as Jooro "Speeds" Jarrot / Hap / Shop Owner (voice)
2023		Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures as Jooro "Speed" Jarrot / Random Scoundrel (voice)
2023		Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures as Jooro "Speeds" Jarrot / Hap / Gangul Crew Member (voice)
2023		Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures as Jooro "Speeds" Jarrot / F-4RO (voice)
2023		The Boulet Brothers' Halfway to Halloween TV Special as Self
2023		A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened as Self

2022

Lightning Wolves

2021		Star Wars: The Bad Batch as Depot Manager / Goatal / Landspeeder Driver (voice)
2021		Mr. Mayor as Taryn Digiacomo

2020

John Legend and Family: Bigger Love Father's Day as Self

2019		A Little Late with Lilly Singh as Self
2019		Lights Out with David Spade as Self - Panelist
2019		What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage

2018		Busy Tonight as Self - Guest
2018		Star Wars Resistance as Stormtrooper (voice)
2018		Night School as Stewart
2018		Single Parents as Will
2018		Dallas & Robo as Bright Eyes
2018		A.P. Bio as Mr. Vining

2017		Drop the Mic as Self
2017		Killing Gunther as Blake
2017		All Nighter as Gary

2016		Brother Nature as Roger Fellner
2016		The $100,000 Pyramid
2016		To Tell the Truth as Self - Panelist
2016		Casual Encounters as Justin Davis
2016		American Crime Story as Steve Jones
2016		Angie Tribeca as Pierre Cardin

2015		Nature Cat as Fred / Nature Cat (voice)
2015		We Bare Bears as Charles Willoughby-Wentworth (voice)
2015		Documentary Now! as Benedict Juniper
2015		Ted 2 as Taran Killam
2015		The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest

2014		Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as McNaughton
2014		Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self

2013		12 Years a Slave as Hamilton
2013		The Awesomes as Frantic (voice)
2013		Grown Ups 2 as Male Cheerleader
2013		Hollywood Game Night as Self
2013		Drunk History as D.B. Cooper
2013		Drunk History as William Clark
2013		Drunk History as Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
2013		The Heat as Adam

2012		Comedy Bang! Bang! as Smith Calvins
2012		The Secret Policeman's Ball as Self

2011

New Girl as Fred

2010

Anderson's Cross as Austin Wilson

2009		Community as Cory Radison
2009		Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest

2008		Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
2008		My Best Friend's Girl as Josh

2007		iCarly as Agent Kinsey
2007		Epic Movie as Pirate
2007		Katt Williams: American Hustle as Executive

2006		The Showdown as The Batter
2006		Nobody's Watching as Derrick

2005		SNL Digital Shorts
2005		How I Met Your Mother as Gary Blauman
2005		How I Met Your Mother as Blauman

2004		Stuck in the Suburbs as Jordan Cahill
2004		Drake & Josh as Trevor

2003		Arrested Development as Young George Sr.
2003		Just Married as Dickie McNerney

2002		Still Standing as Andy, Varsity Basketball Player #1
2002		Do Over
2002		Big Fat Liar as Bret Callaway

2001

Scrubs as Jimmy

2000		Boston Public as Alex Buchanan
2000		Girlfriends

1999		The Amanda Show
1999		Roswell as Malamud
1999		Judging Amy as Freddie Felleman
1999		Undressed
1999		The Jersey as Varsity 1

1994		Touched by an Angel as Teenage Robert
1994		Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult as Boy of Geriatric Park

1989

The Simpsons as Glen Tangier (voice)

1975		Saturday Night Live as Self - Various Characters
1975		Saturday Night Live as Ghost
1975		Saturday Night Live as Self

Directing

2023

Fanatic as Director

2017

Killing Gunther as Director

Production

2017

Killing Gunther as Producer

Writing

2017

Killing Gunther as Writer

2016

Brother Nature as Writer

2005

SNL Digital Shorts as Writer

1975

Saturday Night Live as Writer