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 History
2025
Stumble as Boone E. Potter
2025The Residence as St. Pierre
2024High Potential as Ludo Radovic
2024After Midnight as Self
2023River Wild as Gray
2023Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse as Web-Slinger (voice)
2023Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures as Hap (voice)
2023Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures as Jooro "Speeds" Jarrot (voice)
2023Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures as Hap / Jooro "Speeds" Jarrot / Janitor (voice)
2023Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures as Jooro "Speeds" Jarrot / Hap / Shop Owner (voice)
2023Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures as Jooro "Speed" Jarrot / Random Scoundrel (voice)
2023Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures as Jooro "Speed" Jarrot / Gangul Crew Member (voice)
2023Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures as Jooro "Speeds" Jarrot / Hap / Gangul Crew Member (voice)
2023Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures as Jooro "Speeds" Jarrot / F-4RO (voice)
2023The Boulet Brothers' Halfway to Halloween TV Special as Self
2023A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened as Self
2022Lightning Wolves
2022Is It Cake? as Self - Judge
2021Star Wars: The Bad Batch as Depot Manager / Goatal / Landspeeder Driver (voice)
2021Welcome to Georgia as Josh
2020John Legend and Family: Bigger Love Father's Day as Self
2019A Little Late with Lilly Singh as Self
2019Lights Out with David Spade as Self - Panelist
2019What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage
2018Busy Tonight as Self - Guest
2018Star Wars Resistance as Stormtrooper (voice)
2018Night School as Stewart
2018Single Parents as Will
2018Dallas & Robo as Bright Eyes
2018A.P. Bio as Mr. Vining
2017Drop the Mic as Self
2017Killing Gunther as Blake
2017All Nighter as Gary
2016Brother Nature as Roger Fellner
2016The $100,000 Pyramid
2016To Tell the Truth as Self - Panelist
2016Casual Encounters as Justin Davis
2016American Crime Story as Steve Jones
2016Angie Tribeca as Pierre Cardin
2015Nature Cat as Fred / Nature Cat (voice)
2015We Bare Bears as Charles Willoughby-Wentworth (voice)
2015Documentary Now! as Benedict Juniper
2015Ted 2 as Taran Killam
2015The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
2014Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as McNaughton
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
201312 Years a Slave as Hamilton
2013The Awesomes as Frantic (voice)
2013Grown Ups 2 as Male Cheerleader
2013Hollywood Game Night as Self
2013Drunk History as D.B. Cooper
2013Drunk History as William Clark
2013Drunk History as Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
2013Drunk History as Various
2013The Heat as Adam
2012Comedy Bang! Bang! as Smith Calvins
2012The Secret Policeman's Ball as Self
2011New Girl as Fred
2010Anderson's Cross as Austin Wilson
2009Community as Cory Radison
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2008Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
2008My Best Friend's Girl as Josh
2007Katt Williams: American Hustle as Executive
2007iCarly as Agent Kinsey
2007Epic Movie as Pirate
2006The Showdown as The Batter
2006Nobody's Watching as Derrick
2005How I Met Your Mother as Gary Blauman
2005How I Met Your Mother as Blauman
2004Stuck in the Suburbs as Jordan Cahill
2004Drake & Josh as Trevor
2003Arrested Development as Young George Sr.
2003Just Married as Dickie McNerney
2002Still Standing as Andy, Varsity Basketball Player #1
2002Do Over
2002Big Fat Liar as Bret Callaway
2001Scrubs as Jimmy
2000Boston Public as Alex Buchanan
2000Girlfriends as Jordan Gray
1999The Amanda Show
1999Roswell as Malamud
1999Judging Amy as Freddie Felleman
1999Undressed
1999The Jersey as Varsity 1
1995MADtv as Various
1994Touched by an Angel as Teenage Robert
1994Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult as Boy of Geriatric Park
1989The Simpsons as Glen Tangier (voice)
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Various Characters
—Nobody's Watching as Derrick