Jorma Taccone

Jorma Christopher Taccone (/ˈjɔːrmə təˈkoʊni/;[2] born March 19, 1977) is an American comedian, director, actor, and writer. He is one-third of the sketch comedy troupe The Lonely Island, with childhood friends Andy Samberg and Akiva Schaffer. In 2010 he 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.

Jorma Taccone
Taccone at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con
Birth name	Jorma Christopher Taccone[1]
Born	March 19, 1977 Berkeley, California, U.S.
Medium	Internet, stand-up, music, television, film
Nationality	American
Years active	2001–present
Genres	Sketch comedy, situational comedy, comedy hip hop
Spouse	Marielle Heller ​ (m. 2007)​
Children	2
Relative(s)	Asa Taccone (brother) Emily Heller (sister-in-law)
Website	www.thelonelyisland.com

Personal life

Taccone was born in Berkeley, California, the son of Sue Ellen and Tony Taccone, the artistic director of the Berkeley Repertory Theatre.[3] His father is of half Italian and half Puerto Rican descent while his mother is of Finnish, Dutch and German ancestry.[4] He attended University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and graduated with a BA in Theater in 2000.[5][6] His brother, Asa Taccone, is a member of the band Electric Guest.

Taccone lives in New York City. He is married to film director Marielle Heller, with whom he has a son (born December 12, 2014).[7] His brother-in-law Nate, a musician, composed the scores for The Diary of a Teenage Girl and Can You Ever Forgive Me?.[8] His sister-in-law Emily is a stand-up comic and a writer for the HBO comedy Barry.[8]

Career

Taccone in 2007

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). 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.

In 2007, Taccone co-starred in Paramount's Hot Rod (starring Andy Samberg, directed by Akiva Schaffer). He is also one of the principal actors in the music video "Jizz in My Pants". He played Guy #2 in "We Like Sportz", reprising the role from "Just 2 Guyz". He played the lead role of Brett in The Lonely Island's The 'Bu, the group's record-breaking contribution to Channel 101,[9] 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".

Taccone appeared as Cha-Ka 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, and was featured as part of the group male vocals on Lightspeed Champion's album Life Is Sweet! Nice to Meet You. As of SNL's 36th season, he was no longer cited in the end credits, though he is 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.[10]

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

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.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Hot Rod	Kevin Powell
2008	Role Models	Mitch from Graphics	Cameo
2009	Land of the Lost	Cha-Ka	Nominated—Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor
2012	The Watch	Guy	Cameo (with The Lonely Island)
2013	Grown Ups 2	Male Cheerleader	Cameo (with The Lonely Island)
2014	The Lego Movie	William Shakespeare (voice)
	Neighbors	Toga #3	Cameo (with The Lonely Island)
2015	Kung Fury	Adolf Hitler, a.k.a. "Kung Fuhrer"
2016	Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping	Owen Bouchard[12]
	Storks	Miscellaneous Stork (voice)
2017	It Happened in L.A.	Elliot
2018	Rampage	Scuba Diver	Deleted scene
	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse	Norman Osborn / Green Goblin (voice) Spider-Man of Earth-67 (voice)
2019	The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part	Larry Poppins (voice)
2020	An American Pickle	Liam
	I Used to Go Here	Bradley Cooper
TBA	Kung Fury 2	Adolf Hitler, a.k.a. "Kung Fuhrer"	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005–2014	Saturday Night Live	Various	22 episodes
2009	Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!	Himself	Episode: "Tennis"
2011	Up All Night	Benjamin "B-Ro" Roth	Episode: "Working Late and Working It"
2012–2013	Girls	Booth Jonathan	3 episodes
2013–2014	The League	Spazz	3 episodes
2014	Gravity Falls	Gabe Bensen (voice)	2 episodes
2014–2016	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Himself	3 episodes
2015	Parks and Recreation	Roscoe Santangelo	3 episodes
2015	Man Seeking Woman	Cupid	Episode: "Sizzurp"
2015	Major Lazer	Various voices	3 episodes
2016	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Taylor	Episode: "Coral Palms Pt. 1"
2017	Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special	Punk Rocker	Variety special
2018	Drunk History	Mehmed the Conqueror	Episode: "Halloween"
2019	Miracle Workers	Kiss Cam Voiceover Guy (voice)	Episode: "1 Day"
2019	The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience	Reporter / Walt Weiss / Joe Montana	Variety special
2019	Bless the Harts	Craig (voice)	Episode: "Myrtle Beach Memoirs"
2021	MacGruber		director, executive producer

Writer

Year	Title	Notes
2005–2014	Saturday Night Live
2007	Hot Rod	Uncredited
2008	Extreme Movie
2010	MacGruber
2016	Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

Director

Year	Title	Notes
2010	MacGruber
2011–2013	Parks and Recreation	2 episodes
2012	Up All Night	Episode: "First Birthday"
2013	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Episode: "Thanksgiving"
2016	Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping	Co-directed with Akiva Schaffer
2018–2019	The Last O.G.	5 episodes
2019	Miracle Workers	2 episodes

Videography

• "Just 2 Guyz" (2005)
• "Jizz in My Pants" (2008)
• "Who's Gonna Save My Soul" (2008)
• "We Like Sportz" (2008)
• "I'm on a Boat" (2009)
• "Like a Boss" (2009)
• "I Just Had Sex" (2010)
• "The Creep" (2011)
• "House of Cosbys" (2011)
• "We're Back" (2011)
• "We'll Kill U" (2011)
• "Jack Sparrow" (2011)
• "American Daydream" (2012)
• "YOLO" (2013)
• "Between Two Ferns/Spring Break Anthem" (2013)
• "Diaper Money" (2013)
• "We Need Love" (2013)
• "The Wire" (2013)
• "Hugs" (2013)
• "Go Kindergarten" (2013)

References

1. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KK88-K2Y
2. "MacGruber! Prop Test!" on YouTube
3. "Berkeley Repertory Theatre". Berkeleyrep.org. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
4. Hurwitt, Robert (July 5, 2006), "Tony Taccone: Riding high on his recent successes, theater veteran has big plans for Berkeley Rep". Chronicle Theater Critic. Retrieved May 18, 2009.
5. "Q&A with Jorma Taccone". dailybruin.com. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
6. "Jorma Taccone '00 |". Retrieved November 4, 2019.
7. "jorma taccone account". Jorma Taccone. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
8. Guthmann, Edward (October 15, 2018). "Alameda's Marielle Heller Is One Hot Hollywood Director". Oakland Magazine. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
9. "Channel 101—The Unavoidable Future of Entertainment". Channel101.com. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
10. "AV Club—The Lonely Island". avclub.com. May 24, 2011. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
11. "BBDO ATLANTA'S 'IT'S NOT COMPLICATED' FOR AT&T". lbbonline.co. November 30, 2012. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
12. "Popstar- Never Stop Never Stopping Featurette - Owen (2016) - Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone Movie HD -".

External links

• The Lonely Island
• Jorma Taccone at IMDb