Taran Killam
Biography
Taran Killam is an American actor and comedian who was born in Culver City, California, and spent part of his childhood in Big Bear Lake. He drew notice as a featured player on MADtv in 2001 and 2002, then became widely known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2010 to 2016. His film work includes the Disney Channel movie Stuck in the Suburbs (2004), Big Fat Liar, Just Married, My Best Friend's Girl, The Heat (2013), 12 Years a Slave (2013), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014), and Killing Gunther (2017), which he also wrote, produced, and directed. On Broadway he played King George III in Hamilton in 2017 and Lancelot in Spamalot from 2023 to 2024. He voiced the title role on the PBS series Nature Cat from 2015 to 2025 and appeared in Single Parents.
44years old
Turns 45 on April 1in 171 days
- Born Culver City
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
- Taran Hourie Killam (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 13
- Career span
- 21 years2002 to 2023
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A first
Killam joined MADtv as a featured player at age 19, making him the youngest cast member ever hired on the show and its only cast member to have started on children's shows.
First role
Killam's first film appearance came in 1994, when he played a boy in Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult.
Behind the camera
Killam wrote, directed, produced and acted in Killing Gunther, a comic hitman film released in fall 2017. Arnold Schwarzenegger played Gunther and was an executive producer.
Beyond film
In December 2011, Killam posted a YouTube video recreating Robyn's "Call Your Girlfriend" in a small writer's room. It went viral, and by February 2022 the clip had drawn over 1,277,875 views.
Early training
Killam belonged to the Groundlings, an improvisational and sketch-comedy troupe based in Los Angeles. In 2012 he retired from the main company.
Getting ready for a role
Killam lobbied for a role in the 2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film as a Channel 5 staff member, being a fan of the franchise whose favorite turtle is Raphael.
Taran Killam movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Taran Killam shares two films with Bobby Moynihan, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Bobby Moynihan's page
Keith David's page
Alec Baldwin's page
J.K. Simmons's page
Whoopi Goldberg's page
Paul Giamatti's page
All films by Shawn Levy
Box office
What Taran Killam's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.1 billion
9 of the 13 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 13 films: 9 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 1 figure not found.
- 9Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 1Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$485M42.9% of the total
- 2$230M20.3% of the total
- 3$187M16.5% of the total
- 4$102M9.0% of the total
- 5$53M4.7% of the total
- 6$42M3.7% of the total
- 7$33M2.9% of the total
- 8$198K0.0% of the total
$96,162from the other 1 film with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total