Jorma Taccone

Jorma Taccone
Taccone in 2017
Born	Jorma Christopher Taccone (1977-03-19)March 19, 1977 Berkeley, California,U.S.
Alma mater	UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
Occupations	Actor comedian writer director producer songwriter
Years active	1990s–present
Spouse	Marielle Heller ​ (m.2007)​
Children	2
Parent	Tony Taccone(father)
Relatives	Asa Taccone(brother) Emily Heller(sister-in-law)
Comedy career
Medium	Television music internet film stand-up
Genres	Sketch comedy musical comedy surreal humor satire
Musical career
Genres	Comedy hip hop
Discography	The Lonely Island discography
Member of	The Lonely Island
Website	thelonelyisland.com

Jorma Christopher Taccone(/ˈjɔːrmətəˈkoʊni/YOR-mə tə-KOH-nee;born March 19, 1977) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and director. He is one-third of the sketch comedy troupeThe Lonely Island,with childhood friendsAndy SambergandAkiva Schaffer.In 2010, Taccone co-wrote and directed theSNLspinoff filmMacGruber,which was his directorial debut. He directed his second feature alongside Schaffer, the musical comedyPopstar: Never Stop Never Stopping,which he also co-wrote and co-starred in with Schaffer and Samberg.

Personal life

Taccone was born inBerkeley, California,to Suellen Ehnebuske andTony Taccone,the artistic director of theBerkeley Repertory Theatre.His father is of halfItalianand halfPuerto Ricandescent.He attendedUniversity of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)and graduated with a BA in Theater in 2000. He spent one semester at theUniversity of LancasterinUnited Kingdomas part of his degree study.His brother,Asa,is a member of the bandElectric Guest.He is named afterJorma Kaukonen,Jefferson Airplane's famed guitarist.

Taccone lives in New York City. He is married to film directorMarielle Heller,with whom he has a son (born December 2014)and a daughter (born August 2020).His brother-in-law, Nate, a musician, composed the scores forThe Diary of a Teenage GirlandCan You Ever Forgive Me?.His sister-in-law,Emily Heller,is astand-up comicand a writer for the HBO comedyBarry.

Career

Taccone in 2007

In the fall of 2005, Samberg, Taccone, and Schaffer joined the staff of NBC's late-night variety showSaturday Night Live.Since then, as The Lonely Island, they have created more than 100SNLDigital Shortsincluding the YouTube favorites "Lazy Sunday"(featuringChris Parnell), "Jizz in My Pants","I'm on a Boat"(featuringT-Pain) and theEmmy-winning "Dick in a Box"(featuringJustin 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 theSNLshorts "MacGruber","Business Meeting "," Sloths "," Giraffes ", and others. He also directed a" MacGruber "Pepsicommercial spot for the 43rdSuper Bowl,which aired February 1, 2009.

In 2007, Taccone co-starred in Paramount'sHot Rod(starring Andy Samberg, directed by Akiva Schaffer). He is one of the principal actors in the music video "Jizz in My Pants"too. He played Guy #2 in" We Like Sportz ", reprising the role from" Just 2 Guyz ", and the lead role of Brett in The Lonely Island'sThe 'Bu,the group's record-breaking contribution toChannel 101,where he played a ninja who did not belong.The 'Bu,a parody ofThe OC,also starredSarah Chalkeas Melissa and Andy Samberg as Aaron. In the group's first Channel 101 show, "ITV Buzz Countdown", he played Chris Hoffman, a fictionalVJin a parody of MTV'sTotal Request Live.

Taccone made a cameo appearance inRole Modelsas Mitch from Graphics, where he sang a karaoke version of theScorpions' "Rock You Like a Hurricane";and co-starred in theGnarls Barkleymusic video for the song "Who's Gonna Save My Soul".

Taccone appeared as Chaka in Universal's 2009 filmLand of the Lost(starringWill Ferrell), for which he was nominated for theRazzie AwardforWorst Supporting Actor.In August 2009, he directed his first film, an adaptation of theSaturday Night LivesketchMacGruberthat was featured as part of the group male vocals on Lightspeed Champion's albumLife Is Sweet! Nice to Meet You.As ofSNL's 36th season, he was no longer cited in the end credits, though he was 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 leftSaturday Night Live,though he worked on some shorts in the 36th season.

Taccone acted in season 5 of MyDamnChannel'sWainy Daysand is the director of the AT&T Wireless television ad campaignIt's Not Complicated.He also had a recurring role on the HBO showGirlsas the character Booth Jonathan.

In 2015, Taccone appeared in theKickstartershort movieKung FuryasAdolf Hitler(A.K.A. Kung-Führer). He will play this role again in the sequelKung Fury 2.

In 2020, Taccone authored a children's book, illustrated byDan Santat,titledLittle Fox and the Wild Imagination.

Taccone hostsThe Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcastwith Samberg, Schaffer andSeth Meyers,which discusses The Lonely Island'sSNLDigital Shorts.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes
2007	Hot Rod	No	Uncredited	No
2008	Extreme Movie	No	Yes	No
2010	MacGruber	Yes	Yes	No
2016	Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping	Yes	Yes	Yes	Co-directed withAkiva Schaffer
2017	Brigsby Bear	No	No	Yes
2020	Palm Springs	No	No	Yes

Executive producer

• The Diary of a Teenage Girl(2015)
• It Happened in L.A.(2017)
• The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience(2019)

Acting roles

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 AwardforWorst Supporting Actor
2012	The Watch	Guy	Cameo (withThe Lonely Island)
2013	Grown Ups 2	Male Cheerleader	Cameo (withThe Lonely Island)
2014	The Lego Movie	William Shakespeare	Voice role
	Neighbors	Toga #3	Cameo (withThe Lonely Island)
2015	Kung Fury	Adolf Hitler,a.k.a. "Kung Fuhrer"
2016	Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping	Owen "Kid Contact" Bouchard
	Storks	Miscellaneous Stork	Voice role
2017	It Happened in L.A.	Elliot
2018	Rampage	Scuba Diver	Deleted scene
	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse	Norman Osborn / Green Goblin,Peter Parker / Spider-Man (Earth-67)	Voice roles
2019	The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part	Larry Poppins	Voice role
2020	An American Pickle	Liam
	I Used to Go Here	Bradley Cooper
2022	Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers	Batman,Fan Con Announcer, Toon Car	Voice roles
	Weird: The Al Yankovic Story	Pee-wee Herman
	The People We Hate at the Wedding	Jonathan
2023	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	Adriano Tumino / Vulture,Peter Parker / Spider-Man (Earth-67)	Voice roles
2024	Sonic the Hedgehog 3	TBA	Post-production
TBA	Kung Fury 2	Adolf Hitler, a.k.a. "Kung Fuhrer"	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes
2001–2002	Spin City	No	No	No	Production staff: 7 episodes
2003–2005	The 'Bu	No	Yes	Yes	Web series
2004	2004 MTV Movie Awards	No	Yes	No	TV special
2005	2005 MTV Movie Awards	No	Yes	No
2005–2014	Saturday Night Live	Yes	Yes	No	Segment director: 26 episodes; writer: 101 episodes
2011–2013	Parks and Recreation	Yes	No	No
2012	Up All Night	Yes	No	No	Episode: "First Birthday"
2013	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Yes	No	No	Episode: "Thanksgiving"
2016	Party Over Here	No	No	Yes
2017	The Gorburger Show	No	No	Yes
2017–2019	I'm Sorry	No	No	Yes
2018	Alone Together	No	No	Yes
2018–2019	The Last O.G.	Yes	No	Yes	Director: 5 episodes
2019	Miracle Workers	Yes	No	Yes	Director: 2 episodes
2019–2021	PEN15	No	No	Yes
2019–	I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson	No	No	Yes
2021	MacGruber	Yes	Yes	Yes
2024	Knuckles	Yes	No	No	Episode: "The Flames of Disaster"

Acting roles

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
2014	Gravity Falls	Gabe Bensen (voice)	2 episodes
2014–2016	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Himself	3 episodes
2015	Parks and Recreation	Roscoe Santangelo
	Man Seeking Woman	Cupid	Episode: "Sizzurp"
	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"
	The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience	Reporter /Walt Weiss/Joe Montana	Variety special
	Bless the Harts	Craig (voice)	Episode: "Myrtle Beach Memoirs"
2020	Helpsters	Painter Pat	Episode: "Nurse Nina & Farmer Flynn/Firefighter Fran & Painter Pat"

Songwriting for media

Year	Title	Artist	Production	Notes
2005–2016	Various	The Lonely Island	Saturday Night Live
2010	"MacGruber's Theme"	Cornbread Compton& The Silver Lake Chorus	MacGruber
	"The Perfect Number"	Kristen Wiig
2014	"Everything is Awesome!"	Jo-Li feat. The Lonely Island	The Lego Movie
	"Everything Is Awesome!"(Remix)	Tegan and Sarafeat. The Lonely Island
2016	Various	Various	Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
2019	"Super Cool"	Beckfeat.Robyn& The Lonely Island	The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part	Additional lyrics

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)

External links

• The Lonely Island
• Jorma TacconeatIMDb