1. Jorma Christopher Taccone is an American writer, producer, director, comedian, actor, and musician.
18 Facts About Jorma Taccone
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Jorma Taccone is a member of the comedy music group The Lonely Island with his childhood friends Andy Samberg and Akiva Schaffer.
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In 2010, Taccone co-wrote and directed the SNL spinoff film MacGruber, which was his directorial debut.
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Jorma Taccone directed his second feature alongside Schaffer, the musical comedy Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, which he co-wrote and co-starred in with Schaffer and Samberg.
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Jorma Taccone was born in Berkeley, California, to Suellen Ehnebuske and Tony Jorma Taccone, the artistic director of the Berkeley Repertory Theatre.
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Jorma Taccone's father is of half Italian and half Puerto Rican descent.
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Jorma Taccone attended University of California, Los Angeles and graduated with a BA in Theater in 2000.
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Jorma Taccone spent one semester at the University of Lancaster in United Kingdom as part of his degree study.
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Jorma Taccone's brother, Asa, is a member of the band Electric Guest.
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Jorma Taccone is named after Jorma Kaukonen, Jefferson Airplane's famed guitarist.
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Jorma Taccone's sister-in-law, Emily Heller, is a stand-up comic and a writer for the HBO comedy Barry.
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Jorma 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.
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Jorma Taccone directed a "MacGruber" Pepsi commercial spot for the 43rd Super Bowl, which aired February 1,2009.
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In 2007, Jorma Taccone co-starred in Paramount's Hot Rod.
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Jorma 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".
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Jorma Taccone appeared as Chaka in Universal's 2009 film Land of the Lost, for which he was nominated for the Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor.
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Jorma Taccone had a recurring role on the HBO show Girls as the character Booth Jonathan.
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In 2020, Jorma Taccone authored a children's book, illustrated by Dan Santat, titled Little Fox and the Wild Imagination.