Taran Killam - wikipedia Taran Killam Taran Killam Killam in a panel discussion at the 2013 New York Comic Con Birth name Taran Hourie Killam ( 1982 - 04 - 01 ) April 1, 1982 ( age 35 ) Culver City, California, United States Medium Film, television, stage Nationality American Years active 1994 -- present Genres Improvisational comedy, sketch comedy, satire Subject ( s ) American culture, current events, pop culture, mass media Spouse Cobie Smulders ( m. 2012 ) Children Notable works and roles Saturday Night Live Wild ' N Out The Amanda Show Hamilton Stuck in the Suburbs Taran Hourie Killam ( born April 1, 1982 ) is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for his television work on shows such as The Amanda Show, Wild ' n Out, Mad TV, and Saturday Night Live. Killam is also known for his portrayal of a teen pop star in the Disney Channel Original Movie Stuck in the Suburbs. 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. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Early career 2.2 Saturday Night Live 2.3 Other work 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Film 4.2 Television 4.3 Theatre 5 Bibliography 6 References 7 External links Early Life Killam was born on April 1, 1982 in Culver City, California, and grew up in Big Bear Lake, California. He graduated from the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. His great - aunt is Rosemarie Bowe, wife of actor Robert Stack. Killam attended the University of California, Los Angeles for one year in 2000. Career Early career In 1994, Killam made his first film appearance as an adolescent in Naked Gun 331⁄3 : The Final Insult. Killam was featured on Nickelodeon 's The Amanda Show, a sketch - comedy vehicle for Amanda Bynes, on which he played Spaulding, a boy who had a huge crush on Moody, in the soap opera parody `` Moody 's Point ''. Killam joined the cast of MADtv as a featured player during its seventh season from 2001 to 2002. Of the 25 episodes that aired during MADtv 's seventh season, Killam appeared fully in 13 episodes. Joining the MADtv cast at age 19, Killam was the youngest cast member hired on the show and the only cast member on MADtv to get his start on children 's shows ( similar to Kenan Thompson on Saturday Night Live ). He was a regular cast member on the third and fourth seasons of Nick Cannon 's Wild ' N Out. In 2005, Killam co-starred in the television pilot Nobody 's Watching, which never aired on network TV. The pilot gained popularity after it was leaked online and webisodes were produced from 2006 to 2007. Killam co-starred in the 2004 Disney Channel original film Stuck in the Suburbs. After MADtv, Killam appeared on TV shows such as Jake in Progress, Still Standing, Boston Public, Drake & Josh, Do Over, Roswell and Judging Amy. He has appeared on Scrubs and Scrubs : Interns as Jimmy ( the Overly Touchy Orderly ). Killam appeared as a contestant on the episode of The Price Is Right which aired on December 7, 2006. The episode was re-aired on July 19, 2007. He has been in Big Fat Liar, Just Married, Anderson 's Cross, and My Best Friend 's Girl. Killam was a member of the Los Angeles - based improvisational and sketch - comedy troupe the Groundlings. He retired from the main company in 2012. Saturday Night Live On September 25, 2010, Killam joined the cast of Saturday Night Live for the 36th season, making him the second Nickelodeon veteran ( after Kenan Thompson ) to join SNL and the second SNL cast member who was previously a cast member on the sketch show MADtv ( after Jeff Richards ). Killam named Eddie Murphy as his favorite SNL cast member and Arcade Fire as his favorite musical guest. In August 2016, Killam along with Jay Pharoah were let go from SNL. Other work In December 2011, Killam replicated the Robyn video `` Call Your Girlfriend '' in a small writer 's room and posted it to YouTube. The video went viral and by January 6, 2015 it had been viewed more than 958,382 times. The late night antics briefly became an Internet phenomenon and garnered Killam media and public attention. When interviewed on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Killam stated that he had not known the dance shown in the song 's official video until Robyn was scheduled to appear on SNL as a guest ; then, he watched the video repeatedly until he could perform it himself. In 2011, Killam appeared in Community episode `` Regional Holiday Music '' as Mr. Radison ( Mr. Rad ), a parody of Will Schuester from Glee. In 2012 he appeared in iCarly episode `` I Meet The First Lady '' as a Secret Service agent. On November 10, 2012, Killam appeared with Kenan Thompson in a short video, `` The Legend of Mokiki and the Sloppy Swish ''. Mokiki is a laboratory test subject who wanders Manhattan performing a shuffling move known as the `` Sloppy Swish ''. The sketch briefly became an Internet phenomenon and garnered Killam media and public attention. Mike Ryan of The Huffington Post wrote, `` It is one of the most bizarre things to ever air on SNL, yet, the next day, everyone was talking about the Sloppy Swish. '' Killam co-starred in the 2013 comedy film The Heat. Killam voices Zip `` Frantic '' Danger on the Hulu original series The Awesomes. In 2013 Killam ventured into the spy genre and the comics industry with The Illegitimates, a six - issue comics miniseries co-written by Marc Andreyko, illustrated by Kevin Sharpe and published by IDW Publishing. The series focuses on a team of illegitimate siblings who are charged with taking the place of their father, Jack Steele, a James Bond - like spy, after his death. The first issue was published December 18, 2013, and received mixed reviews. Killam appears in the 2013 film 12 Years a Slave, playing the role of Abram Hamilton, one of the kidnappers who brought the main character into slavery. Killam is a fan of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise ( Raphael in particular ), and successfully lobbied for a cameo role in the 2014 film. Killam made six guest appearances as Gary Blauman on his wife Cobie Smulders ' TV series, How I Met Your Mother. His first appearance was in the March 20, 2006 episode, `` Life Among the Gorillas '' and the final one was the March 24, 2014 episode, `` The End of the Aisle ''. In 2015, Killam provided the voice of the titular character on the PBS Kids show Nature Cat, along with SNL alumni Kate McKinnon, Bobby Moynihan, and Kenan Thompson. On January 17, 2017 Killam succeeded Rory O'Malley in the role of King George III in the Broadway musical Hamilton. Personal Life After several years of dating, Killam and Canadian actress Cobie Smulders became engaged in January 2009. They married on September 8, 2012, in Solvang, California. The couple have two daughters. The first, Shaelyn Cado Killam, was born May 16, 2009 ; the second, whose name was not revealed, was born in January 2015. Killam is an avid reader of comic books and a fan of James Bond films. He first became interested in comics with Jim Lee 's 1991 work on X-Men # 1. He counts among his favorite aspects of the Bond franchise On Her Majesty 's Secret Service and the Nintendo 64 video game GoldenEye 007, and names Sean Connery, Goldfinger and `` Skyfall '' as his favorite Bond actor, film and theme, respectively. He is also a self - proclaimed fan of Star Wars, creating Star Wars centric sketches on Saturday Night Live and appearing on The Star Wars Show. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes Naked Gun 331⁄3 : The Final Insult Boy of Geriatric Park 2002 Big Fat Liar Bret Callaway 2003 Just Married Dickie McNerney Stuck in the Suburbs Jordan Cahill 2006 The Showdown The Batter Short film 2006 Dr. Miracles Mr. Peterson Short film 2007 Epic Movie Pirate 2008 My Best Friend 's Girl Josh 2009 Three Matthew McConaugheys and a Baby Matthew McConaughey Short film Anderson 's Cross Austin Wilson 2013 The Heat Adam 2013 Grown Ups 2 Male Cheerleader 2013 12 Years a Slave Abram Hamilton 2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Jim McNaughton 2015 Ted 2 Himself 2015 Underdogs Captain Skip ( voice ) 2016 Casual Encounters Justin Davis 2016 Brother Nature Roger Fellner Also writer 2017 All Nighter Gary 2017 Killing Gunther Blake Also director, producer and writer 2018 Night School Filming Television Year Title Role Notes 1994 -- 2002 All That Himself 15 episodes ; also writer 2000 The Jersey Varsity 1 Episode : `` Nick 's a Chick '' 2000 Judging Amy Freddie Felleman Episode : `` The Wee Hours '' 2000 Touched by an Angel Teenage Robert Episode : `` The Grudge '' 2000 -- 2002 The Amanda Show Spaulding 7 episodes 2001 Undressed Blake 40 episodes 2001 Roswell Malamud Episode : `` Heart of Mine '' 2001 -- 2002 MADtv Various 13 episodes 2002 Do Over Dave Episode : `` The Block Party '' Drake & Josh Trevor Episode : `` Dune Buggy '' Boston Public Alex Buchanan Episode : `` Chapter Seventy - Eight '' Still Standing Andy, Varsity Basketball Player # 1 Episode : `` Still Narcing '' Stuck in the Suburbs Jordan Cahill TV film 2005 Jake in Progress Todd Episode : `` Loose Thread '' 2006 Girlfriends Jordan Gray Episode : `` Hustle & Dough '' 2006 -- 2014 How I Met Your Mother Gary Blauman 6 episodes 2006 -- 2007 Wild ' n Out Various 29 episodes 2007 Nick Cannon Presents : Short Circuitz Various 8 episodes ; also writer 2009 Scrubs Jimmy 4 episodes 2009 Scrubs : Interns Jimmy Episode : `` The Late Night with Jimmy Show '' 2010 -- 2016 Saturday Night Live Himself, Various 126 episodes 2011 Community Cory Radison Episode : `` Regional Holiday Music '' 2012 iCarly Agent Kinsey Episode : `` iMeet the First Lady '' 2012 Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday Patient, Steve Doocy, Guy 2 episodes 2013 -- 2016 Drunk History William Clark, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, Bobby Fischer, Lord Gordon Gordon 4 episodes 2013 -- 2015 The Awesomes Zip `` Frantic '' Danger ( voice ) Main role 2014 Comedy Bang ! Bang ! Smith Calvins Episode : `` Jenna Fischer Wears a Floral Blouse & Black Heels '' 2014 Sesame Street Professor Buck Awe Episode : `` School for Chickens '' 2015 -- present Nature Cat Nature Cat Voice 2016 New Girl Fred Episode : `` What About Fred '' 2016 Mating Pilot Theatre Year Title Role Notes 2017 Hamilton King George III Broadway debut ; replaced Rory O'Malley Bibliography The Illegitimates # 1 -- 6 ( 2013 ) References Jump up ^ `` Taran Killam ''. TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on September 15, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2014. Jump up ^ Owen Turner, Arrissia ( July 15, 2004 ). `` From Big Bear to big time - Taran Killam ''. Retrieved April 18, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Taran Killam Profile ''. Metacritic. Retrieved 2012 - 05 - 16. Jump up ^ Yan, Marjorie ( February 22, 2011 ). `` Killam with laughter : actor, comedian, and former Bruin lands dream job on ``  ̃ Saturday Night Live ' cast ''. Daily Bruin. University of California, Los Angeles. Jump up ^ `` Nobody 's Watching Part 2 ``, YouTube, June 8, 2006 ^ Jump up to : Dietsch, T.J. ( October 17, 2013 ). `` NYCC : ' Saturday Night Live 's ' Taran Killam Debriefs ' The Illegitimates ' ''. Comic Book Resources. Jump up ^ Ausiello, Michael ( August 8, 2016 ). `` SNL Vets Taran Killam and Jay Pharoah Not Returning for Season 42 ''. TVLine.com. Archived from the original on August 9, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2017. Jump up ^ Ryan, Mike ( August 8, 2016 ). `` Taran Killam On Why He 's Leaving ' Saturday Night Live ' ''. Uproxx.com. Archived from the original on August 10, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Call Your Girlfriend SNL ''. December 12, 2011. Retrieved August 24, 2013. Jump up ^ Hughes, Sarah ( December 13, 2011 ). `` Taran Killam and ' SNL ' cohorts do late night recreation of Robyn 's ' Call Your Girlfriend ' ( Video ) ''. Washington Post. Retrieved February 7, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Talkin ' Robyn with Taran Killam ''. Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Retrieved February 7, 2013. Jump up ^ Hernandez, Brian Anthony ( November 11, 2012 ). `` Mokiki 's Sloppy Swish Is the Next ' Gangnam Style ' ''. Mashable. Retrieved February 3, 2013. Jump up ^ `` What 's Trending : Look Out, Psy : SNL 's ' Sloppy Swish ' Might be the Next ' Gangnam Style ' ''. MSN Now. November 12, 2012. Retrieved February 3, 2013. The ridiculous `` Sloppy Swish '' dance by Mokiki was featured in an SNL sketch last night, and, with the speed that it 's gone viral today, some people are predicting it could be the next Gangnam Style. Parodies have already begun springing up on YouTube and there are Tumblr pages for both `` Mokiki '' and `` Sloppy Swish. '' Sorry, Psy -- there may be a new viral dance sensation on the block. Jump up ^ Ryan, Mike ( November 14, 2012 ). `` ' Saturday Night Live ' : Origins Of The Sloppy Swish And Mokiki, Explained By Taran Killam ''. The Huffington Post. Retrieved February 3, 2013. ^ Jump up to : Konrad, Jeremy ( October 16, 2013 ). `` Taran Killam And IDW 's The Illegitimates Win Over The Crowd ''. Bleeding Cool. Jump up ^ Jasper, Marykate ( December 20, 2013 ). `` The Illegitimates # 1 ''. Comic Book Resources. Jump up ^ Ostrowski, Vince ( December 19, 2013 ). `` Review : The Illegitimates # 1 ''. Multiversity Comics. Jump up ^ Hunsaker, Andy ( December 18, 2013 ). `` The Illegitimates # 1 : ' SNL ' Star Taran Killam 's Comic Debut ''. CraveOnline. Jump up ^ Lee, Ashley ( December 14, 2016 ). `` aran Killam to Make Broadway Debut in ' Hamilton ' ''. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 14, 2016. Jump up ^ Alexander, Reagan ( January 28, 2009 ). `` HIMYM 's Cobie Smulders Flashes Her New Engagement Ring ''. People. Retrieved 25 November 2009. Jump up ^ `` '' SNL 's '' Taran Killam Marries `` How I Met Your Mother 's '' Cobie Smulders -- Exclusive ``. RumorFix. September 8, 2012. Retrieved September 8, 2012. Jump up ^ Leon, Anya ( July 3, 2009 ). `` It 's a Girl for Cobie Smulders ''. People. Jump up ^ `` Taran Killam and Cobie Smulders Expecting Second Child ''. People. October 21, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2014. Jump up ^ `` SNL - Scarlett Johansson Sings Sexy ' Love You Baby ' Lullaby ( Monologue ) ''. MetaTube. 2015 - 05 - 04. Retrieved 2015 - 12 - 07. Jump up ^ Klassen, Anna ( January 26, 2015 ). `` ' Unexpected ' Star Cobie Smulders & Director Kris Swanberg On Finally Making a Pregnancy Film From the Female Perspective ''. Retrieved January 30, 2015. Jump up ^ `` The Star Wars Show ''. YouTube. Retrieved 27 September 2017. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Taran Killam. 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