Taran Killam (born on April 1, 1982) is an American actor. He is known for his television work on The Amanda Show and Saturday Night Live, as well as his roles in the films Stuck in the Suburbs, 12 Years a Slave, and The Heat. He voices the title character on the PBS children's cartoon series Nature Cat. Killam performed the role of King George III in the Broadway production of Hamilton at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, from January through April 2017. He has been married to Cobie Smulders since September 8, 2012, and they have two children.

Filmography

• 2026Holdo’s Most Wanted — General Hux / Poe Dameron
• 2026The Moof Milkers — Poe Dameron/General Hux
• Stumble — Boone E. Potter
• The Residence — St. Pierre
• 2024An SNL Thanksgiving — (archive footage)
• High Potential — Ludo Radovic
• 2023Fanatic — Director
• 2023River Wild — Gray
• 2023Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse — Web-Slinger (voice)
• Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures — Hap (voice), Jooro "Speeds" Jarrot (voice), Hap / Jooro "Speeds" Jarrot / Janitor (voice), Jooro "Speeds" Jarrot / Hap / Shop Owner (voice), Jooro "Speed" Jarrot / Random Scoundrel (voice), Jooro "Speed" Jarrot / Gangul Crew Member (voice), Jooro "Speeds" Jarrot / Hap / Gangul Crew Member (voice), Jooro "Speeds" Jarrot / F-4RO (voice)
• Lightning Wolves
• The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib — Ace Perfection
• Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist — CNN Reporter, SNL Skit (archive footage)
• Star Wars: The Bad Batch — Depot Manager / Goatal / Landspeeder Driver (voice)
• 2021Welcome to Georgia — Josh
• What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage
• A.P. Bio — Mr. Vining
• Dallas & Robo — Bright Eyes
• 2018Night School — Stewart
• Single Parents — Will
• Star Wars Resistance — Stormtrooper (voice)
• 2017All Nighter — Gary
• 2017Killing Gunther — Blake Hammon, Writer, Director, Producer
• American Crime Story — Steve Jones
• Angie Tribeca — Pierre Cardin
• 2016Brother Nature — Roger Fellner, Writer
• 2016Casual Encounters — Justin Davis
• 2015An SNL Valentine — (archive footage)
• Documentary Now! — Benedict Juniper
• Nature Cat — Fred / Nature Cat (voice)
• 2015Ted 2 — Taran Killam
• We Bare Bears — Charles Willoughby-Wentworth (voice)
• 2014Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — McNaughton
• 201312 Years a Slave — Hamilton
• Drunk History — D.B. Cooper, William Clark, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, Various
• 2013Grown Ups 2 — Male Cheerleader
• The Awesomes — Frantic (voice)
• 2013The Heat — Adam
• Comedy Bang! Bang! — Smith Calvins
• New Girl — Fred
• 2010Anderson's Cross — Austin Wilson
• Community — Cory Radison
• Scrubs: Interns — Jimmy
• 2008My Best Friend's Girl — Josh
• Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
• 2007Epic Movie — Pirate
• 2007Katt Williams: American Hustle — Executive
• iCarly — Agent Kinsey
• 2006Nobody's Watching — Derrick
• 2006The Showdown — The Batter
• How I Met Your Mother — Gary Blauman
• Drake & Josh — Trevor
• 2004Stuck in the Suburbs — Jordan Cahill
• Arrested Development — Young George Sr.
• 2003Just Married — Dickie McNerney
• 2002Big Fat Liar — Bret Callaway
• Do Over
• Still Standing — Andy, Varsity Basketball Player #1
• Scrubs — Jimmy
• Boston Public — Alex Buchanan
• Girlfriends — Jordan Gray
• Judging Amy — Freddie Felleman
• Roswell — Malamud
• The Amanda Show
• The Jersey — Varsity 1
• Undressed
• MADtv — Various
• 1994Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult — Boy of Geriatric Park
• Touched by an Angel — Teenage Robert
• The Simpsons — Glen Tangier (voice)
• Nobody's Watching — Derrick

Appearances as themselves (20)

• After Midnight — Self
• Grave Conversations — Self
• 2023A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened — Self
• 2023The Boulet Brothers' Halfway to Halloween TV Special — Self
• Is It Cake? — Self - Judge
• 2020John Legend and Family: Bigger Love Father's Day — Self
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire — Self - Contestant
• A Little Late with Lilly Singh — Self
• Lights Out with David Spade — Self - Panelist
• Busy Tonight — Self - Guest
• Drop the Mic — Self
• The $100,000 Pyramid — Self
• To Tell the Truth — Self - Panelist
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self, Self - Guest
• Hollywood Game Night — Self
• 2012The Secret Policeman's Ball — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Various Characters