![]() 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". In the group's first Channel 101 show, "ITV Buzz Countdown", he played Chris Hoffman, a fictional VJ in a parody of MTV's Total Request Live. The 'Bu, a parody of The OC, also starred Sarah Chalke as Melissa and Andy Samberg as Aaron. 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's The 'Bu, the group's record-breaking contribution to Channel 101, where he played a ninja who did not belong. He is one of the principal actors in the music video " Jizz in My Pants" too. In 2007, Taccone co-starred in Paramount's Hot Rod (starring Andy Samberg, directed by Akiva Schaffer). He also directed a "MacGruber" Pepsi commercial spot for the 43rd Super Bowl, which aired February 1, 2009. ![]() As a director, he is responsible for the SNL shorts " MacGruber", "Business Meeting", "Sloths", "Giraffes", and others. 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. Since then, as The Lonely Island, they have created more than 100 SNL Digital Shorts including the YouTube favorites " Lazy Sunday" (featuring Chris Parnell), " Jizz in My Pants", " I'm on a Boat" (featuring T-Pain) and the Emmy-winning " Dick in a Box" (featuring Justin Timberlake). In the fall of 2005, Samberg, Taccone, and Schaffer joined the staff of NBC's late-night variety show Saturday Night Live. His sister-in-law, Emily, is a stand-up comic and a writer for the HBO comedy Barry. His brother-in-law, Nate, a musician, composed the scores for The Diary of a Teenage Girl and Can You Ever Forgive Me?. He is married to film director Marielle Heller, with whom he has a son (born December 2014) and a daughter (born August 2020). He is named after his father's friend, Jorma Kaukonen, Jefferson Airplane's famed guitarist. His brother, Asa, is a member of the band Electric Guest. ![]() He attended University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and graduated with a BA in Theater in 2000. His father is of half Italian and half Puerto Rican descent. Taccone was born in Berkeley, California, to Suellen Ehnebuske and Tony Taccone, the artistic director of the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. He directed his second feature alongside Schaffer, the musical comedy Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, which he also co-wrote and co-starred in with Schaffer and Samberg. In 2010, Taccone co-wrote and directed the SNL spinoff film MacGruber, which was his directorial debut. He is one-third of the sketch comedy troupe The Lonely Island, with childhood friends Andy Samberg and Akiva Schaffer. ![]() ![]() Jorma Christopher Taccone ( / ˈ j ɔːr m ə t ə ˈ k oʊ n i/ YOR-mə tə- KOH-nee born March 19, 1977) is an American actor, comedian, writer, director, producer, and musician. ![]()
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