Taran Killam

Actor
Writer
Director

Grab your shades! It's summer Bake Off time. Some stars swap the spotlight for aprons and compete for the Star Baker title in the sun-filled tent.

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The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Summer Special (2026)

Taran Killam was born on April 1, 1982 in Culver City, California, USA as Taran Hourie Killam. He is an actor, known for Saturday Night Live (1975), The Heat (2013) and 12 Years a Slave (2013). He has been married to Cobie Smulders, since September 8, 2012. They have two children.

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Awards
- 1 win & 5 nominations total

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Known for

Saturday Night Live

8.0

TV Series

Various
Michael Cera
Jonathan Cavanaugh-san
Piers Morgan
Francois
Pee-wee Herman
Finn Hudson
Tin Man
Michael Gelman
John Galliano
Friedrich von Trapp
Ricky Martin
Adolf Hitler
Eminem
Rand Paul
Jon Huntsman
Bobcat Goldthwait
Tom Hanks
Scott McCreery
Tim Tebow
Steve Doocy
Brad Pitt
Bruce Jenner
Ares
Ashton Kutcher
Jim VandeHei
Albus Dumbledore
Ron Weasley
Rush Limbaugh

High Potential

7.6

TV Series

Ludo Radovic

River Wild

5.4

Gray

2023

Night School

5.6

Stewart

2018

Credits

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Actor

Grandpa's Haunted Planet: A Live Staged Reading of Star Wars - The Rise of Skywalker
TV Special
- Poe Dameron
- General Armitage Hux
- 2026
Holdo's Most Wanted: A Live Staged Reading of Star Wars - The Last Jedi
8.0
- General Hux
- Poe Dameron
- 2026
Stumble
7.4
TV Series
- Boon E. Potter
- 2025–2026
High Potential
7.6
TV Series
- Ludo Radovic
- 2024–2026
The Moof Milkers: A Live Staged Reading of Star Wars - The Force Awakens
8.1
TV Special
- Poe Dameron
- General Hux
- 2026
Young Jedi Adventures
5.5
TV Series
- Hap
- Jooro 'Speeds' Jarrot
- Gangul Crew Member ...
- 2023–2025
Nature Cat: The Nature-Tastic Four Movie!
7.3
- Nature Cat
- 2025
The Residence
7.7
TV Mini Series
- St. Pierre
- 2025
Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures Shorts
5.5
TV Series
- Jooro 'Speeds' Jarrot (voice)
- 2024
Nature Cat's Nature Movie Special Extraordinaire
7.0
- Nature Cat
- 2024
Riggle's Picks Podcast
Podcast Series
- 2024
Nature Cat
7.3
TV Series
- Nature Cat
- 2015–2024
River Wild
5.4
- Gray
- 2023
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
8.5
- Web-Slinger (voice)
- 2023
The NFL Pile On
6.8
Video
- 2022

Writer

Director

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Personal details

Official sites
- Facebook
- Instagram
Height
- 6′ 0½″ (1.84 m)
Born
- April 1, 1982
- Culver City, California, USA
Spouse
- Cobie SmuldersSeptember 8, 2012 - present (2 children)
Children
Relatives
Other works
Appeared as Orin Scrivello, D.D.S., in Little Shop of Horrors, opposite Jake Gyllenhaal as Seymour and Ellen Greene (again) as Audrey.
Publicity listings
- 1 Article

Did you know

Trivia
The second person to be a cast member on both Saturday Night Live (1975) and Mad TV (1995), the first being Jeff Richards.

Quotes
[re his audition with Lorne Michaels for 'SNL'] I said: 'I don't want to be so presumptuous to say I'll come on your show and I'll kill. But I definitely think if you hired me, I'd do a very good job'. He said: 'No, no, no, no. Confidence isn't your problem.' And he just left it at that. But all I could think is: 'Wait, what is my problem? Tell me what my problem is, I'll fix it!'