Biography
Who is Jorma Taccone?
Early life and education
Jorma Christopher Taccone was born in Berkeley, California, on March 19, 1977. His parents are Suellen Ehnebuske and Tony Taccone, who served as the artistic director of the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. His father has half Italian and half Puerto Rican ancestry. He grew up with a brother named Asa, who later joined the band Electric Guest. He received his education at Berkeley High School before attending the University of California, Los Angeles. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Theater in the year 2000. During his university studies, he spent one semester abroad at the University of Lancaster in the United Kingdom.
Career highlights
In the fall of 2005, Jorma Taccone joined the writing and production staff of the NBC late night variety program Saturday Night Live alongside his childhood friends Andy Samberg and Akiva Schaffer. Together, they formed the core of the comedy music group The Lonely Island. The trio created more than one hundred digital shorts for the show, including viral YouTube favorites such as Lazy Sunday, Jizz in My Pants, I am on a Boat, and the Emmy Award winning track Dick in a Box featuring Justin Timberlake. He produced much of the music for the group, including tracks featured on their debut studio album titled Incredibad, which was released in February 2009.
Beyond his work on television, he co-wrote and directed the comedy film MacGruber in 2010, which served as his feature film directorial debut. He also directed the musical comedy film Popstar Never Stop Never Stopping alongside Akiva Schaffer, while also co-writing and co-starring in the project with Schaffer and Andy Samberg. His acting credits include appearances in feature films such as Hot Rod, Role Models, and Land of the Lost. In 2020, he authored a children's book titled Little Fox and the Wild Imagination, featuring illustrations by Dan Santat.
Family and personal life
Jorma Taccone lives in New York City. He is married to film director Marielle Heller. The couple shares two children together, a son born in December 2014 and a daughter born in August 2020. His sister-in-law Emily Heller works as a stand-up comedian and a writer for the HBO comedy series Barry, while his brother-in-law Nate composed film scores for The Diary of a Teenage Girl and Can You Ever Forgive Me?. In August 2025, he suffered a severe fall resulting in a shattered pelvis that required hospitalization, though he recovered enough to make a stage appearance at a concert in Brooklyn by November of that same year.
Birthday and age
Jorma Taccone was born on March 19, 1977, which makes Jorma 49 years old today. That birthday falls under the Pisces sign. Jorma shares the date with 49 other famous people.
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