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What Is Taran Killam's Net Worth and Salary?
Taran Killam is an American actor, comedian, writer, director, and producer who has a net worth of $25 million. That is a combined net worth with his wife since 2012, actress Cobie Smothers.
Taran Killam is best known for being a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series "Saturday Night Live" (2010–2016) and starring as Will Cooper on ABC's "Single Parents" (2018–2020). He also played King George III in "Hamilton" on Broadway in 2017. Taran has more than 70 acting credits to his name, including the films "Just Married" (2003), "My Best Friend's Girl" (2008), "The Heat" (2013), "12 Years a Slave" (2013), and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (2014) and the television series "The Amanda Show" (2000–2002), "Undressed" (2001), "MADtv" (2001–2002), "How I Met Your Mother" (2006–2014), "Wild 'n Out" (2006–2007), "Scrubs" (2009), "Angie Tribeca" (2018), "Arrested Development" (2019), and "Impeachment: American Crime Story" (2021). He wrote, directed, and produced the 2017 film "Killing Gunther," and he wrote and produced 2016's "Brother Nature." Killam has lent his voice to numerous animated projects, such as "Underdogs" (2015), "The Awesomes" (2013–2015), "Nature Cat" (2015–present), "We Bare Bears" (2018), "The Simpsons" (2020), "Vampirina" (2020), and "Star Wars: The Bad Batch" (2021).
Early Life
Taran Killam was born Taran Hourie Killam on April 1, 1982, in Culver City, California. Taran's mother is a singer-songwriter who toured with TheCharlie DanielsBand, and his father was a member of the City Garage Theatre Group. Killam's great-aunt was actress Rosemarie Stack, who was married to actor/"Unsolved Mysteries" host Robert Stack. Taran grew up in Big Bear Lake, California, and he has a brother named Taylor. He studied at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, then he enrolled at UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television, where he met future "Saturday Night Live" castmate Mikey Day. While at UCLA, Taran studied musical theatre and was involved with the school's theatre festival. He left college after he was cast on "MADtv."
Career
Killam made his acting debut as a child in the 1994 film "Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult," and in 1995, he appeared in two episodes of "Unsolved Mysteries." He guest-starred on "The Jersey" (2000), "Judging Amy" (2000), "Touched by an Angel" (2000), and "Roswell" (2001), and from 2000 to 2002, he was featured on the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series "The Amanda Show." In 2001, Taran played Blake on the MTV anthology series "Undressed," and from 2001 to 2002, he was a featured player on the Fox sketch comedy show "MADtv." At age 19, he was the youngest person to join the show's cast, and Killam and Jeff Richards are the only two people who have been cast members on both "MADtv" and "Saturday Night Live." Taran appeared in the films "Big Fat Liar" (2002) and "Just Married" (2003) and the TV movie "Stuck in the Suburbs" (2004), and he guest-starred on "Drake& Josh" (2004), "Boston Public" (2004), "Still Standing" (2004), "Jake in Progress" (2005), and "Girlfriends" (2006). He had a recurring role as Gary Blauman on the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" from 2006 and 2014, and from 2006 to 2007, he was a cast member on MTV's "Wild 'n Out."
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