Taran Killam

Taran Hourie Killam is an American actor and comedian best known for his television work on shows such as The Amanda Show, Scrubs, Wild 'N Out, MADtv, How I Met Your Mother, Stuck in the Suburbs and currently on Saturday Night Live. Killam was born in Culver City, California and was raised in Big Bear City, California. He graduated from the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. His first name is of Sanskrit origin and means heaven. His great-uncle was actor Robert Stack. In 1994, Killam made his first film appearance as an adolescent in Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult. Killam... was also featured on Nickelodeon's The Amanda Show starring Amanda Bynes. He played Spalding, a boy who had a huge crush on Moody, in "Moody's Point." Killam joined the cast of MADtv as a featured player during its 7th season. Joining the MADtv cast at age 19, Killam was the youngest cast member to ever join the sketch program. He was also a regular cast member on the third and fourth seasons of Nick Cannon's Wild 'N Out. Nobody's Watching never aired on network TV, however the show was leaked and webisodes continued until June 2007 on YouTube.
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