Jorma Taccone
Birthdate: March 19, 1977 (49 Years Old)
Birthplace: Berkeley, California, USA
Jorma Taccone (birthname: Jorma Christopher Taccone) is a filmmaker who started his career in the comedy world via his group with Andy Samberg and Akiva Schaffer, with whom he was one of ten writers (along with future filmmakers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller) on the sex satire, Extreme Movie (2008), with Samberg, Will Forte, Kevin Hart, Frankie Muniz, Ryan Pinkston, Jamie Kennedy, Matthew Lillard and Michael Cera under Adam Jay Epstein’s and Andrew Jacobson’s co-direction, and released by Dimension Extreme.
Taccone made his feature debut as director/co-writer of the movie version of the Saturday Night Live sketch, MacGruber (2010), starring Forte (who was co-creator and co-writer with John Solomon), Kristen Wiig, Ryan Phillippe, Powers Boothe, Maya Rudolph and Val Kilmer, and while it failed critically and at the box office (for Universal Pictures) after premiering at the South by Southwest Film Festival, and became a cult hit that spawned a TV series on Peacock in 2021.
Taccone was co-director (with Akiva Schaffer), co-writer (with Schaffer and lead star Andy Samberg), producer (with Schaffer, Samberg and Judd Apatow, among others) and co-star of the mockumentary musical, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016), also co-starring Schaffer, Sarah Silverman and Tim Meadows, garnering positive reviews but poor box office for Universal Pictures (based on estimated costs). Taccone was a producer on the Kyle Mooney-starring and written comedy-drama, Brigsby Bear (2017), with eight other producers including his regular comedy partners Samberg and Schaffer, along with Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (among others), and which co-starred Claire Danes, Mark Hamill, Greg Kinnear, Matt Walsh and Michaela Watkins, and distributed by Sony Pictures Classics and launched at the Sundance Film Festival.
Jorma Taccone was a producer once again alongside Lonely Planet partners Andy Samberg (who also led the cast) and Akiva Schaffer (among others) on director/co-story writer Max Barbakow’s rom com, Palm Springs (2020), co-written by Andy Siara, and co-starring Cristin Milioti, J.K. Simmons, Peter Gallagher, June Squibb and Dale Dickey, premiering to positive reviews in its Sundance Film Festival launch but losing money for distributor Neon (based on estimated costs).
Taccone returned to the director’s chair after a decade absence (and also took an executive producer credit) with his first movie without Samberg and Schaffer, the comedy thriller Over Your Dead Body (2026), the English-language remake of Tommy Wirkola’s Finnish comedy, The Trip (2021), starring Jason Segel, Samara Weaving, Paul Guilfoyle, Keith Jardine, Timothy Olyphant, Juliette Lewis and Andy Cohen, distributed by Independent Film Company (U.S.)/Amazon Prime Video (International) and premiering at the South by Southwest Film Festival.
Taccone has appeared as an actor in mainly supporting comedy roles in features since his 2007 debut, Hot Rod, directed by Akiva Schaffer and and starring Andy Samberg; director/co-writer David Wain’s Role Models (2008), co-starring Seann William Scott and Paul Rudd; the Brad Silberling-directed adventure comedy based on Sid and Marty Krofft’s TV series, Land of the Lost (2009), starring Will Ferrell; Phil Lord’s and Christopher Miller’s The Lego Movie (2014) as the voice of William Shakespeare, followed by voice performances in the sequel, The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019), in Nicholas Stoller’s and Doug Sweetland’s Storks (2016) for Warner Animated Group, in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) and the sequel Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023); co-starring with star/director/writer Michelle Morgan in It Happened in L.A. (2017); as Pee-wee Herman in director/co-writer Eric Appel’s parody biopic, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022), starring Daniel Radcliffe; in the ensemble of the Jeff Fowler-directed animated hit sequel for Paramount Pictures, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024).
Personal life
Jorma Taccone was born and raised in Berkeley, California, by his mother, Sue Ellen Ehnebuske, and father, Tony Taccone (artistic director of Berkeley Repertory Theatre). Taccone has one brother, Asa (actor, composer), and a brother-in-law, Nate (musician, composer), and a sister-in-law, Emily Heller (stand-up comic and television writer). Taccone attended and graduated from Saint Mary’s College High School in 1993. Taccone then graduated in 2000 from the University of California, Los Angeles, with a B.A. degree in Theater. Taccone has been married to Marielle Heller (film director, film writer, producer, actor) since 2007 and lives in New York City; the couple has two children. Taccone’s height is 5’ 7”. Taccone’s estimated net worth is $7 million.
Jorma Taccone Movies
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- 2024 |
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
asKyle Lancebottom
Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before. With their abilities outmatched, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance.
- 2022 |
The People We Hate at the Wedding
asJonathan
The People We Hate at the Wedding
Family tensions ramp up among siblings in the week leading up to their half-sister's wedding in the country.
- 2020 |
Palm Springs
asNo
Nyles and Sarah find themselves stuck in a time loop and living the same day over and over again. They are drawn to each other, but certain revelations threaten their budding romance.
- 2016 |
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
asOwen
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
When it becomes clear that his solo album is a failure, a former boy band member does everything in his power to maintain his celebrity status.
- 2016 |
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Facts About Jorma Taccone
Injury: Jorma Taccone fell twenty feet in an accident in August 2025 and shattered his pelvis; by November 2025, he had recovered to perform during a concert in Brooklyn.
Comic Stylings: Taccone, when he isn’t making movies, also performs comedy hip hop as a member of the group, The Lonely Island, which includes comics Andy Samberg and Akiva Schaffer, and is viewable at the website thelonelyisland.com
