Jorma Taccone

Jorma Taccone is an American actor, director and writer for comedy films and shows. He is from Berkely, California, and graduated from UCLA Film School. Taccone is one third of the sketch comedy troupe "The Lonely Island" along with childhood friends Andy Samberg and Akiva Schaffer.

In Fall 2005, the trio joined the staff of NBC's late night variety show, "Saturday Night Live." Since then, "The Lonely Island" has been responsible for creating more than 100 SNL digital short films including the YouTube favorites "Lazy Sunday," "Jizz in My Pants," "I'm on a Boat" and the Emmy-winning "Dick in a Box" (featuring Justin Timberlake). Taccone produces much of the music for "The Lonely Island" that appears on The Lonely Island's first album, "Incredibad." As a director, Taccone is responsible for the SNL shorts "MacGruber," "Business Meeting," "Sloths," "Giraffes" and others. He also directed a MacGruber Pepsi commercial spot for the 43rd Super Bowl which aired February 1, 2009.

In 2007, Taccone co-starred in Paramount's "Hot Rod." In addition, Taccone appeared as Cha-Ka in Universal's 2009 film, "Land of the Lost," starring Will Ferrell. Taccone acted in season 5 of MyDamnChannel's "Wainy Days" and is the Director of the AT&T Wireless "It's Not Complicated" television advertising campaign. He also had a recurring role on the HBO show "Girls," as the character Booth Jonathan.