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Michael Koman【 Ellie Kemper Husband 】Wikipedia, Age, Net worth

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Name Michael Koman

Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB February 2, 1977. As of 2024, he is around 47 years old.

Wedding & Marriage / Wife / Spouse / Partner / Dating Married. Check the full bio for relationship details.

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Introduction :

Michael Koman is an award-winning American writer and producer. He is also well-known as the husband of actress Ellie Kemper.

Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :

  • Michael was born on February 2, 1977, in San Diego, California.
  • Little is known about his parents except they had Jewish origins, and that his father was a Dr Gerald “Jerry” Koman.
  • In his teenage years, Michael moved with his family to La Jolla in San Diego. They lived a mile away from The Comedy Store.
  • He got a job at the store answering telephones and making reservations. There he learned comedy with his manager, Fred Burns.
  • Michael became interested in comedy, and regularly did stand-ups at The Comedy Store.

Jobs & Beginning of Comedy Career :

  • Koman continued doing stand-up comedy during his college years in LA, usually at The Improv.
  • There he met Todd Glass & Steve Rosenthal & they even made a comedy skit called Todd’s Coma. They sent the skit to HBO Workspace, which eventually found its way to MADtv. It was Michael’s first job.

Married Life and Children :

  • Michael is married to American comedian and actress for the Netflix series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Ellie Kemper. They wedded in 2012.
  • They met while she was an intern at The Conan O’Brien Show & Michael was a writer there
  • They have a son together, named James Miller Koman, born in 2012.
  • They debated whether to bring up their son as a Jew or Catholic, since Ellie was Catholic.
  • Michael and Ellie eventually had a mutual agreement. When James was 10-months old, he was baptised a Catholic.

Professional Timeline : Great Writing Career

  • Michael begun his writing career with MADtv in 1999.
  • At MADtv, he met Greg Cohen, who had written for Conan for some years.
  • Michael really enjoyed Greg’s style of comedy, and the two became close friends. He taught Michael how to write shows that he himself would enjoy, and recommended him to Conan.
  • He remained at Late Night with Conan O’Brien for seven years, until the show had to be relocated to Los Angeles. It was around this time that he was offered a position by Demetri Martin as head writer for Important Things with Demetri Martin, which was still based in New York then.
  • In 2011, he co-created the action-comedy television series Eagleheart, which aired for 3 seasons.
  • He also did Nathan for You in 2013 together with Nathan Fielder. The show’s most popular episode was called Dumb Starbucks, in which they transformed a struggling coffee shop into a Starbucks rip-off.
  • He also wrote the Triumph’s Election Special episode in 2016 for Triumph the Insult Comic Dog comedy series.

Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :

  • Michael was nominated for multiple awards in various categories, and has won 6 awards to date, most significantly a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program in 2007.
  • He botched his proposal to his then fiancée 3 times, as Ellie recalls.

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