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

Name Michael Koman

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

Wiki Biography / Profile Background

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.