Jon Heder
Actor, Director
10/26/1977 (45 years old) Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
- Raised in a strict Mormon household and spent two years in Tokyo as a Mormon missionary.
- Developed an appreciation for 1970s clothing and music, particularly Led Zeppelin.
- Majored in 3-D Animation at BYU, along with his identical twin brother.
- Credited his improvisational dance skills in 2004's Napoleon Dynamite to close observation of Michael Jackson and John Travolta.
- Won Breakthrough Male Performance and Best Musical Performance at the 2005 MTV Movie Awards for his career-making role in Napoleon Dynamite.