Jon Heder
Birth name	Jonathan Joseph Heder
Born	October 26, 1977 (1977-10-26) (age 30) Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.
Spouse(s)	Kirsten Bales (23 November 2002)

Jonathan Joseph Heder (born October 26, 1977)^[1] is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his portrayal of the title character in 2004's Napoleon Dynamite. He has also appeared in The Benchwarmers, School for Scoundrels and Blades of Glory. is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Colorado. ... The City of Fort Collins, a home rule municipality situated on the Cache la Poudre River along the Colorado Front Range, is the county seat and most populous city in Larimer County, Colorado. ... For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American... is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... This article is about the movie. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... School for Scoundrels is a 2006 comedy film, starring Billy Bob Thornton and Jon Heder, and directed by Todd Phillips. ... This article is about the comedy film. ...

Biography

Early life

Heder was born in Fort Collins, Colorado, one of six children of family practice physician Dr. James Heder and his wife Helen, the second-born of a pair of identical twins (his brother is Dan Heder). He has an older sister and brother, Rachel and Doug, and two younger brothers, Adam and Matt. Heder graduated from Walker Middle School and South Salem High School in Salem, Oregon in 1996. He is a former member of the swim team at South Salem High School. In addition, he was a staff member of the Lit-Art Magazine, AVATAR, in 1995. In the issue, there is a piece of art by Jon Heder that resembles a liger. The City of Fort Collins, a home rule municipality situated on the Cache la Poudre River along the Colorado Front Range, is the county seat and most populous city in Larimer County, Colorado. ... Fraternal twin boys in the tub The term twin most notably refers to two individuals (or one of two individuals) who have shared the same uterus (womb) and usually, but not necessarily, born on the same day. ... Daniel James Heder (pronounced heeder) (born October 26, 1977) is an American producer and filmmaker. ... South Salem High School was the second public high school built in Salem, Oregon, in 1954, at which time the former Salem High School was renamed North Salem High School. ... Nickname: Location in Marion and Polk Counties, state of Oregon Coordinates: , Country State Counties Marion, Polk Founded 1842 Government  - Mayor Janet Taylor Area  - City  46. ...

Heder is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served an LDS mission in Japan, for which he learned to speak Japanese. For other uses, see Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (disambiguation). ...

A 2002 alumnus of Brigham Young University, Heder worked on the short CG animated film "Pet Shop" which earned a non-traditional animation student Emmy in 2005. After his movie career took off, he did not return to complete the work he started on the short, although his name does appear in the credits. Also, while attending BYU he befriended Jared Hess and starred in his short film Peluca, which was later expanded into Napoleon Dynamite. "Peluca" received rave reviews on the BYU campus after showing at a few college and local film festivals and competitions. , Brigham Young University (BYU), located in Provo, Utah, is a private coeducational school completely owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS or Mormon Church) and run under the auspices of its Church Educational System. ... CGI may mean: Computer-generated imagery, a film-making technology Common Gateway Interface, a technology used in web servers CGI.pm, a Perl module used for dealing with it CGI Group, a Canadian headquartered information management company (formerly ) Computer graphics interface, a low-level interface between the Graphical Kernel System... Jared Hess (born 1979, Preston, Idaho) is a American filmmaker known best for Napoleon Dynamite (2004), which he co-wrote and directed. ... Peluca is a short film by director Jared Hess, produced for an assignment during his tenure at Brigham Young University in 2003. ... This article is about the movie. ... Peluca is a short film by director Jared Hess, produced for an assignment during his tenure at Brigham Young University in 2003. ... ...

Heder is the nephew by marriage of former NFL running back and current WCAU sports caster, Vai Sikahema.^[2] NFL redirects here. ... P.J. Daniels was a star running back for Georgia Tech from 2002-2005. ... WCAU, channel 10, is the NBC owned-and-operated television station serving the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania market, with studios on the border between Philadelphia and Bala Cynwyd, and transmitter in the Roxborough neighborhood. ... Vai Sikahema (born August 29, 1962 in NukuAlofa, Tonga) was an NFL running back-kick returner who played for 8 seasons from 1986 to 1993. ...

Career

Napoleon Dynamite, filmed in Preston, Idaho, earned more revenue than almost any other Sundance movie. Napoleon's trademark frizzy hair is actually a perm created for the character by Kristi Jarvis, contributing to his quirky image. In June 2005, Heder received the MTV Movie Awards for Best Musical Performance and Breakthrough Male Performance for the role. On October 8, 2005, he hosted Saturday Night Live with musical guest Ashlee Simpson. Since his success with Dynamite, for which he was paid only $1,000, Heder and his film co-star Efren Ramirez filmed a series of commercials to promote the 2005 Utah State Fair. They appear as their characters from Napoleon Dynamite; in at least one commercial, they are shown with the FFA medals that they won in the context of the movie. This article is about the movie. ... Preston is a city located in Franklin County, Idaho, United States. ... The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival in the United States, and ranks alongside the Cannes, France, Venice, Italy, Berlin, Germany, and Toronto, Canada festivals as one of the most prestigious in the world. ... Turn of the century advertisement for Nesslers permanent wave machine. ... The MTV Movie Awards is a film awards show presented annually on MTV (Music Television). ... is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the American television series. ... Ashlee Nicole Simpson (born October 3, 1984) is an American pop rock singer, songwriter, and actress, and younger sister of pop singer Jessica Simpson. ... Efren Ramirez (born October 2, 1973[1] in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... A state fair is a competitive and recreational gathering of a U.S. states population. ... The National FFA Organization is an American youth organization known as a Career and Technical Student Organization, based on high school classes that promote and support agricultural education. ...

He had a supporting role in the romantic comedy Just Like Heaven. He also starred alongside Rob Schneider and David Spade as part of the trio in producer Adam Sandler's The Benchwarmers (2006), a comedy about three grown men making up for lost chances by creating their own Little League baseball team; as the voice of the character Skull in the animated film Monster House; and in the comedy School for Scoundrels, opposite Billy Bob Thornton and Jacinda Barrett. With the exception of the Academy Award nomine Monster House, Heder's post-Dynamite movies were widely panned and he risked becoming a one-hit wonder until he co-starred in 2007 with Will Ferrell in the well-received Blades of Glory (2007). Like many of Heder's films, Blades of Glory is an absurd, slapstick caricature, in this case revolving around male figure skaters who must team up in pairs competition. A romantic comedy may be a film or novel, presenting a story about romance in a comedic style. ... Just Like Heaven is a romantic comedy film released on September 16, 2005, in the U.S. and Canada. ... This article is about the American actor/comedian. ... David Wayne Spade (born July 22, 1964) is an Emmy-Award and Golden Globe-nominated American actor, comedian, television personality who gained fame in the 1990s as a cast member on Saturday Night Live. ... Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9, 1966) is an American comedian, actor, musician, screenwriter, and film producer. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Little League Baseball - Logo Little League pitcher in Winesburg, Ohio Little League, Wayne, Michigan Little League Baseball is the name of a non-profit organization in the United States which organizes local childrens leagues of baseball and softball throughout the USA and the rest of the world. ... This article is about the sport. ... This article or section contains a plot summary that is overly long or excessively detailed compared to the rest of the article. ... School for Scoundrels is a 2006 comedy film, starring Billy Bob Thornton and Jon Heder, and directed by Todd Phillips. ... Billy Bob Thornton[1] (born August 4, 1955) is an Academy Award-winning American screenwriter, actor, as well as occasional director, playwright and singer. ... Jacinda Barrett (born August 2, 1972) is an Australian model turned actress. ... For other uses, see One hit wonder (disambiguation). ... John William Will Ferrell (born July 16, 1967[1]) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated American comedian, actor and writer who first established himself as a cast member of Saturday Night Live, and has since gone on to a successful film career. ... This article is about the comedy film. ...

Heder's second turn at voice acting came in 2007 when he voiced the character of Chicken Joe, a surfing chicken, in the animated film Surf's Up. Surfs Up is an American computer-animated mockumentary film produced by Sony Pictures Animation, released on June 7, 2007[1] by Columbia Pictures. ...

Heder was mentioned in a positive light in the infamous South Park episode, Trapped in the Closet, where Stan Marsh tells Tom Cruise he's not as good an actor as "the Napoleon Dynamite guy". This article is about the TV series. ... Trapped in the Closet is episode 912 (#137) of the Comedy Central series South Park, originally aired on November 16, 2005. ... Stanley Stan Marsh is a fictional character in the animated television series South Park. ... Tom Cruise (born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV on July 3, 1962) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning American actor and film producer. ...

Personal life

Heder lives with his wife Kirsten Heder in Los Angeles, California. The two have been married since 2002. Kirsten gave birth to a baby girl, Eva Jane Heder, on April 6, 2007.^[3] In 2005, an article on NinjaPirate.com started a heavily circulated, untrue rumor that Heder died in a car crash after leaving the wrap party for the film Moving McAllister.^[4] Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... Jon Heder as Orlie in Moving McAllister Moving McAllister is a 2007 comedy starring Mila Kunis, Jon Heder, Rutger Hauer, and William Mapother. ...

Jon and Dan

Jon stated during an appearance on Late Show with David Letterman that he and his identical twin, Dan Heder, think alike and, as children, would often finish each other's sentences (a common occurrence with identical twins). When Letterman asked him whether being an identical twin is a good experience, Jon replied that it is mostly good, but that as children "people did treat you differently, like we were really just clones." He admitted that he had suffered identity crisis as a child, and recounted a story when he and Dan went to a friend's birthday party at the age of eight or nine and gave a box of candy as a gift. Their friend's father shared the candy out amongst the children, but was left with one short. As a 'logical' solution, he cut the last candy in half and gave each half to one of the twins. Jon recalls that he truly felt offended. Late Show redirects here. ... Fraternal twin boys in the tub The term twin most notably refers to two individuals (or one of two individuals) who have shared the same uterus (womb) and usually, but not necessarily, born on the same day. ... Daniel James Heder (pronounced heeder) (born October 26, 1977) is an American producer and filmmaker. ...

When they were young, Jon and Dan would swap places to confuse their friends and teachers,^[5] and interviewers like to ask whether they still do. David Letterman asked Jon, "From my perspective, how do I know I'm talking to the right one?" when he interviewed him in 2006, to which Jon simply replied, "You don't."

They have rarely been interviewed together. One occasion was the Jimmy Kimmel show, which only happened because Dan happened to be sitting in the front row of the studio audience while Jon was being interviewed. The host asked Dan up onto the stage, and the twins bantered back and forth for the benefit of the audience. On other occasions, Jon and Dan have attended public events together, such as the premiere for The Nightmare Before Christmas (3D). At the premiere Dan gamely pretended to be Jon for the benefit of a reporter until Jon was also available for interview. James Christian Jimmy Kimmel (born November 13, 1967) is an American comedian, writer, talk show host, game show host, and producer. ... Halloween Town redirects here. ...

The twins share a very close relationship, and Jon has commented that when they get together they "block everything else out. Nothing exists in our world except for us".^[6] On the few occasions they have appeared together in public, Dan has appeared to be slightly more forward than Jon, and sometimes answered questions directed at his brother.

On an episode of Late Show with David Letterman, Heder appeared as Napoleon Dynamite, presenting the traditional "Top 10 List". The "Top 10 List" was "10 signs that you're not the most popular guy in your high school".

Filmography

This article is about the movie. ... Just Like Heaven is a romantic comedy film released on September 16, 2005, in the U.S. and Canada. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section contains a plot summary that is overly long or excessively detailed compared to the rest of the article. ... School for Scoundrels is a 2006 comedy film, starring Billy Bob Thornton and Jon Heder, and directed by Todd Phillips. ... This article is about the comedy film. ... Surfs Up is an American computer-animated mockumentary film produced by Sony Pictures Animation, released on June 7, 2007[1] by Columbia Pictures. ... Jon Heder as Orlie in Moving McAllister Moving McAllister is a 2007 comedy starring Mila Kunis, Jon Heder, Rutger Hauer, and William Mapother. ... Mamas Boy is an upcoming 2007 comedy which stars Diane Keaton and Jon Heder. ...

References

External links

• Jon Heder at the Internet Movie Database
• One of Jon Heder's first projects
• Snopes article debunking the myth of his death
• Video and transcript of an interview with Heder
• Jon Heder on The Hour