Jon Lajoie

Jonathan Lajoie ( ; born August 21, 1980) is a Canadian comedian, actor and musician. He gained fame from his YouTube channel, posting comedic original songs (often as rapper characters, such as "Everyday Normal Guy") and comedy skits. Lajoie is also known for his role as Taco MacArthur on the FXX comedy series The League. Since 2016, he has released indie folk music under the moniker Wolfie's Just Fine, and has also contributed original music to TV shows and films.

Early life Lajoie was born in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada and raised on the South Shore of Montreal. His father was Québécois and his mother is English-Canadian, and he is the third of nine children. Lajoie had formative experiences with music while attending a Pentecostal church and taking lessons. He graduated from Dawson College on the Island of Montreal. He completed a professional theatre program in 2002, after which he played in a band in the Montreal area for three years.

Career From 2003 to 2017, Lajoie portrayed an English-Canadian musician named Thomas Edison in Radio-Canada's French-language television series L'Auberge du chien noir. Lajoie began his career as a comedy musician in 2006. His performances include music, skits, and some comedy. Jon Lajoie has also released four studio albums, the first two featuring comedy music. His third and fourth albums eschewed comedy and were released under the moniker 'Wolfie's Just Fine'.

Television Lajoie was cast in the FXX TV show The League as Taco MacArthur, a perpetually stoned and unemployed musician. Throughout the series, Lajoie performed songs written for the show.

He guest-starred as Caleb95 in one episode of the Williams Street original television show NTSF:SD:SUV::. In February 2022, LaJoie was featured in the Canadian edition of Amazon Prime's comedy competition LOL: Last One Laughing alongside Tom Green, Colin Mochrie, and Dave Foley among others.

Comedy Central Presents Lajoie filmed an episode of Comedy Central Presents on November 7, 2009. It premiered on March 5, 2010. The same special aired uncensored as part of Comedy Central's Secret Stash on June 6 featuring the world premiere of the video for his song "Pop Song".

Film Lajoie was featured in the 2014 movie Let's Be Cops, as the boss of Damon Wayans, Jr.'s character. He was also featured in Quentin Dupieux's 2013 movie Wrong Cops as Officer Regan.

Music Lajoie has published several novelty songs that he has made available on websites such as Funny or Die and YouTube. Though he initially hesitated to release a "serious album" due to his reputation as a comedic actor, in 2016, Lajoie released his first project of non-comedic music under the moniker Wolfie's Just Fine (whose name is a reference to Terminator 2: Judgment Day). The 10 track indie folk album titled I Remembered but Then I Forgot, released on April 8, was produced by Joe Corcoran and mixed by Phil Ek.

In 2018, Lajoie followed up with a Wolfie's Just Fine EP titled Perfection, Nevada, which was produced by Bright Eyes' Mike Mogis. Released on June 22, the release explores coming of age themes and features references to nineties films. Lajoie co-directed a music video for the single "Break My Back" featuring actor Xander Berkeley, as well as "Trying to Sleep" which pays homage to the film Tremors.

Songwriting for film and TV LaJoie made his first foray into writing songs for film and television with his contributions to The League, for which he wrote and performed 14 songs over the course of the show.

In 2019, Lajoie wrote five songs for Warner Bros.' The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, including "Catchy Song" (produced by Dillon Francis) and "Not Evil".

In 2022, Lajoie wrote three songs for the third episode of The Afterparty, with lyrical contributions by Jack Dolgen.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2012 Wrong Cops: Chapter 1 MC Vagina Short film 2013 Wrong Cops Officer Regan 2014 Let's Be Cops Todd Connors 2016 Moments of Clarity Carter 2020 Wish Upon a Unicorn Louis Dindal

Television Year Title Role Notes 2003–2019 L'Auberge du chien noir Thomas Edison 2009–2015 The League Taco MacArthur 84 episodes 2013 NTSF:SD:SUV:: Caleb95 Episode: "A Hard Drive to Swallow" 2014 Kroll Show Jon Lajoie Episode: "Banff Is on Fire" 2022 Transformers: BotBots Pizza Prime 1 Episode 2022 LOL: Last One Laughing Canada Himself

Discography

Studio albums Title Details You Want Some of This? Release date: January 30, 2009 Label: Normal Guy Productions Formats: CD, music download I Kill People Release date: November 15, 2010 Label: Normal Guy Productions Formats: CD, music download I Remembered, But Then I Forgot (as Wolfie's Just Fine) Release date: April 8, 2016 Label: Normal Guy Productions Formats: CD, music download Everyone Is Dead Except Us(as Wolfie's Just Fine) Release date: June 16, 2023 Label: Normal Guy Productions Formats: CD, music download

EPs Title Details Perfection, Nevada(as Wolfie's Just Fine) Release date: June 22, 2018 Label: Normal Guy Productions Formats: CD, music download

Singles

as Jon Lajoie "High as Fuck" (2008) "Show Me Your Genitals" (2008) "I'm Inside Me!" (2010) "Very Super Famous" (2011) "The Best Song" (2011) "F**k Everything" (2011) "WTF Collective 3" (2011) "Drinking Beer and Smoking Cigarettes" (2012) "Song for the Students" (2012) "Broken-Hearted" (2012) "The Best Christmas Song" (2012) "Started as a Baby" (2013) "Miley, You're a Good Girl" (2013) "Merry Christmas Exclamation Point" (2013) "Please Use This Song" (2014) "One Thing" (2021)

as Wolfie's Just Fine "It's a Job" (2016) "I Forgot" (2016) "A Song for the Election" (2016) "Break My Back" (2018) "Save the World" (2018) "Everyone is Dead Except Us" (2023) "Hulk Hogan Slammed Andre the Giant" (2023)

Certifications TitleYearCertificationsAlbum"Everyday Normal Guy 2"2008 RMNZ: Gold Dance Gavin Dance

Music videos