Oct 26, 1977

Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

Napoleon Dynamite earned more revenue than almost any other Sundance movie. Dynamite's trademark frizzy hair of Napoleon is actually a perm created for the character, 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, Heder and his film co-star Efren Ramirez have filmed a... ... (read more...) 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 their FFA medals that they won in the context of the movie.