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Will Ferrell

Acting 58 years old Irvine, California, USA ★ 3.2
Born: July 16, 1967

Biography

John William Ferrell (born July 16, 1967)is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is known for his leading man roles in comedy films and for his work as a television producer. Ferrell received various accolades, including six Primetime Emmy Awards and a British Academy Television Award, in addition to nomination for two Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award. In 2011, Farrell was honoured with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. In 2015, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was named the best comedian in British GQ.

Ferrell established himself in the mid-1990s as a cast member on the sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live, where he performed from 1995 to 2002, and has subsequently starred in a string of comedy films. After starring in the 2003 comedy film Old School, Ferrell became considered a member of the "Frat Pack", a generation of leading Hollywood comic actors who emerged in the late 1990s and the 2000s, including Jack Black, Ben Stiller, Steve Carell, Vince Vaughn, Paul Rudd, and brothers Owen and Luke Wilson. He founded the comedy website Funny or Die in 2007 with his former writing partner, Adam McKay.

Ferrell starred in comedy films such as A Night at the Roxbury (1998), Elf (2003), Anchorman (2004), Kicking & Screaming (2005), Talladega Nights (2006), Blades of Glory (2007), Step Brothers (2008), The Other Guys (2010), Get Hard (2015), and Barbie (2023). He has also taken dramatic roles in Stranger than Fiction (2006), Everything Must Go (2010), and Downhill (2020). He has voiced roles in Curious George (2006), Megamind (2010), The Lego Movie film franchise (2014–2019), and Despicable Me 4 (2024). He also starred in and produced the documentary Will & Harper (2024) with writer Harper Steele.

Ferrell has received four Primetime Emmy Awards for his work as a producer on the drama series Succession (2018–2023) and the specials Live in Front of a Studio Audience (2019–2022). He also produced the series I'm Sorry (2017–2019), the series Dead to Me (2019–2022), and the series Drunk History (2013–2019). For his work on Broadway, he received a Tony Award nomination for Best Special Theatrical Event for his satirical portrayal of George W. Bush in You're Welcome America (2009).

Filmography

Acting Credits (213)

A Very Jonas Christmas Movie
A Very Jonas Christmas Movie Will Ferrell 2025
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special Self 2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert Self 2025
You're Cordially Invited
You're Cordially Invited Jim 2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music Self 2025
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night Self 2025
The Charlie Puth Show
The Charlie Puth Show Will Ferrell 2024
Will & Harper
Will & Harper Self 2024
Despicable Me 4
Despicable Me 4 Maxime (voice) 2024
The Roast of Tom Brady
The Roast of Tom Brady Ron Burgundy 2024
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A. Lou Adler 2024
Stupid Pet Tricks
Stupid Pet Tricks Ranger Jim 2024
Quiz Lady
Quiz Lady Terry McTeer 2023
Strays
Strays Reggie (voice) 2023
Barbie
Barbie Mattel CEO 2023
SmartLess: On the Road
SmartLess: On the Road 2023
Pickled
Pickled Self 2022
Spirited
Spirited Present 2022
Welcome to Wrexham
Welcome to Wrexham Self 2022
The Shrink Next Door
The Shrink Next Door Martin 'Marty' Markowitz 2021
Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil
Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil Self 2021
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
The Holiday Movies That Made Us Self (archive footage) 2020
537 Votes
537 Votes George W. Bush (archive footage) 2020
VOMO: Vote or Miss Out
VOMO: Vote or Miss Out Self 2020
David
David Therapist 2020
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga Lars Erickssong 2020
Feeding America Comedy Festival
Feeding America Comedy Festival Self 2020
Impractical Jokers: The Movie
Impractical Jokers: The Movie Miami Restaurant Guy #4 2020
Downhill
Downhill Pete Stanton 2020
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Between Two Ferns: The Movie Will Ferrell 2019
Zeroville
Zeroville Rondell 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show Self - Guest 2019
The Boys
The Boys Will Ferrell as Coach Brink 2019
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" Tom Willis 2019
We Are LAFC
We Are LAFC Self 2019
Drunk Parents
Drunk Parents Bum 2019
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part President Business / Dad 2019
The 2019 Rose Parade with Cord & Tish
The 2019 Rose Parade with Cord & Tish Cord Hosenbeck 2019
Holmes & Watson
Holmes & Watson Sherlock Holmes 2018
The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Tish!
The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Tish! Cord Hosenbeck 2018
The 2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish
The 2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish Cord Hosenbeck 2018
No Activity
No Activity Adrian 2017
Daddy's Home 2
Daddy's Home 2 Brad 2017
The House
The House Scott Johansen/The Butcher 2017
A.C. Green: Iron Virgin
A.C. Green: Iron Virgin Narrator 2016
Zoolander 2
Zoolander 2 Jacobim Mugatu 2016
Daddy's Home
Daddy's Home Brad Whitaker 2015
Ferrell Takes the Field
Ferrell Takes the Field Himself 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self - Guest 2015
The Spoils Before Dying
The Spoils Before Dying Eric Jonrosh 2015
A Deadly Adoption
A Deadly Adoption Robert Benson 2015
Live from New York!
Live from New York! Self 2015
Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber
Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber Ron Burgundy 2015
Get Hard
Get Hard James King 2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The Late Late Show with James Corden Self - Guest 2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The Late Late Show with James Corden Self 2015
Hot Ones
Hot Ones Self 2015
The Men in Blazers Show
The Men in Blazers Show Self 2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Self 2014
Welcome to Sweden
Welcome to Sweden Will Ferrell 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers Ron Burgundy 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers Self - Guest 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Self - Guest 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Self 2014
The Lego Movie
The Lego Movie Lord Business / President Business / The Man Upstairs 2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Off Camera with Sam Jones Self 2014
The Spoils of Babylon
The Spoils of Babylon Eric Jonrosh 2014
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues Ron Burgundy 2013
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
@midnight with Chris Hardwick Self - Guest 2013
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
@midnight with Chris Hardwick President George W. Bush 2013
Drunk History
Drunk History Roald Dahl 2013
The Internship
The Internship Kevin (uncredited) 2013
Circus Halligalli
Circus Halligalli Self 2013
The Campaign
The Campaign Cam Brady 2012
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee Self 2012
Casa de Mi Padre
Casa de Mi Padre Armando Alvarez 2012
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie Damien Weebs 2012
Inside Comedy
Inside Comedy Self 2012
Billy on the Street
Billy on the Street Self 2011
The Love We Make
The Love We Make Self 2011
Everything Must Go
Everything Must Go Nick Halsey 2011
Fight for Your Right Revisited
Fight for Your Right Revisited Ad-Rock (B-Boys 2) 2011
Megamind: The Button of Doom
Megamind: The Button of Doom Megamind (voice) 2011
John and Will's Animal Choices
John and Will's Animal Choices Will 2011
Star Wars Spoofs
Star Wars Spoofs Himself 2011
Conan
Conan Ron Burgundy 2010
Conan
Conan Self 2010
The Women of SNL
The Women of SNL Ted Nettters / Craig Buchanan / Alex Trebek / Various (archive footage) 2010
Megamind
Megamind Megamind (voice) 2010
The Other Guys
The Other Guys Detective Allen Gamble 2010
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell - Volume 3
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell - Volume 3 2010
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again Self 2010
Presidential Reunion
Presidential Reunion George W. Bush 2010
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas (archive footage) 2009
SpongeBob's Truth or Square
SpongeBob's Truth or Square Self 2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Self - Guest 2009
Land of the Lost
Land of the Lost Dr. Rick Marshall 2009
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard McDermott (uncredited) 2009
Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America - A Final Night with George W. Bush
Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America - A Final Night with George W. Bush George W. Bush 2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Self 2009
Eastbound & Down
Eastbound & Down Ashley Schaeffer 2009
Bat Fight with Will Ferrell
Bat Fight with Will Ferrell 2009
Step Brothers
Step Brothers Brennan Huff 2008
Semi-Pro
Semi-Pro Jackie Moon 2008
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis Self 2008
Green Team
Green Team Arnold Darkshner 2007
The Procedure
The Procedure Bob 2007
Good Cop, Baby Cop
Good Cop, Baby Cop Angel 2007
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation Self 2007
The Landlord
The Landlord Tenant 2007
Blades of Glory
Blades of Glory Chazz Michael Michaels 2007
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show Self 2007
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Donald Mahanahan 2007
The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show
The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show 2007
Stranger Than Fiction
Stranger Than Fiction Harold Crick 2006
Man vs. Wild
Man vs. Wild Self 2006
30 Rock
30 Rock Shane Hunter 2006
The Megan Mullally Show
The Megan Mullally Show Self - Guest 2006
The One Show
The One Show Self - Guest 2006
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Ricky Bobby 2006
Ricky Bobby: Sports Century
Ricky Bobby: Sports Century Ricky Bobby (archive footage) 2006
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies 2006
Curious George
Curious George Ted (Man with the Yellow Hat) (voice) 2006
Winter Passing
Winter Passing Corbit 2006
The Producers
The Producers Franz Liebkind 2005
Earth to America
Earth to America George W. Bush 2005
The Reichen Show
The Reichen Show Self 2005
The Wendell Baker Story
The Wendell Baker Story Dave 2005
Wedding Crashers
Wedding Crashers Chazz Reinhold (uncredited) 2005
Bewitched
Bewitched Jack Wyatt 2005
Kicking & Screaming
Kicking & Screaming Phil Weston 2005
The Office
The Office Deangelo Vickers 2005
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jimmy Fallon
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jimmy Fallon 2005
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie Ron Burgundy 2004
Melinda and Melinda
Melinda and Melinda Hobie 2004
Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party
Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party Self 2004
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell - Volume 2
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell - Volume 2 2004
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy Ron Burgundy 2004
Starsky & Hutch
Starsky & Hutch Big Earl (uncredited) 2004
Best Week Ever
Best Week Ever 2004
Elf
Elf Buddy 2003
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special Self 2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show Self 2003
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Kattan
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Kattan Himself 2003
Comedy Central Roasts
Comedy Central Roasts Self 2003
Old School: Orientation
Old School: Orientation Himself 2003
MTV Reloaded
MTV Reloaded The Architect 2003
Old School
Old School Frank 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Self - Guest 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Ron Burgundy - Guest 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Harry Caray 2003
I Spy
I Spy President George W. Bush (voice) (uncredited) 2002
Boat Trip
Boat Trip Michael, Brian's Boyfriend (uncredited) 2002
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell Self / Various Characters (archive footage) 2002
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway Self 2002
HypaSpace
HypaSpace Self 2002
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
NBC 75th Anniversary Special Self 2002
The Concert for New York City
The Concert for New York City Self 2001
Zoolander
Zoolander Mugatu 2001
The Guardian
The Guardian Attorney Larry Flood 2001
Undeclared
Undeclared Dave 2001
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Federal Wildlife Marshal Willenholly 2001
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Molly Shannon
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Molly Shannon Self 2001
The Oblongs
The Oblongs Bob Oblong (voice) 2001
The Ladies Man
The Ladies Man Lance DeLune 2000
Drowning Mona
Drowning Mona Cubby 2000
The Early Show
The Early Show Self 1999
The Suburbans
The Suburbans Gil 1999
Superstar
Superstar Sky Corrigan / Jesus 1999
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special Self 1999
Dick
Dick Bob Woodward 1999
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Mustafa 1999
SpongeBob SquarePants
SpongeBob SquarePants 1999
Strangers with Candy
Strangers with Candy Bob Whitely 1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn Self - Guest 1999
Family Guy
Family Guy The Black Knight (voice) 1999
Family Guy
Family Guy Fat Greek Guy / Miles 'Chatterbox' Musket (voice) 1999
The Thin Pink Line
The Thin Pink Line Darren Clark 1998
A Night at the Roxbury
A Night at the Roxbury Steve Butabi 1998
TRL
TRL 1998
Hercules
Hercules Geryon (voice) 1998
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman Troy 1998
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman Self / Nancy Reagan / Various Characters 1998
Cow and Chicken
Cow and Chicken 1997
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery Mustafa 1997
Men Seeking Women
Men Seeking Women Al 1997
King of the Hill
King of the Hill Coach Lucas (voice) 1997
The Daily Show
The Daily Show Self 1996
Criminal Hearts
Criminal Hearts Newscaster (uncredited) 1996
A Bucket of Blood
A Bucket of Blood Young Man 1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Mamet the Moocher (voice) 1995
On Our Own
On Our Own Construction Worker 1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien Self - Guest 1993
Raw
Raw 1993
MTV Movie & TV Awards
MTV Movie & TV Awards Self / Presenter 1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Self 1992
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark Self - Guest 1988
Kids' Choice Awards
Kids' Choice Awards Self 1987
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live Self - Various Characters 1975
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live Self - Cameo (uncredited) 1975
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live Self - Host 1975
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live Self 1975
The Oscars
The Oscars Self 1953
Today
Today Self 1952
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards Self - Presenter 1944
The Prince of Fashion
The Prince of Fashion
Untitled The Legend of Cocaine Island Remake
Untitled The Legend of Cocaine Island Remake
Playing POTUS
Playing POTUS Self
Street Justice
Street Justice
Judgment Day
Judgment Day
Tough Guys
Tough Guys
Journeys of a Gentle Southern Man
Journeys of a Gentle Southern Man
GOLF
GOLF Lonnie 'The Hawk' Hawkins

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