Will Ferrell

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

199

Gender

Male

Birthday

1967-07-16 (56 years old)

Place of Birth

Irvine, California, USA

Also Known As

  • John William "Will" Ferrell
  • John William Ferrell
  • Τζον Γουίλιαμ "Γούιλ" Φέρελ
  • Θα Ferrell
  • William Ferrell
  • 威爾法洛
  • 威尔·法瑞尔
  • וויל פארל
  • ויל פרל

Will Ferrell

Biography

A graduate of the University of Southern California, Will Ferrell became interested in performing while a student at University High School in Irvine, California, where he made his school's daily morning announcements over the public address system in disguised voices. He started as a member of the Los Angeles comedy/improvisation group The Groundlings, where fellow cast members Ana Gasteyer, Maya Rudolph and former Saturday Night Live repertory players such as Laraine Newman, Jon Lovitz and Phil Hartman began their careers. It was there he met Chris Kattan and the two became good friends and both went on to Saturday Night Live later. He has also appeared on several television programs, including Strangers with Candy, Grace Under Fire and Living Single during his time at The Groundlings. Will also lent his voice to the armless and legless dad of cartoon family The Oblongs.

In 1995 he became a feature cast member at Saturday Night Live during the show's rapid re-casting. He was declared quite possibly the worst cast member ever during his first season. However, his talents of impersonations and range of characters shot him forward to making him arguably the greatest Saturday Night Live cast member ever. During his seven year run he is one of the few cast members to ever be nominated for an Emmy for a performance and played George W. Bush during the 2000 elections. He's appeared in every Saturday Night Live movie since his premiere on the show in 1995. In 2002 he left  Saturday Night Live and was the only cast member to ever receive a farewell from all the current cast members at the end of the season finale show. Since leaving the show Will has pursued a career in films. In 2000 he married and now lives in L.A.

Known For

Barbie
7.1%

Barbie

Jul 19, 2023

The Lego Movie
7.4%

The Lego Movie

Feb 6, 2014

Megamind
7.0%

Megamind

Oct 28, 2010

Zoolander
6.2%

Zoolander

Sep 28, 2001

Wedding Crashers
6.5%

Wedding Crashers

Jul 13, 2005

Family Guy
7.3%

Family Guy

Jan 31, 1999

Family Guy
7.3%

Family Guy

Jan 31, 1999

The Internship
6.2%

The Internship

Jun 7, 2013

The Other Guys
6.3%

The Other Guys

Aug 6, 2010

Elf
6.7%

Elf

Oct 9, 2003

The Office
8.6%

The Office

Mar 24, 2005

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Acting

They're Lit, But Are They Bros? as Buddy (pictured)
The Prince of Fashion
Untitled The Legend of Cocaine Island Remake
American Huckster as Chuck Blazer
Madden as John Madden
Larry's Kidney
You’re Cordially Invited
2024
Despicable Me 4 as Maxime Le Mal (voice)
2024
Stupid Pet Tricks as Ranger Jim
2024
Will & Harper as Self
2023
A Saturday Night Live Christmas Special
2023
Quiz Lady as Terry McTeer
2023
Strays as Reggie (voice)
2023
Barbie as Mattel CEO
2023
SmartLess: On the Road
2022
Pickled as Self
2022
Spirited as Present
2022
Welcome to Wrexham as Self
2021
The Shrink Next Door as Marty Markowitz
2021
Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil as Self
2020
The Holiday Movies That Made Us as Self (archive footage)
2020
537 Votes as George W. Bush (archive footage)
2020
VOMO: Vote or Miss Out as Self
2020
David as Therapist
2020
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga as Lars Erickssong
2020
Feeding America Comedy Festival as Self
2020
Impractical Jokers: The Movie as Miami Restaurant Girl #4
2020
Downhill as Pete Stanton
2019
Between Two Ferns: The Movie as Will Ferrell
2019
Zeroville as Rondell
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" as Tom Willis
2019
We Are LAFC as Self
2019
Drunk Parents as Bum
2019
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part as President Business / Dad
2019
The 2019 Rose Parade with Cord & Tish as Cord Hosenbeck
2018
Holmes & Watson as Sherlock Holmes
2018
The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Tish! as Cord Hosenbeck
2018
The 2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish as Cord Hosenbeck
2017
No Activity as Adrian
2017
Daddy's Home 2 as Brad
2017
The House as Scott Johansen/The Butcher
2016
A.C. Green: Iron Virgin as Narrator
2016
Zoolander 2 as Jacobim Mugatu
2015
Daddy's Home as Brad Whitaker
2015
Ferrell Takes the Field as Himself
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
2015
The Spoils Before Dying as Eric Jonrosh
2015
A Deadly Adoption as Robert Benson
2015
Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber as Ron Burgundy
2015
Get Hard as James King
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
2015
Hot Ones as Self
2015
Hot Ones
2015
Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special as Self / Alex Trebek / Marty Culp
2014
The Men In Blazers Show as Self
2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Self
2014
Welcome to Sweden as Will Ferrell
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers as Ron Burgundy
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2014
The Lego Movie as Lord Business / President Business / The Man Upstairs
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
2014
And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
2014
The Spoils of Babylon as Eric Jonrosh
2013
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues as Ron Burgundy
2013
@midnight with Chris Hardwick as Self - Guest
2013
Drunk History as Roald Dahl
2013
The Internship as Kevin (uncredited)
2012
The Campaign as Cam Brady
2012
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee as Self
2012
Casa de Mi Padre as Armando Alvarez
2012
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie as Damien Weebs
2012
Inside Comedy as Self
2011
Billy on the Street as Himself
2011
The Love We Make as Self
2011
Everything Must Go as Nick Halsey
2011
Fight for Your Right Revisited as Ad-Rock (B-Boys 2)
2011
Megamind: The Button of Doom as Megamind (voice)
2011
John and Will's Animal Choices as Will
2011
Star Wars Spoofs as Himself
2010
Conan as Self
2010
Conan as Ron Burgundy
2010
The Women of SNL as Ted Nettters / Craig Buchanan / Alex Trebek / Various (archive footage)
2010
Megamind as Megamind (voice)
2010
Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert for Autism Education as Self
2010
The Other Guys as Detective Allen Gamble
2010
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell - Volume 3
2010
Presidential Reunion as George W. Bush
2009
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
2009
SpongeBob's Truth or Square as Self
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2009
Land of the Lost as Dr. Rick Marshall
2009
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard as McDermott (uncredited)
2009
Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America - A Final Night with George W. Bush as George W. Bush
2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as Self
2009
Eastbound & Down as Ashley Schaeffer
2009
Bat Fight with Will Ferrell
2008
Step Brothers as Brennan Huff
2008
Semi-Pro as Jackie Moon
2008
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis as Self
2007
Green Team as Arnold Darkshner
2007
The Procedure as Bob
2007
Good Cop, Baby Cop as Angel
2007
The Landlord as Tenant
2007
Blades of Glory as Chazz Michael Michaels
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self
2007
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! as Donald Mahanahan
2007
The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show
2006
Man vs. Wild as Self
2006
30 Rock as Shane Hunter
2006
The Megan Mullally Show
2006
Stranger Than Fiction as Harold Crick
2006
Curious George
2006
The One Show as Self - Guest
2006
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby as Ricky Bobby
2006
Ricky Bobby: Sports Century as Ricky Bobby (archive footage)
2006
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies
2006
Curious George as Ted (Man with the Yellow Hat) (voice)
2006
Winter Passing as Corbit
2005
The Producers as Franz Liebkind
2005
Earth to America as George W. Bush
2005
The Reichen Show as Self
2005
The Wendell Baker Story as Dave
2005
Wedding Crashers as Chazz Reinhold (uncredited)
2005
Bewitched as Jack Wyatt
2005
Kicking & Screaming as Phil Weston
2005
The Office as Deangelo Vickers
2005
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jimmy Fallon
2004
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie as Ron Burgundy
2004
Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party as Self
2004
Melinda and Melinda as Hobie
2004
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell - Volume 2
2004
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy as Ron Burgundy
2004
Starsky & Hutch as Big Earl (uncredited)
2004
Best Week Ever
2003
Elf as Buddy
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
2003
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Kattan as Himself
2003
Old School: Orientation as Himself
2003
MTV Reloaded as The Architect
2003
Old School as Frank
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2002
Boat Trip as Michael, Brian's Boyfriend (uncredited)
2002
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell as Himself / Various Characters (archive footage)
2002
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway as Self
2002
HypaSpace as Self
2002
NBC 75th Anniversary Special as Self
2001
The Concert for New York City as Self
2001
Zoolander as Jacobim Mugatu
2001
The Guardian
2001
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back as Federal Wildlife Marshal Willenholly
2001
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Molly Shannon as Self
2001
The Oblongs as Bob Oblong (voice)
2000
The Ladies Man as Lance DeLune
2000
Drowning Mona as Cubby
1999
The Early Show as Self
1999
The Suburbans as Gil
1999
Superstar as Sky Corrigan / Jesus
1999
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special as Self
1999
Dick as Bob Woodward
1999
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me as Mustafa
1999
SpongeBob SquarePants
1999
Strangers with Candy as Bob Whitely
1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self - Guest
1999
Family Guy as The Black Knight (voice)
1999
Family Guy as Fat Greek Guy / Miles 'Chatterbox' Musket (voice)
1998
The Thin Pink Line as Darren Clark
1998
A Night at the Roxbury as Steve Butabi
1998
TRL
1998
Hercules as Geryon (voice)
1998
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman as Troy
1998
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman as Self / Nancy Reagan / Various Characters
1997
Cow and Chicken
1997
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery as Mustafa
1997
Men Seeking Women as Al
1997
King of the Hill as Coach Lucas (voice)
1996
The Daily Show as Self
1996
Criminal Hearts as Newscaster (uncredited)
1995
A Bucket of Blood
1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child as Mamet the Moocher (voice)
1994
On Our Own as Construction Worker
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1993
WWE Raw
1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self / Presenter
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1987
Kids' Choice Awards as Self
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Various Characters
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1953
The Oscars as Self
1952
Today as Self
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter

Production

Plus One as Producer
Toni Erdmann as Producer
First Ladies as Producer
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters 2 as Producer
The Prince of Fashion as Producer
Will as Producer
Untitled The Legend of Cocaine Island Remake as Producer
Bad Blood as Producer
American Huckster as Producer
Untitled Disney Evil Stepsisters Film as Producer
You’re Cordially Invited as Producer
No Good Deed as Executive Producer
2024
Will & Harper as Producer
2023
May December as Producer
2023
Quiz Lady as Producer
2023
Theater Camp as Producer
2022
The Menu as Producer
2022
Spirited as Producer
2022
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window as Executive Producer
2022
Am I Ok? as Producer
2021
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes as Executive Producer
2021
The Shrink Next Door as Executive Producer
2021
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar as Producer
2020
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga as Producer
2020
Motherland: Fort Salem as Executive Producer
2019
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" as Executive Producer
2019
Hustlers as Producer
2019
Booksmart as Executive Producer
2019
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" as Executive Producer
2019
Dead to Me as Executive Producer
2018
Vice as Producer
2018
Holmes & Watson as Producer
2018
Succession as Executive Producer
2018
Ibiza as Producer
2018
The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Tish! as Executive Producer
2018
LA to Vegas as Producer
2017
No Activity as Executive Producer
2017
Daddy's Home 2 as Producer
2017
The House as Producer
2017
Oh Lucy! as Executive Producer
2016
The Boss as Producer
2015
Daddy's Home as Producer
2015
Ferrell Takes the Field as Executive Producer
2015
The Spoils Before Dying as Executive Producer
2015
Sleeping with Other People as Producer
2015
A Deadly Adoption as Executive Producer
2015
Get Hard as Producer
2014
Bad Judge as Executive Producer
2014
Welcome to Me as Producer
2014
Tammy as Producer
2013
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues as Producer
2013
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters as Producer
2012
The Campaign as Producer
2012
Casa de Mi Padre as Producer
2012
Bachelorette as Producer
2010
The Virginity Hit as Producer
2010
Big Lake as Producer
2010
The Other Guys as Producer
2010
Funny or Die Presents as Producer
2009
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard as Producer
2009
Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America - A Final Night with George W. Bush as Executive Producer
2009
Eastbound & Down as Producer
2008
Prop 8: The Musical as Producer
2008
Step Brothers as Executive Producer
2007
Hot Rod as Executive Producer
2007
The Landlord as Producer
2006
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby as Executive Producer
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