Will Ferrell

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Biography

John William Ferrell (/ˈfɛrəl/; 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Will Ferrell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Overview

Known For

Saturday Night Live

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Family Guy

Raw

The Graham Norton Show

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

@midnight with Chris Hardwick

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

Comedy Central Roasts

The Guardian

MTV Movie & TV Awards

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

The Men in Blazers Show

The Early Show

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Kids' Choice Awards

The Office

Golden Globe Awards

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

The Holiday Movies That Made Us

Inside Comedy

John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.

Eastbound & Down

Today

Welcome to Wrexham

SpongeBob SquarePants

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee

The Late Late Show with James Corden

Drunk History

Strangers with Candy

SmartLess: On the Road

Curious George

Man vs. Wild

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard

I Spy

Barbie

The Movies That Made Us

Boat Trip

Impractical Jokers: The Movie

A Bucket of Blood

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

The Ladies Man

Between Two Ferns: The Movie

Zoolander

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night

The Spoils of Babylon

Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber

Funny or Die Presents

A Night at the Roxbury

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga

Strays

Daddy's Home 2

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

The Other Guys

The Prince of Fashion

Daddy's Home

The 2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish

GOLF

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Curious George

Spirited

Kicking & Screaming

You're Cordially Invited

Land of the Lost

Step Brothers

Blades of Glory

Megamind: The Button of Doom

Megamind

Get Hard

The Campaign

Stranger Than Fiction

Elf

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

Production Credits

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

Motherland: Fort Salem

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga

May December

Get Hard

The Menu

The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window

No Activity

Spirited

Funny or Die Presents

Dead to Me

You're Cordially Invited

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard

The Boss

Big Lake

Booksmart

The Prince of Fashion

The 2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish

Bad Judge

A Night at the Roxbury

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters 2

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