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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.
Movie | Quiz Lady | Terry McTeer | 2023-09-09 |
Movie | Barbie | Mattel CEO | 2023-07-19 |
Movie | Strays | Reggie (voice) | 2023-08-17 |
Movie | Spirited | Present | 2022-11-10 |
Movie | Downhill | Pete Stanton | 2020-02-06 |
Movie | Impractical Jokers: The Movie | Miami Restaurant Guy #4 | 2020-02-21 |
Movie | VOMO: Vote or Miss Out | Self | 2020-09-14 |
Movie | Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga | Lars Erickssong | 2020-06-26 |
Movie | Drunk Parents | Bum | 2019-02-08 |
Movie | Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" | Tom Willis | 2019-05-22 |
Movie | The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part | President Business / Dad | 2019-02-06 |
Movie | Between Two Ferns: The Movie | Will Ferrell | 2019-09-20 |
Movie | Zeroville | Rondell | 2019-09-19 |
Movie | Holmes & Watson | Sherlock Holmes | 2018-12-25 |
Movie | The House | Scott Johansen/The Butcher | 2017-06-29 |
Movie | Daddy's Home 2 | Brad | 2017-11-09 |
Movie | Zoolander 2 | Jacobim Mugatu | 2016-02-06 |
Movie | A.C. Green: Iron Virgin | Narrator | 2016-05-13 |
Movie | Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber | Ron Burgundy | 2015-03-30 |
Movie | Get Hard | James King | 2015-03-26 |
Movie | A Deadly Adoption | Robert Benson | 2015-06-20 |
Series | The Spoils Before Dying | Eric Jonrosh | 2015-07-08 |
Movie | Daddy's Home | Brad Whitaker | 2015-12-25 |
Series | The Spoils of Babylon | Eric Jonrosh | 2014-01-09 |
Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
Movie | The Lego Movie | Lord Business / President Business / The Man Upstairs | 2014-02-06 |
Movie | 22 Jump Street | The Man (uncredited) | 2014-06-05 |
Movie | The Internship | Kevin (uncredited) | 2013-06-07 |
Movie | Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues | Ron Burgundy | 2013-12-18 |
Movie | Casa de Mi Padre | Armando Alvarez | 2012-03-15 |
Movie | Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie | Damien Weebs | 2012-03-02 |
Movie | The Campaign | Cam Brady | 2012-08-09 |
Movie | Star Wars Spoofs | Himself | 2011-01-01 |
Movie | Fight for Your Right Revisited | Ad-Rock (B-Boys 2) | 2011-04-22 |
Movie | The Love We Make | Self | 2011-09-10 |
Movie | Everything Must Go | Nick Halsey | 2011-05-13 |
Series | Funny or Die Presents | Abraham Lincoln | 2010-02-15 |
Movie | The Other Guys | Detective Allen Gamble | 2010-08-06 |
Movie | Megamind | Megamind (voice) | 2010-10-28 |
Movie | The Women of SNL | Ted Nettters / Craig Buchanan / Alex Trebek / Various (archive footage) | 2010-11-01 |
Movie | Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America - A Final Night with George W. Bush | George W. Bush | 2009-03-14 |
Movie | Land of the Lost | Dr. Rick Marshall | 2009-06-05 |
Movie | The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard | McDermott (uncredited) | 2009-05-29 |
Movie | SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas | 2009-12-17 | |
Movie | SpongeBob's Truth or Square | Self | 2009-11-06 |
Movie | Semi-Pro | Jackie Moon | 2008-02-28 |
Movie | Step Brothers | Brennan Huff | 2008-07-25 |
Movie | Blades of Glory | Chazz Michael Michaels | 2007-03-30 |
Series | Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! | Donald Mahanahan | 2007-02-11 |
Movie | Good Cop, Baby Cop | Angel | 2007-06-30 |
Movie | The Procedure | Bob | 2007-08-01 |
Movie | Winter Passing | Corbit | 2006-02-07 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies | 2006-05-23 | |
Movie | Curious George | Ted (Man with the Yellow Hat) (voice) | 2006-02-10 |
Movie | Stranger Than Fiction | Harold Crick | 2006-09-09 |
Movie | Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby | Ricky Bobby | 2006-08-04 |
Movie | Bewitched | Jack Wyatt | 2005-06-21 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jimmy Fallon | 2005-01-25 | |
Movie | Wedding Crashers | Chazz Reinhold (uncredited) | 2005-07-13 |
Movie | Kicking & Screaming | Phil Weston | 2005-05-13 |
Movie | The Wendell Baker Story | Dave | 2005-08-03 |
Movie | The Producers | Franz Liebkind | 2005-12-25 |
Movie | Earth to America | George W. Bush | 2005-11-20 |
Movie | Starsky & Hutch | Big Earl (uncredited) | 2004-03-05 |
Movie | Melinda and Melinda | Hobie | 2004-10-29 |
Movie | Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | Ron Burgundy | 2004-06-28 |
Movie | Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party | Self | 2004-11-17 |
Movie | Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie | Ron Burgundy | 2004-12-28 |
Movie | MTV Reloaded | The Architect | 2003-05-13 |
Movie | Old School | Frank | 2003-02-21 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Kattan | Himself | 2003-09-07 |
Movie | Elf | Buddy | 2003-10-09 |
Series | HypaSpace | Self | 2002-05-13 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell | Himself / Various Characters (archive footage) | 2002-09-28 |
Movie | Boat Trip | Michael, Brian's Boyfriend (uncredited) | 2002-10-01 |
Movie | Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back | Federal Wildlife Marshal Willenholly | 2001-08-22 |
Series | The Oblongs | Bob Oblong (voice) | 2001-04-01 |
Movie | Zoolander | Mugatu | 2001-09-28 |
Movie | The Concert for New York City | Self | 2001-10-20 |
Movie | Drowning Mona | Cubby | 2000-03-03 |
Movie | The Ladies Man | Lance DeLune | 2000-10-13 |
Movie | Dick | Bob Woodward | 1999-08-04 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special | Self | 1999-09-25 |
Movie | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | Mustafa | 1999-06-08 |
Movie | Superstar | Sky Corrigan / Jesus | 1999-10-08 |
Movie | The Suburbans | Gil | 1999-10-29 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman | Self / Nancy Reagan / Various Characters | 1998-01-01 |
Series | Hercules | Geryon | 1998-08-31 |
Movie | A Night at the Roxbury | Steve Butabi | 1998-10-01 |
Movie | The Thin Pink Line | Darren Clark | 1998-10-07 |
Movie | Men Seeking Women | Al | 1997-03-08 |
Movie | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | Mustafa | 1997-05-02 |
Movie | Liar Liar | Jeff (Party Guest) | 1997-03-21 |
Movie | Criminal Hearts | Newscaster (uncredited) | 1996-02-15 |
Movie | Kingpin | screaming during finale (voice) | 1996-07-04 |
Movie | A Bucket of Blood | 1995-09-12 | |
Movie | Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult | Man chasing Lawnmower [cameo] | 1994-03-18 |
Series | On Our Own | Construction Worker | 1994-09-13 |