Will Ferrell

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1967-07-16 (57 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, וויל פארל, วิล เฟอร์เรลล์

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

Actor

American Huckster

as Chuck Blazer

The Fall of 2008

as Cam Brady (The Campaign)

2024
2024
Despicable Me 4

as Maxime (voice)

2024
The Roast of Tom Brady

as Ron Burgundy

2024
The Charlie Puth Show

as Will Ferrell

2024
Stupid Pet Tricks

as Ranger Jim

2023
Quiz Lady

as Terry McTeer

2023
Strays

as Reggie (voice)

2023
Barbie

as Mattel CEO

2022
Pickled

as Self

2022
Spirited

as Present

2022
2021
The Shrink Next Door

as Martin "Marty" Markowitz

2020
537 Votes

as George W. Bush (archive footage)

2020
David

as Therapist

2020
Impractical Jokers: The Movie

as Miami Restaurant Guy #4

2020
Downhill

as Pete Stanton

2020
The Holiday Movies That Made Us

as Self (archive footage)

2019
2019
Zeroville

as Rondell

2019
2019
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

as President Business / Dad

2019
The Boys

as Will Ferrell as Coach Brink

2019
We Are LAFC

as Self

2018
Holmes & Watson

as Sherlock Holmes

2018
Lie Detector

as Self (archive footage)

2018
Lie Detector

as Self

2017
2017
The House

as Scott Johansen/The Butcher

2017
No Activity

as Adrian

2016
2016
Zoolander 2

as Jacobim Mugatu

2015
Daddy's Home

as Brad Whitaker

2015
A Deadly Adoption

as Robert Benson

2015
Get Hard

as James King

2015
Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special

as Self / Alex Trebek / Marty Culp

2015
The Spoils Before Dying

as Eric Jonrosh

2015
Hot Ones

as Self

2014
The Lego Movie

as Lord Business / President Business / The Man Upstairs

2014
And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

2014
Welcome to Sweden

as Will Ferrell

2014
2014
The Spoils of Babylon

as Eric Jonrosh

2013
The Internship

as Kevin (uncredited)

2013
2013
@midnight with Chris Hardwick

as President George W. Bush

2013
Drunk History

as Roald Dahl

2012
The Campaign

as Cam Brady

2012
Casa de Mi Padre

as Armando Alvarez

2012
2011
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
Star Wars Spoofs

as Himself

2010
The Women of SNL

as Ted Nettters / Craig Buchanan / Alex Trebek / Various (archive footage)

2010
Megamind

as Megamind (voice)

2010
The Other Guys

as Detective Allen Gamble

2010
Presidential Reunion

as George W. Bush

2010
Conan

as Ron Burgundy

2010
Conan

as Self

2009
Land of the Lost

as Dr. Rick Marshall

2009
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard

as McDermott (uncredited)

2009
Eastbound & Down

as Ashley Schaeffer

2008
Step Brothers

as Brennan Huff

2008
Semi-Pro

as Jackie Moon

2007
Green Team

as Arnold Darkshner

2007
2007
2007
The Landlord

as Tenant

2007
Blades of Glory

as Chazz Michael Michaels

2006
Stranger Than Fiction

as Harold Crick

2006
Ricky Bobby: Sports Century

as Ricky Bobby (archive footage)

2006
Curious George

as Ted (Man with the Yellow Hat) (voice)

2006
Winter Passing

as Corbit

2006
Man vs. Wild

as Self

2006
30 Rock

as Shane Hunter

2006
The Megan Mullally Show

as Self - Guest

2006
The One Show

as Self - Guest

2005
The Producers

as Franz Liebkind

2005
Earth to America

as George W. Bush

2005
Wedding Crashers

as Chazz Reinhold (uncredited)

2005
Bewitched

as Jack Wyatt

2005
Kicking & Screaming

as Phil Weston

2005
2005
The Office

as Deangelo Vickers

2004
2004
Starsky & Hutch

as Big Earl (uncredited)

2003
Elf

as Buddy

2003
MTV Reloaded

as The Architect

2003
Old School

as Frank

2002
I Spy

as President George W. Bush (voice) (uncredited)

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
HypaSpace

as Self

2001
Zoolander

as Mugatu

2001
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

as Federal Wildlife Marshal Willenholly

2001
The Oblongs

as Bob Oblong (voice)

2000
The Ladies Man

as Lance DeLune

2000
Drowning Mona

as Cubby

1999
1999
Superstar

as Sky Corrigan / Jesus

1999
Dick

as Bob Woodward

1999
1999
Strangers with Candy

as Bob Whitely

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
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman

as Self / Nancy Reagan / Various Characters

1998
1998
Hercules

as Geryon (voice)

1997
King of the Hill

as Coach Lucas (voice)

1996
Criminal Hearts

as Newscaster (uncredited)

1996
1995
A Bucket of Blood

as Young Man

1995
1994
On Our Own

as Construction Worker

1993
1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards

as Self / Presenter

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Various Characters

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

1953
The Oscars

as Self

1952
Today

as Self

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

Producer

GOLF

as Executive Producer

Judgment Day

as Producer

Street Justice

as Producer

American Huckster

as Producer

Bad Blood

as Producer

Will

as Producer

First Ladies

as Producer

Plus One

as Producer

2025
2024
Will & Harper

as Producer

2024
Am I OK?

as Producer

2024
No Good Deed

as Executive Producer

2023
May December

as Producer

2023
Theater Camp

as Producer

2023
Quiz Lady

as Producer

2022
The Menu

as Producer

2022
Spirited

as Producer

2021
The Shrink Next Door

as Executive Producer

2020
Motherland: Fort Salem

as Executive Producer

2019
Hustlers

as Producer

2019
Booksmart

as Executive Producer

2019
Dead to Me

as Executive Producer

2018
Vice

as Producer

2018
Holmes & Watson

as Producer

2018
Ibiza

as Producer

2018
LA to Vegas

as Producer

2018
Succession

as Executive Producer

2017
Oh Lucy!

as Executive Producer

2017
Daddy's Home 2

as Producer

2017
The House

as Producer

2017
No Activity

as Executive Producer

2016
The Boss

as Producer

2015
Get Hard

as Producer

2015
A Deadly Adoption

as Executive Producer

2015
Ferrell Takes the Field

as Executive Producer

2015
Daddy's Home

as Producer

2015
The Spoils Before Dying

as Executive Producer

2014
Tammy

as Producer

2014
Welcome to Me

as Producer

2014
Bad Judge

as Executive Producer

2012
The Campaign

as Producer

2012
Bachelorette

as Producer

2012
Casa de Mi Padre

as Producer

2010
The Other Guys

as Producer

2010
The Virginity Hit

as Producer

2010
Big Lake

as Producer

2010
2009
Eastbound & Down

as Producer

2008
Step Brothers

as Executive Producer

2008
2007
Hot Rod

as Executive Producer

2007
The Landlord

as Producer

Creator

GOLF

as Creator