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Will Ferrell

Will Ferrell

Birthday: 1967-07-16 | Place of Birth: Irvine, California, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Holmes & Watson: The Abandoned Case

as    Sherlock Holmes

2021
The Shrink Next Door

as    Marty Markowitz

2020
2020
Downhill

as    Pete Stanton

2020
VOMO: Vote or Miss Out

as    Self

2020
David

as    Therapist

2019
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

as    President Business / Dad

2019
Between Two Ferns: The Movie

as    Will Ferrell

2018
2018
2018
Holmes & Watson

as    Sherlock Holmes

2017
Daddy's Home 2

as    Brad

2017
The House

as    Scott Johansen/The Butcher

2016
Zoolander 2

as    Jacobim Mugatu

2016
A.C. Green: Iron Virgin

as    Narrator

2015
Daddy's Home

as    Brad Whitaker

2015
The Spoils Before Dying

as    Eric Jonrosh

2015
Ferrell Takes the Field

as    Himself

2015
Get Hard

as    James King

2015
A Deadly Adoption

as    Robert Benson

2015
Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber

as    Ron Burgundy

2014
The Spoils of Babylon

as    Eric Jonrosh

2014
The Lego Movie

as    Lord Business / President Business / The Man Upstairs

2013
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

as    Ron Burgundy