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 | Despicable Me 4 | Maxime (voice) | 2024-06-20 |
Movie | Barbie | Mattel CEO | 2023-07-19 |
Movie | Strays | Reggie (voice) | 2023-08-17 |
Movie | 537 Votes | George W. Bush (archive footage) | 2020-10-21 |
Movie | Drunk Parents | Bum | 2019-02-08 |
Movie | The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part | President Business / Dad | 2019-02-06 |
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 | Get Hard | James King | 2015-03-26 |
Movie | Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber | Ron Burgundy | 2015-03-30 |
Series | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Himself | 2015-03-23 |
Series | The Spoils Before Dying | Eric Jonrosh | 2015-07-08 |
Movie | A Deadly Adoption | Robert Benson | 2015-06-20 |
Movie | Ferrell Takes the Field | Himself | 2015-09-12 |
Movie | Daddy's Home | Brad Whitaker | 2015-12-25 |
Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
Series | The Spoils of Babylon | Eric Jonrosh | 2014-01-09 |
Movie | The Lego Movie | Lord Business / President Business / The Man Upstairs | 2014-02-06 |
Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Himself | 2014-02-17 |
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 |
Series | Drunk History | Roald Dahl | 2013-07-09 |
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 | Megamind: The Button of Doom | Megamind (voice) | 2011-02-25 |
Movie | Fight for Your Right Revisited | Ad-Rock (B-Boys 2) | 2011-04-22 |
Movie | John and Will's Animal Choices | Will | 2011-01-28 |
Movie | Everything Must Go | Nick Halsey | 2011-05-13 |
Movie | The Love We Make | Self | 2011-09-10 |
Movie | The Other Guys | Detective Allen Gamble | 2010-08-06 |
Series | Funny or Die Presents | Abraham Lincoln | 2010-02-15 |
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 | Bat Fight with Will Ferrell | 2009-02-01 | |
Movie | Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America - A Final Night with George W. Bush | George W. Bush | 2009-03-14 |
Series | Eastbound & Down | Unknown | 2009-02-15 |
Movie | The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard | McDermott (uncredited) | 2009-05-29 |
Movie | Land of the Lost | Dr. Rick Marshall | 2009-06-05 |
Movie | SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas | 2009-12-17 | |
Series | Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis | Unknown | 2008-01-04 |
Movie | Semi-Pro | Jackie Moon | 2008-02-28 |
Movie | Step Brothers | Brennan Huff | 2008-07-25 |
Series | Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! | Donald Mahanahan | 2007-02-11 |
Series | The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show | Unknown | 2007-01-17 |
Movie | Blades of Glory | Chazz Michael Michaels | 2007-03-30 |
Movie | Good Cop, Baby Cop | Angel | 2007-06-30 |
Movie | The Landlord | Tenant | 2007-04-17 |
Movie | Green Team | Arnold Darkshner | 2007-11-19 |
Movie | The Procedure | Bob | 2007-08-01 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies | 2006-05-23 | |
Movie | Ricky Bobby: Sports Century | Ricky Bobby (archive footage) | 2006-07-17 |
Movie | Winter Passing | Corbit | 2006-02-07 |
Movie | Curious George | Ted (Man with the Yellow Hat) (voice) | 2006-02-10 |
Series | Curious George | Unknown | 2006-09-04 |
Movie | Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby | Ricky Bobby | 2006-08-04 |
Series | 30 Rock | Unknown | 2006-10-11 |
Movie | Stranger Than Fiction | Harold Crick | 2006-09-09 |
Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jimmy Fallon | 2005-01-25 | |
Series | The Office | Unknown | 2005-03-24 |
Movie | Wedding Crashers | Chazz Reinhold (uncredited) | 2005-07-13 |
Movie | Bewitched | Jack Wyatt | 2005-06-21 |
Movie | The Wendell Baker Story | Dave | 2005-08-03 |
Movie | Starsky & Hutch | Big Earl (uncredited) | 2004-03-05 |
Series | Best Week Ever | Unknown | 2004-01-23 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell - Volume 2 | 2004-09-07 | |
Movie | Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | Ron Burgundy | 2004-06-28 |
Movie | Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie | Ron Burgundy | 2004-12-28 |
Movie | Melinda and Melinda | Hobie | 2004-12-22 |
Movie | Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party | Self | 2004-11-17 |
Movie | Old School | Frank | 2003-02-21 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Kattan | Himself | 2003-09-07 |
Movie | Elf | Buddy | 2003-10-09 |
Series | Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | Unknown | 2002-06-08 |
Series | HypaSpace | Himself | 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 | I Spy | President George W. Bush (voice) (uncredited) | 2002-10-31 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Molly Shannon | Self | 2001-04-15 |
Series | The Oblongs | Bob Oblong | 2001-04-01 |
Movie | Zoolander | Mugatu | 2001-09-28 |
Movie | The Concert for New York City | Self | 2001-10-20 |
Movie | The Ladies Man | Lance DeLune | 2000-10-13 |
Movie | Drowning Mona | Cubby | 2000-03-03 |
Movie | Dick | Bob Woodward | 1999-08-04 |
Movie | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | Mustafa | 1999-06-08 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special | Self | 1999-09-25 |
Series | Family Guy | Unknown | 1999-01-31 |
Movie | Superstar | Sky Corrigan / Jesus | 1999-10-08 |
Movie | Girl, Interrupted | John Davis | 1999-12-21 |
Series | The Early Show | Unknown | 1999-11-01 |
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 | TRL | Unknown | 1998-09-14 |
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 | Liar Liar | Jeff (Party Guest) | 1997-03-21 |
Series | Cow and Chicken | Unknown | 1997-09-16 |
Movie | Criminal Hearts | Newscaster (uncredited) | 1996-02-15 |
Movie | Kingpin | screaming during finale (voice) | 1996-07-04 |
Series | The Daily Show | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
Movie | A Bucket of Blood | Young Man | 1995-09-12 |
Movie | Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult | Man chasing Lawnmower [cameo] | 1994-03-18 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Various | 1975-10-11 |
Series | Today | Unknown | 1952-01-14 |
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