Will Ferrell

Acting · 5.2 popularity

Age

Movies

137

Born: July 16, 1967
From: Irvine, California, USA

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 has received various accolades, including six Primetime Emmy Awards and a British Academy Television Award, in addition to nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and for a Tony Award. In 2011, Ferrell 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 year's best comedian in British GQ. Ferrell first 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 has 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 for the specials Live in Front of a Studio Audience (2019–2022). He also produced the series I'm Sorry (2017–2019), Dead to Me (2019–2022), and 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.

Works

137 films

Barbie

20236.9

Despicable Me 4

20247.0

Megamind

20107.0

The Lego Movie

20147.4

Elf

20036.7

Old School

20036.6

Spirited

20226.8

Wedding Crashers

20056.5

Daddy's Home

20156.3

The Other Guys

20106.3

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

19996.3

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

20016.4

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

20196.7

Step Brothers

20086.6

Get Hard

20156.0

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

19976.6

A Very Jonas Christmas Movie

20256.2

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

20066.4

Zoolander

20016.2

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

20046.7

Zoolander 2

20164.9

Starsky & Hutch

20045.8

Daddy's Home 2

20176.3

Curious George

20066.5

The Campaign

20125.8

Blades of Glory

20076.1

You're Cordially Invited

20255.8

The House

20175.6

Quiz Lady

20236.7

Strays

20237.2

Stranger Than Fiction

20067.3

Holmes & Watson

20184.3

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

20136.1

I Spy

20025.4

Land of the Lost

20095.5

Bewitched

20055.1

Lorne

20266.8

Semi-Pro

20085.6

Boat Trip

20025.2

The Producers

20056.2

A Night at the Roxbury

19986.5

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga

20206.4

Megamind: The Button of Doom

20116.7

Kicking & Screaming

20055.8

Downhill

20205.2

Zeroville

20195.0

Impractical Jokers: The Movie

20206.6

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie

20046.0

Casa de Mi Padre

20125.3

Between Two Ferns: The Movie

20195.9

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

20256.4

Dick

19996.0

The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard

20095.4

Drunk Parents

20194.5

Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special

20037.0

Will & Harper

20247.4

SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas

20097.4

The Ladies Man

20005.4

Drowning Mona

20005.5

SpongeBob's Truth or Square

20096.9

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

20257.8

Everything Must Go

20116.2

Melinda and Melinda

20046.2

Superstar

19995.3

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

20026.0

Feeding America Comedy Festival

20205.8

Fight for Your Right Revisited

20116.6

The Concert for New York City

20015.1

537 Votes

20207.1

The Roast of Tom Brady

20246.8

The Women of SNL

20105.2

Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party

20046.4

The Suburbans

19994.0

Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber

20156.8

The Wendell Baker Story

20055.1

Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie

20125.5

Winter Passing

20066.0

Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Music Vol. 5

2003

Elf: How they Made the North Pole

2004

Why I Love 'Bewitched'

2005

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman

19987.7

Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again

2010

David

20207.0

The 2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish

20185.9

Elf: Film School for Kids

2004

50 Years of NBC Late Night

20015.0

The Thin Pink Line

19984.7

A Deadly Adoption

20154.9

Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation

2007

Men Seeking Women

19974.5

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

19996.9

A Bucket of Blood

19955.0

The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Tish!

20186.1

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell

20027.8

Green Team

20075.8

The Fifth Wheel

2026

The 2019 Rose Parade with Cord & Tish

20196.2

Earth to America

20057.7

Ricky Bobby: Sports Century

20067.5

Bat Fight

20095.8

Presidential Reunion

20106.1

Live from New York!

20155.9

Journeys of a Gentle Southern Man

2026

A.C. Green: Iron Virgin

2016

The Love We Make

20117.2

VOMO: Vote or Miss Out

202010.0

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"

20196.6

Star Wars Spoofs

20117.9

Pickled

20227.5

Playing POTUS

2026

Judgment Day

2026

Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America - A Final Night with George W. Bush

20096.5

Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched'

20057.0

Tough Guys

2026

Ferrell Takes the Field

20156.3

Criminal Hearts

19964.8

Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special

2025

The Landlord

20076.5

MTV Reloaded

20037.3

Untitled Inspector Gadget Reboot

2026

Good Cop, Baby Cop

20076.3

John and Will's Animal Choices

20112.0

Elf: Tag Along with Will Ferrell

2004

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies

20066.8

Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy

20106.0

Wampler's Ascent

2013

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell - Volume 2

20047.3

Old School: Orientation

20037.3

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jimmy Fallon

20057.9

The Procedure

20074.6

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Molly Shannon

20014.7

The Internship

20136.2

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Kattan

20038.3

Tom Green Show: Road Kill

19999.0

Street Justice

2026

Untitled The Legend of Cocaine Island Remake

2026

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell - Volume 3

20109.0