Will Ferrell
Ferrell 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 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 the specials Live in Front of a Studio Audience (2019–2022). He also produced the series I'm Sorry (2017–2019), the series Dead to Me (2019–2022), and the series 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).
Filmography (199 Appearances)
Journeys of a Gentle Southern Man
Judgment Day
Playing POTUS
Street Justice
The Fifth Wheel
The Hawk
The Prince of Fashion
Tough Guys
Untitled The Legend of Cocaine Island Remake
A Very Jonas Christmas Movie
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
You're Cordially Invited
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
The Charlie Puth Show
Will & Harper
Despicable Me 4
The Roast of Tom Brady
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
Stupid Pet Tricks
Quiz Lady
Strays
Barbie
SmartLess: On the Road
Pickled
Spirited
Welcome to Wrexham
The Shrink Next Door
Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
537 Votes
VOMO: Vote or Miss Out
David
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Feeding America Comedy Festival
Impractical Jokers: The Movie
Downhill
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Zeroville
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Boys
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
We Are LAFC
Drunk Parents
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
The 2019 Rose Parade with Cord & Tish
Holmes & Watson
The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Tish!
The 2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish
No Activity
Daddy's Home 2
The House
A.C. Green: Iron Virgin
Zoolander 2
Daddy's Home
Ferrell Takes the Field
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Spoils Before Dying
A Deadly Adoption
Live from New York!
Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber
Get Hard
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Hot Ones
The Men in Blazers Show
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Welcome to Sweden
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Lego Movie
Off Camera with Sam Jones
The Spoils of Babylon
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
Drunk History
The Internship
Circus Halligalli
The Campaign
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Casa de Mi Padre
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Inside Comedy
Billy on the Street
The Love We Make
Everything Must Go
Fight for Your Right Revisited
Megamind: The Button of Doom
John and Will's Animal Choices
Star Wars Spoofs
Conan
The Women of SNL
Megamind
The Other Guys
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell - Volume 3
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again
Presidential Reunion
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
SpongeBob's Truth or Square
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Land of the Lost
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America - A Final Night with George W. Bush
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Eastbound & Down
Bat Fight with Will Ferrell
Step Brothers
Semi-Pro
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
Green Team
The Procedure
Good Cop, Baby Cop
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
The Landlord
Blades of Glory
The Graham Norton Show
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show
Stranger Than Fiction
Man vs. Wild
30 Rock
The Megan Mullally Show
The One Show
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Ricky Bobby: Sports Century
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies
Curious George
Winter Passing
The Producers
Earth to America
The Reichen Show
The Wendell Baker Story
Wedding Crashers
Bewitched
Kicking & Screaming
The Office
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jimmy Fallon
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
Melinda and Melinda
Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell - Volume 2
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Starsky & Hutch
Best Week Ever
Elf
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Kattan
Comedy Central Roasts
Old School: Orientation
MTV Reloaded
Old School
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
I Spy
Boat Trip
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
HypaSpace
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
The Concert for New York City
Zoolander
Undeclared
The Guardian
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Molly Shannon
The Oblongs
The Ladies Man
Drowning Mona
The Early Show
The Suburbans
Superstar
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Dick
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
SpongeBob SquarePants
Strangers with Candy
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Family Guy
The Thin Pink Line
A Night at the Roxbury
TRL
Hercules
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
Cow and Chicken
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Men Seeking Women
King of the Hill
The Daily Show
Criminal Hearts
A Bucket of Blood
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
On Our Own
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Raw
MTV Movie & TV Awards
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Kids' Choice Awards
Saturday Night Live