Will Ferrell
Acting • Born 1967-07-16
Biography
John William Ferrell (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 received various accolades, including six Primetime Emmy Awards and a British Academy Television Award, in addition to nomination for two Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award. In 2011, Farrell 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 best comedian in British GQ. 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
215 credits
Stranger Than Fiction
Movie • 2006
Harold Crick
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Movie • 1997
Mustafa
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Movie • 2001
Federal Wildlife Marshal Willenholly
Elf
Movie • 2003
Buddy
Old School
Movie • 2003
Frank
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Movie • 2004
Ron Burgundy
Step Brothers
Movie • 2008
Brennan Huff
The Wendell Baker Story
Movie • 2005
Dave
A Night at the Roxbury
Movie • 1998
Steve Butabi
Bewitched
Movie • 2005
Jack Wyatt
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Movie • 2006
Ricky Bobby
Wedding Crashers
Movie • 2005
Chazz Reinhold (uncredited)
Blades of Glory
Movie • 2007
Chazz Michael Michaels
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
Movie • 2004
Ron Burgundy
Semi-Pro
Movie • 2008
Jackie Moon
Starsky & Hutch
Movie • 2004
Big Earl (uncredited)
Curious George
Movie • 2006
Ted (Man with the Yellow Hat) (voice)
Kicking & Screaming
Movie • 2005
Phil Weston
The Other Guys
Movie • 2010
Detective Allen Gamble
Zoolander
Movie • 2001
Mugatu
Melinda and Melinda
Movie • 2004
Hobie
537 Votes
Movie • 2020
George W. Bush (archive footage)
The Producers
Movie • 2005
Franz Liebkind
Superstar
Movie • 1999
Sky Corrigan / Jesus
Winter Passing
Movie • 2006
Corbit
The Landlord
Movie • 2007
Tenant
Megamind
Movie • 2010
Megamind (voice)
Strays
Movie • 2023
Reggie (voice)
Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America - A Final Night with George W. Bush
Movie • 2009
George W. Bush
Everything Must Go
Movie • 2011
Nick Halsey
Dick
Movie • 1999
Bob Woodward
The Ladies Man
Movie • 2000
Lance DeLune
Land of the Lost
Movie • 2009
Dr. Rick Marshall
Ricky Bobby: Sports Century
Movie • 2006
Ricky Bobby (archive footage)
Casa de Mi Padre
Movie • 2012
Armando Alvarez
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
Movie • 2009
McDermott (uncredited)
Megamind: The Button of Doom
Movie • 2011
Megamind (voice)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell - Volume 3
Movie • 2010
The Campaign
Movie • 2012
Cam Brady
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Movie • 2012
Damien Weebs
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
Movie • 2013
Ron Burgundy
The Internship
Movie • 2013
Kevin (uncredited)
Barbie
Movie • 2023
Mattel CEO
The Lego Movie
Movie • 2014
Lord Business / President Business / The Man Upstairs
SpongeBob's Truth or Square
Movie • 2009
Self
Get Hard
Movie • 2015
James King
You're Cordially Invited
Movie • 2025
Jim
Daddy's Home
Movie • 2015
Brad Whitaker
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Movie • 2002
Self
Will & Harper
Movie • 2024
Self
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell
Movie • 2002
Self / Various Characters (archive footage)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell - Volume 2
Movie • 2004
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
Movie • 2009
(archive footage)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jimmy Fallon
Movie • 2005
The Procedure
Movie • 2007
Bob
The Love We Make
Movie • 2011
Self
Zeroville
Movie • 2019
Rondell
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies
Movie • 2006
Despicable Me 4
Movie • 2024
Maxime (voice)
Earth to America
Movie • 2005
George W. Bush
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Movie • 1999
Mustafa
Zoolander 2
Movie • 2016
Jacobim Mugatu
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
Movie • 1998
Troy
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
Movie • 1998
Self / Nancy Reagan / Various Characters
Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber
Movie • 2015
Ron Burgundy
Quiz Lady
Movie • 2023
Terry McTeer
Pickled
Movie • 2022
Self
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Kattan
Movie • 2003
Himself
A Deadly Adoption
Movie • 2015
Robert Benson
The House
Movie • 2017
Scott Johansen/The Butcher
Ferrell Takes the Field
Movie • 2015
Himself
The Roast of Tom Brady
Movie • 2024
Ron Burgundy
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Molly Shannon
Movie • 2001
Self
Daddy's Home 2
Movie • 2017
Brad
Holmes & Watson
Movie • 2018
Sherlock Holmes
Boat Trip
Movie • 2002
Michael, Brian's Boyfriend (uncredited)
Criminal Hearts
Movie • 1996
Newscaster (uncredited)
Good Cop, Baby Cop
Movie • 2007
Angel
The Thin Pink Line
Movie • 1998
Darren Clark
The Suburbans
Movie • 1999
Gil
A.C. Green: Iron Virgin
Movie • 2016
Narrator
Drowning Mona
Movie • 2000
Cubby
A Bucket of Blood
Movie • 1995
Young Man
Fight for Your Right Revisited
Movie • 2011
Ad-Rock (B-Boys 2)
Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party
Movie • 2004
Self
Men Seeking Women
Movie • 1997
Al
The 2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish
Movie • 2018
Cord Hosenbeck
Bat Fight with Will Ferrell
Movie • 2009
The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Tish!
Movie • 2018
Cord Hosenbeck
The Concert for New York City
Movie • 2001
Self
Downhill
Movie • 2020
Pete Stanton
The Prince of Fashion
Movie
The 2019 Rose Parade with Cord & Tish
Movie • 2019
Cord Hosenbeck
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
Movie • 2019
President Business / Dad
Star Wars Spoofs
Movie • 2011
Himself
MTV Reloaded
Movie • 2003
The Architect
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
Movie • 2019
Tom Willis
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Movie • 2019
Will Ferrell
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Movie • 2020
Lars Erickssong
Spirited
Movie • 2022
Present
The Women of SNL
Movie • 2010
Ted Nettters / Craig Buchanan / Alex Trebek / Various (archive footage)
Untitled The Legend of Cocaine Island Remake
Movie
Green Team
Movie • 2007
Arnold Darkshner
Old School: Orientation
Movie • 2003
Himself
Drunk Parents
Movie • 2019
Bum
Feeding America Comedy Festival
Movie • 2020
Self
Impractical Jokers: The Movie
Movie • 2020
Miami Restaurant Guy #4
David
Movie • 2020
Therapist
VOMO: Vote or Miss Out
Movie • 2020
Self
John and Will's Animal Choices
Movie • 2011
Will
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Movie • 1999
Self
Presidential Reunion
Movie • 2010
George W. Bush
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
Movie • 2003
Self
I Spy
Movie • 2002
President George W. Bush (voice) (uncredited)
Playing POTUS
Movie
Self
Street Justice
Movie
Judgment Day
Movie
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Movie • 2025
Self
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Movie • 2025
Self
Tough Guys
Movie
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
Movie • 2025
Self
A Very Jonas Christmas Movie
Movie • 2025
Will Ferrell
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
Movie • 2007
Self
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again
Movie • 2010
Self
Live from New York!
Movie • 2015
Self
Journeys of a Gentle Southern Man
Movie
The Fifth Wheel
Movie
Imagine
Movie • 2020
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
Best Week Ever
TV • 2004
Family Guy
TV • 1999
The Black Knight (voice)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
The One Show
TV • 2006
Self - Guest
The Guardian
TV • 2001
Attorney Larry Flood
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Various Characters
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
Strangers with Candy
TV • 1999
Bob Whitely
Today
TV • 1952
Self
The Office
TV • 2005
Deangelo Vickers
HypaSpace
TV • 2002
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Self
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
TV • 2002
Self
Hercules
TV • 1998
Geryon (voice)
The Oblongs
TV • 2001
Bob Oblong (voice)
Inside Comedy
TV • 2012
Self
Cow and Chicken
TV • 1997
The Early Show
TV • 1999
Self
30 Rock
TV • 2006
Shane Hunter
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
TV • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil
TV • 2021
Self
Eastbound & Down
TV • 2009
Ashley Schaeffer
The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show
TV • 2007
Conan
TV • 2010
Ron Burgundy
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
TV • 1999
Self - Guest
TRL
TV • 1998
We Are LAFC
TV • 2019
Self
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
TV • 2008
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
The Spoils of Babylon
TV • 2014
Eric Jonrosh
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Fat Greek Guy / Miles 'Chatterbox' Musket (voice)
Billy on the Street
TV • 2011
Self
Welcome to Wrexham
TV • 2022
Self
The Spoils Before Dying
TV • 2015
Eric Jonrosh
Drunk History
TV • 2013
Roald Dahl
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Ron Burgundy
Kids' Choice Awards
TV • 1987
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
TV • 2014
Self
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
TV • 2012
Self
Welcome to Sweden
TV • 2014
Will Ferrell
SpongeBob SquarePants
TV • 1999
MTV Movie & TV Awards
TV • 1992
Self / Presenter
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
TV • 2007
Donald Mahanahan
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
SmartLess: On the Road
TV • 2023
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
TV • 1995
Mamet the Moocher (voice)
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Presenter
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
TV • 2013
Self - Guest
The Reichen Show
TV • 2005
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
No Activity
TV • 2017
Adrian
Stupid Pet Tricks
TV • 2024
Ranger Jim
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Raw
TV • 1993
The Men in Blazers Show
TV • 2014
Self
Man vs. Wild
TV • 2006
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self
King of the Hill
TV • 1997
Coach Lucas (voice)
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
TV • 2024
Lou Adler
Comedy Central Roasts
TV • 2003
Self
The Hawk
TV
Lonnie 'The Hawk' Hawkins
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
The Shrink Next Door
TV • 2021
Martin 'Marty' Markowitz
Hot Ones
TV • 2015
Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones
TV • 2014
Self
The Boys
TV • 2019
Will Ferrell as Coach Brink
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2009
Self
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
TV • 2013
President George W. Bush
Conan
TV • 2010
Self
The Megan Mullally Show
TV • 2006
Self - Guest
The Charlie Puth Show
TV • 2024
Will Ferrell
Undeclared
TV • 2001
Dave
On Our Own
TV • 1994
Construction Worker
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
TV • 2025
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Ron Burgundy - Guest
Circus Halligalli
TV • 2013
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Harry Caray