Will Ferrell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 16, 1967 (age 59)
- Place of birth
- Irvine, California, USA
- Credits
- 219
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).
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Known for
The Boys
2019TV
Will Ferrell as Coach Brink
Barbie
2023Movie
Mattel CEO
The Lego Movie
2014Movie
Lord Business / President Business / The Man Upstairs
Megamind
2010Movie
Megamind (voice)
The Office
2005TV
Deangelo Vickers
Family Guy
1999TV
The Black Knight (voice), Fat Greek Guy / Miles 'Chatterbox' Musket (voice)
Filmography
The Hawk
2026TV
Lonnie 'The Hawk' Hawkins
Hot Ones: Extra Heat
2026TV
Self
Playing POTUS
2026Movie
Self
Lorne
2026Movie
Self (Uncredited)
A Very Jonas Christmas Movie
2025Movie
Will Ferrell
Downey Wrote That
2025Movie
Self
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
2025Movie
Self
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
2025TV
Self - Guest
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025Movie
Self
You're Cordially Invited
2025Movie
Jim
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025Movie
Self
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
2025TV
Self
An SNL Thanksgiving
2024Movie
(archive footage)
The Charlie Puth Show
2024TV
Will Ferrell
Will & Harper
2024Movie
Self
Despicable Me 4
2024Movie
Maxime (voice)
The Roast of Tom Brady
2024Movie
Ron Burgundy
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
2024TV
Lou Adler
Stupid Pet Tricks
2024TV
Ranger Jim
Quiz Lady
2023Movie
Terry McTeer
Strays
2023Movie
Reggie (voice)
Barbie
2023Movie
Mattel CEO
SmartLess: On the Road
2023TV
Pickled
2022Movie
Self
Spirited
2022Movie
Present
Welcome to Wrexham
2022TV
Self
The Shrink Next Door
2021TV
Martin 'Marty' Markowitz
Val
2021Movie
Self (archive)
Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil
2021TV
Self
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
2020TV
Self (archive footage)
537 Votes
2020Movie
George W. Bush (archive footage)
VOMO: Vote or Miss Out
2020Movie
Self
David
2020Movie
Therapist
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
2020Movie
Lars Erickssong
Feeding America Comedy Festival
2020Movie
Self
Impractical Jokers: The Movie
2020Movie
Miami Restaurant Guy #4
Downhill
2020Movie
Pete Stanton
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
2019Movie
Will Ferrell
Zeroville
2019Movie
Rondell
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019TV
Self - Guest
The Boys
2019TV
Will Ferrell as Coach Brink
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
2019Movie
Tom Willis
We Are LAFC
2019TV
Self
Drunk Parents
2019Movie
Bum
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
2019Movie
President Business / Dad
The 2019 Rose Parade with Cord & Tish
2019Movie
Cord Hosenbeck
Holmes & Watson
2018Movie
Sherlock Holmes
The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Tish!
2018Movie
Cord Hosenbeck
The 2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish
2018Movie
Cord Hosenbeck
No Activity
2017TV
Adrian
Daddy's Home 2
2017Movie
Brad
The House
2017Movie
Scott Johansen/The Butcher
A.C. Green: Iron Virgin
2016Movie
Narrator
Zoolander 2
2016Movie
Jacobim Mugatu
Daddy's Home
2015Movie
Brad Whitaker
Ferrell Takes the Field
2015Movie
Himself
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015TV
Self - Guest
The Spoils Before Dying
2015TV
Eric Jonrosh
A Deadly Adoption
2015Movie
Robert Benson
Live from New York!
2015Movie
Self
Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber
2015Movie
Ron Burgundy
Get Hard
2015Movie
James King
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015TV
Self - Guest, Self
Hot Ones
2015TV
Self
An SNL Valentine
2015Movie
(archive footage)
The Men in Blazers Show
2014TV
Self
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014TV
Self
Welcome to Sweden
2014TV
Will Ferrell
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014TV
Ron Burgundy, Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014TV
Self - Guest, Self
The Lego Movie
2014Movie
Lord Business / President Business / The Man Upstairs
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014TV
Self
The Spoils of Babylon
2014TV
Eric Jonrosh
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
2013Movie
Ron Burgundy
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
2013TV
Self - Guest, President George W. Bush
Drunk History
2013TV
Roald Dahl, The Monster
The Internship
2013Movie
Kevin (uncredited)
Wampler's Ascent
2013Movie
Self
Circus Halligalli
2013TV
Self
The Campaign
2012Movie
Cam Brady
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
2012TV
Self
Casa de Mi Padre
2012Movie
Armando Alvarez
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
2012Movie
Damien Weebs
Inside Comedy
2012TV
Self
Billy on the Street
2011TV
Self
The Love We Make
2011Movie
Self
Everything Must Go
2011Movie
Nick Halsey
Fight for Your Right Revisited
2011Movie
Ad-Rock (B-Boys 2)
Megamind: The Button of Doom
2011Movie
Megamind (voice)
John and Will's Animal Choices
2011Movie
Will
Star Wars Spoofs
2011Movie
Himself
Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy
2010Movie
David Bowie
Conan
2010TV
Ron Burgundy, Self
The Women of SNL
2010Movie
Ted Nettters / Craig Buchanan / Alex Trebek / Various (archive footage)
Megamind
2010Movie
Megamind (voice)
The Other Guys
2010Movie
Detective Allen Gamble
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell - Volume 3
2010Movie
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again
2010Movie
Self
Presidential Reunion
2010Movie
George W. Bush
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
2009Movie
(archive footage)
SpongeBob's Truth or Square
2009Movie
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009TV
Self - Guest
Land of the Lost
2009Movie
Dr. Rick Marshall
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
2009Movie
McDermott (uncredited)
Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America - A Final Night with George W. Bush
2009Movie
George W. Bush
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009TV
Self
Eastbound & Down
2009TV
Ashley Schaeffer
Bat Fight
2009Movie
Step Brothers
2008Movie
Brennan Huff
Semi-Pro
2008Movie
Jackie Moon
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
2008TV
Self
Green Team
2007Movie
Arnold Darkshner
The Procedure
2007Movie
Bob
Good Cop, Baby Cop
2007Movie
Angel (The Confessor)
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
2007Movie
Self
The Landlord
2007Movie
Tenant
Blades of Glory
2007Movie
Chazz Michael Michaels
The Graham Norton Show
2007TV
Self
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007TV
Donald Mahanahan
The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show
2007TV
Stranger Than Fiction
2006Movie
Harold Crick
Man vs. Wild
2006TV
Self
30 Rock
2006TV
Shane Hunter
The Megan Mullally Show
2006TV
Self - Guest
The One Show
2006TV
Self - Guest
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
2006Movie
Ricky Bobby
Ricky Bobby: Sports Century
2006Movie
Ricky Bobby (archive footage)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies
2006Movie
Curious George
2006Movie
Ted (Man with the Yellow Hat) (voice)
Winter Passing
2006Movie
Corbit
The Producers
2005Movie
Franz Liebkind
Earth to America
2005Movie
George W. Bush
The Reichen Show
2005TV
Self
Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched'
2005Movie
Self
Why I Love 'Bewitched'
2005Movie
Self
The Wendell Baker Story
2005Movie
Dave
Wedding Crashers
2005Movie
Chazz Reinhold (uncredited)
Bewitched
2005Movie
Jack Wyatt
Kicking & Screaming
2005Movie
Phil Weston
The Office
2005TV
Deangelo Vickers
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jimmy Fallon
2005Movie
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
2004Movie
Ron Burgundy
Melinda and Melinda
2004Movie
Hobie
Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party
2004Movie
Self
Elf: Film School for Kids
2004Movie
Self
Elf: Tag Along with Will Ferrell
2004Movie
Self
Elf: How they Made the North Pole
2004Movie
Self
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell - Volume 2
2004Movie
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
2004Movie
Ron Burgundy
Starsky & Hutch
2004Movie
Big Earl (uncredited)
Best Week Ever
2004TV
Elf
2003Movie
Buddy
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
2003Movie
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003TV
Self
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Kattan
2003Movie
Himself
Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Music Vol. 5
2003Movie
Self
Comedy Central Roasts
2003TV
Self
Old School: Orientation
2003Movie
Himself
MTV Reloaded
2003Movie
The Architect
Old School
2003Movie
Frank Ricard
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003TV
Self - Guest, Ron Burgundy - Guest, Harry Caray
I Spy
2002Movie
President George W. Bush (voice) (uncredited)
Boat Trip
2002Movie
Michael, Brian's Boyfriend (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell
2002Movie
Self / Various Characters (archive footage)
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002TV
Self
HypaSpace
2002TV
Self
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002Movie
Self
The Concert for New York City
2001Movie
Self
Zoolander
2001Movie
Mugatu
The Guardian
2001TV
Attorney Larry Flood
Undeclared
2001TV
Dave
50 Years of NBC Late Night
2001Movie
Self (archive footage)
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
2001Movie
Federal Wildlife Marshal Willenholly
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Molly Shannon
2001Movie
Self
The Oblongs
2001TV
Bob Oblong (voice)
The Ladies Man
2000Movie
Lance DeLune
Drowning Mona
2000Movie
Cubby
The Early Show
1999TV
Self
The Suburbans
1999Movie
Gil
Superstar
1999Movie
Sky Corrigan / Jesus
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999Movie
Self
Dick
1999Movie
Bob Woodward
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
1999Movie
Mustafa
SpongeBob SquarePants
1999TV
Will Ferrell
Strangers with Candy
1999TV
Bob Whitely
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999TV
Self - Guest
Tom Green Show: Road Kill
1999Movie
Self
Family Guy
1999TV
The Black Knight (voice), Fat Greek Guy / Miles 'Chatterbox' Musket (voice)
The Thin Pink Line
1998Movie
Darren Clark
A Night at the Roxbury
1998Movie
Steve Butabi
TRL
1998TV
Hercules
1998TV
Geryon (voice)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
1998Movie
Troy, Self / Nancy Reagan / Various Characters
Cow and Chicken
1997TV
Farmer / Astronaut #2 (voice)
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
1997Movie
Mustafa
Men Seeking Women
1997Movie
Al
King of the Hill
1997TV
Coach Lucas (voice)
The Daily Show
1996TV
Self
Criminal Hearts
1996Movie
Newscaster (uncredited)
A Bucket of Blood
1995Movie
Young Man
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995TV
Mamet the Moocher (voice)
On Our Own
1994TV
Construction Worker
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993TV
Self - Guest, George W. Bush
Late Show with David Letterman
1993TV
Self - Guest
Raw
1993TV
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992TV
Self / Presenter
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992TV
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988TV
Self - Guest
Kids' Choice Awards
1987TV
Self
Saturday Night Live
1975TV
Self - Various Characters, Self - Cameo (uncredited), Self - Host, Self, Self - Various Characters (uncredited), Self (uncredited), James Lipton (uncredited)
The Oscars
1953TV
Self
Today
1952TV
Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944TV
Self - Presenter
Untitled Inspector Gadget Reboot
Movie
Inspector Gadget
The Fifth Wheel
Movie
Judgment Day
Movie
Untitled The Legend of Cocaine Island Remake
Movie
Tough Guys
Movie
Street Justice
Movie