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 | You're Cordially Invited | Jim | 2025-01-29 |
Movie | Despicable Me 4 | Maxime (voice) | 2024-06-20 |
Movie | Strays | Reggie (voice) | 2023-08-17 |
Movie | Barbie | Mattel CEO | 2023-07-19 |
Movie | Quiz Lady | Terry McTeer | 2023-09-09 |
Movie | Spirited | Present | 2022-11-10 |
Series | The Shrink Next Door | Martin "Marty" Markowitz | 2021-11-11 |
Movie | Impractical Jokers: The Movie | Miami Restaurant Guy #4 | 2020-02-21 |
Movie | Feeding America Comedy Festival | Self | 2020-05-10 |
Movie | Downhill | Pete Stanton | 2020-02-06 |
Movie | Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga | Lars Erickssong | 2020-06-26 |
Movie | 537 Votes | George W. Bush (archive footage) | 2020-10-21 |
Movie | VOMO: Vote or Miss Out | Self | 2020-09-14 |
Movie | Drunk Parents | Bum | 2019-02-08 |
Movie | Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" | Tom Willis | 2019-05-22 |
Movie | The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part | President Business / Dad | 2019-02-06 |
Movie | Zeroville | Rondell | 2019-09-19 |
Movie | Between Two Ferns: The Movie | Will Ferrell | 2019-09-20 |
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 | A.C. Green: Iron Virgin | Narrator | 2016-05-13 |
Movie | Get Hard | James King | 2015-03-26 |
Movie | Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber | Ron Burgundy | 2015-03-30 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special | Self / Alex Trebek / Marty Culp | 2015-02-15 |
Movie | A Deadly Adoption | Robert Benson | 2015-06-20 |
Movie | Daddy's Home | Brad Whitaker | 2015-12-25 |
Movie | Ferrell Takes the Field | Himself | 2015-09-12 |
Series | The Spoils Before Dying | Eric Jonrosh | 2015-07-08 |
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 |
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 |
Movie | Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie | Damien Weebs | 2012-03-02 |
Movie | The Campaign | Cam Brady | 2012-08-09 |
Movie | Casa de Mi Padre | Armando Alvarez | 2012-03-15 |
Movie | Star Wars Spoofs | Himself | 2011-01-01 |
Movie | Fight for Your Right Revisited | Ad-Rock (B-Boys 2) | 2011-04-22 |
Movie | Everything Must Go | Nick Halsey | 2011-05-13 |
Movie | The Love We Make | Self | 2011-09-10 |
Movie | Presidential Reunion | George W. Bush | 2010-03-02 |
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 | The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard | McDermott (uncredited) | 2009-05-29 |
Movie | Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America - A Final Night with George W. Bush | George W. Bush | 2009-03-14 |
Movie | SpongeBob's Truth or Square | Self | 2009-11-06 |
Movie | Land of the Lost | Dr. Rick Marshall | 2009-06-05 |
Movie | SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas | 2009-12-17 | |
Movie | Semi-Pro | Jackie Moon | 2008-02-28 |
Movie | Step Brothers | Brennan Huff | 2008-07-25 |
Movie | The Procedure | Bob | 2007-08-01 |
Series | Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! | Donald Mahanahan | 2007-02-11 |
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 | Winter Passing | Corbit | 2006-02-07 |
Movie | Curious George | Ted (Man with the Yellow Hat) (voice) | 2006-02-10 |
Movie | Stranger Than Fiction | Harold Crick | 2006-09-09 |
Movie | Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby | Ricky Bobby | 2006-08-04 |
Movie | Kicking & Screaming | Phil Weston | 2005-05-13 |
Movie | Bewitched | Jack Wyatt | 2005-06-21 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jimmy Fallon | 2005-01-25 | |
Movie | Wedding Crashers | Chazz Reinhold (uncredited) | 2005-07-13 |
Movie | The Producers | Franz Liebkind | 2005-12-25 |
Movie | Earth to America | George W. Bush | 2005-11-20 |
Movie | The Wendell Baker Story | Dave | 2005-08-03 |
Movie | Starsky & Hutch | Big Earl (uncredited) | 2004-03-05 |
Movie | Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party | Self | 2004-11-17 |
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 | Old School | Frank | 2003-02-21 |
Movie | Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special | Self | 2003-09-14 |
Movie | Elf | Buddy | 2003-10-09 |
Movie | NBC 75th Anniversary Special | Self | 2002-05-05 |
Series | HypaSpace | Self | 2002-05-13 |
Movie | Boat Trip | Michael, Brian's Boyfriend (uncredited) | 2002-10-01 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell | Himself / Various Characters (archive footage) | 2002-09-28 |
Movie | I Spy | President George W. Bush (voice) (uncredited) | 2002-10-31 |
Series | The Oblongs | Bob Oblong (voice) | 2001-04-01 |
Movie | Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back | Federal Wildlife Marshal Willenholly | 2001-08-22 |
Movie | The Concert for New York City | Self | 2001-10-20 |
Movie | Zoolander | Mugatu | 2001-09-28 |
Movie | Drowning Mona | Cubby | 2000-03-03 |
Movie | The Ladies Man | Lance DeLune | 2000-10-13 |
Movie | Dick | Bob Woodward | 1999-08-04 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special | Self | 1999-09-25 |
Movie | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | Mustafa | 1999-06-08 |
Movie | Superstar | Sky Corrigan / Jesus | 1999-10-08 |
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 | Hercules | Geryon | 1998-08-31 |
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 | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | Mustafa | 1997-05-02 |
Movie | Liar Liar | Jeff (Party Guest) | 1997-03-21 |
Movie | Criminal Hearts | Newscaster (uncredited) | 1996-02-15 |
Movie | Kingpin | screaming during finale (voice) | 1996-07-04 |
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 | On Our Own | Construction Worker | 1994-09-13 |