Will Ferrell
Acting
🎂 1967-07-16
John William Ferrell 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).
Cast credits(212)
The Black Knight (voice)
1999
Fat Greek Guy / Miles 'Chatterbox' Musket (voice)
1999
Self
1996
Deangelo Vickers
2005
Self - Guest
2014
Self
2014
Self
2007
Will Ferrell as Coach Brink
2019
Coach Lucas (voice)
1997
1993
Maxime (voice)
2024
Ron Burgundy
2014
Self
2014
Self - Guest
2009
Self
2019
Self - Various Characters
1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Self - Host
1975
Self
1975
Ron Burgundy
2010
Self
2010
Self
2015
Shane Hunter
2006
Self - Guest
2006
Self
2015
Self - Presenter
1944
Mattel CEO
2023
Self - Guest
2015
Self
2015
Self
2014
1997
Self
2003
Self - Guest
1988
Self - Guest
2013
President George W. Bush
2013
Megamind (voice)
2010
Geryon (voice)
1998
Self
1992
Attorney Larry Flood
2001
Self
2003
Roald Dahl
2013
Self - Guest
1993
Self
2005
Self
2014
Self
2009
Frank
2003
Mustafa
1999
Self
1953
Self
2012
2004
Donald Mahanahan
2007
1999
Lord Business / President Business / The Man Upstairs
2014
Self
2022
Self / Presenter
1992
Mustafa
1997
Jim
2025
Self
2002
Self
1987
Ashley Schaeffer
2009
Self
2018
Chazz Reinhold (uncredited)
2005
Buddy
2003
Detective Allen Gamble
2010
Mugatu
2001
Dave
2005
Self
2014
Self - Guest
2006
Mamet the Moocher (voice)
1995
Self - Guest
1999
Jacobim Mugatu
2016
Brad Whitaker
2015
President Business / Dad
2019
Brennan Huff
2008
1998
Sky Corrigan / Jesus
1999
Reggie (voice)
2023
Lou Adler
2024
Brad
2017
Ron Burgundy
2013
Steve Butabi
1998
Cord Hosenbeck
2018
Self
2011
Bob Whitely
1999
Big Earl (uncredited)
2004
Martin 'Marty' Markowitz
2021
Self
2006
Ron Burgundy
2004
Self (archive footage)
2014
Dave
2001
Self
2012
Self
2008
Chazz Michael Michaels
2007
Ricky Bobby
2006
Scott Johansen/The Butcher
2017
Adrian
2017
Lars Erickssong
2020
Michael, Brian's Boyfriend (uncredited)
2002
Cam Brady
2012
Self
2024
Nick Halsey
2011
James King
2015
Megamind (voice)
2011
Self
2003
Present
2022
President George W. Bush (voice) (uncredited)
2002
Self
2025
Federal Wildlife Marshal Willenholly
2001
Ted (Man with the Yellow Hat) (voice)
2006
Hobie
2004
Dr. Rick Marshall
2009
Jack Wyatt
2005
Jackie Moon
2008
Self
2022
Phil Weston
2005
Self
2002
Bob Oblong (voice)
2001
Will Ferrell
2019
Rondell
2019
George W. Bush
2005
Harold Crick
2006
Eric Jonrosh
2015
Self
2025
Franz Liebkind
2005
Ron Burgundy
2004
Cord Hosenbeck
2018
Bum
2019
Armando Alvarez
2012
Will Ferrell
2014
Self
2025
Lance DeLune
2000
Sherlock Holmes
2018
Ron Burgundy
2024
Construction Worker
1994
Ted Nettters / Craig Buchanan / Alex Trebek / Various (archive footage)
2010
Cubby
2000
2023
Robert Benson
2015
Self (archive footage)
2020
Terry McTeer
2023
Self
2020
Bob Woodward
1999
Gil
1999
Himself
2003
Therapist
2020
George W. Bush
2010
Pete Stanton
2020
Self
2001
Self
2004
Eric Jonrosh
2014
Damien Weebs
2012
Bob
2007
Ron Burgundy
2015
Ranger Jim
2024
Miami Restaurant Guy #4
2020
Self
1952
Self
Ad-Rock (B-Boys 2)
2011
Self / Various Characters (archive footage)
2002
Corbit
2006
McDermott (uncredited)
2009
Self
2021
Self
2025
The Architect
2003
Darren Clark
1998
Troy
1998
Self / Nancy Reagan / Various Characters
1998
(archive footage)
2009
Newscaster (uncredited)
1996
2007
Himself
2015
2005
Self
1999
George W. Bush (archive footage)
2020
Cord Hosenbeck
2019
Self
2019
Self
2011
Tom Willis
2019
Self
2009
Will Ferrell
2024
Self
1999
Self
2003
Self
2002
Young Man
1995
Chuck Blazer
Self
2022
Self
2020
George W. Bush
2009
2009
Al
1997
Tenant
2007
Self
2001
Arnold Darkshner
2007
Kevin (uncredited)
2013
2006
2010
Narrator
2016
Will
2011
Himself
2011
Ricky Bobby (archive footage)
2006
Himself
2003
2004
Angel
2007
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Executive Producer
2018
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2022
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2013
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2025
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2024
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2009
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2020
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2010
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2015
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2008
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2017
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2013
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2018
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2019
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2021
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2019
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2023
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2006
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2017
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2020
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2012
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2024
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2015
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2014
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2018
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2007
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2014
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