
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 | The Prince of Fashion | 2022 | |
Series | The Shrink Next Door | Martin "Marty" Markowitz | 2021-12-31 |
Movie | Minions: The Rise of Gru | Gonzo (voice) | 2021-06-01 |
Movie | Downhill | Pete | 2020-02-06 |
Movie | Impractical Jokers: The Movie | Miami Restaurant Girl #4 | 2020-02-21 |
Movie | Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga | Lars Erickssong | 2020-06-26 |
Movie | Out of Shadows | Self (archive footage) | 2020-04-10 |
Movie | The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part | President Business / Man Upstairs (voice) | 2019-01-26 |
Movie | Drunk Parents | Bum | 2019-02-08 |
Movie | Zeroville | Rondell | 2019-09-19 |
Movie | Between Two Ferns: The Movie | Will Ferrell | 2019-09-20 |
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 2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish | Cord Hosenbeck | 2018-01-01 |
Movie | Holmes & Watson | Sherlock Holmes | 2018-12-25 |
Movie | The House | Scott Johansen/The Butcher | 2017-06-29 |
Movie | Daddy's Home 2 | Brad Whitaker | 2017-11-09 |
Movie | Zoolander 2 | Jacobim Mugatu | 2016-02-06 |
Series | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Himself | 2015-03-23 |
Movie | Ferrell Takes the Field | Himself | 2015-09-12 |
Movie | Daddy's Home | Brad Whitaker | 2015-12-25 |
Movie | Get Hard | James | 2015-03-26 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special | Self | 2015-02-15 |
Movie | Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber | Ron Burgundy | 2015-03-30 |
Series | The Spoils Before Dying | Eric Jonrosh | 2015-07-08 |
Movie | A Deadly Adoption | Robert Benson | 2015-06-20 |
Series | The Spoils of Babylon | Eric Jonrosh | 2014-01-09 |
Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | 2014-02-01 | |
Movie | The Lego Movie | Lord Business / President Business / The Man Upstairs (voice) | 2014-02-06 |
Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Himself | 2014-02-17 |
Movie | 22 Jump Street | The Man (uncredited) | 2014-06-05 |
Movie | The Internship | Kevin | 2013-06-07 |
Series | Drunk History | Roald Dahl | 2013-07-09 |
Movie | Green Team | Will | 2013-07-20 |
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 | Casa De Mi Padre | Armando Alvarez | 2012-03-15 |
Movie | The Campaign | Cam Brady | 2012-08-09 |
Movie | John and Will's Animal Choices | Will | 2011-01-28 |
Movie | Megamind: The Button of Doom | Megamind (voice) | 2011-02-25 |
Movie | Everything Must Go | Nick Halsey | 2011-05-13 |
Series | Billy on the Street | Himself | 2011-12-18 |
Movie | Fight for Your Right Revisited | Ad-Rock (B-Boys 2) | 2011-04-22 |
Series | Funny or Die Presents | Abraham Lincoln | 2010-02-15 |
Movie | The Other Guys | Detective Allen Gamble | 2010-08-06 |
Movie | The Women of SNL | Ted Nettters / Craig Buchanan / Alex Trebek / Various (archive footage) | 2010-11-01 |
Movie | Megamind | Megamind (voice) | 2010-10-28 |
Movie | Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America - A Final Night with George W. Bush | George W. Bush | 2009-03-14 |
Series | Eastbound & Down | Unknown | 2009-02-15 |
Movie | The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard | McDermott (uncredited) | 2009-05-29 |
Movie | Land of the Lost | Dr. Rick Marshall | 2009-06-05 |
Movie | SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas | 2009-12-17 | |
Series | Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis | Unknown | 2008-01-04 |
Movie | Step Brothers | Brennan Huff | 2008-07-25 |
Movie | Semi-Pro | Jackie Moon | 2008-02-28 |
Series | Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! | Donald Mahanahan | 2007-02-11 |
Series | The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show | Unknown | 2007-01-17 |
Movie | The Landlord | Tenant | 2007-04-17 |
Movie | Blades of Glory | Chazz Michael Michaels | 2007-03-30 |
Movie | The Procedure | Bob | 2007-08-01 |
Movie | Good Cop, Baby Cop | Angel | 2007-06-30 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies | 2006-05-23 | |
Movie | Winter Passing | Corbit | 2006-02-07 |
Movie | Curious George | Ted (Man with the Yellow Hat) (voice) | 2006-02-10 |
Movie | Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby | Ricky Bobby | 2006-08-04 |
Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
Series | 30 Rock | Unknown | 2006-10-11 |
Series | The Megan Mullally Show | Unknown | 2006-09-18 |
Movie | Stranger Than Fiction | Harold Crick | 2006-09-09 |
Series | Curious George | Unknown | 2006-09-04 |
Series | The Office | Unknown | 2005-03-24 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jimmy Fallon | 2005-01-25 | |
Movie | Kicking & Screaming | Phil Weston | 2005-05-13 |
Movie | Wedding Crashers | Chazz Reinhold (uncredited) | 2005-07-13 |
Movie | The Producers | Franz Liebkind | 2005-12-25 |
Movie | Bewitched | Jack Wyatt | 2005-06-21 |
Movie | The Wendell Baker Story | Dave | 2005-08-03 |
Movie | Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | Ron Burgundy | 2004-07-09 |
Series | Best Week Ever | Unknown | 2004-01-23 |
Movie | Starsky & Hutch | Big Earl (uncredited) | 2004-03-05 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell - Volume 2 | 2004-09-07 | |
Movie | Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie | Ron Burgundy | 2004-12-28 |
Movie | Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party | Himself | 2004-11-17 |
Movie | Melinda and Melinda | Hobie | 2004-10-29 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
Movie | Old School | Frank | 2003-02-21 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Kattan | Himself | 2003-09-07 |
Movie | Elf | Buddy | 2003-10-09 |
Series | HypaSpace | Himself | 2002-05-13 |
Movie | Boat Trip | Michael, Brian's Boyfriend (uncredited) | 2002-10-01 |
Series | Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | Unknown | 2002-06-08 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell | Himself / Various Characters (archive footage) | 2002-09-28 |
Movie | Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back | Federal Wildlife Marshal Willenholly | 2001-08-22 |
Series | The Oblongs | Bob Oblong | 2001-04-01 |
Series | The Guardian | Unknown | 2001-09-25 |
Movie | The Concert for New York City | Self | 2001-10-20 |
Movie | Zoolander | Jacobim Mugatu | 2001-09-28 |
Movie | The Ladies Man | Lance DeLune | 2000-10-13 |
Movie | Drowning Mona | Cubby | 2000-03-03 |
Series | Strangers with Candy | Unknown | 1999-04-07 |
Movie | Girl, Interrupted | John Davis | 1999-03-24 |
Movie | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | Mustafa | 1999-06-08 |
Series | The Early Show | Unknown | 1999-11-01 |
Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn | Unknown | 1999-03-30 |
Movie | Dick | Bob Woodward | 1999-08-04 |
Movie | Superstar | Sky Corrigan | 1999-10-08 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special | Self | 1999-09-25 |
Movie | The Suburbans | Gil | 1999-10-29 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman | Herself / Nancy Reagan / Various Characters | 1998-01-01 |
Series | Hercules | Geryon | 1998-08-31 |
Movie | A Night at the Roxbury | Steve Butabi | 1998-10-01 |
Series | TRL | Unknown | 1998-09-14 |
Movie | The Thin Pink Line | 1998-10-07 | |
Movie | Men Seeking Women | 1997-03-08 | |
Movie | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | Mustafa | 1997-05-02 |
Movie | Liar Liar | Jeff (Party Guest) | 1997-03-21 |
Series | Cow and Chicken | Unknown | 1997-09-16 |
Movie | Criminal Hearts | Newscaster (uncredited) | 1996-02-15 |
Movie | Kingpin | screaming during finale (voice) | 1996-07-04 |
Series | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
Movie | A Bucket of Blood | 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 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Series | LIVE with Kelly and Ryan | Unknown | 1983-04-04 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
Series | The Academy Awards | Unknown | 1953-03-18 |
Series | Today | Unknown | 1952-01-14 |