
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 | Larry's Kidney | 2022 | |
Movie | Untitled The Legend of Cocaine Island Remake | 2021 | |
Series | The Shrink Next Door | Martin "Marty" Markowitz | 2021-12-31 |
Movie | The Prince of Fashion | 2021 | |
Movie | Downhill | Pete | 2020-02-06 |
Movie | Impractical Jokers: The Movie | Miami Restaurant Girl #4 | 2020-02-21 |
Movie | David | Therapist | 2020-09-11 |
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 2019 Rose Parade with Cord & Tish | Cord Hosenbeck | 2019-01-01 |
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 / Man Upstairs (voice) | 2019-01-26 |
Movie | Zeroville | Rondell | 2019-09-19 |
Movie | Between Two Ferns: The Movie | Will Ferrell | 2019-09-20 |
Movie | Drunk Parents | Bum | 2019-02-08 |
Movie | The 2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish | Cord Hosenbeck | 2018-01-01 |
Movie | Holmes & Watson | Sherlock Holmes | 2018-12-25 |
Movie | The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Tish! | Cord Hosenbeck | 2018-05-19 |
Movie | The House | Scott Johansen/The Butcher | 2017-06-29 |
Series | No Activity | Adrian | 2017-11-11 |
Movie | Daddy's Home 2 | Brad Whitaker | 2017-11-09 |
Movie | Zoolander 2 | Jacobim Mugatu | 2016-02-06 |
Movie | A.C. Green: Iron Virgin | Narrator | 2016-05-13 |
Series | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Himself | 2015-03-23 |
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 | Ferrell Takes the Field | Himself | 2015-09-12 |
Movie | Daddy's Home | Brad Whitaker | 2015-12-25 |
Movie | A Deadly Adoption | Robert Benson | 2015-06-20 |
Series | The Spoils of Babylon | Eric Jonrosh | 2014-01-09 |
Movie | The Lego Movie | Lord Business / President Business / The Man Upstairs (voice) | 2014-02-06 |
Movie | 22 Jump Street | The Man (uncredited) | 2014-06-05 |
Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Himself | 2014-02-17 |
Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | 2014-02-01 | |
Movie | The Internship | Kevin | 2013-06-07 |
Series | Drunk History | Roald Dahl | 2013-07-09 |
Movie | Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues | Ron Burgundy | 2013-12-18 |
Movie | The Campaign | Cam Brady | 2012-08-09 |
Movie | Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie | Damien Weebs | 2012-03-02 |
Movie | Casa De Mi Padre | Armando Alvarez | 2012-03-15 |
Series | Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee | Himself | 2012-07-19 |
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 |
Series | Billy on the Street | Himself | 2011-12-18 |
Movie | Megamind: The Button of Doom | Megamind (voice) | 2011-02-25 |
Series | Funny or Die Presents | Abraham Lincoln | 2010-02-15 |
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 | The Other Guys | Detective Allen Gamble | 2010-08-06 |
Movie | Bat Fight with Will Ferrell | 2009-02-01 | |
Series | Eastbound & Down | Unknown | 2009-02-15 |
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 | Land of the Lost | Dr. Rick Marshall | 2009-06-05 |
Movie | SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas | 2009-12-17 | |
Movie | Step Brothers | Brennan Huff | 2008-07-25 |
Movie | Semi-Pro | Jackie Moon | 2008-02-28 |
Series | Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis | Unknown | 2008-01-04 |
Series | The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show | Unknown | 2007-01-17 |
Series | Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! | Donald Mahanahan | 2007-02-11 |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | Himself | 2007-02-22 |
Movie | The Procedure | Bob | 2007-08-01 |
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 | Curious George | Ted (Man with the Yellow Hat) (voice) | 2006-02-10 |
Movie | Winter Passing | Corbit | 2006-02-07 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies | 2006-05-23 | |
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 |
Movie | Stranger Than Fiction | Harold Crick | 2006-09-09 |
Series | Curious George | Unknown | 2006-09-04 |
Series | The Megan Mullally Show | Unknown | 2006-09-18 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jimmy Fallon | 2005-01-25 | |
Series | The Office | Unknown | 2005-03-24 |
Movie | Kicking & Screaming | Phil Weston | 2005-05-13 |
Movie | The Producers | Franz Liebkind | 2005-12-25 |
Series | The Reichen Show | Unknown | 2005-11-11 |
Movie | The Wendell Baker Story | Dave | 2005-08-03 |
Movie | Bewitched | Jack Wyatt | 2005-06-21 |
Movie | Wedding Crashers | Chazz Reinhold (uncredited) | 2005-07-13 |
Series | Best Week Ever | Unknown | 2004-01-23 |
Movie | Starsky & Hutch | Big Earl (uncredited) | 2004-03-05 |
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 | Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | Ron Burgundy | 2004-07-09 |
Movie | Melinda and Melinda | Hobie | 2004-10-29 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell - Volume 2 | 2004-09-07 | |
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 | MTV Reloaded | The Architect | 2003-05-13 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Kattan | Himself | 2003-09-07 |
Movie | Old School: Orientation | Himself | 2003-06-10 |
Movie | Elf | Buddy | 2003-10-09 |
Series | HypaSpace | Himself | 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 |
Series | Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | Unknown | 2002-06-08 |
Series | The Oblongs | Bob Oblong | 2001-04-01 |
Movie | Zoolander | Jacobim Mugatu | 2001-09-28 |
Movie | The Concert for New York City | Self | 2001-10-20 |
Series | The Guardian | Unknown | 2001-09-25 |
Movie | Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back | Federal Wildlife Marshal Willenholly | 2001-08-22 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Molly Shannon | Self | 2001-04-15 |
Movie | The Ladies Man | Lance DeLune | 2000-10-13 |
Movie | Drowning Mona | Cubby | 2000-03-03 |
Movie | Superstar | Sky Corrigan | 1999-10-08 |
Movie | The Suburbans | Gil | 1999-10-29 |
Series | The Early Show | Unknown | 1999-11-01 |
Series | Family Guy | Unknown | 1999-01-31 |
Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn | Unknown | 1999-03-30 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special | Self | 1999-09-25 |
Movie | Dick | Bob Woodward | 1999-08-04 |
Movie | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | Mustafa | 1999-06-08 |
Series | Strangers with Candy | Unknown | 1999-04-07 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman | Herself / Nancy Reagan / Various Characters | 1998-01-01 |
Movie | The Thin Pink Line | 1998-10-07 | |
Movie | A Night at the Roxbury | Steve Butabi | 1998-10-01 |
Series | TRL | Unknown | 1998-09-14 |
Series | Hercules | Geryon | 1998-08-31 |
Movie | Men Seeking Women | 1997-03-08 | |
Series | Cow and Chicken | Unknown | 1997-09-16 |
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 |
Series | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
Movie | A Bucket of Blood | 1995-09-12 | |
Series | On Our Own | Construction Worker | 1994-09-13 |
Movie | Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult | Man chasing Lawnmower [cameo] | 1994-03-18 |
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 | Himself - Host | 1975-10-11 |
Series | The Academy Awards | Unknown | 1953-03-18 |
Series | Today | Unknown | 1952-01-14 |