
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 | A Saturday Night Live Mother's Day | Craig Buchanan (archive footage) | 2024 |
Movie | Larry's Kidney | 2024 | |
Movie | Untitled eSports Project | 2024 | |
Movie | The Prince of Fashion | 2024 | |
Movie | Untitled The Legend of Cocaine Island Remake | 2024 | |
Movie | Barbie | Mattel CEO | 2023-07-19 |
Movie | Strays | Reggie (voice) | 2023-08-17 |
Movie | Spirited | Present | 2022-11-10 |
Series | The Shrink Next Door | Marty Markowitz | 2021-11-11 |
Movie | Feeding America Comedy Festival | Self | 2020-05-10 |
Movie | VOMO: Vote or Miss Out | Self | 2020-09-14 |
Movie | Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga | Lars Erickssong | 2020-06-26 |
Movie | Impractical Jokers: The Movie | Miami Restaurant Girl #4 | 2020-02-21 |
Movie | Downhill | Pete Stanton | 2020-02-06 |
Movie | Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" | Tom Willis | 2019-05-22 |
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 | The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part | President Business / Dad | 2019-02-06 |
Movie | The 2019 Rose Parade with Cord & Tish | Cord Hosenbeck | 2019-01-01 |
Movie | The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Tish! | Cord Hosenbeck | 2018-05-19 |
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 |
Series | No Activity | Adrian | 2017-11-11 |
Movie | Daddy's Home 2 | Brad Whitaker | 2017-11-09 |
Movie | A.C. Green: Iron Virgin | Narrator | 2016-05-13 |
Movie | Zoolander 2 | Jacobim Mugatu | 2016-02-06 |
Movie | Ferrell Takes the Field | Himself | 2015-09-12 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special | Self / Alex Trebek / Marty Culp | 2015-02-15 |
Series | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Himself | 2015-03-23 |
Series | The Spoils Before Dying | Eric Jonrosh | 2015-07-08 |
Movie | A Deadly Adoption | Robert Benson | 2015-06-20 |
Movie | Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber | Ron Burgundy | 2015-03-30 |
Movie | Get Hard | James King | 2015-03-26 |
Movie | Daddy's Home | Brad Whitaker | 2015-12-25 |
Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Himself | 2014-02-17 |
Movie | 22 Jump Street | The Man (uncredited) | 2014-06-05 |
Movie | The Lego Movie | Lord Business / President Business / The Man Upstairs | 2014-02-06 |
Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
Series | The Spoils of Babylon | Eric Jonrosh | 2014-01-09 |
Movie | The Internship | Kevin (uncredited) | 2013-06-07 |
Series | Drunk History | Roald Dahl | 2013-07-09 |
Movie | Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues | Ron Burgundy | 2013-12-18 |
Movie | Casa De Mi Padre | Armando Alvarez | 2012-03-15 |
Movie | The Campaign | Cam Brady | 2012-08-09 |
Movie | Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie | Damien Weebs | 2012-03-02 |
Series | Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee | Himself | 2012-07-19 |
Movie | Megamind: The Button of Doom | Megamind (voice) | 2011-02-25 |
Series | Billy on the Street | Himself | 2011-12-18 |
Movie | The Love We Make | Self | 2011-09-10 |
Movie | Everything Must Go | Nick Halsey | 2011-05-13 |
Movie | Fight for Your Right Revisited | Ad-Rock (B-Boys 2) | 2011-04-22 |
Movie | Star Wars Spoofs | Himself | 2011-01-01 |
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 |
Series | Funny or Die Presents | Abraham Lincoln | 2010-02-15 |
Movie | Bat Fight with Will Ferrell | 2009-02-01 | |
Movie | Land of the Lost | Dr. Rick Marshall | 2009-06-05 |
Movie | The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard | McDermott (uncredited) | 2009-05-29 |
Series | Eastbound & Down | Unknown | 2009-02-15 |
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 | Himself | 2009-11-06 |
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 | The Graham Norton Show | Himself | 2007-02-22 |
Movie | Good Cop, Baby Cop | Angel | 2007-06-30 |
Movie | The Procedure | Bob | 2007-08-01 |
Series | Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! | Donald Mahanahan | 2007-02-11 |
Movie | The Landlord | Tenant | 2007-04-17 |
Movie | Blades of Glory | Chazz Michael Michaels | 2007-03-30 |
Movie | Winter Passing | Corbit | 2006-02-07 |
Movie | Curious George | Ted (Man with the Yellow Hat) (voice) | 2006-02-10 |
Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
Series | 30 Rock | Unknown | 2006-10-11 |
Series | Man vs. Wild | Himself | 2006-10-27 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies | 2006-05-23 | |
Series | The Megan Mullally Show | Unknown | 2006-09-18 |
Movie | Stranger Than Fiction | Harold Crick | 2006-09-09 |
Movie | Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby | Ricky Bobby | 2006-08-04 |
Series | Curious George | Unknown | 2006-09-04 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jimmy Fallon | 2005-01-25 | |
Movie | Kicking & Screaming | Phil Weston | 2005-05-13 |
Series | The Reichen Show | Unknown | 2005-11-11 |
Movie | The Producers | Franz Liebkind | 2005-12-25 |
Movie | The Wendell Baker Story | Dave | 2005-08-03 |
Movie | Wedding Crashers | Chazz Reinhold (uncredited) | 2005-07-13 |
Series | The Office | Unknown | 2005-03-24 |
Movie | Bewitched | Jack Wyatt | 2005-06-21 |
Series | Best Week Ever | Unknown | 2004-01-23 |
Movie | Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party | Himself | 2004-11-17 |
Movie | Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie | Ron Burgundy | 2004-12-28 |
Movie | Melinda and Melinda | Hobie | 2004-10-29 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell - Volume 2 | 2004-09-07 | |
Movie | Starsky & Hutch | Big Earl (uncredited) | 2004-03-05 |
Movie | Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | Ron Burgundy | 2004-06-28 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
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 | Old School | Frank | 2003-02-21 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
Movie | Elf | Buddy | 2003-10-09 |
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 | HypaSpace | Self | 2002-05-13 |
Movie | Boat Trip | Michael, Brian's Boyfriend (uncredited) | 2002-10-01 |
Series | The Oblongs | Bob Oblong (voice) | 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 | Drowning Mona | Cubby | 2000-03-03 |
Movie | The Ladies Man | Lance DeLune | 2000-10-13 |
Series | Family Guy | Unknown | 1999-01-31 |
Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn | Unknown | 1999-03-30 |
Movie | Girl, Interrupted | John Davis | 1999-12-21 |
Series | Strangers with Candy | Unknown | 1999-04-07 |
Movie | Superstar | Sky Corrigan / Jesus | 1999-10-08 |
Movie | Dick | Bob Woodward | 1999-08-04 |
Movie | The Suburbans | Gil | 1999-10-29 |
Movie | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | Mustafa | 1999-06-08 |
Series | The Early Show | Unknown | 1999-11-01 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special | Self | 1999-09-25 |
Series | Hercules | Geryon | 1998-08-31 |
Movie | The Thin Pink Line | Darren Clark | 1998-10-07 |
Movie | A Night at the Roxbury | Steve Butabi | 1998-10-01 |
Series | TRL | Unknown | 1998-09-14 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman | Self / Nancy Reagan / Various Characters | 1998-01-01 |
Movie | Liar Liar | Jeff (Party Guest) | 1997-03-21 |
Movie | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | Mustafa | 1997-05-02 |
Series | Cow and Chicken | Unknown | 1997-09-16 |
Movie | Men Seeking Women | Al | 1997-03-08 |
Series | The Daily Show | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
Movie | Kingpin | screaming during finale (voice) | 1996-07-04 |
Movie | Criminal Hearts | Newscaster (uncredited) | 1996-02-15 |
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 | WWE Raw | Unknown | 1993-01-11 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Series | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Unknown | 1988-09-05 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |
Series | Today | Unknown | 1952-01-14 |