Will Ferrell

ActorProducerWriter Jul 16 (age 58) Irvine, California, USA 1975–2025 (50 year career)

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Biography

John William Ferrell (born July 16, 1967)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 Wal…

Known For

Film

The Lego Movie

Lord Business / President Business / The Man Upstairs

Film

Barbie

Mattel CEO

Film

Megamind

Megamind (voice)

Film

The Menu

Producer

Film

Succession

Executive Producer

Film

Vice

Producer

Film

Stranger Than Fiction

Harold Crick

Film

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Ron Burgundy

Filmography

Acting (207)

Movies (129)

You're Cordially Invited

2025

as Jim

5.8

A Very Jonas Christmas Movie

2025

as Will Ferrell

6.3

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

2025

as Self

6.7

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

2025

as Self

7.8

David and Ryan: Saving Christmas

2025

as Larry (voice)

8.0

Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special

2025

as Self

Despicable Me 4

2024

as Maxime (voice)

7.0

The Roast of Tom Brady

as Ron Burgundy

Will & Harper

as Self

Barbie

as Mattel CEO

Strays

as Reggie (voice)

Quiz Lady

as Terry McTeer

David and Ryan

as Larry (voice)

Spirited

as Present

Pickled

as Self

Downhill

as Pete Stanton

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga

as Lars Erickssong

David

as Therapist

Impractical Jokers: The Movie

2020

as Miami Restaurant Guy #4

6.6

537 Votes

2020

as George W. Bush (archive footage)

7.1

VOMO: Vote or Miss Out

2020

as Self

10.0

Feeding America Comedy Festival

2020

as Self

5.8

Imagine

2020

as Self

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

2019

as President Business / Dad

6.7

Zeroville

2019

as Rondell

5.1

The 2019 Rose Parade with Cord & Tish

2019

as Cord Hosenbeck

6.2

Between Two Ferns: The Movie

as Will Ferrell

Drunk Parents

as Bum

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"

as Tom Willis

Holmes & Watson

as Sherlock Holmes

The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Tish!

2018

as Cord Hosenbeck

6.1

The 2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish

2018

as Cord Hosenbeck

5.9

Elf: Buddy's Sing and Cheer Along Edition

2018

as Buddy

Daddy's Home 2

2017

as Brad

6.3

The House

2017

as Scott Johansen/The Butcher

5.6

Zoolander 2

2016

as Jacobim Mugatu

4.9

A.C. Green: Iron Virgin

2016

as Narrator

A Deadly Adoption

as Robert Benson

Get Hard

as James King

Daddy's Home

as Brad Whitaker

Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber

2015

as Ron Burgundy

6.8

Ferrell Takes the Field

2015

as Himself

6.0

The Lego Movie

2014

as Lord Business / President Business / The Man Upstairs

7.4

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

2013

as Ron Burgundy

6.1

The Internship

2013

as Kevin (uncredited)

The Campaign

as Cam Brady

Casa de Mi Padre

as Armando Alvarez

Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie

as Damien Weebs

Everything Must Go

as Nick Halsey

Megamind: The Button of Doom

2011

as Megamind (voice)

6.7

Fight for Your Right Revisited

2011

as Ad-Rock (B-Boys 2)

6.6

Star Wars Spoofs

2011

as Himself

7.9

John and Will's Animal Choices

as Will

The Love We Make

as Self

Megamind

as Megamind (voice)

The Other Guys

as Detective Allen Gamble

6.3

Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again

2010

as Self

The Women of SNL

2010

as Ted Nettters / Craig Buchanan / Alex Trebek / Various (archive footage)

6.0

Presidential Reunion

2010

as George W. Bush

6.1

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell - Volume 3

Land of the Lost

as Dr. Rick Marshall

The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard

2009

as McDermott (uncredited)

5.4

SpongeBob's Truth or Square

2009

as Self

7.1

Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America - A Final Night with George W. Bush

2009

as George W. Bush

6.5

SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas

2009

as (archive footage)

7.4

Bat Fight with Will Ferrell

Step Brothers

as Brennan Huff

Semi-Pro

as Jackie Moon

Blades of Glory

as Chazz Michael Michaels

The Landlord

as Tenant

Good Cop, Baby Cop

as Angel

Green Team

as Arnold Darkshner

Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation

2007

as Self

The Procedure

as Bob

Winter Passing

as Corbit

Stranger Than Fiction

2006

as Harold Crick

7.3

Curious George

2006

as Ted (Man with the Yellow Hat) (voice)

6.5

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

2006

as Ricky Bobby

6.4

Ricky Bobby: Sports Century

2006

as Ricky Bobby (archive footage)

7.5

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies

Bewitched

as Jack Wyatt

Wedding Crashers

as Chazz Reinhold (uncredited)

The Producers

as Franz Liebkind

Kicking & Screaming

as Phil Weston

Earth to America

as George W. Bush

The Wendell Baker Story

2005

as Dave

5.0

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jimmy Fallon

2005

7.3

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

2004

as Ron Burgundy

6.7

Starsky & Hutch

2004

as Big Earl (uncredited)

5.8

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie

as Ron Burgundy

Melinda and Melinda

as Hobie

Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party

2004

as Self

6.1

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell - Volume 2

Old School

as Frank

Old School: Orientation

as Himself

Elf

as Buddy

MTV Reloaded

as The Architect

Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special

2003

as Self

6.9

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Kattan

2003

as Himself

8.5

I Spy

2002

as President George W. Bush (voice) (uncredited)

5.4

Boat Trip

2002

as Michael, Brian's Boyfriend (uncredited)

5.3

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell

2002

as Self / Various Characters (archive footage)

7.7

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

2002

as Self

Zoolander

2001

as Mugatu

6.2

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Molly Shannon

2001

as Self

2.0

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

2001

as Federal Wildlife Marshal Willenholly

6.4

The Concert for New York City

as Self

Drowning Mona

as Cubby

The Ladies Man

as Lance DeLune

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

as Mustafa

Dick

as Bob Woodward

Superstar

as Sky Corrigan / Jesus

5.3

The Suburbans

1999

as Gil

3.8

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

1999

as Self

6.8

A Night at the Roxbury

1998

as Steve Butabi

6.5

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman

as Troy

The Thin Pink Line

as Darren Clark

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

as Mustafa

Men Seeking Women

as Al

Criminal Hearts

as Newscaster (uncredited)

4.5

A Bucket of Blood

1995

as Young Man

4.9

Playing POTUS

as Self

The Prince of Fashion

Judgment Day

Tough Guys

The Fifth Wheel

Untitled The Legend of Cocaine Island Remake

Street Justice

Journeys of a Gentle Southern Man

Television (78)

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night

2025

as Self

7.8

John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.

as Lou Adler

Stupid Pet Tricks

as Ranger Jim

The Charlie Puth Show

2024

as Will Ferrell

8.5

SmartLess: On the Road

Welcome to Wrexham

as Self

The Shrink Next Door

as Martin 'Marty' Markowitz

6.9

Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil

2021

as Self

6.7

The Holiday Movies That Made Us

2020

as Self (archive footage)

7.2

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019

as Self - Guest

6.4

The Boys

2019

as Will Ferrell as Coach Brink

8.4

We Are LAFC

2019

as Self

No Activity

2017

as Adrian

6.7

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

as Self - Guest

6.2

The Late Late Show with James Corden

as Self

Hot Ones

The Spoils Before Dying

2015

as Eric Jonrosh

6.0

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

as Self - Guest

5.9

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

as Ron Burgundy

5.2

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

2014

as Self

7.8

Off Camera with Sam Jones

as Self

Welcome to Sweden

as Will Ferrell

The Men in Blazers Show

2014

as Self

6.5

The Spoils of Babylon

as Eric Jonrosh

Drunk History

as Roald Dahl

@midnight with Chris Hardwick

as Self - Guest

Circus Halligalli

as Self

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee

as Self

Inside Comedy

as Self

Billy on the Street

as Self

Conan

as Ron Burgundy

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

as Self - Guest

5.1

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

as Self

Eastbound & Down

as Ashley Schaeffer

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis

2008

as Self

7.5

The Graham Norton Show

2007

as Self

7.2

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

2007

as Donald Mahanahan

7.3

The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show

The One Show

as Self - Guest

30 Rock

as Shane Hunter

Curious George

The Megan Mullally Show

as Self - Guest

Man vs. Wild

as Self

The Office

as Deangelo Vickers

The Reichen Show

as Self

Best Week Ever

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Harry Caray

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003

as Self

5.6

Comedy Central Roasts

2003

as Self

7.2

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

as Self

HypaSpace

as Self

The Guardian

as Attorney Larry Flood

Undeclared

as Dave

The Oblongs

as Bob Oblong (voice)

7.3

Family Guy

1999

as Fat Greek Guy / Miles 'Chatterbox' Musket (voice)

7.4

SpongeBob SquarePants

1999

7.7

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

as Self - Guest

The Early Show

as Self

Strangers with Candy

as Bob Whitely

Hercules

as Geryon (voice)

TRL

King of the Hill

as Coach Lucas (voice)

Cow and Chicken

The Daily Show

as Self

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

1995

as Mamet the Moocher (voice)

6.0

On Our Own

1994

as Construction Worker

6.0

Raw

1993

6.8

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

as Self

7.2

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

as Self

5.4

MTV Movie & TV Awards

1992

as Self / Presenter

8.1

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest

Kids' Choice Awards

as Self

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Various Characters

Saturday Night Live

The Oscars

as Self

Today

as Self

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

The Hawk

as Lonnie 'The Hawk' Hawkins

Crew (86)

Movies (72)

You're Cordially Invited

Producer

Am I OK?

Producer

Will & Harper

Producer

May December

Producer

Quiz Lady

Producer

Theater Camp

Producer

The Menu

Producer

Spirited

Producer

Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar

2021

Producer

6.0

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes

2021

Executive Producer

7.5

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga

2020

Producer

6.4

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga

Writer

Hustlers

Producer

Booksmart

Executive Producer

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"

2019

Executive Producer

6.1

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"

Executive Producer

Vice

Producer

Holmes & Watson

Producer

Ibiza

Producer

Oh Lucy!

Executive Producer

The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Tish!

2018

Executive Producer

6.1

The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Tish!

2018

Writer

6.1

The 2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish

Writer

Daddy's Home 2

Producer

The House

Producer

The Boss

Producer

A Deadly Adoption

Executive Producer

Get Hard

Producer

Daddy's Home

Producer

Sleeping with Other People

Producer

Welcome to Me

Producer

Ferrell Takes the Field

Executive Producer

Tammy

Producer

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

2013

Producer

6.1

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

2013

Producer

6.1

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

Screenplay

The Campaign

Producer

Bachelorette

Producer

Casa de Mi Padre

Producer

The Other Guys

Producer

The Virginity Hit

Producer

The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard

2009

Producer

5.4

Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America - A Final Night with George W. Bush

2009

Executive Producer

6.5

Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America - A Final Night with George W. Bush

2009

Writer

6.5

Bat Fight with Will Ferrell

Writer

Step Brothers

Executive Producer

Step Brothers

Screenplay

Step Brothers

Story

Prop 8: The Musical

Producer

Hot Rod

Executive Producer

The Landlord

Producer

The Landlord

Writer

Good Cop, Baby Cop

Writer

Green Team

Writer

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

2006

Executive Producer

6.4

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

2006

Writer

6.4

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

2004

Writer

6.7

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie

2004

Writer

6.0

A Night at the Roxbury

1998

Screenplay

6.5

The Prince of Fashion

Producer

Bad Blood

Producer

Judgment Day

Producer

Tough Guys

Producer

The Fifth Wheel

Producer

Self Help

Producer

Untitled The Legend of Cocaine Island Remake

Producer

Playdate

Producer

Will

Producer

Cult of Love

Producer

Plus One

Producer

First Ladies

Producer

Street Justice

Producer

Television (14)

No Good Deed

2024

Executive Producer

6.4

The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window

Executive Producer

The Shrink Next Door

Executive Producer

Motherland: Fort Salem

Executive Producer

Dead to Me

Executive Producer

Succession

Executive Producer

LA to Vegas

Producer

No Activity

Executive Producer

The Spoils Before Dying

Executive Producer

Bad Judge

Executive Producer

Funny or Die Presents

2010

Producer

4.3

Big Lake

2010

Producer

Eastbound & Down

2009

Producer

7.4

The Hawk

Executive Producer