Frat Pack  The Frat Pack is a ss era nickname given to a group of male Hollywood comedy actors who have appeared together in many of the highest grossing movies since the late s including Ben Stiller Jack Black Will Ferrell Vince Vaughn Owen Wilson Luke Wilson and Steve Carell It was coined by USA Today in a story from June USATODAYcom  Wilson and Vaughn Leaders of the Frat Pack Before USA Today dubbed this group the Frat Pack Entertainment Weekly referred to them as the Slacker Pack but this term is rarely used  Meanwhile EW had earlier used the term Frat Pack to describe Leonardo DiCaprio Matt Damon Ben Affleck Edward Norton and Ryan Phillippe but this usage has not been seen elsewhere Since then EW has dropped the Slacker Pack term and also began referring to the group as the Frat Pack   The name is a takeoff of the Rat Pack a nickname given to a group of entertainers in the s and s combined with the shorthand term for a college fraternity a reference to the groups popular film Old School In December  Italian cinema magazine Nocturno published the first  pages dossier completely dedicated to the Frat Pack phenomenon   The Pack    The USA Today article which coined the Frat Pack term listed Jack Black Will Ferrell Ben Stiller Vince Vaughn and brothers Owen Wilson and Luke Wilson as members of the group  By  Steve Carell was also included in the Pack when USA Today published another article  Carell claimed membership when hosting Saturday Night Live Though he did not use the term Frat Pack he did say he was one of those guys now and specifically referenced Stiller Vaughn Ferrell Owen Wilson and Black  A year before citing Carell as a member USA Today tagged him in addition to Judd Apatow Paul Rudd David Koechner Mindy Kaling Nancy Walls and Leslie Mann as the Frat Packs Junior Varsity USATODAYcom  Carell just wants some love Kaling and Walls havent been as associated with the group elsewhere but Details Magazine has cited Apatow in addition to directors McKay and Phillips as The Frat PackagersThe Power  DETAILS Article on menstylecom while Paul Rudd was cited as a Frat Pack member in the New York Post among other publications In an interview with The Advocate when questioned if Knocked Up will officially welcome him into the Frat Pack Rudd speculated that he is a pledge that hasnt been initiated yet into the brotherhood Issue Number   Big gay following Paul Rudd  Advocatecom    The members of the Frat Pack often work with certain directors multiple times Wes Anderson is a college friend of the Wilsons and directed them in both Bottle Rocket and The Royal Tenenbaums which also starred Stiller while Todd Phillips directed both Old School and Starsky  Hutch Adam McKay directed Anchorman The Legend of Ron Burgundy and Talladega Nights The Ballad of Ricky Bobby  Judd Apatow is the writerproducer of several Frat Pack comedies including Anchorman The Legend of Ron Burgundy He made his directorial debut with The YearOld Virgin starring Steve Carell and followed up with Knocked Up starring Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd with a cameo by Carell Apatow was also a cocreator of The Ben Stiller Show Wedding Crashers director David Dobkin worked again with Vince Vaughn for the Christmas comedy Fred Claus  Subsequently John C Reilly who costarred with Will Ferrell and director Adam McKay in Talladega Nights The Ballad of Ricky Bobby  will reunite for the comedy Step Brothers and is the star of Walk Hard which has several appearances by actors either in the Frat Pack or have worked with them repeatedly  Reilly also sang at the  Academy Awards with Will Ferrell and Jack Black   Filmography  Although all Frat Pack members have never appeared in a single movie together they have come closest in Anchorman The Legend of Ron Burgundy which featured all but Owen Wilson chiefly in minor roles and cameos     classwikitable   Movie  Jack Black  Ben Stiller  Luke Wilson  Owen Wilson  Vince Vaughn  Will Ferrell  Steve Carell  Close contributors  Meet the Parents   Lead role  Supporting cast      Zoolander   Lead role director writer producer  Lead role Minor role Lead role  Christine Taylor Andy Dick  Old School    Lead role  Lead role Lead role  Andy Dick  Along Came Polly   Lead Role      Jennifer Aniston  Starsky  Hutch   Lead role  Lead role Lead role Supporting cast    Envy  Lead role Lead role      Amy Poehler  Dodgeball A True Underdog Story   Lead role producer   Lead role   Justin Long Christine Taylor  Anchorman The Legend of Ron Burgundy  Minor role Minor role Minor role  Supporting role Lead role Lead role Paul Rudd David Koechner Seth Rogen   Meet the Fockers   Lead role  Minor role      Wedding Crashers     Lead role Lead role Minor role    The  Year Old Virgin        Star  Paul Rudd Seth Rogen  Talladega Nights The Ballad of Ricky Bobby       Lead Role  David Koechner  Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny  Lead role writer songs Minor role producer      Kyle Gass David Koechner deleted sceneDVD Amy Poehler  Night at the Museum   Lead role  Supporting cast    Paul Rudd  Blades of Glory   Producer Minor role   Lead role  Amy Poehler   Movie  Jack Black  Ben Stiller  Luke Wilson  Owen Wilson  Vince Vaughn  Will Ferrell  Steve Carell  Close contributors    Other films Comedy films that involve only one primary Frat Packer among other close contributors with at least one of these in a large role include Bottle Rocket  The Cable Guy  Bongwater  Permanent Midnight  Heat Vision and Jack  The Suburbans  The Royal Tenenbaums  Orange County  Run Ronnie Run  Wake Up Ron Burgundy The Lost Movie  Melinda and Melinda  Bewitched  The Wendell Baker Story   The BreakUp  You Me and Dupree  Idiocracy  Walk Hard The Dewey Cox Story  Blonde Ambition  Vince Vaughns Wild West Comedy Show  Days   Nights  Hollywood to the Heartland  Drillbit Taylor  SemiPro  Kung Fu Panda  Get Sm