Will Ferrell

**John William** "**Will**" **Ferrell** (; born , 1967) is an American actor, comedian, and producer. He began his successful career as a cast member of _Saturday Night Live_. He has since appeared in many different movies, such as _Blades of Glory_, _Elf_, _Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy_, _Talledega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby_, _Old School_ and _Despicable Me 4_.

## Early life

Ferrell was born in Irvine, California on July 16, 1967 He is the son of Betty Kay (née Overman), a teacher who taught at Old Mill School elementary school and Santa Ana College, and Roy Lee Ferrell Jr., a musician with The Righteous Brothers. His parents were both natives of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, and moved to California in 1964. He has a younger brother named Patrick. When he was 8, his parents divorced. Ferrell said of the divorce: "I was the type of kid who would say, 'Hey, look at the bright side! We'll have two Christmases'."

## Filmography

|Year|Title|Role|US Gross|Also||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|1995|_Bucket of Blood_|Young Man|Made for TV||
|_Criminal Hearts_|Newscaster|||||
|rowspan="2"|1997|_Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery_|Mustafa|US $53.9 million||
|_Men Seeking Women_|Al|||||
|rowspan="2"|1998|_A Night at the Roxbury_|Steve Butabi|US $30.3 million||
|_The Thin Pink Line_|Darren Clark|||||
|rowspan="4"|1999|_Superstar_|Sky Corrigan/God|US $30.6 million||
|_Dick_|Bob Woodward|US $6.2 million||||
|_Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me_|Mustafa|US $206. million||||
|_The Suburbans_|Gil|||||
|rowspan="2"|2000|_The Ladies Man_|Lance DeLune|US $13.6 million||
|_Drowning Mona_|Cubby the Funeral Director|US $15.4 million||||
|rowspan="2"|2001|_Zoolander_|Mugatu|US $45.2 million||
|_Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back_|Federal Wildlife Marshal Willenholly|US $30.1 million||||
|2002|_Boat Trip_|Brian's Boyfriend|US $8.6 million|||
|rowspan="2"|2003|_Elf_|Buddy|US $173.4 million||
|_Old School_|Frank "the Tank" Ricard|US $74.6 million||||
|rowspan="6"|2004|_Melinda and Melinda_|Hobie|US $3.8 million||
|_Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy_|Ron Burgundy|US $84.1 million||||
|_Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie_|Ron Burgundy|||||
|_Starsky & Hutch_|Big Earl|US $88.2 million||||
|_The Incredibles_|Jack The Tank Sergeant|US $261.4 million||||
|_Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party_|Himself|||||
|rowspan="6"|2005|_The Producers_|Franz Liebkind|US $19.4 million||
|_Wedding Crashers_|Chazz Reinhold|US $209.2 million||||
|_Winter Passing_|Corbit|||||
|_Bewitched_|Jack Wyatt/Darrin|US $62.3 million||||
|_Kicking & Screaming_|Phil Weston|US $52.6 million||||
|_The Wendell Baker Story_|Dave Bix|||||
|rowspan="3"|2006|_Stranger than Fiction_|Harold Crick|US $40.1 million||
|_Talledega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby_|Ricky Bobby|US $148.2 million||||
|_Curious George_|Ted/The Man in the Yellow Hat|US $58.3 million||||
|rowspan="1"|2007|_Blades of Glory_|Chazz Michael Michaels|US $118.2 million||
|rowspan="2"|2008|_Semi-Pro_|Jackie Moon|US $33.4 million||
|_Step Brothers_|Brennan Huff|||||
|rowspan="3"|2009|_Land of the Lost_|Dr. Rick Marshall|$49.4M||
|_The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard_|Craig McDermott|$15.1M|Uncredited Also Producer|||
|_SpongeBob's Truth or Square_|Himself|||||
|rowspan="4"|2010|_The Other Guys_|Detective Allen Gamble|$119M|Also Executive Producer|
|_Megamind_|Megamind|$147M|Voice Role|||
|_Hubworld_|Himself||Guest star Season 1, Episode 1|||
|_Everything Must Go_|Nick Halsey|$2.7M||||
|rowspan="3"|2012|_Casa de Mi Padre_|Armando Alvarez||Also Producer|
|_Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie_|Damein Weebs||Also Producer/Co-Producer|||
|_The Campaign_|Cam Brady||Also Producer/Co-Producer|||
|rowspan="1"|2013|_Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues_|Ron Burgundy||Also writer and producer|
|rowspan="1"|2014|_The Lego Movie_|President Business||Voice Role|
|rowspan="2"|2015|_Get Hard_|James King||Also producer|
|_Daddy's Home_|Brad||Also Producer|||
|rowspan="1"|2016|_Zoolander 2_|Jacobim Mugatu||_Post-Production_|

## Television work

- _Saturday Night Live_ (cast member from 1995 to 2002)
- _Cow and Chicken_ (1997–2001) (voice in various episodes)
- _Saturday Night Live: Presidential Bash 2000_ (2000)
- _Undeclared_ (guest star)
- _The Oblongs_ (2001–2002) (voice)
- _King of the Hill_ (voice)
- _The Tom Green Show_ (guest star)
- _The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show_ (guest star)
- _Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway_ (voiceover and guest)
- _Family Guy_ (voices in various episodes)

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Will Ferrell
- **image**: Will Ferrell 2012.jpg
- **caption**: Ferrell at the Australian premiere of _The Campaign (film), The Campaign_ on August 5, 2012
- **birth name**: John William Ferrell
- **birth place**: Irvine, California, U.S.
- **nationality**: Americans, American
- **years active**: 1994–present
- **spouse**: Viveca Paulin (m. 2000-present)