Will Ferrell

John William "Will" Ferrell (; born , 1967)According to the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905–1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. At Ancestry.com 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.Riddick & Rountree and Related Families From Northeast North Carolina by Betty Smith Hobbs He has a younger brother named Patrick.Biography Today, p.54 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 1995 Bucket of Blood  Young Man  Made for TV  Criminal Hearts  Newscaster  1997 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery  Mustafa  US $53.9 million  Men Seeking Women  Al   1998 A Night at the Roxbury  Steve Butabi  US $30.3 million  The Thin Pink Line  Darren Clark   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   2000 The Ladies Man  Lance DeLune  US $13.6 million  Drowning Mona  Cubby the Funeral Director  US $15.4 million  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  2003 Elf  Buddy  US $173.4 million  Old School  Frank "the Tank" Ricard  US $74.6 million  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   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   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  2007 Blades of Glory  Chazz Michael Michaels  US $118.2 million  2008 Semi-Pro  Jackie Moon  US $33.4 million  Step Brothers  Brennan Huff   2009Land of the Lost  Dr. Rick Marshall  $49.4M The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard  Craig McDermott  $15.1M  UncreditedAlso ProducerSpongeBob's Truth or Square  Himself   2010The Other Guys  Detective Allen Gamble  $119M  Also Executive ProducerMegamind  Megamind  $147M Voice RoleHubworld  Himself  Guest starSeason 1, Episode 1Everything Must Go  Nick Halsey  $2.7M 2012Casa de Mi Padre Armando Alvarez   Also ProducerTim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie  Damein Weebs  Also Producer/Co-ProducerThe Campaign  Cam Brady  Also Producer/Co-Producer2013Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues  Ron Burgundy  Also writer and producer2014The Lego Movie  President Business   Voice Role2015Get Hard  James King   Also producerDaddy's Home  Brad   Also Producer2016Zoolander 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)

References

Category:1967 births
Category:Living people
Category:American voice actors
Category:American movie actors
Category:American television actors
Category:People from Irvine, California
Category:Actors from Orange County, California
Category:Comedians from California
Category:Mark Twain Prize recipients