caption active children module birth_place image_size television name birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name occupation
ferrell in 2013 1995 -- present 3 yes = improvisational comedy , news satire , political satire , medium satire , sketch comedy subject = influences = influenced = = website = film , television , books genre irvine , california , u.s. 220px '' saturday night live '' will ferrell 16 july 1967 viveca paulin 2000 will ferrell 2013.jpg will ferrell
 john william ferrell actor , comedian , producer , writer
will ferrell

john william `` will '' ferrell -lrb- ; born july 16 , 1967 -rrb- is an american actor , comedian , producer , and writer .
he first established himself in the mid-1990s as a cast member on the nbc sketch comedy show `` saturday night live '' , and has subsequently starred in comedy films such as ' , ' , `` blades of glory '' , and '' '' .
he is considered a member of the `` frat pack '' , a generation of leading hollywood comic actors who emerged in the late 1990s and the 2000s , including jack black , ben stiller , steve carell , vince vaughn , and brothers owen and luke wilson .
ferrell received a star on the hollywood walk of fame on march 26 , 2015 .
