Will Ferrell
Acting
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 Walk of Fame and was named the best comedian in British GQ. Ferrell established himself in the mid-1990s as a cast member on the sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live, where he performed from 1995 to 2002, and has subsequently starred in a string of comedy films. After starring in the 2003 comedy film Old School, Ferrell became 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, Paul Rudd, and brothers Owen and Luke Wilson. He founded the comedy website Funny or Die in 2007 with his former writing partner, Adam McKay. Ferrell starred in comedy films such as A Night at the Roxbury (1998), Elf (2003), Anchorman (2004), Kicking & Screaming (2005), Talladega Nights (2006), Blades of Glory (2007), Step Brothers (2008), The Other Guys (2010), Get Hard (2015), and Barbie (2023). He has also taken dramatic roles in Stranger than Fiction (2006), Everything Must Go (2010), and Downhill (2020). He has voiced roles in Curious George (2006), Megamind (2010), The Lego Movie film franchise (2014–2019), and Despicable Me 4 (2024). He also starred in and produced the documentary Will & Harper (2024) with writer Harper Steele. Ferrell has received four Primetime Emmy Awards for his work as a producer on the drama series Succession (2018–2023) and the specials Live in Front of a Studio Audience (2019–2022). He also produced the series I'm Sorry (2017–2019), the series Dead to Me (2019–2022), and the series Drunk History (2013–2019). For his work on Broadway, he received a Tony Award nomination for Best Special Theatrical Event for his satirical portrayal of George W. Bush in You're Welcome America (2009).
TV Shows(76)
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
Self
2025
The Charlie Puth Show
Will Ferrell
2024
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
Lou Adler
2024
Stupid Pet Tricks
Ranger Jim
2024
SmartLess: On the Road
2023
Welcome to Wrexham
Self
2022
The Shrink Next Door
Martin 'Marty' Markowitz
2021
Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil
Self
2021
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
Self (archive footage)
2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Guest
2019
The Boys
Will Ferrell as Coach Brink
2019
We Are LAFC
Self
2019
No Activity
Adrian
2017
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
The Spoils Before Dying
Eric Jonrosh
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015
Hot Ones
Self
2015
The Men in Blazers Show
Self
2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Self
2014
Welcome to Sweden
Will Ferrell
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Ron Burgundy
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
2014
The Spoils of Babylon
Eric Jonrosh
2014
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
Self - Guest
2013
Drunk History
Roald Dahl
2013
Circus Halligalli
Self
2013
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Self
2012
Inside Comedy
Self
2012
Billy on the Street
Self
2011
Conan
Ron Burgundy
2010
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Self
2009
Eastbound & Down
Ashley Schaeffer
2009
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
Self
2008
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Donald Mahanahan
2007
The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show
2007
Man vs. Wild
Self
2006
30 Rock
Shane Hunter
2006
The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest
2006
The One Show
Self - Guest
2006
The Reichen Show
Self
2005
The Office
Deangelo Vickers
2005
Best Week Ever
2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Comedy Central Roasts
Self
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Self
2002
HypaSpace
Self
2002
The Guardian
Attorney Larry Flood
2001
Undeclared
Dave
2001
The Oblongs
Bob Oblong (voice)
2001
The Early Show
Self
1999
SpongeBob SquarePants
1999
Strangers with Candy
Bob Whitely
1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Self - Guest
1999
Family Guy
The Black Knight (voice)
1999
TRL
1998
Hercules
Geryon (voice)
1998
Cow and Chicken
Farmer / Astronaut #2 (voice)
1997
King of the Hill
Coach Lucas (voice)
1997
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Mamet the Moocher (voice)
1995
On Our Own
Construction Worker
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Raw
1993
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self / Presenter
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
1992
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Kids' Choice Awards
Self
1987
Saturday Night Live
Self - Various Characters
1975
The Oscars
Self
1953
Today
Self
1952
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
The Hawk
Lonnie 'The Hawk' Hawkins
Movies(126)
A Very Jonas Christmas Movie
Will Ferrell
2025
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
Self
2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Self
2025
You're Cordially Invited
Jim
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self
2025
Will & Harper
Self
2024
Despicable Me 4
Maxime (voice)
2024
The Roast of Tom Brady
Ron Burgundy
2024
Quiz Lady
Terry McTeer
2023
Strays
Reggie (voice)
2023
Barbie
Mattel CEO
2023
Pickled
Self
2022
Spirited
Present
2022
537 Votes
George W. Bush (archive footage)
2020
VOMO: Vote or Miss Out
Self
2020
David
Therapist
2020
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Lars Erickssong
2020
Feeding America Comedy Festival
Self
2020
Impractical Jokers: The Movie
Miami Restaurant Guy #4
2020
Downhill
Pete Stanton
2020
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Will Ferrell
2019
Zeroville
Rondell
2019
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
Tom Willis
2019
Drunk Parents
Bum
2019
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
President Business / Dad
2019
The 2019 Rose Parade with Cord & Tish
Cord Hosenbeck
2019
Holmes & Watson
Sherlock Holmes
2018
The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Tish!
Cord Hosenbeck
2018
The 2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish
Cord Hosenbeck
2018
Daddy's Home 2
Brad
2017
The House
Scott Johansen/The Butcher
2017
A.C. Green: Iron Virgin
Narrator
2016
Zoolander 2
Jacobim Mugatu
2016
Daddy's Home
Brad Whitaker
2015
Ferrell Takes the Field
Himself
2015
A Deadly Adoption
Robert Benson
2015
Live from New York!
Self
2015
Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber
Ron Burgundy
2015
Get Hard
James King
2015
The Lego Movie
Lord Business / President Business / The Man Upstairs
2014
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
Ron Burgundy
2013
The Internship
Kevin (uncredited)
2013
The Campaign
Cam Brady
2012
Casa de Mi Padre
Armando Alvarez
2012
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Damien Weebs
2012
The Love We Make
Self
2011
Everything Must Go
Nick Halsey
2011
Fight for Your Right Revisited
Ad-Rock (B-Boys 2)
2011
Megamind: The Button of Doom
Megamind (voice)
2011
John and Will's Animal Choices
Will
2011
Star Wars Spoofs
Himself
2011
The Women of SNL
Ted Nettters / Craig Buchanan / Alex Trebek / Various (archive footage)
2010
Megamind
Megamind (voice)
2010
The Other Guys
Detective Allen Gamble
2010
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell - Volume 3
2010
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again
Self
2010
Presidential Reunion
George W. Bush
2010
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
(archive footage)
2009
SpongeBob's Truth or Square
Self
2009
Land of the Lost
Dr. Rick Marshall
2009
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
McDermott (uncredited)
2009
Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America - A Final Night with George W. Bush
George W. Bush
2009
Bat Fight with Will Ferrell
2009
Step Brothers
Brennan Huff
2008
Semi-Pro
Jackie Moon
2008
Green Team
Arnold Darkshner
2007
The Procedure
Bob
2007
Good Cop, Baby Cop
Angel
2007
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
Self
2007
The Landlord
Tenant
2007
Blades of Glory
Chazz Michael Michaels
2007
Stranger Than Fiction
Harold Crick
2006
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Ricky Bobby
2006
Ricky Bobby: Sports Century
Ricky Bobby (archive footage)
2006
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies
2006
Curious George
Ted (Man with the Yellow Hat) (voice)
2006
Winter Passing
Corbit
2006
The Producers
Franz Liebkind
2005
Earth to America
George W. Bush
2005
The Wendell Baker Story
Dave
2005
Wedding Crashers
Chazz Reinhold (uncredited)
2005
Bewitched
Jack Wyatt
2005
Kicking & Screaming
Phil Weston
2005
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jimmy Fallon
2005
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
Ron Burgundy
2004
Melinda and Melinda
Hobie
2004
Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party
Self
2004
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell - Volume 2
2004
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Ron Burgundy
2004
Starsky & Hutch
Big Earl (uncredited)
2004
Elf
Buddy
2003
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
Self
2003
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Kattan
Himself
2003
Old School: Orientation
Himself
2003
MTV Reloaded
The Architect
2003
Old School
Frank
2003
I Spy
President George W. Bush (voice) (uncredited)
2002
Boat Trip
Michael, Brian's Boyfriend (uncredited)
2002
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell
Self / Various Characters (archive footage)
2002
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Self
2002
The Concert for New York City
Self
2001
Zoolander
Mugatu
2001
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Federal Wildlife Marshal Willenholly
2001
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Molly Shannon
Self
2001
The Ladies Man
Lance DeLune
2000
Drowning Mona
Cubby
2000
The Suburbans
Gil
1999
Superstar
Sky Corrigan / Jesus
1999
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Self
1999
Dick
Bob Woodward
1999
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Mustafa
1999
Tom Green Show: Road Kill
Self
1999
The Thin Pink Line
Darren Clark
1998
A Night at the Roxbury
Steve Butabi
1998
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
Troy
1998
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Mustafa
1997
Men Seeking Women
Al
1997
Criminal Hearts
Newscaster (uncredited)
1996
A Bucket of Blood
Young Man
1995
Untitled The Legend of Cocaine Island Remake
Playing POTUS
Self
Street Justice
Judgment Day
Tough Guys
Journeys of a Gentle Southern Man
The Fifth Wheel