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Will Ferrell

Actor

Will Ferrell

  • Born: 16 July 1967, Irvine, California, USA
  • Estimated net worth: $160 million

Will Ferrell is a renowned American comedian and actor known for his roles in iconic comedies such as 'Anchorman', 'Elf', and 'Step Brothers'. With a distinctive voice and a talent for improvisation, Ferrell has built a successful career in both film and…

About Will Ferrell

Will Ferrell is a renowned American comedian and actor known for his roles in iconic comedies such as 'Anchorman', 'Elf', and 'Step Brothers'. With a distinctive voice and a talent for improvisation, Ferrell has built a successful career in both film and television, becoming a prominent figure in the comedy genre. His energetic performances and unique characters have earned him a dedicated fanbase.

Born
16 July 1967, Irvine, California, USA
Height
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Spouses
Vivian Ferrell (2000-present)
Children
3 children: Magnus, Mattias, and Axel
Parents
Roy Ferrell, Kay Ferrell
Estimated net worth
$160 million

Fun facts about Will Ferrell

  • Will Ferrell was a member of the comedy group The Groundlings, which helped launch his career in sketch comedy.
  • He was a sports anchor on the local news in Los Angeles before becoming a full-time comedian.

Famous Will Ferrell quotes

“I'm in a glass case of emotion!”
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, 2004
“Buddy the Elf, what's your favorite color?”
Elf, 2003
“You have no idea what it's like to be me. I am a legend.”
Step Brothers, 2008

Will Ferrell filmography

Cast (236)

YearTitleCharacterRating
2026The Hawk TVLonnie 'The Hawk' Hawkins5.5
2026Hot Ones: Extra Heat TVSelf5.5
2026Playing POTUS MovieSelf
2026Lorne MovieSelf (Uncredited)7.1
2025A Very Jonas Christmas Movie MovieWill Ferrell6.2
2025Downey Wrote That MovieSelf
2025Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special MovieSelf
2025Good Hang with Amy Poehler TVSelf - Guest5.5
2025SNL50: The Homecoming Concert MovieSelf6.7
2025You're Cordially Invited MovieJim5.8
Show 226 more credits
YearTitleCharacterRating
2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music MovieSelf7.7
2025SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night TVSelf8.0
2024An SNL Thanksgiving Movie(archive footage)
2024The Charlie Puth Show TVWill Ferrell8.5
2024Will & Harper MovieSelf7.3
2024Despicable Me 4 MovieMaxime (voice)7.0
2024The Roast of Tom Brady MovieRon Burgundy6.7
2024John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A. TVLou Adler5.9
2024Stupid Pet Tricks TVRanger Jim3.7
2023Quiz Lady MovieTerry McTeer6.7
2023Strays MovieReggie (voice)7.2
2023Barbie MovieMattel CEO6.9
2023SmartLess: On the Road TVUnknown character8.0
2022Pickled MovieSelf7.5
2022Spirited MoviePresent6.8
2022Welcome to Wrexham TVSelf7.8
2021The Shrink Next Door TVMartin 'Marty' Markowitz6.8
2021Val MovieSelf (archive)7.2
2021Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil TVSelf6.7
2020The Holiday Movies That Made Us TVSelf (archive footage)7.2
2020537 Votes MovieGeorge W. Bush (archive footage)7.1
2020VOMO: Vote or Miss Out MovieSelf10.0
2020David MovieTherapist7.3
2020Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga MovieLars Erickssong6.4
2020Feeding America Comedy Festival MovieSelf5.8
2020Impractical Jokers: The Movie MovieMiami Restaurant Guy #46.5
2020Downhill MoviePete Stanton5.2
2019Between Two Ferns: The Movie MovieWill Ferrell5.9
2019Zeroville MovieRondell5.0
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show TVSelf - Guest6.2
2019The Boys TVWill Ferrell as Coach Brink8.4
2019Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" MovieTom Willis6.6
2019We Are LAFC TVSelf
2019Drunk Parents MovieBum4.5
2019The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part MoviePresident Business / Dad6.6
2019The 2019 Rose Parade with Cord & Tish MovieCord Hosenbeck6.2
2018Holmes & Watson MovieSherlock Holmes4.3
2018The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Tish! MovieCord Hosenbeck6.1
2018The 2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish MovieCord Hosenbeck5.9
2017No Activity TVAdrian6.6
2017Daddy's Home 2 MovieBrad6.3
2017The House MovieScott Johansen/The Butcher5.6
2016A.C. Green: Iron Virgin MovieNarrator7.0
2016Zoolander 2 MovieJacobim Mugatu4.9
2015Daddy's Home MovieBrad Whitaker6.3
2015Ferrell Takes the Field MovieHimself6.3
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TVSelf - Guest6.1
2015The Spoils Before Dying TVEric Jonrosh6.1
2015A Deadly Adoption MovieRobert Benson4.9
2015Live from New York! MovieSelf5.9
2015Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber MovieRon Burgundy6.8
2015Get Hard MovieJames King6.0
2015The Late Late Show with James Corden TVSelf5.1
2015The Late Late Show with James Corden TVSelf - Guest5.1
2015Hot Ones TVSelf7.1
2015An SNL Valentine Movie(archive footage)
2014The Men in Blazers Show TVSelf6.5
2014Last Week Tonight with John Oliver TVSelf7.8
2014Welcome to Sweden TVWill Ferrell6.1
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers TVSelf - Guest5.1
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers TVRon Burgundy5.1
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TVSelf - Guest5.8
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TVSelf5.8
2014The Lego Movie MovieLord Business / President Business / The Man Upstairs7.4
2014Off Camera with Sam Jones TVSelf5.0
2014The Spoils of Babylon TVEric Jonrosh6.1
2013Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues MovieRon Burgundy6.1
2013@midnight with Chris Hardwick TVPresident George W. Bush5.3
2013@midnight with Chris Hardwick TVSelf - Guest5.3
2013Drunk History TVRoald Dahl6.9
2013Drunk History TVThe Monster6.9
2013The Internship MovieKevin (uncredited)6.2
2013Wampler's Ascent MovieSelf
2013Circus Halligalli TVSelf6.2
2012The Campaign MovieCam Brady5.8
2012Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee TVSelf7.1
2012Casa de Mi Padre MovieArmando Alvarez5.3
2012Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie MovieDamien Weebs5.4
2012Inside Comedy TVSelf6.5
2011Billy on the Street TVSelf6.5
2011The Love We Make MovieSelf7.2
2011Everything Must Go MovieNick Halsey6.2
2011Fight for Your Right Revisited MovieAd-Rock (B-Boys 2)6.5
2011Megamind: The Button of Doom MovieMegamind (voice)6.7
2011John and Will's Animal Choices MovieWill2.0
2011Star Wars Spoofs MovieHimself7.9
2010Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy MovieDavid Bowie6.0
2010Conan TVSelf7.2
2010Conan TVRon Burgundy7.2
2010The Women of SNL MovieTed Nettters / Craig Buchanan / Alex Trebek / Various (archive footage)5.3
2010Megamind MovieMegamind (voice)7.0
2010The Other Guys MovieDetective Allen Gamble6.3
2010Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell - Volume 3 MovieUnknown character9.0
2010Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again MovieSelf
2010Presidential Reunion MovieGeorge W. Bush6.1
2009SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas Movie(archive footage)7.2
2009SpongeBob's Truth or Square MovieSelf6.9
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen TVSelf - Guest4.9
2009Land of the Lost MovieDr. Rick Marshall5.5
2009The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard MovieMcDermott (uncredited)5.4
2009Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America - A Final Night with George W. Bush MovieGeorge W. Bush6.5
2009Late Night with Jimmy Fallon TVSelf5.9
2009Eastbound & Down TVAshley Schaeffer7.4
2009Bat Fight MovieUnknown character5.8
2008Step Brothers MovieBrennan Huff6.6
2008Semi-Pro MovieJackie Moon5.6
2008Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis TVSelf7.5
2007Green Team MovieArnold Darkshner5.8
2007The Procedure MovieBob4.6
2007Good Cop, Baby Cop MovieAngel (The Confessor)6.3
2007Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation MovieSelf
2007The Landlord MovieTenant6.6
2007Blades of Glory MovieChazz Michael Michaels6.1
2007The Graham Norton Show TVSelf7.2
2007Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! TVDonald Mahanahan7.2
2007The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show TVUnknown character5.2
2006Stranger Than Fiction MovieHarold Crick7.3
2006Man vs. Wild TVSelf7.1
200630 Rock TVShane Hunter7.5
2006The Megan Mullally Show TVSelf - Guest4.7
2006The One Show TVSelf - Guest4.3
2006Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby MovieRicky Bobby6.4
2006Ricky Bobby: Sports Century MovieRicky Bobby (archive footage)7.5
2006Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies MovieUnknown character6.8
2006Curious George MovieTed (Man with the Yellow Hat) (voice)6.5
2006Winter Passing MovieCorbit6.1
2005The Producers MovieFranz Liebkind6.2
2005Earth to America MovieGeorge W. Bush7.7
2005The Reichen Show TVSelf4.8
2005Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched' MovieSelf7.0
2005Why I Love 'Bewitched' MovieSelf
2005The Wendell Baker Story MovieDave5.1
2005Wedding Crashers MovieChazz Reinhold (uncredited)6.5
2005Bewitched MovieJack Wyatt5.1
2005Kicking & Screaming MoviePhil Weston5.8
2005The Office TVDeangelo Vickers8.6
2005Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jimmy Fallon MovieUnknown character7.6
2004Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie MovieRon Burgundy6.0
2004Melinda and Melinda MovieHobie6.2
2004Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party MovieSelf6.4
2004Elf: Film School for Kids MovieSelf
2004Elf: How they Made the North Pole MovieSelf
2004Elf: Tag Along with Will Ferrell MovieSelf
2004Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell - Volume 2 MovieUnknown character7.3
2004Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy MovieRon Burgundy6.7
2004Starsky & Hutch MovieBig Earl (uncredited)5.8
2004Best Week Ever TVUnknown character5.9
2003Elf MovieBuddy6.7
2003Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special MovieSelf7.0
2003The Ellen DeGeneres Show TVSelf5.6
2003Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Kattan MovieHimself8.3
2003Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Music Vol. 5 MovieSelf
2003Comedy Central Roasts TVSelf7.2
2003Old School: Orientation MovieHimself7.3
2003MTV Reloaded MovieThe Architect7.3
2003Old School MovieFrank Ricard6.6
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! TVHarry Caray5.3
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! TVSelf - Guest5.3
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! TVRon Burgundy - Guest5.3
2002I Spy MoviePresident George W. Bush (voice) (uncredited)5.4
2002Boat Trip MovieMichael, Brian's Boyfriend (uncredited)5.2
2002Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell MovieSelf / Various Characters (archive footage)7.8
2002Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway TVSelf6.1
2002HypaSpace TVSelf5.0
2002NBC 75th Anniversary Special MovieSelf6.0
2001The Concert for New York City MovieSelf5.1
2001Zoolander MovieMugatu6.2
2001The Guardian TVAttorney Larry Flood7.0
2001Undeclared TVDave7.3
200150 Years of NBC Late Night MovieSelf (archive footage)5.0
2001Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back MovieFederal Wildlife Marshal Willenholly6.4
2001Saturday Night Live: The Best of Molly Shannon MovieSelf4.7
2001The Oblongs TVBob Oblong (voice)7.6
2000The Ladies Man MovieLance DeLune5.3
2000Drowning Mona MovieCubby5.5
1999The Early Show TVSelf6.2
1999The Suburbans MovieGil4.0
1999Superstar MovieSky Corrigan / Jesus5.3
1999Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special MovieSelf6.9
1999Dick MovieBob Woodward6.0
1999Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me MovieMustafa6.3
1999SpongeBob SquarePants TVWill Ferrell7.7
1999Strangers with Candy TVBob Whitely7.5
1999The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn TVSelf - Guest5.3
1999Tom Green Show: Road Kill MovieSelf9.0
1999Family Guy TVThe Black Knight (voice)7.4
1999Family Guy TVFat Greek Guy / Miles 'Chatterbox' Musket (voice)7.4
1998The Thin Pink Line MovieDarren Clark4.7
1998A Night at the Roxbury MovieSteve Butabi6.6
1998TRL TVUnknown character5.2
1998Hercules TVGeryon (voice)6.8
1998Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman MovieTroy7.7
1998Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman MovieSelf / Nancy Reagan / Various Characters7.7
1997Cow and Chicken TVFarmer / Astronaut #2 (voice)7.1
1997Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery MovieMustafa6.6
1997Men Seeking Women MovieAl4.5
1997King of the Hill TVCoach Lucas (voice)7.4
1996The Daily Show TVSelf6.4
1996Criminal Hearts MovieNewscaster (uncredited)4.8
1995A Bucket of Blood MovieYoung Man5.0
1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child TVMamet the Moocher (voice)6.3
1994On Our Own TVConstruction Worker7.0
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien TVGeorge W. Bush7.3
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien TVSelf - Guest7.3
1993Late Show with David Letterman TVSelf - Guest6.5
1993Raw TVUnknown character6.8
1992MTV Movie & TV Awards TVSelf / Presenter7.9
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno TVSelf5.3
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark TVSelf - Guest5.6
1987Kids' Choice Awards TVSelf8.8
1975Saturday Night Live TVSelf - Various Characters (uncredited)6.9
1975Saturday Night Live TVJames Lipton (uncredited)6.9
1975Saturday Night Live TVSelf6.9
1975Saturday Night Live TVSelf (uncredited)6.9
1975Saturday Night Live TVSelf - Various Characters6.9
1975Saturday Night Live TVSelf - Cameo (uncredited)6.9
1975Saturday Night Live TVSelf - Host6.9
1953The Oscars TVSelf7.1
1952Today TVSelf5.6
1944Golden Globe Awards TVSelf - Presenter7.0
TBAJudgment Day MovieUnknown character
TBAUntitled Inspector Gadget Reboot MovieInspector Gadget
TBAThe Fifth Wheel MovieUnknown character
TBATough Guys MovieUnknown character
TBAUntitled The Legend of Cocaine Island Remake MovieUnknown character
TBAStreet Justice MovieUnknown character

Crew (91)

YearTitleRoleRating
2026The Hawk TVCreator · Creator5.5
2026The Hawk TVStory · Writing5.5
2026The Hawk TVExecutive Producer · Production5.5
2025You're Cordially Invited MovieProducer · Production5.8
2024No Good Deed TVExecutive Producer · Production6.4
Show 86 more credits
YearTitleRoleRating
2024Will & Harper MovieProducer · Production7.3
2024Am I OK? MovieProducer · Production6.3
2023May December MovieProducer · Production6.6
2023Quiz Lady MovieProducer · Production6.7
2023Theater Camp MovieProducer · Production6.5
2022The Menu MovieProducer · Production7.2
2022Spirited MovieProducer · Production6.8
2022The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window TVExecutive Producer · Production6.5
2021Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes MovieExecutive Producer · Production7.4
2021The Shrink Next Door TVExecutive Producer · Production6.8
2021Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar MovieProducer · Production6.0
2020Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga MovieProducer · Production6.4
2020Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga MovieWriter · Writing6.4
2020Motherland: Fort Salem TVExecutive Producer · Production7.9
2019Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" MovieExecutive Producer · Production6.1
2019Hustlers MovieProducer · Production6.5
2019Booksmart MovieExecutive Producer · Production7.0
2019Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" MovieExecutive Producer · Production6.6
2019Dead to Me TVExecutive Producer · Production7.3
2018Vice MovieProducer · Production7.0
2018Holmes & Watson MovieProducer · Production4.3
2018Succession TVExecutive Producer · Production8.3
2018Ibiza MovieProducer · Production5.7
2018The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Tish! MovieExecutive Producer · Production6.1
2018The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Tish! MovieWriter · Writing6.1
2018Oh Lucy! MovieExecutive Producer · Production6.7
2018LA to Vegas TVProducer · Production6.7
2018The 2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish MovieWriter · Writing5.9
2017No Activity TVExecutive Producer · Production6.6
2017Daddy's Home 2 MovieProducer · Production6.3
2017I Love You, America TVExecutive Producer · Production6.6
2017The House MovieProducer · Production5.6
2016The Boss MovieProducer · Production5.8
2015Daddy's Home MovieProducer · Production6.3
2015Ferrell Takes the Field MovieExecutive Producer · Production6.3
2015The Spoils Before Dying TVExecutive Producer · Production6.1
2015Sleeping with Other People MovieProducer · Production6.3
2015A Deadly Adoption MovieExecutive Producer · Production4.9
2015Welcome to Me MovieProducer · Production5.9
2015Get Hard MovieProducer · Production6.0
2014Bad Judge TVExecutive Producer · Production6.3
2014Tammy MovieProducer · Production5.3
2013Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues MovieProducer · Production6.1
2013Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues MovieScreenplay · Writing6.1
2013Drunk History TVExecutive Producer · Production6.9
2013Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters MovieProducer · Production6.1
2012The Campaign MovieProducer · Production5.8
2012Bachelorette MovieProducer · Production5.4
2012Casa de Mi Padre MovieProducer · Production5.3
2012Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie MovieProducer · Production5.4
2010The Virginity Hit MovieProducer · Production4.4
2010Big Lake TVProducer · Production
2010The Other Guys MovieProducer · Production6.3
2010Funny or Die Presents TVProducer · Production4.2
2009The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard MovieProducer · Production5.4
2009Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America - A Final Night with George W. Bush MovieWriter · Writing6.5
2009Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America - A Final Night with George W. Bush MovieExecutive Producer · Production6.5
2009Eastbound & Down TVProducer · Production7.4
2009Bat Fight MovieWriter · Writing5.8
2008Prop 8: The Musical MovieProducer · Production6.9
2008Step Brothers MovieScreenplay · Writing6.6
2008Step Brothers MovieExecutive Producer · Production6.6
2008Step Brothers MovieStory · Writing6.6
2007Green Team MovieWriter · Writing5.8
2007Hot Rod MovieExecutive Producer · Production6.4
2007Good Cop, Baby Cop MovieWriter · Writing6.3
2007The Landlord MovieWriter · Writing6.6
2007The Landlord MovieProducer · Production6.6
2006Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby MovieExecutive Producer · Production6.4
2006Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby MovieWriter · Writing6.4
2004Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie MovieWriter · Writing6.0
2004Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy MovieWriter · Writing6.7
1998A Night at the Roxbury MovieScreenplay · Writing6.6
TBAHere for the Weekend MovieExecutive Producer · Production
TBAJudgment Day MovieProducer · Production
TBACult of Love MovieProducer · Production
TBAWill MovieProducer · Production
TBAThe Fifth Wheel MovieProducer · Production
TBAPlaydate MovieProducer · Production
TBASelf Help MovieProducer · Production
TBAPlus One MovieProducer · Production
TBAFirst Ladies MovieProducer · Production
TBAAll the Rage TVExecutive Producer · Production
TBATough Guys MovieProducer · Production
TBAUntitled The Legend of Cocaine Island Remake MovieProducer · Production
TBAStreet Justice MovieProducer · Production

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Questions about Will Ferrell

What are some of Will Ferrell's most successful films?

Some of Will Ferrell's most successful films include 'Anchorman', 'Elf', 'Talladega Nights', and 'Step Brothers'. These films have become cult classics and significantly contributed to his popularity.

Has Will Ferrell won any major awards?

While Will Ferrell has received numerous nominations, including Golden Globe nominations, he has not won an Academy Award. He has, however, won several other awards for his comedic performances.

What was Will Ferrell's first film?

Will Ferrell's first film role was in 'Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery' (1997), where he played the character Mustafa. This role helped kickstart his film career.

What is Will Ferrell's estimated net worth?

Will Ferrell's estimated net worth is approximately $160 million, largely due to his successful career in film, television, and various business ventures.

What is Will Ferrell known for in his acting style?

Will Ferrell is known for his high-energy performances, distinctive voice, and ability to improvise. His comedic style often combines absurdity with relatable characters.

Is Will Ferrell involved in any television projects?

Yes, Will Ferrell has been involved in several television projects, including 'Saturday Night Live' and the HBO series 'Eastbound & Down'. He continues to produce and act in various TV shows.

What is a notable aspect of Will Ferrell's personal life?

Will Ferrell is known for his philanthropy and has been involved in various charitable initiatives, including the charity organization 'Cancer for College'.

What comedy group was Will Ferrell a part of before his film career?

Will Ferrell was a member of The Groundlings, an improvisational comedy troupe in Los Angeles, which played a significant role in shaping his comedic skills and career.