Will Ferrell's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) The Oblongs Bob Oblong Dinner for Five Will Ferrell The Sharon Osbourne Show Will Ferrell The Tom Green Show Will Ferrell

Main Movie Roles 2010 - Megamind 2010 - The Other Guys 2009 - The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard 2009 - Land of the Lost 2008 - Step Brothers 2008 - Semi-Pro 2007 - Blades of Glory 2006 - Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 2006 - Curious George 2005 - The Producers 2005 - Bewitched 2005 - Kicking & Screaming 2005 - Wedding Crashers 2005 - Winter Passing 2005 - The Wendell Baker Story 2004 - Starsky & Hutch 2004 - Melinda and Melinda 2004 - Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 2003 - Old School 2003 - Elf 2002 - Boat Trip 2001 - Zoolander 2001 - Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back 2000 - The Ladies Man 2000 - Drowning Mona 1999 - Superstar 1999 - Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 1999 - Dick 1999 - The Suburbans 1998 - A Night at the Roxbury 1997 - Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

BIOGRAPHY:

A graduate of the University of Southern California, Will Ferrell became interested in performing while a student at University High School in Irvine, California, where he made his school's daily morning announcements over the public address system in disguised voices. He started as a member of the Los Angeles comedy/improvisation group The Groundlings, where fellow cast members Ana Gasteyer, Maya Rudolph (I) and former "Saturday Night Live" (1975) repertory players such as Laraine Newman, Jon Lovitz and Phil Hartman (I) began their careers. It was there he met Chris Kattan (I) and the two became good friends and both went on to "Saturday Night Live" (1975) later. He has also appeared on several television programs, including "Strangers with Candy" (1999), "Grace Under Fire" (1993) and "Living Single" (1993) during his time at The Groundlings. Will also lent his voice to the armless and legless dad of cartoon family "The Oblongs".

In 1995 he became a feature cast member at "Saturday Night Live" (1975) during the show's rapid re-casting. He was declared quite possibly the worst cast member ever during his first season. However, his talents of impersonations and range of characters shot him forward to making him arguably the greatest "Saturday Night Live" (1975) cast member ever. During his seven year run he is one of the few cast members to ever be nominated for an Emmy for a performance and played George W. Bush during the 2000 elections. He's appeared in every "Saturday Night Live" (1975) movie since his premiere on the show in 1995. In 2002 he left "Saturday Night Live" (1975) and was the only cast member to ever receive a farewell from all the current cast members at the end of the season finale show. Since leaving the show Will has pursued a career in films. In 2000 he married and now lives in L.A.


TRIVIA:

• A kicker for the Varsity football team, and still holds the school record for the most field goals made.
• Ranked #51 in Premiere's 2004 Power 100 List. It is his first appearance on the list.
• Brother of 'Patrick Ferrell (I)' (qv).
• Once said that one of his favourite films is _Patton (1970)_ (qv)
• Has a brief cameo in _Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)_ (qv) as a man chasing a lawnmower down a flight of stairs during a parody of _The Untouchables (1987)_ (qv).
• Graduated from University of Southern California with a degree in Sports Information. Former member of The Groundlings.
• Studied at USC in the hopes of becoming a sports broadcaster. He graduated and interned at NBC Sports, but then drew laughs after ad-libbing a joke on-air during one of his broadcasting courses and switched to comedy.
• Ranked #34 on Premiere's 2006 "Power 50" list. Had ranked #38 in 2005.