Will Ferrell

Will Ferrell stars in Columbia Pictures' Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby - 2006

Biography

Born 07/16/1967

Television viewers grew to love comic actor and writer Will Ferrell through the stable of popular characters he created during his tenure on the perennial “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 1975- ). But after seven years of playing an earnest male cheerleader, an addled President George W. Bush and a...
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Awards

  • In 2007, received MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss
  • Received American Comedy Award for Funniest Male Performer in a TV Special

Highlights

  • In 2009, Made Broadway debut playing the former U.S. President in the one-man show, "You're Welcome America. A Final Night with George W. Bush"; also aired on HBO; earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Writing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Special
  • In 2009, Co-wrote and co-produced (with Adam McKay) the HBO series starring Danny McBride, "East Bound and Down"
  • In 2009, Starred in the big-budget feature adaptation of the 1970s series, "Land of the Lost"

Family & Companions

  • Viveca Paulin: born c. 1969; met c. 1995 in an acting class; together since 1996
  • Lee Ferrell: father (Keyboard player for the Righteous Brothers; divorced from Ferrell's mother)
  • Kay Ferrell: mother (Divorced from Ferrell's father)

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