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Born: John William Ferrell
Date of Birth: Jul. 16, 1967
Hometown: Irvine, CA
Height 6'3"
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue

Family: Wife, Viveca Paulin ; 2 sons, Magnus (born 2003), Mattias (Born 2006)
Father, Lee; Mom, Kay; 1 brother, Pat (younger)

Filmography:
Announced
Land of the Lost
Step Brothers

In Production
Semi-Pro

Released
1995
Bucket of Blood
Criminal Hearts

1997
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Men Seeking Women

1998
A Night at the Roxbury (also writer)
The Thin Pink Line

1999
Superstar
Dick
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
The Suburbans

2000
The Ladies Man
Drowning Mona

2001
Zoolander
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

2002
Boat Trip (uncredited)

2003
Elf
Old School

2004
Melinda and Melinda
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie (also writer)
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (also writer)
Starsky & Hutch
Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party (documentary)

2005
The Producers
Winter Passing
Wedding Crashers
Bewitched Jack
Kicking & Screaming
The Wendell Baker Story

2006
Stranger than Fiction
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (also writer)
Curious George (voice only)

2007
Blades of Glory

SNL Characters
Impressions
U.S. President George W. Bush
Cubs announcer Harry Caray
singer Robert Goulet
singer Neil Diamond
Inside the Actors Studio personality James Lipton
Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy
U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno
convicted Unabomber Ted Kaczynski
game show host Alex Trebek
professional wrestler-turned-Governor of Minnesota Jesse Ventura.

Original Characters
"Morning Latte" co-host Tom Wilkins
Ed the Horse's twin brother Ned
fictional Blue Oyster Cult member Gene Frenkle
music teacher Marty Culp
Spartan cheerleader Craig Buchanan
Dale Sturtevant "Dissing Your Dog"
night clubber Steve Butabi

Awards
American Comedy Awards
2001: Funniest Male Performer in a TV Special (Leading or Supporting) Network, Cable or Syndication (for
SNL Presidential Bash 2000)

Razzie Awards
2005: Worst Screen Couple (with Nicole Kidman, for Bewitched)

Nominations
Golden Globe Awards
2006: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture (for The Producers)
2007: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy (for Stranger Than Fiction)

Emmy Awards
2001: Outstanding Individual Performance In A Variety Or Music Program (for SNL)

Razzie Awards:
2005: Worst Actor for Bewitched and Kicking & Screaming

American Comedy Awards:
2001: Funniest Supporting Male Performer in a TV Series (for SNL)

MTV Movie Awards:
2007: Best Comedic Performance (for Blades of Glory)
Best Kiss (for Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby)
Best Fight (for Blades of Glory)
2005: Best Comedic Performance (for Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy)
Best On-Screen Team (with Paul Rudd, Steve Carell and David Koechner for Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy)
Best Musical Performance (with Paul Rudd, David Koechner and Steve Carell for Anchorman: The Legend of Ron

Burgundy)
2004: Best Comedic Performance (for Elf)
Best Comedic Performance (for Old School)
Best On-Screen Team (with Luke Wilson and Vince Vaughn for Old School)

Satellite Awards
2006: Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical (for Stranger Than Fiction)


Facts

-Dad, Lee, was the keyboardist for the Righteous Brothers for almost 20 years

-Runs Gary Sanchez Prods with his friend and former SNL writer, Adam McKay. The pair have written Anchorman and Talladega Nights. They also launched the viral video site FunnyorDie.Com. One of the biggest hits on the site is 'the Landlord' a clip feating Will and his 'landlord', played by Pearl McKay, Adam's 2 year old daughter

-Graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in sports information

-Will was called 'Wilf' in high school, a combination of the first three letters of his middle name and the first letter of his last name

-was a kicker on Irvine's University High School Varsity team; Will still holds the record for the most field goals kicked in one season

-is an avid runner; has completed both the Boston and New York City Marathons

-Was the highest paid SNL cast member ever ($350,000 for the 2001 season). Was also the only SNL cast member to ever be given a send off at the end of their last episode. Will went back to host SNL in 2005

-Will is a sports fan; he has appeared in video pacakges For The Rose Bowl (representing his alma mater USC), the NFL Draft and sang a song in tribute to Lance Armstrong on the ESPY Awards (Will often sports a yellow LIVEStrong bracelet)

-is considered part of the so called 'Frat Pack' a group of actors and directors that includes Jack Black, Ben
Stiller, Vince Vaughn, brothers Owen Wilson and Luke Wilson, Adam McKay, Wes Anderson, Judd Apatow and Steve Carell. The term was coined by USAToday in 2004. The closest that all members of the Frat Pack have gotten to being in one movie is Anchorman. It is a term Will isn't particualrly fond of.

-Wife Viveca is orginally from Sweden; they met during an acting class in 1995. Will and viveca were honored in May of 2007 for their promotion of and contributions to the Swedish School of Los Angeles.

-Will has played 2 characters named Chazz: Chazz Reinhold in Wedding Crashers and Chazz Michael Michaels in Blades of Glory. He was not originally cast as Chazz Michael Michaels; Ben Stiller had orginally been cast, but opted to only produce Blades of Glory and pitched the role to Will. When co-star Jon Heder broke his ankle during training, Will fought recasting the role of Jimmy MacElroy, insisting he had signed on to work with Heder, 'among other reasons'.

-Will has been recognized as having a resemblance to famed Dodger peanut vendor, Roger Owens.

-Will was part of The Groundlings, an improv group in LA. Notable members of the SNL cast to come from the Groundlings include: Phil Hartman, Jon Lovitz, Chris Kattan, Cheri Oteri, Maya Rudolph & Julia Sweeney.

-Steve Carrell (The Office, the 40 Year Old Virgin) and Will were up for the same spot on the cast. Will eventually won Lorne Michaels over.

-On December 19, 2006, Will announced that he would write a book, entitled Will Ferrell, the Comedie
Revealed. There is no word on a publisher or editor

-Will reportedly made over $40 million dollars in 2005, mkaing him the hightest paid actor in Hollywood that year.

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