John William "Will" Ferrell (pronounced /ˈfɛrəl/; born July 16, 1967) is an American comedian, actor, voice actor and writer. Ferrell first established himself as a cast member of Saturday Night Live, and has subsequently starred in the comedy films A Night at the Roxbury, Old School, Elf, Anchorman, Kicking & Screaming, Talladega Nights, Stranger than Fiction, Blades of Glory, Semi-Pro, Step Brothers, and Land of the Lost. He is considered a mem...
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John William "Will" Ferrell (pronounced /ˈfɛrəl/; born July 16, 1967) is an American comedian, actor, voice actor and writer. Ferrell first established himself as a cast member of Saturday Night Live, and has subsequently starred in the comedy films A Night at the Roxbury, Old School, Elf, Anchorman, Kicking & Screaming, Talladega Nights, Stranger than Fiction, Blades of Glory, Semi-Pro, Step Brothers, and Land of the Lost. He is considered a member of the Frat Pack, a generation of leading Hollywood comic actors to emerge in the late 1990s and the 2000s including Ben Stiller, Steve Carell, Jack Black, Vince Vaughn, and brothers Owen and Luke Wilson.
Will Ferrell was born in Irvine, California,the son of Kay (née Overman), a teacher who taught at Old Mill School elementary school, and Lee Ferrell, a guitarist for The Righteous Brothers. He has Irish ancestry from County Kerry in Ireland. He first attended school at Turtle Rock Elementary, and later attended Rancho San Joaquin Middle...
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