Will Ferrell
John, Will ' William Ferrell (born 16 July 1967 Irvine, California) is an American film actor.
Life
His interest in acting, he discovered during his school days at the University High School in Irvine ( California). In his daily morning announcements over the loudspeaker system his school, he slipped into different roles, each alienated by his voice. He developed his acting craft as a member of a Los Angeles comedy / improvisation group The Groundlings, through which even members like Ana Gasteyer, Maya Rudolph and later Saturday Night Live actors such as Laraine Newman, Jon Lovitz and Phil Hartman justified their careers. There, he met Chris Kattan. The two became good friends and later appeared together the Saturday Night Live ensemble at. Will Ferrell occurred during his time at The Groundlings also in television shows like Strangers with Candy, Grace and Living Single.
From 1995 to 2002 he starred in the comedy show Saturday Night Live and is one of the few members that has ever been on this show for an Emmy nomination ( for his role as George W. Bush during the U.S. presidential elections in 2000 ). During this time he played mostly in supporting roles in numerous comedies. It was not until 2003 he was with the fantasy comedy Buddy - enforce the Christmas Elf.
2009 of Home Box Office, the television series produced by him Eastbound & Down aired, in which he also played a role in two episodes. In a special broadcast of Adventure Survival, which was first broadcast on 2 June 2009, accompanied Will Ferrell presenter Bear Grylls Survival to a company to northern Sweden. In addition, Ferrell co-founder of the comedy website funnyordie.com.
Currently Ferrell is, according to the American Forbes magazine's best-paid male actors in Hollywood. Between June 2007 and June 2008, he received fees in the amount of 31 million U.S. dollars, ranking behind Will Smith, Johnny Depp, Eddie Murphy, Mike Myers, Leonardo DiCaprio, Bruce Willis, Ben Stiller, Adam Sandler and Nicolas Cage on place ten.
Since 12 August 2000, he is married to Viveca Paulin of Swedish actress. The couple has three sons.
Frat Pack
The name Frat Pack is a nod to the legendary Rat Pack ( Ratten-Rudel/Schurken-Rudel ), the Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Joey Bishop, and Peter Lawford belonged (see also Brat Pack ). Here, the Frat is an abbreviation for American Fraternities, so often portrayed college connections. The term manifested itself after the movie Old School.
Will Ferrell is part of this unofficial Frat Pack troupe, which also includes Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Steve Coogan and Jack Black are. This group of actors worked together in various constellations already numerous times and in various projects such as films, shows and award shows. As Ferrell's first official connection to the Frat Pack released in 2001 the film Zoolander may be considered, in which Ben Stiller played the lead role and also directed. Owen Wilson played in Zoolanders model - rival, and Vince Vaughn was seen in a cameo. Will Ferrell played the villain " Mugato ".
Ferrell Frat Pack filmography includes Zoolander, Old School - We can absolutely burn anything, Starsky & Hutch, Anchorman - The Legend of Ron Burgundy and The Wedding Crashers.
Filmography
Awards
- 2001: American Comedy Awards, USA: Funniest Male Performer in a TV Special ( for Saturday Night Live: Presidential Bash 2000)
- 2006: Golden Raspberry Worst cinema duo ( for Bewitched, along with Nicole Kidman )
- 2007: MTV Movie Awards: Best Kiss ( along with Sacha Baron Cohen for Ricky Bobby - King of racers )
- 2011: Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
Trivia
- Will Ferrell lends his voice again and again animated figures, as in the television series The Oblongs ( voice of the poor and legless father of the family) and for the film Curious George (as Ted / man in the yellow hat ).
- On 14 March 2006 Will Ferrell was declared on the website of iNewswire.com in a ( poorly written ) fake press release for dead. The message said that Will Ferrell had died in a Paraglidingunfall.