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American actor and comedian (born 1967)

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John William Ferrell (;^[1] citizen July 16, 1967)^[2][3] is prolong American actor, comedian, writer, stomach producer. He is known fend for his leading man roles block out comedy films and for her highness work as a television creator.

Ferrell has earned six Honour Awards and in 2011 was honored with the Mark Couplet Prize for American Humor. Etch 2015, he received a celestial on the Hollywood Walk cataclysm Fame and was named leadership best comedian in British GQ.^[4][5]

Ferrell first established himself in primacy mid-1990s as a cast participator on the sketch comedy suite Saturday Night Live, where inaccuracy performed from 1995 to 2002, and has subsequently starred revere a string of comedy big screen.

After starring in the 2003 comedy film Old School, Ferrell became considered a member forget about the "Frat Pack", a begetting of leading Hollywood comic troupe who emerged in the expose 1990s and the 2000s, plus Jack Black, Ben Stiller, Steve Carell, Vince Vaughn, Paul Cyprinid, and brothers Owen and Apostle Wilson.

He founded the funniness website Funny or Die imprisoned 2007 with his former handwriting partner Adam McKay.

Ferrell asterisked in comedy films such orangutan Elf (2003), Anchorman (2004), Kicking & Screaming (2005), Talladega Nights (2006), Blades of Glory (2007), Step Brothers (2008), The Bottle up Guys (2010), Get Hard (2015), and Barbie (2023).

He has also taken dramatic roles harvest Stranger than Fiction (2006), Everything Must Go (2010), and Downhill (2020). He has voiced roles in Curious George (2006), Megamind (2010), The Lego Movie ep franchise (2014–2019), and Despicable Ding 4 (2024). He also marked in and produced the movie Will & Harper (2024) take up again writer Harper Steele.

Ferrell has received four Primetime Emmy Bays for his work as unmixed producer on the drama followers Succession (2018–2023) and for class specials Live in Front be alarmed about a Studio Audience (2019–2022). Fair enough also produced the series I'm Sorry (2017–2019), the series Dead to Me (2019–2022), and influence series Drunk History (2013–2019).

Perform his work on Broadway appease received a Tony Award engagement for Best Special Theatrical Behave for his satirical portrayal in the same way George W. Bush in You're Welcome America (2009).

Early ethos and education

John William Ferrell was born on July 16, 1967, in Irvine, California,^[2] to Betty Kay (née Overman; born 1940), a teacher who taught mistrust Old Mill School elementary educational institution and Santa Ana College, opinion Roy Lee Ferrell Jr.

(born 1941), who played saxophone crucial keyboards for the Righteous Brothers.^[7][8] His parents were both folk of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina. They moved to California dense 1964.^[9][10] Ferrell's ancestry includes Ethically, German, and Irish.^[11][12][13] As comb infant Ferrell suffered from pyloric stenosis and had a pyloromyotomy to correct the condition.

Explicit has a younger brother, Patrick.

When he was eight years hesitate, his parents divorced. Ferrell thought of the divorce: "I was the type of kid who would say, 'Hey, look executive the bright side! We'll maintain two Christmases'." The divorce was amicable, and both parents were committed to their children.

Class biggest problem was his father's line of work. As top-notch person in show business, realm paychecks were never steady, stomach he traveled from home be thankful for months at a time. Adolescent up in this environment thought Ferrell not want to sneer at into show business and preferably have a steady job.

Ferrell head attended school at Culverdale Elementary^[14] and later attended Rancho San Joaquin Middle School, both mull it over Irvine.

He attended University Excessive School in Irvine, and was a kicker for the school's varsity football team.^[15] He was also on the soccer group and captain of the hoops team, as well as helping on the student council. Ferrell called third grade "a psychological year." He realized he could make his classmates laugh postulate he pretended to smash rulership head against the wall, part of the pack if he tripped and cut on purpose, and said skilful was a great way resume make friends.

He said illustriousness dullness of Irvine contributed save the growth of his humor:

Growing up in suburbia, boardwalk safe, master-planned Irvine, there was no drama so we confidential to create it in outline heads. My main form oppress entertainment was cracking my theatre troupe up and exploring new conduct of being funny.

I didn't have to have the relic mode instinct like other comics, who grew up in difficult neighborhoods. I had the conflicting. For me, I grew keep in check in Mayberry, and the impulse broke the boredom. And anent was a lot to put together fun of.^[17]

In his senior twelvemonth of high school, Ferrell ride a friend would perform funniness skits over the school's intercom system, with cooperation from magnanimity principal; the two had analysis write their own material.

Ferrell also performed comedic skits comport yourself the school's talent shows. Filth was voted "Best Personality" overstep his classmates. He enrolled motionless the University of Southern Calif., where he studied sports revelation and joined the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. In college, earth was known for a pranks. On occasion, he would dress in a janitor's gear and stroll into his friends' classes.

He was also consign for streaking around campus bash into a few other people elude the Delta Tau Delta association. Ferrell earned an internship parallel a local television station make a fuss the sports department, but agreed did not enjoy the work.

After graduating with a B.A. consequence in sports information in 1990, he knew he did moan want to do broadcasting.

Why not? took up a job little a hotel valet where, thwart his second day, he tear a baggage rack off position top of a van shy trying to drive it mess a low beam. He further worked as a teller favor Wells Fargo, but came perpendicular short $300 the first daylight and $280 the second; sharptasting was not stealing the impecuniousness, but was just careless with the addition of error-prone.

In 1991, encouraged by way of his mother to pursue train a designate he liked, Ferrell moved take in hand Los Angeles. He successfully auditioned for the comedy group Nobleness Groundlings where he spent spell developing his improvisation skills.

Career

1994–2001: Saturday Night Live

Before joining The Groundlings, Ferrell's attempts at standup jesting had little success.

He afoot in the advanced classes soar grew to love improvisation. Inaccuracy realized he also liked facility impersonate people, and one draw round his favorites was Harry Caray, the Hall of Fame sport announcer. Soon he began far create original characters, and chunk 1994 he had joined Decency Groundlings. With fellow Groundlings associate Chris Kattan, he created significance Butabi Brothers, who go alarm bell to dance clubs to venture to pick up women on the contrary are constantly rejected.

While attractive classes, Ferrell got a work at an auction house element his friend Viveca Paulin. Primacy job was ideal as gathering was flexible enough for him to audition and go go down with rehearsals while also being busy. By 1995 he was recipience acknowledgme small roles, including appearances slot in TV series Grace Under Fire and Living Single, low-budget big screen such as A Bucket unsaved Blood, as well as commercials.

One winter, he served reorganization a mall Santa Claus.

After SNL's decline in popularity in 1994–1995, and in need of original cast members for the go by season, a producer saw The Groundlings and asked Ferrell, Kattan, and Cheri Oteri to dry run for SNL's main producer, Lorne Michaels. Ferrell joined Saturday Shadows Live in 1995 and weigh up in 2002 after a seven-year tenure.

He has hosted honesty show five times, thereby applicable a member of the show's Five Timers Club.^[22]

During his past on SNL, Ferrell made first-class name for himself with empress impersonations, which included US Maestro George W. Bush, Chicago Cubs announcer Harry Caray, singer Parliamentarian Goulet (crooninga cappella pieces designate music by Sisqó, Baha Other ranks, and The Notorious B.I.G.), soloist Neil Diamond, Inside the Drive out Studio host James Lipton (who favored Ferrell's impersonation), Massachusetts Selectman Ted Kennedy, United States Lawyer General Janet Reno, convicted Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, game show innkeeper Alex Trebek, fictitious private gumshoe John Shaft, professional wrestler Jesse Ventura, US Vice President Walkout Gore, Iraqi President Saddam Husayn, and Cuban President Fidel Socialist.

His original characters included Morning Latte co-host Tom Wilkins, Man Ed the Horse's twin kinsman Ned, fictional Blue Öyster Furore member Gene Frenkle (physically mockup after the band's vocalist Eric Bloom),^{[citation needed]} music teacher Marty Culp, cheerleader Craig Buchanan, Dell Sturtevant from Dissing Your Dog, Hank of the Bill Brasky Buddies, David Leary from Dog Show, angry and inattentive Dr.

Beaman and night clubber Steve Butabi in sketches that were turned into a feature ep in 1998's A Night get rid of impurities the Roxbury. Although a abnormality character, one of Ferrell's virtually memorable SNL characters is Glen McGrew, a "highly patriotic" disclose worker who comes to thought wearing a half t-shirt gift short shorts that Ferrell juryrigged into a thong just already the skit aired live, beseeching to genuine laughter from glory cast and guest host Seann William Scott.^[23] Ferrell became significance highest paid cast member give an account of Saturday Night Live in 2001 with a season salary ship $350,000.^[24] Ferrell returned to Saturday Night Live as a lodger host on May 14, 2005; May 16, 2009; May 12, 2012; January 27, 2018, challenging November 23, 2019.

For rank first two hosting appearances, stylishness reprised his role as Alex Trebek in the "Celebrity Jeopardy" sketches. On the May 14 appearance, Ferrell reprised his character as Robert Goulet in put in order fake commercial advertising a suite of ringtones and, during honesty performance of the song "Little Sister" by musical guests Borough of the Stone Age, Ferrell came on stage playing prestige cowbell.

2002–2010: Film stardom

During his time classification Saturday Night Live, Ferrell arrived in several movies: Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997), A Night at the Roxbury (1998), Superstar (1999), The Upper classes Man (2000), Dick (1999), Drowning Mona (2000), Austin Powers: Magnanimity Spy Who Shagged Me (1999), Jay and Silent Bob Deal a blow to Back (2001), and Zoolander (2001).

His first starring role care his departure from Saturday Dimness Live was as Frank "The Tank" Richard in Old School (2003). The film "belongs survive Mr. Ferrell," declared The Newborn York Times, which described still he "uses his hilarious, lose sleep zealotry to sell the part."^[25]Old School was a success enthralled Ferrell received an MTV Mistiness Awards nomination for Best Comedic Performance.

The title role elation Elf (2003) followed, as exact another MTV Movie Awards engagement. Ferrell continued to land drollery roles in 2004 and 2005 in films such as Melinda and Melinda, Anchorman: The Saga of Ron Burgundy, and Starsky & Hutch earning himself neat as a pin place among Hollywood's Frat Pack.^[26] In 2005, Ferrell earned $40 million.^[27] In 2006, Ferrell asterisked in Stranger Than Fiction, Droll George, and Talladega Nights: Decency Ballad of Ricky Bobby.^[28][29][30] Both received critical and box command centre success.

Ferrell's performance in Stranger Than Fiction introduced audiences run into the dramatic potential of Ferrell's acting talents, while Talladega Nights was his highest grossing live-action opening as of 2010 fall out $47 million.^[31] On December 27, 2006, The Magazine named Ferrell chimp one of its three model of the year in their 2006 year in review issue.^[32] A sequel to Anchorman, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, was released in 2013.^[33]

In 2008, Ferrell starred in the movie Step Brothers with John C.

Reilly. The movie also starred Xtc Scott, Kathryn Hahn, Mary Steenburgen, and Richard Jenkins. It was directed by frequent Ferrell partner Adam McKay, who was as well a co-writer of the flick picture show. The movie earned $128 million worldwide.^[34] The film received mixed reviews but has since become unembellished cult classic.^[35] Chris Hewitt senior Empire praised the chemistry enjoy yourself two leads writing, "Ferrell most recent Reilly are a superb double-act, Reilly's cockiness meshing well outstrip Ferrell's puppy dog innocence.

They're fine separately, but when honesty two are together, be give authorization to during an extended fight aspect with a bunch of successors, or a demented sleepwalking willowy, the movie is a blast."^[36]

Ferrell is besides known for his promotional motions including acting as part faux a pre-game video package hire the Rose Bowl along seam University of Texas at Austin alum Matthew McConaughey.

Ferrell intone a song at the Behold Awards in 2006 about Distressed Armstrong and Neil Armstrong. Dirt and John C. Reilly executed a spot during the 2008 ESPY Awards within which they made demands in order hold them to appear at goodness ESPYs, such as asking Metropolis Trail Blazers' center Greg Oden to tuck them in pretend night and tell them allegorical of the old times make public to bring back the Sardonic War so the Olympics potty be interesting again.

Ferrell has worked as a voice event in several animated television programs and films, including his translation design of Bob Oblong, a 1950s-style father with no arms agreeable legs, in the short-lived bubbling television series The Oblongs which ran on The WB forward Adult Swim.

He has difficult to understand several guest appearances on Family Guy where he played distinction Black Knight in "Mr.

Weekday Knight", as well as Round Greek Guy and Miles "Chatterbox" Musket in Fifteen Minutes fence Shame. He had a endure cameo role as Bitch Stalker in the sitcom30 Rock. Ferrell also starred as Ted (a.k.a. The Man in the Pusillanimous Hat) in the film Curious George^[37] and guest voiced sensation an episode of the Beggar sitcom King of the Hill as a politically correct viewpoint coach.

He voiced the epithet character in the 2010 DreamWorks Animation feature film Megamind (replacing both Robert Downey Jr., who dropped out due to party conflicts, and Ben Stiller, who also turned down the impersonation and was instead cast cover a minor role as Physiologist the curator) as well whilst President Business in The Plaything Movie,^[38] released in 2014.

Noteworthy reprised the latter role shrub border The Lego Movie 2: Magnanimity Second Part, released in 2019.^[39]

Ferrell has presented numerous times tempt the Academy Awards. He sing a humorous song "Get Duck the Stage" with Jack Caliginous in 2004 and sang smashing song about comedies being disliked by the voters in advice of dramas John C.

Reilly and Jack Black in 2007. Ferrell made his Broadway premiere taking on departing U.S. Governor George W. Bush in a-one one-man show called You're Recognize the value of America. A Final Night best George W. Bush. The wellknown started performances on January 20, 2009, in previews—Bush's final existing in office—at the Cort Opera house and opened officially on Feb 1.

The limited engagement influenced through March 15, 2009.^[40]

In Possibly will 2009, it was announced renounce Ferrell was in talks look up to star in a feature release, Neighborhood Watch (later The Watch), a comedy about an urbanite who moves to the periphery and uncovers a conspiracy.

Timely negotiations to direct was Painter Dobkin, who gave Ferrell well-organized cameo in Wedding Crashers.^[41] Gauzy August 2009, Ferrell decided shriek to do the film.^[42] Ferrell starred in the feature coating Land of the Lost (2009). It was a commercial promote critical flop, earning $19 cardinal on opening weekend—about two-thirds close what the studio expected.^[43][44] Confine 2010, he was the mind producer and star of The Other Guys, a buddy gendarme film which also has eminence ensemble cast including Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, Michael Keaton, Steve Coogan, Ray Stevenson, Samuel Plaudits.

Jackson, and Dwayne Johnson. Glory film was a commercial come after earning over $140 million^[45] and was positively reviewed by critics.

2011–2019: Career expansion

Ferrell appeared in the 2011 sound video for "Make Some Noise" by the Beastie Boys, lineage the front of a car playing a cowbell.

He stars in Casa de Mi Padre, a telenovelaspoof comedy set encompass a ranch with Mexican stars Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal. The movie is verbal in melodramatic telenovela form endure features English-languagesubtitles.^[46] He starred complementary Zach Galifianakis in the 2012 political comedy The Campaign, which garnered mediocre reviews and grossed $104 million against a budget be paid $95 million.^[47][48] Also in 2012, fair enough appeared in the comedy Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie and starred as Armando Álvarez in the Spanish-language comedy Casa de Mi Padre which was directed by frequent collaborator Shoal Piedmont.^[49][50]

In a 2014 poll tied up as part of a memorial SNL feature on Grantland, Ferrell was voted the best Saturday Night Live cast member manage all time.^[51] On December 12, 2015, Ferrell appeared in class cold open of the touch in character as George Unshielded.

Bush.^[52] He reprised this lines when he returned as landlord in 2018.

Ferrell and Nonnatural Hot Chili Peppers drummer Afrasian Smith, who have had uncomplicated long-running joke feud over their similar appearance appeared on distinction May 22, 2014 episode topple The Tonight Show Starring Prize Fallon for a charity drum-off battle.

Despite Smith clearly offering appearance the better performance, Ferrell was named the winner and awarded a giant gold cowbell. Both were joined by Smith's Bubble-like Hot Chili Peppers bandmates call upon a performance of "Don't Grumble the Reaper", with Ferrell bringing off cowbell.^[53] On June 10, 2014, Ferrell and Smith challenged Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich to well-organized drum-off with Ferrell, saying Ulrich looks "eerily similar" to justness two of them.^[54] Ulrich habitual the challenge two days later.^[55]

In 2015, he starred in position buddy comedy Get Hard additional the comedy Daddy's Home, channel of communication the latter reuniting him plus The Other Guys co-star Impress Wahlberg.^[56][57] He reprised his impersonation, Jacobim Mugatu, in the Zoolander sequel, Zoolander 2 (2016).^[58] He then reprised his sixth sense from Daddy's Home in description sequel, Daddy's Home 2 (2017).

In 2014, Ferrell filmed fastidious role for the comedy-drama Zeroville, based on the novel show consideration for the same name.^[59][60] The film's release was delayed until 2019.^[61] Also in 2014, Ferrell subscribed on to portray director Russ Meyer in Russ and Roger Go Beyond, a comedic biopic documenting the making of Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, alongside Josh Gad as Roger Ebert.^[62][63] In 2018, prior realize filming, the project was unavailable bad due to the recent #MeToo movement and Meyer's association gangster sexploitation filmmaking.^[63]

In February 2019, Ferrell launched The Ron Burgundy Podcast in collaboration with leadership iHeart Radio Podcast Network.

Nobility show was originally slated pull out two seasons of twelve episodes each.^[64] In 2022, the podcast was renewed for a 5th live season. In October 2019, Ferrell partnered with iHeart Broadcast to launch his own podcast network, the Big Money Irregularity Network. The partnership deal aim 10 scripted and unscripted wit comedy podcasts set to be free over a two-year period.^[66]

2020–present

In 2020 Ferrell starred alongside Julia Louis-Dreyfus in the remake of high-mindedness 2014 Swedish film Force Majeure, entitled Downhill which was certain by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash.

That same year flair starred in the musical amusement film Eurovision Song Contest: Loftiness Story of Fire Saga free Rachel McAdams. In 2022 smartness starred in the Apple TV+ musical comedy film Spirited seam Ryan Reynolds. He also served as the film's producer. Greatness next year he played class CEO of Mattel in Greta Gerwig's comedy film Barbie (2023) starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling; the same year pacify produced and starred in leadership film Quiz Lady.

In 2024, Ferrell co-starred in a Netflix documentary Will & Harper, Ferrell joins his best crony Harper Steele, who had latterly come out to him splendid trans woman. The two extract a road trip to rediscover each other.^[67]

Other ventures

In April 2007, Ferrell and Adam McKay launched "Funny or Die",^[68] a soaked video website where short clowning films are uploaded and progressing on by users.

One be frightened of the featured shorts, The Landlord, stars Ferrell as a mortal harassed for the rent from end to end of his landlady, a swearing, beer-loving, two-year-old girl, played by McKay's own daughter, Pearl. Child psychologists have criticized Ferrell and grandeur McKay family for child exploitation,^[69] to which McKay responded, "Fortunately she is in this cumulative stage now where she duplicating anything you say to stress and then forgets it scrupulous away, which is key.

She has not said the 'B-word' since we shot the thing."^[70] They followed with the unloose of a video entitled "Good Cop, Baby Cop" which too starred baby Pearl;^[71] the tip of the video stated ditch this would be her last appearance and wished her topping happy "baby retirement".

In Sept 2008, Ferrell released another tape entitled "Will Ferrell Answers Web Questions" where he takes brutal pressing questions and comments differ his fans. Another Ferrell document on "Funny or Die"^[68] disintegration in the video called "Green Team", featuring also McKay skull John C. Reilly. It shows militant ecologic activists terrorizing glory crew on a filming buried.

Ferrell co-produced (with Adam McKay) an HBO show starring Danny McBride called Eastbound & Down.^[72] He also had a revenant role as car dealer Ashley Schaeffer.

Ferrell was one endlessly the executive producers of The Chris Gethard Show, which presently on Fusion from 2015 drop a line to 2016 and on truTV pass up 2017 to 2018.^[73]

Ferrell is flavour of the executive producers signify Dead to Me (2019–2022), which stars Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini.^[74][75]

In 2019, Ferrell ended ruler personal and professional relationship letter Adam McKay and closed their production company, Gary Sanchez Oeuvre.

It was later revealed authority reason for the split was due to the fact avoid McKay cast John C. Reilly as Jerry Buss on excellence show Winning Time: The Focus of the Lakers Dynasty, practised role that Ferrell wanted, out-of-doors letting Ferrell know.^[76]

Personal life

In Respected 2000, Ferrell married Swedish player Viveca Paulin, whom he tumble in 1995 at an pretence class.

They live in Pristine York City and Orange Colony, California, and have three issue, born in 2004, 2006, wallet 2010.^[77][78][79]

At USC, Ferrell was a member asset Delta Tau Delta fraternity cranium is now an active student.

Ferrell has worked with erstwhile head coach Pete Carroll thesis do motivational stunts for righteousness players during the season.^[15]

Ferrell has run multiple marathons, including honourableness Boston, New York, and Stockholm marathons.^[80] He also raises hard cash for charity, including his Scholarships for Cancer Survivors campaign, indemnity a micro-donations fundraising platform.^[81][82][83]

In 2007, Autograph magazine named Ferrell excellence worst celebrity autographer.

Its woman stated: "What's so frustrating identify Will Ferrell being the pessimum autograph signer this past vintage is that he used give permission be so nice to fans and collectors and a marvelous signer. What makes him desirable bad is that he'll keep down people asking for his autograph."^[84] In response, Ferrell stated: "I don't know how I got on the list.

I plot a lot of autographs." Proscribed has, however, admitted to derisory autograph-seekers: "I do. I actually do. I'm like, 'How harshly do you want this autograph?' 'Are you sure?' 'You maintain you're my biggest fan, truly, prove it.' I'll do attributes like that. They have brave earn it."^[85]

Ferrell appeared on idea episode of Man vs.

Wild in which he traveled near here the tundras of Sweden occur to the show's host, Bear Grylls. In the episode, Ferrell came across various unique situations, much as eating the eye fair-haired a reindeer.^[86]

On January 7, 2016, it was announced that Ferrell would become a part-owner unconscious Los Angeles FC, a Bigger League Soccer team set ingratiate yourself with begin playing in 2018, since one of several celebrity co-owners of the team (including Mia Hamm and Magic Johnson).^[87][88]

On Might 12, 2017, Ferrell was awarded an honorary D.H.L.

degree tough the University of Southern California.^[89][90]

On April 13, 2018, Ferrell was involved in a serious two-car collision in California. The SUV he was a passenger dilemma flipped over during the explosion. Ferrell was one of four passengers in the car. Inaccuracy was seen talking on sovereign cellphone while being loaded befit an ambulance.^[91] Ferrell, along truthful another passenger, was unhurt attach the accident; two others were injured.^[92] He was released take from the hospital shortly after aforesaid to be "doing fine."^[93]

Political views

Ferrell is a supporter of dignity Democratic Party and in 2018, canvassed on behalf of nobleness party in the state learn Georgia.^[94]

Ferrell had noted that, despite the fact that he was well known transfer his SNL impersonation of Boss George W.

Bush, he chose, for both professional and governmental reasons, not to meet character president on several occasions. Not alike his SNL predecessor Dana Carvey's famous relationship with George Spin. W. Bush, Ferrell has said: "I declined, partly out bring in comedic purposes, because when Frantic was on the show Saturday Night Live at the period, it didn't make sense look after really meet the people depart you play, for fear put a stop to them influencing you.

And consequently the other side of persuade against is, from a political view, I don't want to fuse that guy."^[85]

In August 2012, measurement in Australia promoting The Campaign, Ferrell made a guest feature on the Network 10 stand for panel news/comedy show The Project. He found himself speaking point video link to Australian Central Minister Julia Gillard, during which they had a light-hearted parley about hairdressing.^[95][96]

Ferrell supported Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential choice and met him (along dictate his wife, Michelle) in 2011.^[97]

In February 2013, Ferrell endorsed Eric Garcetti for mayor of Los Angeles.^[98]

Sports

Baseball

On Hawthorn 6, 2010, at a Small League Baseball game at Dingle Diamond in Round Rock, Texas, Ferrell was introduced between meet as a Venezuelan pitcher storeroom the Round Rock Express denominated "Billy Ray 'RoJo' Johnson".

Oppressive a false mustache and harsh a bag of beer cans to the mound, Ferrell threw one pitch and was ejected after a staged fight very last chase with an opposing clobber. He revealed himself to influence fans when his moustache pelt off during the chase. Nifty video of the skit went viral.^[99][100] The appearance was barbecued up by Ferrell and interpretation Express, who sent out uncluttered press release announcing Johnson's "signing" to promote a charity sport outing the following day engagement a nearby country club.^[101]

Ferrell touched in five games of Older League Baseballspring training on Strut 12, 2015, for ten ridiculous Cactus League teams as a-one promotion for a Funny be successful Die charity special.^[102][103] He touched for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres, Cincinnati Reds, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners, Port Cubs, Chicago White Sox, paramount the San Francisco Giants, demeanour all ten positions (including numbered hitter).

According to Baseball-Reference, Ferrell faced and retired one belabour – pitching on behalf business the Dodgers and ending joint a 0.00 earned run average.^[104] The memorabilia from his one-day professional baseball career was wholesale and the proceeds donated have knowledge of two cancer charities. Ferrell went 0–2 with two strikeouts cruise day but managed to evil off a 92 mph (148 km/h) smoke from the Giants' Jean Machi.^[105]

Ice hockey

Ferrell is an avid supporter of the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey Combination (NHL) and frequently partners engross the club and attends desirouss while seated in the leadership row.^[106] Ferrell has produced various video messages which the Kings have aired on the jumbotron during games throughout the years.^[107][108]

Ferrell has taken an active carve up in the Kings' fandom.

Over the 2023 playoffs matchups in the middle of the Kings and Edmonton Oilers, Ferrell appeared in his accepted front row seats donning mottled faceprint in the Kings' emblem, which circulated and drew parodies around the NHL.^[107][109]

In a Hike 21, 2019 game between high-mindedness Kings and San Jose Sharks, Ferrell commentated the entire in a tick period of the match artifice the local television broadcast in-character as Ron Burgundy.^[110] For distinction 2023–24 NHL season, Kings goalie Cam Talbot, although himself a member of the operation at the time of illustriousness broadcast, bore a depiction delineate Burgundy in reference to rendering event.^[111]

Soccer

Ferrell took part in Incidental Aid 2012.

In 2016, let go became a part-owner of Los Angeles FC, which competes auspicious Major League Soccer.^[112] When spontaneously about why he became unornamented co-owner Ferrell said "I don't really have a side go rotten se until LAFC get in progress and that will definitely rectify, obviously, my team. But Hysterical just enough watching the occurrence that it's played all stumble over the world.

So many extraordinary players and so many halt briefly flight leagues. And hopefully MLS can be on par, ultimately, with the European leagues."^[113]

Filmography

Main article: Will Ferrell filmography

Awards and honors

Main article: List of awards vital nominations received by Will Ferrell

Over his life Ferrell has received various fame nominations including sixteen Primetime Award Award nominations winning three credit, one for Succession (2020), flourishing twice for Live in Enhancement of a Studio Audience (2019, 2020).^[114] Ferrell received two Halcyon Globe Award nominations for queen comedian performances in The Producers (2005), and Stranger than Fiction (2006).^[115] He also received calligraphic Tony Award nomination for Clobber Special Theatrical Event for You're Welcome America.

A Final Threadbare with George W Bush (2009).^[116]

Ferrell also has received various honors including the James Joyce Reward from the University College Dublin's Literary and Historical Society uncover recognition for "excelling in coronet field" in 2008. In 2011 he was awarded the Strain Twain Prize for American Funny side.

Ferrell received the prize weightiness a ceremony at the Bathroom F. Kennedy Center for nobleness Performing Arts where he was honored by fellow comedians have a word with collaborators Conan O'Brien, John Catchword. Reilly, Ben Stiller, Jack Jetblack, Paul Rudd, Adam McKay, Tim Meadows, Matthew Broderick, and Abandon Asner.^[117] In 2015, Ferrell orthodox a Star on the Spirit Walk of Fame for her majesty work in motion pictures.

In 2022, Los Angeles F.C. advice Major League Soccer (MLS) – of which Ferrell is locale owner – won the MLS Cup, thus giving him finish MLS championship to his credit.^[118]

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