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Will Forte

Will Forte

Department: Acting

Biography

Orville Willis Forte IV (/ˈfɔːrteɪ/ FOR-tay; born June 17, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He was a cast member and writer on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live for eight seasons from 2002 to 2010. During his time on the show, he played a recurring character that led to a feature film adaptation, MacGruber (2010), and a streaming limited series in 2021. Forte also created and starred in the sitcom The Last Man on Earth (2015–2018). He received three Primetime Emmy Award nominations for the series: two for acting and one for writing. After obtaining a history degree from the University of California, Los Angeles and becoming a financial broker like his father, Forte changed his career path to comedy and took classes with the improv group The Groundlings. Before joining Saturday Night Live, he worked as a writer and producer on 3rd Rock from the Sun and That '70s Show. Forte played various roles in comedy before starring in the drama film Nebraska (2013). He has provided voice work for the Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs films (2009–2013), My Life as a Courgette, Get Squirrely (2016), Luis & the Aliens (2018), The Willoughbys and Scoob! (2020), also voicing Eddy in Disney XD's Lab Rats, and Abraham Lincoln in Clone High (2002–2003, 2023–2024), The Lego Movie films (2014–2019), Michelangelo and Lincoln: History Cops (2014), America: The Motion Picture (2021), Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (2023) and Sausage Party: Foodtopia (2024–present). Description above from the Wikipedia article Will Forte, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days

2004

The Brothers Solomon

The Brothers Solomon

2007

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

2009

Baby Mama

Baby Mama

2008

Horrible Bosses 2

Horrible Bosses 2

2014

Studio 666

Studio 666

2022

The Slammin' Salmon

The Slammin' Salmon

2009

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken

2023

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

2009

Strays

Strays

2023

MacGruber

MacGruber

2010

The Watch

The Watch

2012

A Good Old Fashioned Orgy

A Good Old Fashioned Orgy

2011

Rock of Ages

Rock of Ages

2012

Audio Tour

Audio Tour

2011

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

2013

Nebraska

Nebraska

2013

The Lego Movie

The Lego Movie

2014

Run & Jump

Run & Jump

2014

Life of Crime

Life of Crime

2013

She's Funny That Way

She's Funny That Way

2015

Fanboys

Fanboys

2009

Apartment Troubles

Apartment Troubles

2014

Coyote vs. Acme

Coyote vs. Acme

2026

Michelangelo and Lincoln: History Cops

Michelangelo and Lincoln: History Cops

2014

7 Days in Hell

7 Days in Hell

2015

Saturday Night

Saturday Night

2010

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

2022

Don Verdean

Don Verdean

2015

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler

2009

Thelma the Unicorn

Thelma the Unicorn

2024

Kinda Pregnant

Kinda Pregnant

2025

Keanu

Keanu

2016

The Ridiculous 6

The Ridiculous 6

2015

Staten Island Summer

Staten Island Summer

2015

Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Feel Kinda Left Out

Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Feel Kinda Left Out

2023

A.C.O.R.N.S.: Operation Crackdown

A.C.O.R.N.S.: Operation Crackdown

2015

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

2016

A Futile and Stupid Gesture

A Futile and Stupid Gesture

2018

Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie

Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie

2012

That's My Boy

That's My Boy

2012

Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special

Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special

2017

Tour de Pharmacy

Tour de Pharmacy

2017

Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs

Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs

2017

22 Jump Street

22 Jump Street

2014

Booksmart

Booksmart

2019

Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job! Awesome 10 Year Anniversary Version, Great Job?

Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job! Awesome 10 Year Anniversary Version, Great Job?

2017

Extra Ordinary

Extra Ordinary

2019

The Laundromat

The Laundromat

2019

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

2019

Coffin Dodgers

Coffin Dodgers

2013

Good Boys

Good Boys

2019

Scoob!

Scoob!

2020

The Immigrant

The Immigrant

2012

Beerfest

Beerfest

2006

Grown Ups 2

Grown Ups 2

2013

The Women of SNL

The Women of SNL

2010

Ghost World

Ghost World

2001

The Willoughbys

The Willoughbys

2020

Dwell

Dwell

2020

Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics

Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics

2020

Skott & Behr

Skott & Behr

2010

Demetri Martin: These Are Jokes

Demetri Martin: These Are Jokes

2006

America: The Motion Picture

America: The Motion Picture

2021

Drunk Bus

Drunk Bus

2021

Will & Harper

Will & Harper

2024

The Day Drinking with Seth Meyers New Year's Special

The Day Drinking with Seth Meyers New Year's Special

2024

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

2025

Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10

Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10

2011

The Breadwinner

The Breadwinner

2026

Downey Wrote That

Downey Wrote That

2025

Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again

Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again

2010

How I Met Your Mother

How I Met Your Mother

2005

American Dad!

American Dad!

2005

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975

Clone High

Clone High

2002

Flight of the Conchords

Flight of the Conchords

2007

Campus Ladies

Campus Ladies

2006

30 Rock

30 Rock

2006

Drawn Together

Drawn Together

2004

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

Sit Down Shut Up

Sit Down Shut Up

2009

Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday

Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday

2008

Parks and Recreation

Parks and Recreation

2009

Conan

Conan

2010

HouseBroken

HouseBroken

2021

Sweet Tooth

Sweet Tooth

2021

The Cleveland Show

The Cleveland Show

2009

Clone High

Clone High

2023

Allen Gregory

Allen Gregory

2011

Up All Night

Up All Night

2011

Gravity Falls

Gravity Falls

2012

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975

The Last Man on Earth

The Last Man on Earth

2015

Comedy Bang! Bang!

Comedy Bang! Bang!

2012

I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson

I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson

2019

American Dad!

American Dad!

2005

American Dad!

American Dad!

2005

Moonbeam City

Moonbeam City

2015

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

American Dad!

American Dad!

2005

American Dad!

American Dad!

2005

American Dad!

American Dad!

2005

Bob's Burgers

Bob's Burgers

2011

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975

The League

The League

2009

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

2007

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

2007

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

2007

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

2007

The Gong Show

The Gong Show

2017

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

Bob's Burgers

Bob's Burgers

2011

Krapopolis

Krapopolis

2023

The Shivering Truth

The Shivering Truth

2018

Craig of the Creek

Craig of the Creek

2018

The Afterparty

The Afterparty

2022

Lab Rats

Lab Rats

2012

Lab Rats

Lab Rats

2012

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

2023

Lab Rats

Lab Rats

2012

Star vs. the Forces of Evil

Star vs. the Forces of Evil

2015

Alien News Desk

Alien News Desk

2019

The Life & Times of Tim

The Life & Times of Tim

2008

Aqua Teen Hunger Force

Aqua Teen Hunger Force

2000

Win or Lose

Win or Lose

2025

Future Man

Future Man

2017

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

Sock or Hat?

Sock or Hat?

2014

I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson

I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson

2019

Bodkin

Bodkin

2024

Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories

Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories

2014

The Great North

The Great North

2021

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975

Car Matchmaker with Spike Feresten

Car Matchmaker with Spike Feresten

2014

30 Rock

30 Rock

2006

Rick and Morty

Rick and Morty

2013

No Activity

No Activity

2017

Flipped

Flipped

2020

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

1989

American Dad!

American Dad!

2005

Drunk History

Drunk History

2013

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

2015

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

2023

Off Camera with Sam Jones

Off Camera with Sam Jones

2014

The Four Seasons

The Four Seasons

2025

Sunny Nights

Sunny Nights

2025

That '90s Show

That '90s Show

2023

Sausage Party: Foodtopia

Sausage Party: Foodtopia

2024

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

2020

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

2009

Raw

Raw

1993

MacGruber

MacGruber

2021

Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai

Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai

2023

Hot Ones

Hot Ones

2015

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019

Haunted Hotel

Haunted Hotel

2025

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003

Somebody Feed Phil

Somebody Feed Phil

2018

Studio C

Studio C

2012

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

Young Person's Guide to History

Young Person's Guide to History

2008

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003