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Will Forte

Will Forte

Acting
Born: Jun 17, 1970
From: Alameda, California, USA
Credits: 30 titles

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 …

Filmography

Title Character Year Rating
Coyote vs ACME Kevin Avery 2026
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken Gordon Lighthouse (voice) 2023 7.164
Strays Doug 2023 7.167
Studio 666 Darren Sandelbaum 2022 5.886
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story Ben Scotti 2022 6.704
She's Funny That Way Joshua Fleet 2015 5.944
7 Days in Hell Sandy Pickard 2015 6.482
Don Verdean Pastor Fontaine 2015 4.9
Horrible Bosses 2 Derelict (uncredited) 2014 6.176
The Lego Movie Abraham Lincoln (voice) 2014 7.421
Run & Jump Ted 2014 5.9
Apartment Troubles Simon 2014 5.0
Michelangelo and Lincoln: History Cops Lincoln (voice) 2014 4.0
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 Chester V (voice) 2013 6.453
Nebraska David Grant 2013 7.5
Life of Crime Marshall Taylor 2013 5.742
The Watch Sergeant Bressman 2012 5.59
Rock of Ages Mitch Miley 2012 6.197
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy Glenn 2011 5.848
Audio Tour 2011
MacGruber MacGruber 2010 5.415
Saturday Night Self 2010 7.909
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Joe Towne (voice) 2009 6.7
The Slammin' Salmon Horace the Lone Diner 2009 5.8
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men Subject #72 2009 5.1
Fanboys THX Security Guard #4 2009 6.143
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler Various (archive footage) 2009 8.375
Baby Mama Scott 2008 6.0
The Brothers Solomon Dean Solomon 2007 5.0
Around the World in 80 Days Young Bobby 2004 5.949
Quick Facts
Known forActing
Credits30
Born1970
FromAlameda, California, USA