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 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1970 |
| From | Alameda, California, USA |