John William Ferrell (/ˈfɛrəl/; born July 16, 1967) is an American
actor, comedian, producer, writer, and businessman. He first
established himself in the mid-1990s as a cast member on the NBC
sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live, and has subsequently starred
in comedy films such as Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004),
Talladega Nights (2006), Step Brothers (2008), The Other Guys (2010)
and Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013), all but one of which he
co-wrote with his comedy partner Adam McKay. The two also founded the
comedy website Funny or Die in 2007. Other film roles include Elf, Old
School (both 2003), Blades of Glory (2007), Daddy's Home (2015), and
the animated films Megamind (2010) and The Lego Movie (2014).Ferrell
is considered a member of the "Frat Pack," a generation of leading
Hollywood comic actors who emerged in the late 1990s and the 2000s,
including Jack Black, Ben Stiller, Steve Carell, Vince Vaughn, and
brothers Owen and Luke Wilson. He received an Emmy Award nomination
for his work on Saturday Night Live, and three Golden Globe Award
nominations for acting in The Producers (2005) and Stranger than
Fiction (2006) and for producing Vice (2018). He was also named the
best comedian of 2015 in the British GQ Men of the Year awards.
Ferrell received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on March 24,
2015.Ferrell was born on July 16, 1967 in Irvine, California, to Betty
Kay (née Overman; born 1940), a teacher who taught at Old Mill School
elementary school and Santa Ana College, and Roy Lee Ferrell Jr. (born
1941), who played saxophone and keyboards for the Righteous Brothers.
His parents were both natives of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina. They
moved to California in 1964. Ferrell's ancestry includes English,
German, and Irish. He has a younger brother, Patrick.
actor, comedian, producer, writer, and businessman. He first
established himself in the mid-1990s as a cast member on the NBC
sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live, and has subsequently starred
in comedy films such as Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004),
Talladega Nights (2006), Step Brothers (2008), The Other Guys (2010)
and Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013), all but one of which he
co-wrote with his comedy partner Adam McKay. The two also founded the
comedy website Funny or Die in 2007. Other film roles include Elf, Old
School (both 2003), Blades of Glory (2007), Daddy's Home (2015), and
the animated films Megamind (2010) and The Lego Movie (2014).Ferrell
is considered a member of the "Frat Pack," a generation of leading
Hollywood comic actors who emerged in the late 1990s and the 2000s,
including Jack Black, Ben Stiller, Steve Carell, Vince Vaughn, and
brothers Owen and Luke Wilson. He received an Emmy Award nomination
for his work on Saturday Night Live, and three Golden Globe Award
nominations for acting in The Producers (2005) and Stranger than
Fiction (2006) and for producing Vice (2018). He was also named the
best comedian of 2015 in the British GQ Men of the Year awards.
Ferrell received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on March 24,
2015.Ferrell was born on July 16, 1967 in Irvine, California, to Betty
Kay (née Overman; born 1940), a teacher who taught at Old Mill School
elementary school and Santa Ana College, and Roy Lee Ferrell Jr. (born
1941), who played saxophone and keyboards for the Righteous Brothers.
His parents were both natives of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina. They
moved to California in 1964. Ferrell's ancestry includes English,
German, and Irish. He has a younger brother, Patrick.
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