Craig Ferguson
Biography
Craig Ferguson, born in Glasgow in 1962, is an actor, comedian, writer and television host from Scotland and the United States. He started out drumming in Glasgow punk bands before creating the comic character Bing Hitler, which was a hit at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1986. After moving to Los Angeles in 1994, he got his American break as Mr. Wick on The Drew Carey Show from 1996 to 2003. He then hosted The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson from 2005 to 2014, winning a Peabody Award for his 2009 interview with Desmond Tutu. He later hosted Celebrity Name Game and earned two Daytime Emmy Awards. In film, Ferguson wrote and starred in Saving Grace and The Big Tease, and he wrote, directed and starred in I'll Be There. He voiced Gobber in all the How to Train Your Dragon films (2010 to 2019), Owl in Winnie the Pooh (2011) and Lord Macintosh in Brave (2012).
64years old
Turns 65 on May 17in 217 days
- Born Glasgow
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 24
- Career span
- 24 years1998 to 2022
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A change of course
Ferguson started in entertainment as a teenager, playing drums for Glasgow punk bands. At 18 he was a session musician and drummed for Nico on a few dates of her Scotland tour.
Big break
After Rick Siegel, who would become his agent, spotted him at the Edinburgh Festival and urged him to try America, Ferguson relocated to Los Angeles in November 1994. He played baker Logan McDonough on the short-lived 1995 ABC comedy Maybe This Time.
Big break
Ferguson was cast on The Drew Carey Show as Mr. Wick, the boss of the title character, a part he had from 1996 to 2003. He gave the role an over-the-top posh English accent, saying it was "to make up for generations of English actors doing crap Scottish accents."
Behind the camera
Craig Ferguson wrote and starred in The Big Tease, Saving Grace and I'll Be There, and he directed I'll Be There. That film earned him the Audience Award for Best Film at festivals in Aspen, Dallas and Valencia, plus Best New Director at Napa Valley.
Craig Ferguson movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- How to Train Your Dragon2010 Action, Adventure, Animation, Familyas Gobbervoice
IMDb rating 8.1909K votes
- Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events2004as Person of Indeterminate Gender
IMDb rating 6.8233K votes
Most often with
Dean DeBlois directed three of these films, Jay Chapman two. Three actors appear in five of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Jay Baruchel's page
America Ferrera's page
Christopher Mintz-Plasse's page
Kristen Wiig's page
Gerard Butler's page
Jonah Hill's page
Dean DeBloisDirector, 3 films, 2010 to 2019
All films by Dean DeBlois
Jay ChapmanDirector, 2 films, 2015 to 2017
All films by Jay Chapman
Box office
What Craig Ferguson's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$2.5 billion
8 of the 24 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 24 films: 8 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 6 never in cinemas; 9 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 6Never in cinemas
- 9Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$622M25.1% of the total
- 2$540M21.8% of the total
- 3$539M21.7% of the total
- 4$495M20.0% of the total
- 5$209M8.4% of the total
- 6$50M2.0% of the total
- 7$26M1.1% of the total
- 8$32K0.0% of the total
Awards
One award and honor.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 2009 | Great Immigrants Award | Won | |
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