Will Forte
Biography
Will Forte is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer known for sketch comedy and film. He trained at The Groundlings and wrote for The Jenny McCarthy Show, Late Show with David Letterman, 3rd Rock from the Sun, and That '70s Show. Lorne Michaels invited him to Saturday Night Live, where he spent eight seasons from 2002 to 2010 and became known for odd late-night sketches, especially MacGruber, a MacGyver parody he later brought to the screen in MacGruber (2010). Forte created and starred in The Last Man on Earth from 2015 to 2018, receiving three Primetime Emmy Award nominations for acting and writing. His film roles include a dramatic turn in Nebraska (2013), a part in Keanu (2016), National Lampoon co-founder Douglas Kenney in A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018), and the voice of Shaggy in Scoob! (2020). He also voiced characters in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) and The Lego Movie (2014).
56years old
Turns 57 on June 17in 219 days
- Born Alameda County
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
- Also credited as Orville Willis Forte IV
Movie Career
- Films
- 39
- Career span
- 19 years2007 to 2026
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First role
Forte's first successful comedy work was a comic book he made about incompetent men, 101 Things to Definitely Not Do If You Want to Get a Chick. It led to his first professional job, writing for the short-lived variety show The Jenny McCarthy Show.
Behind the camera
In 2013 Forte started developing the sitcom The Last Man on Earth alongside longtime collaborators Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, who had the original idea. Forte wrote a treatment, and when Fox picked the series up he became its creator, a writer, the lead and the first season's showrunner.
Big break
Forte was initially reluctant to commit to the MacGruber sketch, thinking it was too dumb, but accepted after writer Jorma Taccone relentlessly pitched the idea to him.
Will Forte movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 22013 Animation, Comedy, Familyas Chester Vvoice
IMDb rating 6.3128K votes
Most often with
Christopher Miller directed two of these films, Phil Lord two and Kris Pearn two. Andy Samberg appears in seven of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Andy Samberg's page
Fred Armisen's page
Kristen Wiig's page
Bill Hader's page
James Caan's page
Will Ferrell's page
All films by Christopher Miller
All films by Phil Lord
All films by Kris Pearn
Also three films together4 more actors
- Maya RudolphThe Willoughbys (2020), Tour de Pharmacy (2017) and MacGruber (2010)
- Terry CrewsThe Willoughbys (2020), The Ridiculous 6 (2015) and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)
- Jason SudeikisBooksmart (2019), A Good Old Fashioned Orgy (2011) and Saturday Night (2010)
- Eduardo FrancoThelma the Unicorn (2024), Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023) and Booksmart (2019)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Will Forte's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.6 billion
22 of the 39 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 39 films: 22 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 6 never in cinemas; 3 streaming, short cinema run; 5 figure not found.
- 22Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 6Never in cinemas
- 3Streaming, short cinema run
- 5Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 83% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$471M29.1% of the total
- 2$248M15.3% of the total
- 3$243M15.0% of the total
- 4$111M6.9% of the total
- 5$80M4.9% of the total
- 6$68M4.2% of the total
- 7$64M4.0% of the total
- 8$59M3.7% of the total
$274 millionfrom the other 14 films with a worldwide figure, 17% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.