Will Forte

Will Forte

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 Willoughbys and Scoob! (2020), also voicing Eddy in Disney XD's Lab Rats, and Abraham Lincoln in Clone High (2002–2003, 2023–2024), The Lego Movie films (2014–2019), Michelangelo and Lincoln: History Cops (2014), America: The Motion Picture (2021), Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (2023) and Sausage Party: Foodtopia (2024–present). Description above from the Wikipedia article Will Forte, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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CREDITS
PHOTOS

TV Series

How I Met Your Mother

How I Met Your Mother

8.142
American Dad!

American Dad!

6.975
Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

7
Clone High

Clone High

7.4
Flight of the Conchords

Flight of the Conchords

7.928
Campus Ladies

Campus Ladies

3.5
30 Rock

30 Rock

7.448
Drawn Together

Drawn Together

8.201
Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

7.2
Sit Down Shut Up

Sit Down Shut Up

6
Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday

Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday

6.286
Young Person's Guide to History

Young Person's Guide to History

10
Parks and Recreation

Parks and Recreation

8.021
Conan

Conan

7.068
HouseBroken

HouseBroken

5.5
Sweet Tooth

Sweet Tooth

7.816
The Cleveland Show

The Cleveland Show

5.874
Clone High

Clone High

6.7
Allen Gregory

Allen Gregory

4.3
Up All Night

Up All Night

6
Gravity Falls

Gravity Falls

8.593
Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

7
The Last Man on Earth

The Last Man on Earth

6.9
Comedy Bang! Bang!

Comedy Bang! Bang!

6.2
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson

I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson

6.941
American Dad!

American Dad!

6.975
American Dad!

American Dad!

6.975
Moonbeam City

Moonbeam City

5.895
Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

5.3
American Dad!

American Dad!

6.975
American Dad!

American Dad!

6.975
American Dad!

American Dad!

6.975
Bob's Burgers

Bob's Burgers

7.823
Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

7
The League

The League

7.358
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

7.426
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

7.426
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

7.426
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

7.426
The Gong Show

The Gong Show

5.6
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

5.853
Bob's Burgers

Bob's Burgers

7.823
Krapopolis

Krapopolis

7.533
The Shivering Truth

The Shivering Truth

7.469
Craig of the Creek

Craig of the Creek

8.2
The Afterparty

The Afterparty

7.265
Lab Rats

Lab Rats

8.1
Lab Rats

Lab Rats

8.1
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

8.062
Expiration Date

Expiration Date

0
Lab Rats

Lab Rats

8.1
Star vs. the Forces of Evil

Star vs. the Forces of Evil

8.35
Alien News Desk

Alien News Desk

3.8
The Life & Times of Tim

The Life & Times of Tim

7.5
Aqua Teen Hunger Force

Aqua Teen Hunger Force

7.544
Win or Lose

Win or Lose

8.061
Future Man

Future Man

7.172
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

5.061
Sock or Hat?

Sock or Hat?

0
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson

I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson

6.941
Bodkin

Bodkin

6.359
Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories

Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories

7.4
The Great North

The Great North

6.9
Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

7
Car Matchmaker with Spike Feresten

Car Matchmaker with Spike Feresten

0
30 Rock

30 Rock

7.448
Rick and Morty

Rick and Morty

8.688
No Activity

No Activity

6.8
Flipped

Flipped

5.6
The Simpsons

The Simpsons

8
American Dad!

American Dad!

6.975
Drunk History

Drunk History

6.839
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

5.7
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

8.062
Off Camera with Sam Jones

Off Camera with Sam Jones

4
The Four Seasons

The Four Seasons

6.697
Sunny Nights

Sunny Nights

0
That '90s Show

That '90s Show

6.725
Sausage Party: Foodtopia

Sausage Party: Foodtopia

6.949
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

9.7
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

5.989
Raw

Raw

6.8
MacGruber

MacGruber

5.7
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai

Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai

8.1
Hot Ones

Hot Ones

7.4
The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

6.422
Haunted Hotel

Haunted Hotel

0
Good Hang with Amy Poehler

Good Hang with Amy Poehler

0

Movies

Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days

5.9
The Brothers Solomon

The Brothers Solomon

5.1
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

6.639
Horrible Bosses 2

Horrible Bosses 2

6.18
Baby Mama

Baby Mama

6
Studio 666

Studio 666

5.927
The Slammin' Salmon

The Slammin' Salmon

5.839
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken

7.197
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

5.093
Strays

Strays

7.2
MacGruber

MacGruber

5.4
The Watch

The Watch

5.591
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy

A Good Old Fashioned Orgy

5.9
Rock of Ages

Rock of Ages

6.21
Audio Tour

Audio Tour

0
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

6.436
Nebraska

Nebraska

7.4
The Lego Movie

The Lego Movie

7.419
Run & Jump

Run & Jump

6.019
Life of Crime

Life of Crime

5.747
She's Funny That Way

She's Funny That Way

5.954
Fanboys

Fanboys

6.133
Apartment Troubles

Apartment Troubles

4.971
Coyote vs. Acme

Coyote vs. Acme

0
Michelangelo and Lincoln: History Cops

Michelangelo and Lincoln: History Cops

5.5
7 Days in Hell

7 Days in Hell

6.519
Saturday Night

Saturday Night

8
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

6.728
Don Verdean

Don Verdean

4.852
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler

8.2
Thelma the Unicorn

Thelma the Unicorn

7
Kinda Pregnant

Kinda Pregnant

5.608
Keanu

Keanu

6.074
The Ridiculous 6

The Ridiculous 6

5.2
Staten Island Summer

Staten Island Summer

5.7
Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Feel Kinda Left Out

Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Feel Kinda Left Out

5.5
A.C.O.R.N.S.: Operation Crackdown

A.C.O.R.N.S.: Operation Crackdown

4.9
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

6.615
A Futile and Stupid Gesture

A Futile and Stupid Gesture

6.462
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie

Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie

5.5
That's My Boy

That's My Boy

5.833
Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special

Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special

6.2
Tour de Pharmacy

Tour de Pharmacy

6.7
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs

Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs

6.4
22 Jump Street

22 Jump Street

6.83
Booksmart

Booksmart

7.013
Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job! Awesome 10 Year Anniversary Version, Great Job?

Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job! Awesome 10 Year Anniversary Version, Great Job?

7.7
Extra Ordinary

Extra Ordinary

6.5
The Laundromat

The Laundromat

6.012
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

6.7
Coffin Dodgers

Coffin Dodgers

10
Good Boys

Good Boys

6.856
Scoob!

Scoob!

7
Beerfest

Beerfest

5.86
The Immigrant

The Immigrant

4
Grown Ups 2

Grown Ups 2

6.141
The Women of SNL

The Women of SNL

7.3
Ghost World

Ghost World

7.075
The Willoughbys

The Willoughbys

7.051
Dwell

Dwell

0
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics

Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics

6.676
Skott & Behr

Skott & Behr

0
Demetri Martin: These Are Jokes

Demetri Martin: These Are Jokes

6
America: The Motion Picture

America: The Motion Picture

5.689
Drunk Bus

Drunk Bus

5.534
Will & Harper

Will & Harper

7.4
Young Person's Guide to History

Young Person's Guide to History

0
The Day Drinking with Seth Meyers New Year's Special

The Day Drinking with Seth Meyers New Year's Special

0
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

7.909
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10

Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10

0
The Breadwinner

The Breadwinner

0