Will Forte
Born: 1970-06-17 in Alameda, California, USA
Known For: Acting
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 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.
Filmography
2026
- Coyote vs. Acme as Kevin Avery
- The Breadwinner as Keegan
- Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
2025
- Haunted Hotel as Nathan (voice)
- The Four Seasons as Jack
- Good Hang with Amy Poehler as Self - Guest
- Win or Lose as Coach Dan (voice)
- Kinda Pregnant as Josh Lewis
- Sunny Nights as Martin
- SNL50: The Homecoming Concert as Self
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music as Self (archive footage)
- Downey Wrote That as Self
2024
- Sausage Party: Foodtopia as Jack (voice)
- Bodkin as Gilbert Power
- Thelma the Unicorn as Otis (voice)
- Will & Harper as Self
- An SNL Thanksgiving as (archive footage)
- The Day Drinking with Seth Meyers New Year's Special as Self (archive footage)
2023
- Krapopolis as Campos (voice)
- Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai as Warden (voice)
- Scott Pilgrim Takes Off as Older Scott Pilgrim (voice)
- Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken as Gordon Lighthouse (voice)
- That '90s Show as Kiefer
- Clone High as Abe Lincoln (voice)
- Strays as Doug
- Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Feel Kinda Left Out as Cyrus
2022
- The Afterparty as Self
- Studio 666 as Darren Sandelbaum
- Weird: The Al Yankovic Story as Ben Scotti
2021
- The Great North as Wolf Tobin (voice)
- Sweet Tooth as Richard Fox / Pubba
- MacGruber as MacGruber
- HouseBroken as Shel (voice)
- America: The Motion Picture as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
- Drunk Bus as Fred
2020
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire as Self - Contestant
- Scoob! as Shaggy Rogers (voice)
- The Willoughbys as Tim Willoughby (voice)
- Flipped as Jann Melfi
- Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics as Self
- Dwell as Self Help Book Narrator
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- The Boys as Will Forte (uncredited)
- The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
- I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
- The Laundromat as Doomed Gringo #1
- Good Boys as Max's Dad
- Booksmart as Doug
- Alien News Desk as Drexx Drudlarr (voice)
- Extra Ordinary as Christian Winter
2018
- Craig of the Creek as Barry (voice)
- Somebody Feed Phil as Self
- The Shivering Truth as (voice)
- A Futile and Stupid Gesture as Doug Kenney
2017
- Future Man as CASSIN-E
- No Activity as Dirk (voice)
- The Gong Show as Self - Judge
- Tour de Pharmacy as French Gendarme
- Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special as Michael Fulton
- Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs as Self
- Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job! Awesome 10 Year Anniversary Version, Great Job? as Will Grello
2016
- Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping as Bagpipe Player
- Keanu as Hulka
2015
- Hot Ones as Self
- Star vs. the Forces of Evil as Tyler / Hunter / Chet / Blue Helmet Kid (voice)
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- The Last Man on Earth as Phil Tandy Miller
- Moonbeam City as Red Cunningham (voice)
- The Ridiculous 6 as Will Patch
- 7 Days in Hell as Sandy Pickard
- She's Funny That Way as Joshua Fleet
- A.C.O.R.N.S.: Operation Crackdown as Cody (voice)
- Staten Island Summer as Griffith
- Don Verdean as Pastor Fontaine
- An SNL Valentine as (archive footage)
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- The Lego Movie as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
- 22 Jump Street as 'Previously' Narrator / Football Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
- Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories as Will
- Car Matchmaker with Spike Feresten as Self
- Sock or Hat? as Self - Contestant
- Apartment Troubles as Simon
- Run & Jump as Ted
- Michelangelo and Lincoln: History Cops as Lincoln (voice)
2013
- Rick and Morty as Eugene Michael Piss / Pissmaster (voice)
- Drunk History as Edwin Booth
- Grown Ups 2 as Male Cheerleader (uncredited)
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 as Chester V (voice)
- Life of Crime as Marshall Taylor
- Nebraska as David Grant
- Coffin Dodgers as Voice
- Wampler's Ascent as Self
2012
- Gravity Falls as Tyler Cutebiker (voice)
- Comedy Bang! Bang! as Chet Barnsider
- Lab Rats as Eddy
- That's My Boy as Phil
- Studio C as Self - Special Guest
- Rock of Ages as Mitch Miley
- The Watch as Sergeant Bressman
- Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie as Allan Bishopman
- The Immigrant as Will
2011
- Bob's Burgers as Mr. Grant (voice)
- Up All Night as Reed
- A Good Old Fashioned Orgy as Glenn
- Allen Gregory as Stewart Rossmyre
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10 as MacGruber
- Audio Tour
2010
- Conan as Self
- MacGruber as MacGruber
- The Women of SNL as Greg Allman / Various (archive footage)
- Skott & Behr
- Saturday Night as Self
- Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again as Self
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- Parks and Recreation as Kelly
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as Self
- The League as Chuck
- The Cleveland Show
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs as Joe Towne (voice)
- Sit Down Shut Up
- Fanboys as THX Security Guard #4
- The Slammin' Salmon as Horace the Lone Diner
- Brief Interviews with Hideous Men as Subject #72
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler as Various (archive footage)
2008
- The Life & Times of Tim as Chipper (voice)
- Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
- Extreme Movie ... (Writer)
- Baby Mama as Scott
- Young Person's Guide to History as Monsieur Bouffant (The Frenchman)
2007
- Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! as Pall Willeaux
- Flight of the Conchords as Ben
- The Brothers Solomon as Dean Solomon
2006
- 30 Rock as Paul L'astnamé
- Campus Ladies
- Beerfest as Otto
- Laser Cats! as RobotTron
- Demetri Martin: These Are Jokes as Self
2005
- American Dad! as Jesus Christ (voice)
- How I Met Your Mother as Randy
2004
- Drawn Together as Kirk Cameron (voice)
- Around the World in 80 Days as Young Bobby
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
2002
- Clone High as Abe Lincoln / Narrator (voice)
2001
- Ghost World as (uncredited)
2000
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force as Alien (voice)
1999
- Action ... (Story Editor)
1998
- That '70s Show ... (Writer)
- The Army Show ... (Writer)
1996
- 3rd Rock from the Sun ... (Writer)
1993
- Raw as MacGruber
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1992
- MTV Movie & TV Awards ... (Writer)
1989
- The Simpsons as King Toot (voice)
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Various Characters