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
- The Breadwinner as Keegan
- Coyote vs. Acme as Kevin Avery
2025
- Kinda Pregnant as Josh Lewis
- Haunted Hotel as Nathan (voice)
- Win or Lose as Coach Dan (voice)
- The Four Seasons as Jack
- Downey Wrote That as Self
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music as Self
- Sunny Nights as Marvin Martin
2024
- Sausage Party: Foodtopia as Jack (voice)
- Thelma the Unicorn as Otis (voice)
- Will & Harper as Self
- Bodkin as Gilbert Power
- The Day Drinking with Seth Meyers New Year's Special as Self (archive footage)
2023
- Krapopolis as Campos (voice)
- Scott Pilgrim Takes Off as Older Scott Pilgrim (voice)
- Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai as Warden (voice)
- That '90s Show as Kiefer
- Strays as Doug
- Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken as Gordon Lighthouse (voice)
- Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Feel Kinda Left Out as Cyrus
- Clone High as Abe Lincoln (voice)
2022
- The Afterparty as Self
- Studio 666 as Darren Sandelbaum
- Weird: The Al Yankovic Story as Ben Scotti
2021
- Sweet Tooth as Richard Fox / Pubba
- The Great North as Wolf Tobin (voice)
- America: The Motion Picture as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
- Drunk Bus as Fred
- MacGruber as MacGruber
- HouseBroken as Shel (voice)
2020
- The Willoughbys as Tim Willoughby (voice)
- Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics as Self
- Scoob! as Shaggy Rogers (voice)
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire as Self - Contestant
- Flipped as Jann Melfi
- Dwell as Self Help Book Narrator
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- Booksmart as Doug
- Extra Ordinary as Christian Winter
- I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
- The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
- Good Boys as Max's Dad
- The Laundromat as Doomed Gringo #1
- Alien News Desk as Drexx Drudlarr (voice)
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)
- Tour de Pharmacy as French Gendarme
- Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs as Self
- The Gong Show as Self - Judge
- Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special as Michael Fulton
- 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)
- The Last Man on Earth as Phil Tandy Miller
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- A.C.O.R.N.S.: Operation Crackdown as Cody (voice)
- 7 Days in Hell as Sandy Pickard
- Staten Island Summer as Griffith
- Don Verdean as Pastor Fontaine
- The Ridiculous 6 as Will Patch
- She's Funny That Way as Joshua Fleet
- Moonbeam City as Red Cunningham (voice)
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- Horrible Bosses 2 as Derelict (uncredited)
- Apartment Troubles
- 22 Jump Street as 'Previously' Narrator / Football Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
- The Lego Movie as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
- Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories as Will
- Run & Jump as Ted
- Car Matchmaker with Spike Feresten as Self
- Sock or Hat? as Self - Contestant
- Michelangelo and Lincoln: History Cops as Lincoln (voice)
2013
- Rick and Morty as Eugene Michael Piss / Pissmaster (voice)
- Grown Ups 2 as Male Cheerleader (uncredited)
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 as Chester V (voice)
- Drunk History as Edwin Booth
- Nebraska as David Grant
- Coffin Dodgers as Voice
- Life of Crime as Marshall Taylor
2012
- Gravity Falls as Tyler Cutebiker (voice)
- Comedy Bang! Bang! as Chet Barnsider
- Lab Rats as Eddy
- That's My Boy as Phil
- The Watch as Sergeant Bressman
- Rock of Ages as Mitch Miley
- Studio C as Self - Special Guest
- 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
- Audio Tour
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10 as MacGruber
2010
- Conan as Self
- MacGruber as MacGruber
- The Women of SNL as Greg Allman / Various (archive footage)
- Saturday Night as Self
- Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again as Self
- Skott & Behr
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- Parks and Recreation as Kelly
- The Cleveland Show
- The League as Chuck
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs as Joe Towne (voice)
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 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)
- Sit Down Shut Up
2008
- Extreme Movie ... (Writer)
- The Life & Times of Tim as Chipper (voice)
- Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
- Baby Mama as Scott
- Young Person's Guide to History
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
- Beerfest as Otto
- Campus Ladies
- 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
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