Will Forte
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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.
Known for
Credits
Coyote vs. Acme (2026)
as Kevin Avery
The Breadwinner (2026)
as Keegan
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
as Joe Towne (voice)
The Lego Movie (2014)
as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
22 Jump Street (2014)
as 'Previously' Narrator / Football Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023)
as Gordon Lighthouse (voice)
Grown Ups 2 (2013)
as Male Cheerleader (uncredited)
Fanboys (2009)
as THX Security Guard #4
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)
as Chester V (voice)
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
That's My Boy (2012)
as Phil
Strays (2023)
as Doug
Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
as Young Bobby
Beerfest (2006)
as Otto
Scoob! (2020)
as Shaggy Rogers (voice)
Booksmart (2019)
as Doug
MacGruber (2010)
as MacGruber
The Watch (2012)
as Sergeant Bressman
Nebraska (2013)
as David Grant
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
as Bagpipe Player
Run & Jump (2014)
as Ted
Laser Cats! (2006)
as RobotTron
The Laundromat (2019)
as Doomed Gringo #1
Good Boys (2019)
as Max's Dad
Coffin Dodgers (2013)
as Voice
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)
as Ben Scotti
The Willoughbys (2020)
as Tim Willoughby (voice)
She's Funny That Way (2015)
as Joshua Fleet
Rock of Ages (2012)
as Mitch Miley
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (2025)
as Self
Thelma the Unicorn (2024)
as Otis (voice)
The Ridiculous 6 (2015)
as Will Patch
Kinda Pregnant (2025)
as Josh Lewis
Synergy Systems (—)
as Narcissus
Ghost World (2001)
as (uncredited)
Keanu (2016)
as Hulka
Skott & Behr (2010)
Actor
Apartment Troubles (2014)
as Simon
Life of Crime (2013)
as Marshall Taylor
America: The Motion Picture (2021)
as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern (2026)
Actor
Baby Mama (2008)
as Scott
Studio 666 (2022)
as Darren Sandelbaum
The Immigrant (2012)
as Will
Tour de Pharmacy (2017)
as French Gendarme
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2009)
as Subject #72
7 Days in Hell (2015)
as Sandy Pickard
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy (2011)
as Glenn
The Slammin' Salmon (2009)
as Horace the Lone Diner
A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018)
as Doug Kenney
Extra Ordinary (2019)
as Christian Winter
An SNL Thanksgiving (2024)
as (archive footage)
A.C.O.R.N.S.: Operation Crackdown (2015)
as Cody (voice)
The Brothers Solomon (2007)
as Dean Solomon
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics (2020)
as Self
An SNL Valentine (2015)
as (archive footage)
Downey Wrote That (2025)
as Self
Staten Island Summer (2015)
as Griffith
Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Feel Kinda Left Out (2023)
as Cyrus
Will & Harper (2024)
as Self
Centrefield (—)
as Narrator (voice)
Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special (2017)
as Michael Fulton
Audio Tour (2011)
Actor
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
The Women of SNL (2010)
as Greg Allman / Various (archive footage)
Dwell (2020)
as Self Help Book Narrator
Goblin (—)
Actor
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (2012)
as Allan Bishopman
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs (2017)
as Self
Don Verdean (2015)
as Pastor Fontaine
Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job! Awesome 10 Year Anniversary Version, Great Job? (2017)
as Will Grello
Michelangelo and Lincoln: History Cops (2014)
as Lincoln (voice)
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again (2010)
as Self
Demetri Martin: These Are Jokes (2006)
as Self
Wampler's Ascent (2013)
as Self
Drunk Bus (2021)
as Fred
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler (2009)
as Various (archive footage)
The Day Drinking with Seth Meyers New Year's Special (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Saturday Night (2010)
as Self
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10 (2011)
as MacGruber
Haunted Hotel (2025)
as Nathan