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