Monday, March 9, 2009
Will Ferrell
Will Ferrell is a comedic genius. He has done it all, anything from SNL, the big screen, and even a class day speaker for the 2003 Harvard graduates. Saturday night live made him famous, but his comedic movies are what have given him his super stardum. He has been in several classic comedies over the past two decades. America just can't get enough of Will Ferrell.
He is from Irvine, CA. His dad, Lee Ferrell, was the keyboardists for the Rightous Brothers. He attended University of Southern California, for sports broadcasting. He was in the fraternity Delta Tau Delta. He is a member of Hollywood's Frat Pack.
Ferrell started his path to fame on SNL. He played many iconic characters such as: Harry Caray, Alex Trebek, Fidel Castro, George W. Bush, Al Gore, Robert Goulet, Shaft, Saddam Hussein, and the cow bell player.
His first big break on the big screen was with SNL costar Chris Catan, on the Night at the Roxbury. They played club-going brothers who dreamt of owing their own night club oneday. He also has starred in Superstar, as Sky Corrigan, Old School, Kicking and Screaming, he played a soccer coach, and Elf, where he plays Buddy the Elf. He has also starred in Blades of Glory along side John Heder, Talledega Nights, the ballad of Ricky Bobby. He and John C. Reily play childhood best friends who grow up to become famous Nascar drivers; Ricky is the number one, but that is theartened by a new comer to Nascar, John Gerade. Then, this past summer, the duo teamed up again; this time playing stepbrothers. Ferrel's mom marries Reily's dad. At first the two hate each other and they are forced to share a room, but after meeting Ferrel's brother, they bond over mutual hatred for him.
Ferrel has also played minor roles in Zoolander and Wedding Crashers, although in Wedding Crashers he has a minor role, he really adds to the overall film. He plays the original wedding crasher, Chaze Reinhold. Ferrell has also made several small skits for funnyordie.com. He gets a friends small daughter Pearl, to act as a landlord and a criminal detective. In the landlord, Pearl is theartening to kick Ferrell out of his apartment if he does not pay his rent. She says things like, "I gotta get my drink on." and "Can I have four beers?" It is hilarious. He also has another skit with Pearl where she plays the criminal detective. Ferrell plays a criminal being questioned and only Pearl can get him to crack. She holds the phone up to her ear, Ferrell asks who are you calling and she says, "911, oh wait I'm a cop. Hello, hell someone's coming for you." Then she gets Ferrell to crack.
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