John William Ferrell

John William Ferrell is an American actor who stars in the sitcoms "The Sample Male," "Elf" and "The Cops in the Deep Reserve." But Ferrell won his first fame as a comedian, a member of the comedy show "Saturday Night Live."

Will Ferrell was born in Irvine, California. His mother Betty Kay Overman worked as a simple elementary school teacher, but roy Lee Ferrell's father is a famous musician and keyboardist for the popular band The Righteous Brothers. John's younger brother Patrick was also raised.

When Ferrell was 8 years old, his parents divorced. Oddly enough, the boy reacted positively to the event, saying that he would now have twice as many gifts for Christmas and birthday. In general, Will's sense of humor has been original since childhood. And artistry appeared early - even in junior classes the boy seemed to copy the voices of celebrities.

But because he saw his father's precarious earnings, Ferrell decided not to mess with show business. He enrolled at the University of South Carolina and earned a degree in sports commentator. For some time he even worked in this position, and was also a driver and cashier. On the first day as a chauffeur, he crashed the car and was fired, and as a cashier managed to pay more than $500 for two evenings and again was unemployed.

And then my mom told Will that she had to do what the soul was up to. He still decided to try himself as a comedian and auditioned for the improvisational-comic troupe "The Groundlings", many of whose members moved to the mega-popular show "Saturday Night Live" in America. He was joined by such humorous stars as Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy. But Will was the only member of the project who was nominated for the prestigious Emmy Award.

Ferrell devoted more than seven years to this comic show program, after which in 1995 he decided to focus entirely on cinema.

Will Ferrell began filming as a comedian, but left the popular show for the role of Mustafa in the grotesque comedy "Austin Powers". Around the same time, the actor played one of the glamorous brothers in a youth film in the style of farce "Night at Roxbury".

The first fame as a film actor brought Will another humorous film "Exemplary male" about the existential crisis in the life of a male model, and one of the most sought-after top models in the world. The main role in the film was played by Ben Stiller, who also acted as the director of the show, but Ferrell played one of the central roles.

In the same year, Will Ferrell, albeit in the supporting role of marshal, appeared in Kevin Smith's cult film "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back".

The popularity of the film actor Christmas picture "Elf" in which Will depicted a man who as a child accidentally got into the "family" of Santa Claus. Here Ferrell plays a full-fledged starring role. Growing up a boy who was adopted by elves, returns to the outside world to find real parents, as well as to bring people lost faith in Christmas.

Later, the actor shone in the film "Ricky Bobby: The King of the Road", where he played the role of Ricky Bobby. Also in this film, the actor acted as the co-writer of the script. Ferrell played the role of a NASCAR racing driver, who faces a difficult race to defend his own title. The role of the rival racer was played by another famous comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.

The role of the athletes went to Ferrell more than once. A year later in the sports comedy "Blades of Glory: Stars on Ice" the actor played the role of a professional skater, who after an argument with an opponent on the award podium was banned from participating in competitions. As a result, the hero of Will Ferrell teams up with the same punishment opponent to circumvent the ban and participate in doubles competitions at the world games.

A year later, the actor appeared as a basketball player and at the same time a coach of the basketball team in the film "Semi-Professional". The hero plays in the worst team of the American Basketball Association, almost completely pushed out of the sports world by the new National Basketball Association. The coach-player makes himself promise to lead the team into the top four in the league to get a chance to move to the NBA.

During the same period, the actor got a role in the film "The Consolidated Brothers", where Will Ferrell played a forty-year-old unemployed man who still lives in his parents' house.

Ferrell's next bright role in the cinematic biography was the role of an eccentric scientist in the adventure comedy The Lost World. The hero of the actor comes up with a way to travel in time, but at the moment of the experiment loses the necessary to return tachyon amplifier.

The career of a comedian and without ridiculing the police did not do without. In 2010, Will Ferrell played an accountant who got a chance to prove his worth to colleagues and solve a case of embezzlement of millions of dollars, but never got the right to drive a patrol car, in the film "Cops in the Deep Reserve."

The family picture with Ferrell in the title role "Hello, Daddy, New Year!" has gained popularity. The actor played the role of a man who decided to spend the holidays with his ex-wife and children. But the ex-wife has already managed to get married again, the children have a stepfather, and the returned father will have to compete with him in everything.

In the same year, the actor played the role of an unjustly convicted manager, who is preparing for prison, in the crime film "Get Stronger!"

It is hardly necessary to specify that all of the above works belonged to the comedy genre. To date, Ferrell has about 100 films in which the actor collaborated with Hollywood stars, including Nicole Kidman, Woody Harrelson, Mark Wahlberg, and zak Galifianakis and others.

Will Ferrell is one of the highest paid comedians. The average actor's fee is $20 million for the role.

In 1995, Will Ferrell met Swedish actress Viveke Pauline in acting. For about five years they were romantically involved, and in 2000 young people played a wedding. Now the family has three sons: Magnus, Matthias and Alex.

The actor has a very ugly handwriting, and one of the popular magazines even called Ferrell the owner of the worst autograph among celebrities. Many film and music lovers find a certain resemblance between John William Ferrell and the drummer of the band "Red Hot Chili Peppers" Chad Smith. In jest, these men are called lookalikes.

Will Ferrell is a sports fan. The actor is interested in American football, baseball, and soccer - so in the U.S. called European football. The actor is a member of Roman Abramovich's official Chelsea fan club. And in the winter of 2016, it became known that Ferrell himself will become the owner of the football club: the actor bought most of the shares of the new team "Los Angeles", which will begin its performances in the major American league in 2018.

The actor maintains a popular Twitter account, but the comedian doesn't complain on Instagram.

In 2016, Ferrell's career began a period of sequels. The actor returned to the role of Mugat in "Exemplary Male 2", where the plot took a detective turn. In 2017, he again played the role of Brad Whitaker in the New Year's comedy "Hello, Daddy, New Year! 2». In the new film, the father and stepfather of the children reconciled for the sake of the holiday, and the main danger of Christmas are the visiting grandfathers.

But in 2017 the actor appeared in new projects. Will Ferrell starred in the comedy "Home" about a family that, in order to earn money for his daughter's studies, opens an underground casino.

The actor also began to star in the comedy translation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective story The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, where he plays the title role of Sherlock.

2001 - "Exemplary Male"

2003 - "Elf"

2004 - "TV presenter"

2006 - "Ricky Bobby: The King of the Road"

2007 - "The Blades of Glory: Stars on Ice"

2008 - "Semi-professional"

2009 - "The Lost World"

2010 - "Cops in deep reserve"

2012 - "Dirty Campaign for Fair Elections"

2015 - "Hello, Dad, New Year!"

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