Biography
William Emerson Arnett (/ɑːrˈnɛt/; born May 4, 1970) is a Canadian and American actor and comedian. He is widely known for his roles as Gob Bluth in the Fox/Netflix sitcom Arrested Development (2003–2006, 2013, 2018–2019) and the titular character in the Netflix animated series BoJack Horseman (2014–2020). He has received nominations for seven Primetime Emmy Awards and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. Arnett was Emmy-nominated for his recurring role as Devon Banks in the NBC sitcom 30 Rock (20...
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Sexiest Man in Winnipeg
2025
as Narrator
When a polite robber carries out a series of odd bank heists, the police investigation takes a sharp turn—pointing to Steve Vogelsang, a garrulous for...

The Sexiest Man in Winnipeg
2025
Producer
When a polite robber carries out a series of odd bank heists, the police investigation takes a sharp turn—pointing to Steve Vogelsang, a garrulous for...

Next Goal Wins
2023
as Alex Magnussen
Dutch coach Thomas Rongen attempts the nearly impossible task of turning the American Samoa soccer team from perennial losers into winners.

Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Murder Mystery
2022
as Detective Terry Seattle
A holiday-hating detective is forced to solve a murder — and save Christmas — with help from famous trainees who must improv their way through the cas...

Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Murder Mystery
2022
Executive Producer
A holiday-hating detective is forced to solve a murder — and save Christmas — with help from famous trainees who must improv their way through the cas...

G'day
2022
as Louie (voice)
When they meet in a gift shop on The Great Barrier Reef, souvenir kangaroo Ruby (Rose Byrne) and toy unicorn Louie (Will Arnett) form an unlikely frie...

Cursed Friends
2022
as Shamrock
Four friends wake on Halloween and realize the predict-your-future game they played in 2002 is coming true in disturbing ways. They must band together...

Cursed Friends
2022
Executive Producer
Four friends wake on Halloween and realize the predict-your-future game they played in 2002 is coming true in disturbing ways. They must band together...

Minions: The Rise of Gru
2022
as Mr. Perkins (voice)
A fanboy of a supervillain supergroup known as the Vicious 6, Gru hatches a plan to become evil enough to join them, with the backup of his followers,...

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
2022
as Sweet Pete (voice)
Decades since their successful television series was canceled, Chip has succumbed to a life of suburban domesticity as an insurance salesman. Dale, me...

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes
2021
as Dink Lockwood
The live special event features reenactments of episodes from “The Facts of Life” and “Diff’rent Strokes”.

Muppets Haunted Mansion
2021
as The Host
Gonzo is challenged to spend one night in The Haunted Mansion on Halloween night.

Rumble
2021
as Steve (voice)
In a world where monster wrestling is a global sport and monsters are superstar athletes, teenage Winnie seeks to follow in her father’s footsteps by ...

Joker: Put on a Happy Face
2020
as Self
Featuring interviews with filmmakers and industry legends, discover the origins and evolution of The Joker, and learn why The Clown Prince of Crime is...

Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble
2020
as Self
Join iconic Canadian artists, activists, actors, and athletes as they share their stories of hope and inspiration in this national salute to our front...

Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell
2020
as Self
Interviews with the cast, creators, journalists and celebrity fans, plus behind-the-scenes footage from season six.

Dolittle
2020
as Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)
After losing his wife seven years earlier, the eccentric Dr. John Dolittle, famed doctor and veterinarian of Queen Victoria’s England, hermits himself...

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
2019
as Batman (voice)
It's been five years since everything was awesome and the citizens are facing a huge new threat: LEGO DUPLO® invaders from outer space, wrecking every...

Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short
2018
as Batman (voice)
There’s nothing like the holidays in Apocalypseburg!

Teen Titans Go! To the Movies
2018
as Slade (voice)
All the major DC superheroes are starring in their own films, all but the Teen Titans, so Robin is determined to remedy this situation by getting over...

Teen Titans Go! To the Movies
2018
Producer
All the major DC superheroes are starring in their own films, all but the Teen Titans, so Robin is determined to remedy this situation by getting over...

Show Dogs
2018
as Agent Frank Nicholas
Max, a macho, solitary Rottweiler police dog is ordered to go undercover as a primped show dog in a prestigious Dog Show, along with his human partner...

The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature
2017
as Surly (voice)
When the evil mayor of Oakton decides to bulldoze Liberty Park and build a dangerous amusement park in its place, Surly Squirrel and his ragtag group ...

One Brick at a Time: Making the LEGO Batman Movie
2017
as Self
Documentary on the Lego Batman Movie.

Cooking with Alfred
2017
as Batman
Alfred, Batmans faithful butler, is trying to show Batman and Dick how to make a perfect omelette. Animated short on the home entertainment release of...

Batman Is Just Not That Into You
2017
as Batman (voice)
On the Dr. Quinn Show The Joker is breaking up with his longtime enemy, Batman. An animated short on the home entertainment release of The Lego Batman...

Dark Hoser
2017
as Batman
Batman is trying to get a job at Justice League America. Animated short which is on the home entertainment release of The Lego Batman Movie.

Netflix Live
2017
as Himself
Toasters toasting. Grass growing. Fans blowing. With Netflix Live, you can experience life's biggest thrills, right from the comfort of your couch.

The Lego Batman Movie
2017
as Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)
A cooler-than-ever Bruce Wayne must deal with the usual suspects as they plan to rule Gotham City, while discovering that he has accidentally adopted ...

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
2016
as Main CMZ Reporter
When his new album fails to sell records, pop/rap superstar Conner4real goes into a major tailspin and watches his celebrity high life begin to collap...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
2016
as Vernon Fenwick
After supervillain Shredder escapes custody, he joins forces with mad scientist Baxter Stockman and two dimwitted henchmen, Bebop and Rocksteady, to u...

Being Canadian
2015
as Self
What does it actually mean to be Canadian? This humorous documentary, featuring interviews with a who's-who of famous Canadians, hopes to find the ans...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2014
as Vern Fenwick
When a kingpin threatens New York City, a group of mutated turtle warriors must emerge from the shadows to protect their home.

Batman's A True Artist
2014
as Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)
Batman's A True Artist is a stop-motion animated short film included on the home media release of The Lego Movie, it is presented as music video to Ba...

The Lego Movie
2014
as Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)
An ordinary Lego mini-figure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil Lego tyrant from ...

The Nut Job
2014
as Surly (voice)
Surly, a curmudgeon, independent squirrel is banished from his park and forced to survive in the city. Lucky for him, he stumbles on the one thing tha...

David Blaine: Real or Magic
2013
as Self
David Blaine's signature brand of street magic mystifies the most recognisable celebrities in the world, such as Jamie Foxx, Bryan Cranston, Aaron Pau...

Mistaken for Strangers
2013
as Self (uncredited)
Mistaken for Strangers follows The National on its biggest tour to date. Newbie roadie Tom (lead singer Matt Berninger’s younger brother) is a heavy m...

The Arrested Development Documentary Project
2013
as Self
Featuring interviews from major cast and crew members, along with 200 fans from across the country, this documentary tells the whole story of this ama...

Monsters vs Aliens Stories
2013
Join B.O.B. and your favorite mega-monster squad — including Susan (aka Ginormica), Link and Dr. Cockroach — as they battle mutant pumpkins and zombie...
The Arnold Palmer
2012
as Self - Host
Arnold Palmer achieved 92 tournament wins, seven major championships, a Congressional Gold Medal, and a Presidential Medal of Freedom. But many hearin...

Girl & Chocolate - Pretty Sweet
2012
as Self
This is an epic tale of two gangs, like The Jets and The Sharks. But Girl and Chocolate aren't even gangs. Some of them act tough and some of them act...

Sesame Street: Elmo's Magic Numbers
2012
as Max the Magician
When Max the Magician (guest star Will Arnett) comes to Sesame Street, Elmo and his friends are excited for a fun magic show! Max makes a scarf appear...

Men in Black 3
2012
as Agent AA (uncredited)
Agents J and K are back...in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes ...

Mansome
2012
as Self
From America's greatest beardsman, to Morgan Spurlock's own mustache, Executive Producers Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, and Ben Silverman bring us a hil...

Mansome
2012
Executive Producer
From America's greatest beardsman, to Morgan Spurlock's own mustache, Executive Producers Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, and Ben Silverman bring us a hil...

Fight for Your Right Revisited
2011
as Biz Man
Fight for Your Right Revisited stars Danny McBride, Seth Rogen, and Elijah Wood as the "young" Beastie Boys from the past and Jack Black, John C. Reil...

Nuts & Robbers
2011
as Surly
This short was created as a teaser for the feature film The Nut Job. Surly Squirrel plans a heist from the nut store, however inadvertently gets caugh...

Despicable Me
2010
as Mr. Perkins (voice)
Villainous Gru lives up to his reputation as a despicable, deplorable and downright unlikable guy when he hatches a plan to steal the moon from the sk...

Jonah Hex
2010
as Lieutenant Grass
Gunslinger Jonah Hex is appointed by President Ulysses Grant to track down terrorist Quentin Turnbull, a former Confederate officer determined on unle...

When in Rome
2010
as Antonio
Disillusioned with romance, Beth, an ambitious New Yorker, travels to Rome for her sister's wedding, where she plucks magic coins from a special fount...

B.O.B.'s Big Break
2009
as The Missing Link (voice)
Dr. Cockroach comes up with a brilliant plan to break themselves out of Area 52 – but to implement the plan, he has to trick B.O.B. into thinking it’s...

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
2009
as Subject #11
After her boyfriend mysteriously leaves her with little explanation, a doctoral candidate in anthropology at a prestigious East Coast university is le...

G-Force
2009
as Kip Killian
A team of trained secret agent animals, guinea pigs Darwin, Hurley, Juarez, Blaster, mole Speckles, and fly Mooch takes on a mission for the US govern...

Spring Breakdown
2009
as Ted
Three women in their thirties head to a popular Spring Break destination and try to relive the Spring Break they never had.

Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
2009
as The Missing Link (voice)
Susan Murphy (a.k.a. Ginormica) and the Monsters are now working with the US government as special ops. So when an alien presence is detected in Susan...

Monsters vs Aliens
2009
as The Missing Link (voice)
When Susan Murphy is unwittingly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk on her wedding day, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches. The m...

The Rocker
2008
as Lex
In the 1980s, a drummer is abandoned by his band just before they become rock superstars. Twenty years later, the drummer sees his second chance at st...

Horton Hears a Who!
2008
as Vlad (voice)
The classic and beloved story from Dr. Seuss is now a CG animated film from 20th Century Fox Animation, the makers of the Ice Age films. An imaginativ...

Semi-Pro
2008
as Lou Redwood
Jackie Moon is the owner, promoter, coach, and star player of the Flint Michigan Tropics of the American Basketball Association (ABA), the worst team ...

The Comebacks
2007
as Mailman
Out-of-luck coach Lambeau Fields takes a rag-tag bunch of college misfits and drives them towards the football championships. In the process, this lif...

Wristcutters: A Love Story
2007
as Messiah
Zia, distraught over breaking up with his girlfriend, decides to end it all. Unfortunately, he discovers that there is no real ending, only a run-down...

The Brothers Solomon
2007
as John Solomon
A pair of well-meaning, but socially inept brothers try to find their perfect mates in order to provide their dying father with a grandchild.

Hot Rod
2007
as Jonathan
For Rod Kimble, performing stunts is a way of life, even though he is rather accident-prone. Poor Rod cannot even get any respect from his stepfather,...

Ratatouille
2007
as Horst (voice)
Remy, a resident of Paris, appreciates good food and has quite a sophisticated palate. He would love to become a chef so he can create and enjoy culin...

On Broadway
2007
as Tom
On Broadway tells the story of Jack O'Toole, a 30-something Boston everyman, who writes a play about his dead uncle as a way to reconnect with his har...

Grindhouse
2007
as Announcer (voice) (Segment "Don't")
Grindhouse combines Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Quentin Taranti...

Blades of Glory
2007
as Stranz Van Waldenberg
When a much-publicized ice-skating scandal strips them of their gold medals, two world-class athletes skirt their way back onto the ice via a loophole...
Girl Missing
2007
as Kyle Steckler
Jack Penniman's sister Lucy died in a boating mishap more than a decade ago and the event continues to consume him as an adult. While helping New York...

Let's Go to Prison
2006
as Nelson Biederman IV
When a career criminal's plan for revenge is thwarted by unlikely circumstances, he puts his intended victim's son in his place by putting him in pris...

RV
2006
as Todd Mallory
Climbing aboard their mammoth recreational vehicle for a cross-country road trip to the Colorado Rockies, the Munro family – led by dysfunctional patr...

Ice Age: The Meltdown
2006
as Lone Gunslinger Vulture (voice)
Diego, Manny and Sid return in this sequel to the hit animated movie Ice Age. This time around, the deep freeze is over, and the ice-covered earth is ...

Monster-in-Law
2005
as Kit
Office temp Charlotte Cantilini thinks she's found Mr. Right when she starts dating gorgeous surgeon Dr. Kevin Fields. But there's a problem standing ...

The Great New Wonderful
2005
as Danny Keeler
The Great New Wonderful weaves five stories against the backdrop of an anxious and uncertain post-9-11 New York City.

Series 7: The Contenders
2001
as Narrator (voice)
A reality TV program selects six contestants to participate in a free-for-all, no holds barred deathmatch, where they must skillfully outwit and kill ...

The Acting Class
2000
as Will Bennett
A comedy about an exceptionally dysfunctional acting class. Playing unsuspecting college students, Liz and Jill set off to find the most influential a...

The Waiting Game
1999
as Lenny
A group of aspiring young actors wait tables at a New York City restaurant.

Southie
1998
as Whitey
South Boston Irish bad boy Danny Quinn returns back home from New York and gets stuck between his pals, who are supported by one Irish mafia clan, and...

The Broken Giant
1998
as Ezra Caton
When a fragile young woman named Clio (Missy Yager) seeks asylum in a New England church, rural preacher Ezra Caton (Will Arnett) sees her presence as...

Ed's Next Move
1996
as Weather Video Guy
Ed lives in Wisconsin. He's just been dumped by his girlfriend, so he moves to New York City for a big change...but will he ever find love again? He l...

Is This Thing On?
N/A
as Alex
As their marriage quietly unravels, Alex seeks new purpose in the New York comedy scene while Tess confronts the sacrifices she made for their family ...

Is This Thing On?
N/A
Producer, Screenplay
As their marriage quietly unravels, Alex seeks new purpose in the New York comedy scene while Tess confronts the sacrifices she made for their family ...