Biography
Adam McKay (born April 17, 1968) is an American screenwriter, producer, and director. McKay began his career as a head writer for the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL) from 1995 to 2001. After leaving SNL, McKay co-wrote with comedian Will Ferrell on his comedy films Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), and The Other Guys (2010). Ferrell and McKay later co-wrote and co-produced many television series and films, with McKa...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Shiver
2026
Producer
Plot TBA. Will center around a shark attack.

You Need This
2025
Producer
A revealing film about the vicious cycle of consumerism and the destructive power of hyper-capitalism. Can we break the grip of the system before it i...

Union
2024
Executive Producer
Up against one of the most powerful companies on the planet, a group of Amazon workers embark on an unprecedented campaign to unionize their warehouse...

Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery
2024
Executive Producer
A deep dive into one of the most enduring and high-stakes mysteries in technology and finance: the origins of Bitcoin and the identity of its anonymou...

Men of War
2024
Executive Producer
Jordan Goudreau, finds himself in over his head and on the run after mounting the failed Venezuela coup and being chased by the American government wh...

Wild Wild Space
2024
Producer
Follow three rocket and satellite companies – Astra Space, Rocket Lab, and Planet Labs – and the quests of their idiosyncratic founders to conquer the...

Daniel
2023
Producer
The remarkable first-person story of filmmaker Daniel Northcott, who documented his travels around the world, including a visit to a mysterious Mayan ...

BS High
2023
Executive Producer
After a nationally televised high school football game between top-ranked IMG Academy and unknown Bishop Sycamore ended with an IMG blowout win, it's ...

Asog
2023
Executive Producer
This unique narrative incorporating documentary elements follows Rey, a 40-year-old non-binary teacher and typhoon survivor, on a roadtrip to fame. Wi...

Wild Summon
2023
Executive Producer
A natural history fantasy film, following the dramatic lifecycle of the wild salmon in human form, with narration by Marianne Faithfull.

A Lien
2023
Executive Producer
On the day of their green card interview, a young couple confronts a dangerous immigration process.

The Menu
2022
Producer
A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.

God Forbid: The Sex Scandal That Brought Down a Dynasty
2022
Executive Producer
A Miami pool boy finds himself trapped in a seven-year affair with a charming older woman and her husband, the evangelical Trump stalwart Jerry Falwel...

Fresh
2022
Producer
Frustrated by scrolling dating apps only to end up on lame, tedious dates, Noa takes a chance by giving her number to the awkwardly charming Steve aft...

Don't Look Up
2021
Story, Screenplay, Director
Two astronomers go on a media tour to warn humankind of a planet-killing comet hurtling toward Earth. The response from a distracted world: Meh.

Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
2021
Producer
The story of best friends Barb and Star, who leave their small midwestern town for the first time to go on vacation in Vista Del Mar, Florida, where t...

The Oxy Kingpins
2021
Executive Producer
It follows the untold story of how a network of pharmaceutical manufacturers, distributors, and retailers worked together to orchestrate and perpetuat...

537 Votes
2020
Executive Producer
Documentary chronicling the political machinations that led to the unprecedented, contested outcome of the 2000 presidential election, including the c...

For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close
2020
as Himself
Comedy guru Del Close, mentor to everyone from Bill Murray to Tina Fey, sets out to write his autobiography for D.C. Comics. As he leads us through se...

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
2020
Executive Producer
Two small-town singers chase their pop star dreams at a global music competition, where high stakes, scheming rivals and onstage mishaps test their bo...

Jonathan Scott’s Power Trip
2020
Executive Producer
Energy freedom is at our fingertips, yet a powerful system is waging war against the solar industry and people's rights. Jonathan Scott travels the US...

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
2019
Executive Producer
Live performances of classic holiday-themed episodes from Norman Lear's hit shows "All in the Family" and "Good Times."

Hustlers
2019
Producer
A crew of savvy former strip club employees band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.

Booksmart
2019
Executive Producer
Two academic teenage superstars realize, on the eve of their high school graduation, that they should have worked less and played more. Determined to ...

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
2019
Executive Producer
Celebrities re-create an original episode each from "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons."

Newscasters
2019
Thanks
A couple of news reporters are experiencing a significant day.

Hal
2019
as Self
Hal Ashby's obsessive genius led to an unprecedented string of Oscar®-winning classics, including Harold and Maude, Shampoo and Being There. But as co...

Vice
2018
Writer, Director, Producer
George W. Bush picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No stranger to poli...

Holmes & Watson
2018
Producer
Detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson join forces to investigate a mysterious murder at Buckingham Palace. It seems like an open-and-shut case...

Ibiza
2018
Producer
She could do the responsible thing. Or she could go to Ibiza with her best friends to chase down a hot DJ. Easy choice.

Oh Lucy!
2018
Executive Producer
A lonely, chain-smoking office lady in Tokyo falls for her teacher when she decides to take English lessons. When her teacher disappears, she sets out...

Daddy's Home 2
2017
Producer
Brad and Dusty must deal with their intrusive fathers during the holidays.

The House
2017
Producer
When Scott and Kate Johansen’s daughter gets into the college of her dreams it’s cause for celebration. That is, until Scott and Kate learn that the s...

A.C. Green: Iron Virgin
2016
as Producer
He played in a record 1,192 consecutive NBA games. As a power forward for the Los Angeles Lakers, he won two NBA championships. But what made A.C. Gre...

A.C. Green: Iron Virgin
2016
Executive Producer
He played in a record 1,192 consecutive NBA games. As a power forward for the Los Angeles Lakers, he won two NBA championships. But what made A.C. Gre...

The Boss
2016
Producer
A titan of industry is sent to prison after she's caught for insider trading. When she emerges ready to rebrand herself as America's latest sweetheart...

Grimsby
2016
Executive Producer
Wrongfully accused and on the run, a top MI6 assassin joins forces with his long-lost, football hooligan brother to save the world from a sinister plo...

Daddy's Home
2015
Screenplay, Producer
The story of a mild-mannered radio executive who strives to become the best stepdad ever to his wife's two children, but complications ensue when thei...

The Big Short
2015
Director, Screenplay
The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.

Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon
2015
as Self
Del Close was never a household name, but any comedy enthusiast is aware of his impact. From Bill Murray to Chris Farley to Amy Poehler, many of the m...

Ant-Man
2015
Screenplay
Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mento...

Sleeping with Other People
2015
Producer
Can two serial cheaters get a second chance at love? After a one-night stand in college, New Yorkers Lainey and Jake meet by chance twelve years later...

A Deadly Adoption
2015
Executive Producer
Things go awry when an author and his wife welcome a pregnant woman into their home, with plans to adopt her baby.

Get Hard
2015
Story, Producer
When obscenely rich hedge-fund manager James is convicted of fraud and sentenced to a stretch in San Quentin, the judge gives him one month to get his...

The Unbelievably Sweet Alpacas
2014
Director, Writer
In a magical land inhabited by long lashed, multi-colored Alpacas who love lollipops, rainbows and friendship, there's a yawning divide in wealth dist...

Welcome to Me
2014
Producer
A year in the life of Alice Klieg, a woman with Borderline personality disorder who wins the Mega Millions lottery, quits her meds and buys her own ta...

Tammy
2014
Producer
For Tammy, a burger-joint employee, a bad day keeps getting worse. She wrecks her car, loses her job, and finds that her husband has been unfaithful. ...

This Is Comedy
2014
as Himself
A documentary about the comedy director and producer Judd Apatow.

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
2013
Director, Screenplay, Producer
With the 70s behind him, San Diego's top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York's first 24-hour news channel by storm.

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
2013
Producer
After getting a taste for blood as children, Hansel and Gretel have become the ultimate vigilantes, hell-bent on retribution. Now, unbeknownst to them...

The Campaign
2012
Producer, Story
Two rival politicians compete to win an election to represent their small North Carolina congressional district in the United States House of Represen...

The Dictator
2012
Executive Producer
The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.

Casa de Mi Padre
2012
Producer
Scheming of a way to save their father's ranch, the Alvarez brothers find themselves in a war with Mexico's most feared drug lord.

Bachelorette
2012
Producer
Three friends are asked to be bridesmaids at a wedding of a woman they used to ridicule back in high school.

Fully Loaded
2011
Executive Producer
On a rare evening out, two feisty single moms discover that it's not so easy to hook up with a total stranger anymore.

The Virginity Hit
2010
Producer
Four guys, one camera, and their experience chronicling the exhilarating and terrifying rite of passage: losing your virginity. As these guys help the...

The Other Guys
2010
as Dirty Mike
Unlike their heroic counterparts on the force, desk-bound NYPD detectives Gamble and Hoitz garner no headlines as they work day to day. When a seeming...

The Other Guys
2010
Director, Producer, Writer
Unlike their heroic counterparts on the force, desk-bound NYPD detectives Gamble and Hoitz garner no headlines as they work day to day. When a seeming...

Presidential Reunion
2010
Writer
In this Funny or Die short, Barack Obama has the opportunity to meet all the former U.S. presidents from Gerald Ford to George W. Bush, dead or alive,...

Land of the Lost
2009
Executive Producer
On his latest expedition, has-been scientist Dr. Rick Marshall is sucked into a space-time vortex alongside his crack-smart research assistant Holly a...

The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
2009
Producer
Don Ready is many things, but he is best-known as an extraordinary salesman. When a car dealership in Temecula teeters on the brink of bankruptcy, he ...

Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America - A Final Night with George W. Bush
2009
Executive Producer, Stage Director
After playing George W. Bush on Saturday Night Live for many years, funny man Will Ferrell brings his impression to Broadway to send up the 43rd Presi...

Prop 8: The Musical
2008
Producer
The conflict of the aftermath of Proposition 8 (banning gay marriage in California) is solved by Jesus.

Step Brothers
2008
as Man without Glasses
Brennan Huff and Dale Doback might be grown men. But that doesn't stop them from living at home and turning into jealous, competitive stepbrothers whe...

Step Brothers
2008
Director, Executive Producer, Screenplay
Brennan Huff and Dale Doback might be grown men. But that doesn't stop them from living at home and turning into jealous, competitive stepbrothers whe...

Green Team
2007
as Erin Gossamer
McKay, Ferrell and Reilly form a Green Team to save our polluted environment.

Green Team
2007
Director, Writer
McKay, Ferrell and Reilly form a Green Team to save our polluted environment.
The Procedure
2007
Director, Writer
Christopher is under a lot of stress at work and decides to undergo a surgical procedure that makes you listen to your favorite song all the time.

Good Cop, Baby Cop
2007
as Policeman
A man is who has shot people is being beat up by a baby cop named Angel

Good Cop, Baby Cop
2007
Writer, Director
A man is who has shot people is being beat up by a baby cop named Angel

The Landlord
2007
as Friend
An angry landlord hassles her behind-in-rent tenant.

The Landlord
2007
Director, Writer, Producer
An angry landlord hassles her behind-in-rent tenant.
Girl Missing
2007
as Detective "Sally" LaSalle
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...

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
2006
as Terry Cheveaux
The fastest man on four wheels, Ricky Bobby is one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history. A big, hairy American winning machine, Ricky has everyth...

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
2006
Director, Executive Producer, Writer
The fastest man on four wheels, Ricky Bobby is one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history. A big, hairy American winning machine, Ricky has everyth...

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
2004
as Custodian
While Ron Burgundy's rivalry with Veronica Corningstone escalates quickly, a group of unprofessional thieves better known as 'The Alarm Clock' try to ...

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
2004
Director, Writer
While Ron Burgundy's rivalry with Veronica Corningstone escalates quickly, a group of unprofessional thieves better known as 'The Alarm Clock' try to ...

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
2004
as Custodian
It's the 1970s and San Diego anchorman Ron Burgundy is the top dog in local TV, but that's all about to change when ambitious reporter Veronica Cornin...

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
2004
Director, Writer
It's the 1970s and San Diego anchorman Ron Burgundy is the top dog in local TV, but that's all about to change when ambitious reporter Veronica Cornin...

Breeders
N/A
Producer
Described as a social horror-thriller that is tonally in the vein of the movie "Fresh" (2022). Premise TBA.

Bad Blood
N/A
Writer, Director, Producer
Entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes creates a bio-tech company that skyrockets her to fame with an estimated value in the billions, but when federal agencie...
J6
N/A
Producer
A film about the January 6 assault on the US Capitol, considered the worst attack on democracy since the Civil War.
Stormbound
N/A
Producer
An intimate look at Jeff Gammons, a chronically ill man who finds peace and beauty chasing the world's largest hurricanes.
Disorientation
N/A
Producer
A sharp-edged, celebrated satire about a college student’s revealing dissertation on a young poet.

Plus One
N/A
Producer
Rachel ends a relationship and realizes that all of her female friends have gotten married. Except for Summer.
The Freshening
N/A
Producer
In the near future, tensions over race and gender have reached violent extremes, so the U.S. government institutes 'The Freshening', an initiative thr...

Flesh of the Gods
N/A
Producer
Married couple Raoul and Alex descend each evening from their luxury skyscraper condo to venture into the electric nighttime realm of 1980s Los Angele...
Monsanto
N/A
Producer
Young, untried attorney Brent Wisner takes on a seemingly insurmountable case against the giant U.S. chemical company Monsanto on behalf of Dewayne “L...
First Ladies
N/A
Producer
The story of America’s first female president, Beverly Nicholson, and her wife, the first lady, Kasey. When Beverly and Kasey move into the White Hous...
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters 2
N/A
Producer
Will
N/A
Producer
An ordinary man lives in a world where free will doesn't exit. The lives and destinies of every human being are scripted by scribes in Heaven. One day...
American Huckster
N/A
Producer
A New York hustler wheels and deals his way to the top of one of the most powerful and corrupt sports organizations in the world.
Five
N/A
Producer
Described as a psychological thriller two-hander in the vein of All About Eve, and is said to center on a widow who becomes obsessed with an actress i...