Adam McKay

Adam McKay

1968-04-17 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 93 Credits

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...

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Shiver

2026

Producer

Producing

Plot TBA. Will center around a shark attack.

You Need This

You Need This

2025

Producer

Producing

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

Union

2024

Executive Producer

Producing

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

Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery

2024

Executive Producer

6.2
Producing

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

Men of War

2024

Executive Producer

Producing

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

Wild Wild Space

2024

Producer

6.9
Producing

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

Daniel

Daniel

2023

Producer

10.0
Producing

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

BS High

2023

Executive Producer

6.9
Producing

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

Asog

2023

Executive Producer

Producing

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

Wild Summon

2023

Executive Producer

6.6
Producing

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

A Lien

A Lien

2023

Executive Producer

7.4
Producing

On the day of their green card interview, a young couple confronts a dangerous immigration process.

The Menu

The Menu

2022

Producer

7.2
Producing

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

God Forbid: The Sex Scandal That Brought Down a Dynasty

2022

Executive Producer

6.2
Producing

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

Fresh

2022

Producer

7.0
Producing

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

Don't Look Up

2021

Story, Screenplay, Director

7.1
Writing Directing Producing

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

Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar

2021

Producer

6.0
Producing

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

The Oxy Kingpins

2021

Executive Producer

7.0
Producing

It follows the untold story of how a network of pharmaceutical manufacturers, distributors, and retailers worked together to orchestrate and perpetuat...

537 Votes

537 Votes

2020

Executive Producer

7.1
Producing

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

For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close

2020

as Himself

6.7
Acting

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

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga

2020

Executive Producer

6.4
Producing

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

Jonathan Scott’s Power Trip

2020

Executive Producer

Producing

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"

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"

2019

Executive Producer

6.1
Producing

Live performances of classic holiday-themed episodes from Norman Lear's hit shows "All in the Family" and "Good Times."

Hustlers

Hustlers

2019

Producer

6.5
Producing

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

Booksmart

Booksmart

2019

Executive Producer

7.0
Producing

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"

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"

2019

Executive Producer

6.6
Producing

Celebrities re-create an original episode each from "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons."

Newscasters

Newscasters

2019

Thanks

A couple of news reporters are experiencing a significant day.

Hal

Hal

2019

as Self

6.5
Acting

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

Vice

2018

Writer, Director, Producer

7.0
Writing Directing Producing

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

Holmes & Watson

2018

Producer

4.3
Producing

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

Ibiza

2018

Producer

5.7
Producing

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!

Oh Lucy!

2018

Executive Producer

6.7
Producing

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

Daddy's Home 2

2017

Producer

6.3
Producing

Brad and Dusty must deal with their intrusive fathers during the holidays.

The House

The House

2017

Producer

5.6
Producing

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

A.C. Green: Iron Virgin

2016

as Producer

Acting

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

A.C. Green: Iron Virgin

2016

Executive Producer

Producing

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

The Boss

2016

Producer

5.8
Producing

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

Grimsby

2016

Executive Producer

6.0
Producing

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

Daddy's Home

2015

Screenplay, Producer

6.3
Writing Producing

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

The Big Short

2015

Director, Screenplay

7.4
Directing Writing

The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.

Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon

Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon

2015

as Self

5.6
Acting

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

Ant-Man

2015

Screenplay

7.1
Writing

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

Sleeping with Other People

2015

Producer

6.3
Producing

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

A Deadly Adoption

2015

Executive Producer

4.9
Producing

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

Get Hard

Get Hard

2015

Story, Producer

6.0
Writing Producing

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

The Unbelievably Sweet Alpacas

2014

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

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

Welcome to Me

2014

Producer

5.8
Producing

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

Tammy

2014

Producer

5.3
Producing

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

This Is Comedy

2014

as Himself

Acting

A documentary about the comedy director and producer Judd Apatow.

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

2013

Director, Screenplay, Producer

6.1
Directing Writing Producing

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

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

2013

Producer

6.1
Producing

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

The Campaign

2012

Producer, Story

5.8
Producing Writing

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

The Dictator

2012

Executive Producer

6.2
Producing

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

Casa de Mi Padre

2012

Producer

5.4
Producing

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

Bachelorette

2012

Producer

5.4
Producing

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

Fully Loaded

Fully Loaded

2011

Executive Producer

1.3
Producing

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

The Virginity Hit

2010

Producer

4.4
Producing

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

The Other Guys

2010

as Dirty Mike

6.3
Acting

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

The Other Guys

2010

Director, Producer, Writer

6.3
Directing Producing Writing

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

Presidential Reunion

2010

Writer

6.1
Writing

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

Land of the Lost

2009

Executive Producer

5.4
Producing

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

The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard

2009

Producer

5.4
Producing

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

Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America - A Final Night with George W. Bush

2009

Executive Producer, Stage Director

6.5
Producing Directing

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

Prop 8: The Musical

2008

Producer

7.2
Producing

The conflict of the aftermath of Proposition 8 (banning gay marriage in California) is solved by Jesus.

Step Brothers

Step Brothers

2008

as Man without Glasses

6.6
Acting

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

Step Brothers

2008

Director, Executive Producer, Screenplay

6.6
Directing Producing Writing

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

Green Team

2007

as Erin Gossamer

5.8
Acting

McKay, Ferrell and Reilly form a Green Team to save our polluted environment.

Green Team

Green Team

2007

Director, Writer

5.8
Directing Writing

McKay, Ferrell and Reilly form a Green Team to save our polluted environment.

The Procedure

2007

Director, Writer

4.6
Directing Writing

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

Good Cop, Baby Cop

2007

as Policeman

6.1
Acting

A man is who has shot people is being beat up by a baby cop named Angel

Good Cop, Baby Cop

Good Cop, Baby Cop

2007

Writer, Director

6.1
Writing Directing

A man is who has shot people is being beat up by a baby cop named Angel

The Landlord

The Landlord

2007

as Friend

6.5
Acting

An angry landlord hassles her behind-in-rent tenant.

The Landlord

The Landlord

2007

Director, Writer, Producer

6.5
Directing Writing Producing

An angry landlord hassles her behind-in-rent tenant.

Girl Missing

2007

as Detective "Sally" LaSalle

1.0
Acting

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

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

2006

as Terry Cheveaux

6.4
Acting

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

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

2006

Director, Executive Producer, Writer

6.4
Directing Producing Writing

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

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie

2004

as Custodian

6.0
Acting

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

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie

2004

Director, Writer

6.0
Directing Writing

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

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

2004

as Custodian

6.7
Acting

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

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

2004

Director, Writer

6.7
Directing Writing

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

Breeders

N/A

Producer

Producing

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

Bad Blood

Bad Blood

N/A

Writer, Director, Producer

Writing Directing Producing

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

Producing

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

Producing

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

Producing

A sharp-edged, celebrated satire about a college student’s revealing dissertation on a young poet.

Plus One

Plus One

N/A

Producer

Producing

Rachel ends a relationship and realizes that all of her female friends have gotten married. Except for Summer.

The Freshening

N/A

Producer

Producing

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

Flesh of the Gods

N/A

Producer

Producing

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

Producing

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

Producing

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

Producing

Will

N/A

Producer

Producing

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

Producing

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

Producing

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...