Will Forte

Will Forte

1970-06-17 Alameda, California, USA 74 Credits

Biography

Orville Willis Forte IV (/ˈfɔːrteɪ/ FOR-tay; born June 17, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He was a cast member and writer on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live for eight seasons from 2002 to 2010. During his time on the show, he played a recurring character that led to a feature film adaptation, MacGruber (2010), and a streaming limited series in 2021. Forte also created and starred in the sitcom The Last Man on Earth (2015–2018). He received three Prim...

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The Breadwinner

2026

Acting

Nate’s supermom wife, Katie, lands a deal on Shark Tank. Subsequently, the lifelong breadwinner of the family becomes a stay-at-home dad and quickly r...

Kinda Pregnant

Kinda Pregnant

2025

as Josh Lewis

5.7
Acting

When Lainy's plan to settle down and start a family falls apart, she puts on a fake baby bump, tells a lie — and accidentally falls for her dream guy.

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

2025

as Self

7.9
Acting

Untold stories behind the culture-defining and newsmaking musical performances, sketches and cameos of the past 50 years.

The Day Drinking with Seth Meyers New Year's Special

The Day Drinking with Seth Meyers New Year's Special

2024

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

The Late Night host is looking back his buzziest moments with Rihanna, Kevin Hart, and more celebs on NYE.

Will & Harper

Will & Harper

2024

as Self

7.3
Acting

When Will Ferrell's good friend Harper comes out as a trans woman, they take a road trip to bond and reintroduce Harper to the country as her true sel...

Thelma the Unicorn

Thelma the Unicorn

2024

as Otis (voice)

7.0
Acting

Thelma dreams of being a glamorous unicorn. Then in a rare pink and glitter-filled moment of fate, Thelma's wish comes true. She rises to instant inte...

Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Feel Kinda Left Out

Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Feel Kinda Left Out

2023

as Cyrus

5.5
Acting

Itsy is new in town and her life seems over until she meets her space-obsessed neighbor Calvin, who believes his parents were abducted by aliens. An a...

Strays

Strays

2023

as Doug

7.2
Acting

When Reggie is abandoned on the mean city streets by his lowlife owner, Doug, Reggie is certain that his beloved owner would never leave him on purpos...

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken

2023

as Gordon Lighthouse (voice)

7.2
Acting

Ruby Gillman, a sweet and awkward high school student, discovers she's a direct descendant of the warrior kraken queens. The kraken are sworn to prote...

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

2022

as Ben Scotti

6.7
Acting

Exploring every facet of ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic’s life, from his meteoric rise to fame with early hits like ‘Eat It’ and ‘Like a Surgeon’ to his torrid c...

Studio 666

Studio 666

2022

as Darren Sandelbaum

5.9
Acting

Legendary rock band Foo Fighters move into an Encino mansion steeped in grisly rock and roll history to record their much anticipated 10th album. Once...

America: The Motion Picture

America: The Motion Picture

2021

as Abraham Lincoln (voice)

5.7
Acting

A chainsaw-wielding George Washington teams with beer-loving bro Sam Adams to take down the Brits in a tongue-in-cheek riff on the American Revolution...

Drunk Bus

Drunk Bus

2021

as Fred

5.5
Acting

A directionless, young campus bus driver and a punk rock Samoan security guard named Pineapple form an unlikely kinship as they navigate the unpredict...

Scoob!

Scoob!

2020

as Shaggy Rogers (voice)

7.0
Acting

In Scooby-Doo’s greatest adventure yet, see the never-before told story of how lifelong friends Scooby and Shaggy first met and how they joined forces...

Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics

Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics

2020

as Self

6.7
Acting

Celebrities recall their most mind-bending trips via animations, reenactments and more in this comedic documentary exploring the story of psychedelics...

The Willoughbys

The Willoughbys

2020

as Tim Willoughby (voice)

7.1
Acting

When the four Willoughby children are abandoned by their selfish parents, they must learn how to adapt their Old-Fashioned values to the contemporary ...

Dwell

Dwell

2020

as Self Help Book Narrator

Acting

Alice searches for ways to process the end of an almost decade long relationship in all the wrong places.

The Laundromat

The Laundromat

2019

as Doomed Gringo #1

6.0
Acting

When a widow gets swindled out of insurance money, her search for answers leads to two cunning lawyers in Panama who hide cash for the superrich.

Extra Ordinary

Extra Ordinary

2019

as Christian Winter

6.5
Acting

A driving instructor must use her other-worldly gifts to save a lonely man’s daughter from a rock star looking to use her for Satanic purposes.

Good Boys

Good Boys

2019

as Max's Dad

6.9
Acting

A group of young boys on the cusp of becoming teenagers embark on an epic quest to fix their broken drone before their parents get home.

Booksmart

Booksmart

2019

as Doug

7.0
Acting

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

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

2019

as Abraham Lincoln (voice)

6.7
Acting

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...

A Futile and Stupid Gesture

A Futile and Stupid Gesture

2018

as Doug Kenney

6.5
Acting

In a life full of triumph and failure, "National Lampoon" co-founder Doug Kenney built a comedy empire, molding pop culture in the 1970s.

Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs

Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs

2017

as Self

6.4
Acting

Jon Stewart returns to television to host a live show presented from The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. Benefiting NEXT for Autism, the...

Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job! Awesome 10 Year Anniversary Version, Great Job?

Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job! Awesome 10 Year Anniversary Version, Great Job?

2017

as Will Grello

7.7
Acting

Tim and Eric, in their bizarre world, compete for attention in their respective martial arts display.

Tour de Pharmacy

Tour de Pharmacy

2017

as French Gendarme

6.7
Acting

A mockumentary that chronicles the prevalence of doping in the world of professional cycling.

Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special

Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special

2017

as Michael Fulton

6.2
Acting

After Santa tells Michael Bolton that he needs 75,000 new babies by Christmas to meet toy supply, he hosts a sexy telethon to get the world to start m...

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

2016

as Bagpipe Player

6.6
Acting

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...

Keanu

Keanu

2016

as Hulka

6.1
Acting

Friends hatch a plot to retrieve a stolen cat by posing as drug dealers for a street gang.

The Ridiculous 6

The Ridiculous 6

2015

as Will Patch

5.2
Acting

When his long-lost outlaw father returns, Tommy "White Knife" Stockburn goes on an adventure-filled journey across the Old West with his five brothers...

Don Verdean

Don Verdean

2015

as Pastor Fontaine

4.9
Acting

Biblical archaeologist Don Verdean is hired by a local church pastor to find faith-promoting relics in the Holy Land. But after a fruitless expedition...

7 Days in Hell

7 Days in Hell

2015

as Sandy Pickard

6.5
Acting

A fictional documentary-style expose on the rivalry between two tennis stars who battled it out in a 1999 match that lasted seven days.

Staten Island Summer

Staten Island Summer

2015

as Griffith

5.7
Acting

Pals Danny and Frank spend the summer after high school working as lifeguards while figuring out their future.

She's Funny That Way

She's Funny That Way

2015

as Joshua Fleet

6.0
Acting

On the set of a playwright's new project, a love triangle forms between his wife, her ex-lover, and the call girl-turned-actress cast in the productio...

A.C.O.R.N.S.: Operation Crackdown

A.C.O.R.N.S.: Operation Crackdown

2015

as Cody (voice)

4.9
Acting

After breaking out of a rehabilitation zoo, Frankie, a squirrel with all the angles, returns to his forest. He learns from his dim-witted best friend,...

Horrible Bosses 2

Horrible Bosses 2

2014

as Derelict (uncredited)

6.2
Acting

Dale, Kurt and Nick decide to start their own business but things don't go as planned because of a slick investor, prompting the trio to pull off a ha...

Apartment Troubles

Apartment Troubles

2014

5.0
Acting

Two codependent roommates, on the verge of eviction, flee New York for the promise of sunshine in Los Angeles where their friendship is tested by a ch...

Michelangelo and Lincoln: History Cops

Michelangelo and Lincoln: History Cops

2014

as Lincoln (voice)

5.5
Acting

A trailer for the fictional television series History Cops.

22 Jump Street

22 Jump Street

2014

as 'Previously' Narrator / Football Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

6.8
Acting

After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt and Jenko when they go deep undercover at a local co...

The Lego Movie

The Lego Movie

2014

as Abraham Lincoln (voice)

7.4
Acting

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 ...

Run & Jump

Run & Jump

2014

as Ted

6.0
Acting

After a stroke leaves her husband disabled and fundamentally changed, a spirited Irish wife struggles to keep her family members together. All the whi...

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

2013

as Chester V (voice)

6.4
Acting

After the disastrous food storm in the first film, Flint and his friends are forced to leave the town. Flint accepts the invitation from his idol Ches...

Nebraska

Nebraska

2013

as David Grant

7.4
Acting

An aging, booze-addled father takes a trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim what he believes to be a million-dollar s...

Life of Crime

Life of Crime

2013

as Marshall Taylor

5.8
Acting

Two common criminals get more than they bargained for after kidnapping the wife of a corrupt real-estate developer who shows no interest in paying the...

Grown Ups 2

Grown Ups 2

2013

as Male Cheerleader (uncredited)

6.1
Acting

Lenny has relocated his family back to the small town where he and his friends grew up. This time around, the grown ups are the ones learning lessons ...

Coffin Dodgers

Coffin Dodgers

2013

as Voice

10.0
Acting

A group of misfit grumps get into Animal House-style trouble at a cozy suburban retirement home.

The Watch

The Watch

2012

as Sergeant Bressman

5.6
Acting

Four everyday suburban guys come together as an excuse to escape their humdrum lives one night a week. But when they accidentally discover that their ...

That's My Boy

That's My Boy

2012

as Phil

5.8
Acting

While in his teens, Donny fathered a son, Todd, and raised him as a single parent up until Todd's 18th birthday. Now, after not seeing each other for ...

Rock of Ages

Rock of Ages

2012

as Mitch Miley

6.2
Acting

A small town girl and a city boy meet on the Sunset Strip, while pursuing their Hollywood dreams.

The Immigrant

2012

as Will

4.0
Acting

After being deported back to his native Canada, once-famous comedian Bob London attempts a Hollywood comeback by enlisting human smugglers to sneak hi...

Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie

Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie

2012

as Allan Bishopman

5.5
Acting

Two guys get a billion dollars to make a movie, only to watch their dream run off course.

A Good Old Fashioned Orgy

A Good Old Fashioned Orgy

2011

as Glenn

5.9
Acting

A group of 30-year-olds who have been friends since high school attempt to throw an end-of-summer orgy.

Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10

Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10

2011

as MacGruber

Acting

Enjoy some of the bet sketches from SNL's 35th season including Will Forte as MacGruber, Kenan Thompson's Deandre Cole in What Up With That?, Fred Arm...

Audio Tour

2011

Acting

When an ordinary guy accidentally leaves a museum with his audio tour device, he gets a lot more than an art history lesson.

The Women of SNL

The Women of SNL

2010

as Greg Allman / Various (archive footage)

6.0
Acting

A look back at some of the funniest female characters and sketches in SNL's 39-year history.

MacGruber

MacGruber

2010

as MacGruber

5.4
Acting

Ex-special operative MacGruber is called back into action to take down his archenemy, Dieter Von Cunth, who's in possession of a nuclear warhead and b...

MacGruber

MacGruber

2010

Writer

5.4
Writing

Ex-special operative MacGruber is called back into action to take down his archenemy, Dieter Von Cunth, who's in possession of a nuclear warhead and b...

Skott & Behr

Skott & Behr

2010

Acting
Saturday Night

Saturday Night

2010

as Self

8.0
Acting

With unprecedented access to the behind the scenes process of the writers, actors and producers, Franco and his crew document what it takes to create ...

The Slammin' Salmon

The Slammin' Salmon

2009

as Horace the Lone Diner

5.8
Acting

The brutal former heavyweight boxing champion Cleon "Slammin'" Salmon (Duncan), now owner of a Miami restaurant, institutes a competition to see which...

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

2009

as Subject #72

5.1
Acting

After her boyfriend mysteriously leaves her with little explanation, a doctoral candidate in anthropology at a prestigious East Coast university is le...

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

2009

as Joe Towne (voice)

6.6
Acting

Inventor Flint Lockwood creates a machine that makes clouds rain food, enabling the down-and-out citizens of Chewandswallow to feed themselves. But wh...

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler

2009

as Various (archive footage)

8.4
Acting

Amy Poehler's best Saturday Night Live sketches and performances.

Fanboys

Fanboys

2009

as THX Security Guard #4

6.1
Acting

In 1999, Star Wars fanatics take a cross-country trip to George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch so their dying friend can see a screening of The Phantom Menace...

Extreme Movie

Extreme Movie

2008

Writer

4.4
Writing

A sketch comedy movie about the joys and embarrassments of teen sex. But mostly the embarrassments.

The Young Person's Guide to History

The Young Person's Guide to History

2008

as Monsieur Bouffant (The Frenchman)

Acting

A two-part special from the creators of Saul of the Mole Men.

Baby Mama

Baby Mama

2008

as Scott

6.0
Acting

A successful, single businesswoman who dreams of having a baby discovers she is infertile and hires a working class woman to be her unlikely surrogate...

The Brothers Solomon

The Brothers Solomon

2007

as Dean Solomon

5.1
Acting

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.

The Brothers Solomon

The Brothers Solomon

2007

Writer

5.1
Writing

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.

Demetri Martin: These Are Jokes

2006

as Self

6.0
Acting

There's no stopping this up and coming comedian—even if you take away his acoustic guitar, synthesizer, foot bells and miniature drums! The DVD contai...

Beerfest

Beerfest

2006

as Otto

5.9
Acting

During a trip to Germany to scatter their grandfather's ashes, German-American brothers Todd and Jan discover Beerfest, the secret Olympics of downing...

Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days

2004

as Young Bobby

5.9
Acting

A bet pits a British inventor, a Chinese thief and a French artist on a worldwide adventure that they can circle the globe in 80 days.

Ghost World

Ghost World

2001

as (uncredited)

7.1
Acting

Two quirky, cynical teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives after high school graduation. After they play a prank on an eccentric...

Coyote vs. Acme

Coyote vs. Acme

N/A

as Kevin Avery

Acting

After Acme products fail him one too many times in his dogged pursuit of the Roadrunner, Wile E. Coyote decides to hire a billboard lawyer to sue the ...