Will Ferrell

Will Ferrell became famous as an actor on 'Saturday Night Live'. He later appeared on many big-screen comedies such as Elf, ' Anchorman' and ‘Talladega Nights. Will Ferrell was born in Irvine in 1967. He started his comedic career as a member the Los Angeles-based group The Groundlings. He was a Saturday Night Live cast member for seven years and became an important comedic attraction through off-color shows, such as Old School 2003 and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 2004. Ferrell was a co-founder of Funny or Die, a popular video streaming website. Also, he had successes as an actor voiceover in animated movies such as Megamind (2010). John William Ferrell was conceived in Irvine, California on July 16th, 1967. The youngest child of Righteous Brothers keyboardist Lee Ferrell and teacher Kay Ferrell, Will was--by his own admission--not the class clown as an student at University High School. He was quiet and quiet. Ferrell determined to leave his mark on the football field which is where he established an academic record for the highest number of field goals he scored. Ferrell was a more laid-back person in homes with a suburban feel and didn't exhibit the same kind of funny or outrageous flashes that would later define his career. In an interview with Esquire his mother, she said Ferrell was "very gentle, and very calm." "You do you know those little Matchbox cars? Will will line up his Matchbox cars by himself and be extremely happy. You'd ask "Do you want to visit Disneyland today?" or "You want your cars lined up?" This would be a tough conversation for him to contemplate. "That's not to say that Ferrell was a total straight man. The hints of his comic talents was seen every morning at high school, when he disguised his voice in order to announce his daily activities on the PA system. After graduating in 1986, Ferrell went to the University of Southern California at Los Angeles, where he was a member of Delta Tau, the Delta Tau fraternity and pursued an education in sports journalism.