Will Ferrell

Will Ferrell was a member of the cast of Saturday Night Live before going to appear in major-screen comedies such as 'Elf 'Anchorman,' and Talladega Nights. Will Ferrell was born in Irvine in 1967. He began his career in comedy as a part of the group from Los Angeles called The Groundlings. After his successful seven-year tenure as a member of the cast of Saturday Night Live, he was one of the film industry's most popular comedic performers through off-color films such as Old School (2003) and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004). Ferrell was also the co-founder of the video streaming website Funny or Die and enjoyed the success of voice acting in animated films such as Megamind (2010). John William Ferrell was born on July 16 1967, in Irvine, California. Will Ferrell is the eldest child of Righteous Brothers keyboardist Lee Ferrell (and Kay Ferrell), but he wasn't the class clown when he was at University High School. Ferrell, who was calm and quiet was adamant about making his mark in football, where he set a school-record for most field goals he scored. Ferrell was a more laid-back person living in suburban homes and didn't show the same kind of funny or outrageous outbursts later to define his career. "Very even tempered, very comfortable," his mother recalled in an interview with Esquire. "You have seen those cute Matchbox cars? Will arrange his Matchbox cars by himself and be totally content. If you were to ask him, "Do you want to visit Disneyland today or put your cars in line?' It's a hard conversation for him to contemplate. "That's not to say Ferrell was a straight man. One glimpse of Ferrell's comedy talents was displayed each morning at high school when Ferrell disguised himself in order to announce what was happening on the PA system. After graduating in 1986, Ferrell was a student at the University of Southern California at Los Angeles, where he was a member of the Delta Tau fraternity and pursued a degree in sports journalism.