Will Forte

Will Forte

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 Primetime Emmy Award nominations for the series: two for acting and one for writing. After obtaining a history degree from the University of California, Los Angeles and becoming a financial broker like his father, Forte changed his career path to comedy and took classes with the improv group The Groundlings. Before joining Saturday Night Live, he worked as a writer and producer on 3rd Rock from the Sun and That '70s Show. Forte played various roles in comedy before starring in the drama film Nebraska (2013). He has provided voice work for the Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs films (2009–2013), My Life as a Courgette, Get Squirrely (2016), Luis & the Aliens (2018), The Willoughbys and Scoob! (2020), also voicing Eddy in Disney XD's Lab Rats, and Abraham Lincoln in Clone High (2002–2003, 2023–2024), The Lego Movie films (2014–2019), Michelangelo and Lincoln: History Cops (2014), America: The Motion Picture (2021), Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (2023) and Sausage Party: Foodtopia (2024–present). Description above from the Wikipedia article Will Forte, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Filmography

2025

Kinda Pregnant
Kinda Pregnant
as Josh Lewis
Movie - Released: 2/4/2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/27/2025
Win or Lose
Win or Lose
as Coach Dan (voice)
TV - Released: 2/19/2025
The Four Seasons
The Four Seasons
as Jack
TV - Released: 5/1/2025

2024

Thelma the Unicorn
Thelma the Unicorn
as Otis (voice)
Movie - Released: 5/17/2024
Will & Harper
Will & Harper
as Self
Movie - Released: 9/12/2024
The Day Drinking with Seth Meyers New Year's Special
The Day Drinking with Seth Meyers New Year's Special
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 12/31/2024
Bodkin
Bodkin
as Gilbert Power
TV - Released: 5/9/2024
Sausage Party: Foodtopia
Sausage Party: Foodtopia
as Jack (voice)
TV - Released: 7/11/2024

2023

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
as Gordon Lighthouse (voice)
Movie - Released: 6/28/2023
Strays
Strays
as Doug
Movie - Released: 8/17/2023
Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Feel Kinda Left Out
Clone High
Clone High
as Abe Lincoln (voice)
TV - Released: 5/23/2023
Krapopolis
Krapopolis
as Campos (voice)
TV - Released: 9/24/2023
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
as Older Scott Pilgrim (voice)
TV - Released: 11/17/2023
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
as Even Older Scott Pilgrim (voice)
TV - Released: 11/17/2023
That '90s Show
That '90s Show
as Kiefer
TV - Released: 1/19/2023
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai
as Warden (voice)
TV - Released: 5/23/2023

2022

Studio 666
Studio 666
as Darren Sandelbaum
Movie - Released: 2/24/2022
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
as Ben Scotti
Movie - Released: 9/8/2022
The Afterparty
The Afterparty
as Self
TV - Released: 1/28/2022

2021

America: The Motion Picture
America: The Motion Picture
as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
Movie - Released: 6/30/2021
Drunk Bus
Drunk Bus
as Fred
Movie - Released: 5/21/2021
HouseBroken
HouseBroken
as Shel (voice)
TV - Released: 5/31/2021
Sweet Tooth
Sweet Tooth
as Richard Fox / Pubba
TV - Released: 6/4/2021
The Great North
The Great North
as Wolf Tobin (voice)
TV - Released: 1/3/2021
MacGruber
MacGruber
as MacGruber
TV - Released: 12/16/2021

2020

Scoob!
Scoob!
as Shaggy Rogers (voice)
Movie - Released: 7/8/2020
The Willoughbys
The Willoughbys
as Tim Willoughby (voice)
Movie - Released: 4/22/2020
Dwell
Dwell
as Self Help Book Narrator
Movie - Released: 4/10/2020
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
as Self
Movie - Released: 5/11/2020
Flipped
Flipped
as Jann Melfi
TV - Released: 4/6/2020
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
as Self - Contestant
TV - Released: 4/8/2020

2019

Booksmart
Booksmart
as Doug
Movie - Released: 5/24/2019
Extra Ordinary
Extra Ordinary
as Christian Winter
Movie - Released: 9/13/2019
The Laundromat
The Laundromat
as Doomed Gringo #1
Movie - Released: 9/27/2019
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
Movie - Released: 2/6/2019
Good Boys
Good Boys
as Max's Dad
Movie - Released: 8/14/2019
Alien News Desk
Alien News Desk
as Drexx Drudlarr (voice)
TV - Released: 2/27/2019
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
as Old Man on Plane
TV - Released: 4/23/2019

2018

A Futile and Stupid Gesture
A Futile and Stupid Gesture
as Doug Kenney
Movie - Released: 1/24/2018
The Shivering Truth
The Shivering Truth
as (voice)
TV - Released: 12/9/2018
Craig of the Creek
Craig of the Creek
as Barry (voice)
TV - Released: 3/30/2018

2017

Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special
Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special
as Michael Fulton
Movie - Released: 2/7/2017
Tour de Pharmacy
Tour de Pharmacy
as French Gendarme
Movie - Released: 7/8/2017
The Gong Show
The Gong Show
as Self - Judge
TV - Released: 6/22/2017
Future Man
Future Man
as CASSIN-E
TV - Released: 11/14/2017
No Activity
No Activity
as Dirk (voice)
TV - Released: 11/11/2017

2016

Keanu
Keanu
as Hulka
Movie - Released: 4/29/2016
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
as Bagpipe Player
Movie - Released: 6/3/2016

2015

She's Funny That Way
She's Funny That Way
as Joshua Fleet
Movie - Released: 4/22/2015
7 Days in Hell
7 Days in Hell
as Sandy Pickard
Movie - Released: 7/8/2015
Don Verdean
Don Verdean
as Pastor Fontaine
Movie - Released: 12/1/2015
The Ridiculous 6
The Ridiculous 6
as Will Patch
Movie - Released: 12/11/2015
Staten Island Summer
Staten Island Summer
as Griffith
Movie - Released: 6/30/2015
A.C.O.R.N.S.: Operation Crackdown
A.C.O.R.N.S.: Operation Crackdown
as Cody (voice)
Movie - Released: 3/1/2015
The Last Man on Earth
The Last Man on Earth
as Phil Tandy Miller
TV - Released: 3/1/2015
Moonbeam City
Moonbeam City
as Red Cunningham (voice)
TV - Released: 9/16/2015
We Bare Bears
We Bare Bears
as Additional Voices (voice)
TV - Released: 8/24/2015
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
as Tyler / Hunter / Chet / Blue Helmet Kid (voice)
TV - Released: 1/18/2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
TV - Released: 8/2/2015
Hot Ones
Hot Ones
as Self
TV - Released: 3/12/2015

2014

Horrible Bosses 2
Horrible Bosses 2
as Derelict (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 11/12/2014
The Lego Movie
The Lego Movie
as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
Movie - Released: 2/6/2014
Run & Jump
Run & Jump
as Ted
Movie - Released: 1/24/2014
Apartment Troubles
Apartment Troubles
Movie - Released: 6/15/2014
Michelangelo & Lincoln: History Cops
Michelangelo & Lincoln: History Cops
as Lincoln (voice)
Movie - Released: 6/12/2014
22 Jump Street
22 Jump Street
as 'Previously' Narrator / Football Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 6/5/2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
TV - Released: 2/25/2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
TV - Released: 2/17/2014
Sock or Hat?
Sock or Hat?
as Self - Contestant
TV - Released: 6/13/2014
Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories
Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories
as Will
TV - Released: 9/18/2014
Car Matchmaker with Spike Feresten
Car Matchmaker with Spike Feresten
as Himself
TV - Released: 10/14/2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self
TV - Released: 2/6/2014

2013

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
as Chester V (voice)
Movie - Released: 9/26/2013
Nebraska
Nebraska
as David Grant
Movie - Released: 9/21/2013
Life of Crime
Life of Crime
as Marshall Taylor
Movie - Released: 9/14/2013
Coffin Dodgers
Coffin Dodgers
as Voice
Movie - Released: 1/1/2013
Grown Ups 2
Grown Ups 2
as Male Cheerleader (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 7/11/2013
Rick and Morty
Rick and Morty
as Eugene Michael Piss / Pissmaster (voice)
TV - Released: 12/2/2013
Drunk History
Drunk History
as Edwin Booth
TV - Released: 7/9/2013

2012

The Watch
The Watch
as Sergeant Bressman
Movie - Released: 7/26/2012
Rock of Ages
Rock of Ages
as Mitch Miley
Movie - Released: 6/13/2012
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
as Allan Bishopman
Movie - Released: 3/2/2012
That's My Boy
That's My Boy
as Phil
Movie - Released: 6/14/2012
Movie
The Immigrant
as Will
Movie - Released: 5/26/2012
Gravity Falls
Gravity Falls
as Tyler Cutebiker (voice)
TV - Released: 6/15/2012
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Comedy Bang! Bang!
as Chet Barnsider
TV - Released: 6/8/2012
Lab Rats
Lab Rats
as Eddy
TV - Released: 2/27/2012
Lab Rats
Lab Rats
as Eddy/Teddy
TV - Released: 2/27/2012
Lab Rats
Lab Rats
as Eddy / Cheddy
TV - Released: 2/27/2012

2011

A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
as Glenn
Movie - Released: 9/2/2011
Movie
Audio Tour
Movie - Released: 1/1/2011
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
as MacGruber
Movie - Released: 3/13/2011
Allen Gregory
Allen Gregory
as Stewart Rossmyre
TV - Released: 10/30/2011
Up All Night
Up All Night
as Reed
TV - Released: 9/14/2011
Bob's Burgers
Bob's Burgers
as Mr. Grant (voice)
TV - Released: 1/9/2011
Bob's Burgers
Bob's Burgers
as Kurt (voice)
TV - Released: 1/9/2011

2010

MacGruber
MacGruber
as MacGruber
Movie - Released: 5/21/2010
Saturday Night
Saturday Night
as Self
Movie - Released: 5/2/2010
The Women of SNL
The Women of SNL
as Greg Allman / Various (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 11/1/2010
Skott & Behr
Skott & Behr
Movie - Released: 5/14/2010
Conan
Conan
as Self
TV - Released: 11/8/2010

2009

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
as Joe Towne (voice)
Movie - Released: 9/17/2009
The Slammin' Salmon
The Slammin' Salmon
as Horace the Lone Diner
Movie - Released: 12/11/2009
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
as Subject #72
Movie - Released: 9/25/2009
Fanboys
Fanboys
as THX Security Guard #4
Movie - Released: 2/6/2009
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
as Various (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 4/18/2009
Sit Down Shut Up
Sit Down Shut Up
TV - Released: 4/19/2009
Parks and Recreation
Parks and Recreation
as Kelly
TV - Released: 4/9/2009
The Cleveland Show
The Cleveland Show
TV - Released: 9/27/2009
The League
The League
as Chuck
TV - Released: 10/29/2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 7/16/2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
as Self
TV - Released: 3/2/2009

2008

Baby Mama
Baby Mama
as Scott
Movie - Released: 4/25/2008
Young Person's Guide to History
Young Person's Guide to History
as Monsieur Bouffant (The Frenchman)
Movie - Released: 10/26/2008
Young Person's Guide to History
Young Person's Guide to History
TV - Released: 10/27/2008
The Life & Times of Tim
The Life & Times of Tim
as Chipper (voice)
TV - Released: 9/28/2008

2007

The Brothers Solomon
The Brothers Solomon
as Dean Solomon
Movie - Released: 9/7/2007
Flight of the Conchords
Flight of the Conchords
as Ben
TV - Released: 6/17/2007
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
as Pall Willeaux
TV - Released: 2/11/2007
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
as Will Grello
TV - Released: 2/11/2007
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
as Dr. Reid Tamaranda
TV - Released: 2/11/2007
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
as J.J. Pepper
TV - Released: 2/11/2007

2006

Beerfest
Beerfest
as Otto
Movie - Released: 8/25/2006
Movie
Demetri Martin: These Are Jokes
as Self
Movie - Released: 9/26/2006
Campus Ladies
Campus Ladies
TV - Released: 1/8/2006
30 Rock
30 Rock
as Paul L'astnamé
TV - Released: 10/11/2006
30 Rock
30 Rock
as Tomas
TV - Released: 10/11/2006

2005

How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother
as Randy
TV - Released: 9/19/2005
American Dad!
American Dad!
as Jesus Christ (voice)
TV - Released: 2/6/2005
American Dad!
American Dad!
as Butt Insurance Salesman (voice)
TV - Released: 2/6/2005
American Dad!
American Dad!
as Charlie Greenfield (voice)
TV - Released: 2/6/2005
American Dad!
American Dad!
as Security Guard (voice)
TV - Released: 2/6/2005
American Dad!
American Dad!
as Mayor Woodside (voice)
TV - Released: 2/6/2005
American Dad!
American Dad!
as Convention Attendee (voice)
TV - Released: 2/6/2005
American Dad!
American Dad!
as Firefighter Henry Watkins (voice)
TV - Released: 2/6/2005
SNL Digital Shorts
SNL Digital Shorts
as Will
TV - Released: 12/3/2005
SNL Digital Shorts
SNL Digital Shorts
TV - Released: 12/3/2005
SNL Digital Shorts
SNL Digital Shorts
as RobotTron
TV - Released: 12/3/2005

2004

Around the World in 80 Days
Around the World in 80 Days
as Young Bobby
Movie - Released: 6/16/2004
Drawn Together
Drawn Together
as Kirk Cameron (voice)
TV - Released: 10/27/2004

2002

Clone High
Clone High
as Abe Lincoln / Narrator (voice)
TV - Released: 11/2/2002

2001

Ghost World
Ghost World
as (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 7/20/2001

2000

Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
as Alien (voice)
TV - Released: 12/30/2000

1993

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 9/13/1993
Raw
Raw
as MacGruber
TV - Released: 1/11/1993

1989

The Simpsons
The Simpsons
as King Toot (voice)
TV - Released: 12/17/1989

1975

Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Various Characters
TV - Released: 10/11/1975
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
TV - Released: 10/11/1975
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
TV - Released: 10/11/1975
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
TV - Released: 10/11/1975
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
as Robotron
TV - Released: 10/11/1975
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
as MacGruber
TV - Released: 10/11/1975
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
as Self
TV - Released: 10/11/1975
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
as Wolf Man
TV - Released: 10/11/1975
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
as Husband
TV - Released: 10/11/1975
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
as Referee
TV - Released: 10/11/1975
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
as Department Head
TV - Released: 10/11/1975
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
as Band Member
TV - Released: 10/11/1975

Unknown

Coyote vs. Acme
Coyote vs. Acme
as Kevin Avery
Movie
TV
Expiration Date
as Robin
TV
TV
Sunny Nights
as Marvin Martin
TV