Will Forte
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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.
Known for
Credits
The Breadwinner (2026)
as Keegan
Grown Ups 2 (2013)
as Male Cheerleader (uncredited)
The Lego Movie (2014)
as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
as Joe Towne (voice)
22 Jump Street (2014)
as 'Previously' Narrator / Football Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)
as Chester V (voice)
That's My Boy (2012)
as Phil
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023)
as Gordon Lighthouse (voice)
Horrible Bosses 2 (2014)
as Derelict (uncredited)
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
as Young Bobby
Booksmart (2019)
as Doug
Scoob! (2020)
as Shaggy Rogers (voice)
Rock of Ages (2012)
as Mitch Miley
Kinda Pregnant (2025)
as Josh Lewis
Apartment Troubles (2014)
as Simon
Fanboys (2009)
as THX Security Guard #4
Good Boys (2019)
as Max's Dad
The Watch (2012)
as Sergeant Bressman
The Ridiculous 6 (2015)
as Will Patch
Coyote vs ACME (2026)
as Kevin Avery
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)
as Ben Scotti
Nebraska (2013)
as David Grant
The Laundromat (2019)
as Doomed Gringo #1
Keanu (2016)
as Hulka
The Willoughbys (2020)
as Tim Willoughby (voice)
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy (2011)
as Glenn
Thelma the Unicorn (2024)
as Otis (voice)
She's Funny That Way (2015)
as Joshua Fleet
Beerfest (2006)
as Otto
Strays (2023)
as Doug
Tour de Pharmacy (2017)
as French Gendarme
Life of Crime (2013)
as Marshall Taylor
MacGruber (2010)
as MacGruber
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
as Bagpipe Player
Ghost World (2001)
as (uncredited)
Baby Mama (2008)
as Scott
7 Days in Hell (2015)
as Sandy Pickard
The Brothers Solomon (2007)
as Dean Solomon
America: The Motion Picture (2021)
as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
Will & Harper (2024)
as Self
The Slammin' Salmon (2009)
as Horace the Lone Diner
Laser Cats! (2006)
as RobotTron
A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018)
as Doug Kenney
Staten Island Summer (2015)
as Griffith
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
Run & Jump (2014)
as Ted
Downey Wrote That (2025)
as Self
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics (2020)
as Self
The Women of SNL (2010)
as Greg Allman / Various (archive footage)
Synergy Systems (—)
as Narcissus
Coffin Dodgers (2013)
as Voice
Studio 666 (2022)
as Darren Sandelbaum
The Immigrant (2012)
as Will
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2009)
as Subject #72
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (2012)
as Allan Bishopman
A.C.O.R.N.S.: Operation Crackdown (2015)
as Cody (voice)
Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special (2017)
as Michael Fulton
Skott & Behr (2010)
Actor
Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Feel Kinda Left Out (2023)
as Cyrus
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs (2017)
as Self
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again (2010)
as Self
Saturday Night (2010)
as Self
Dwell (2020)
as Self Help Book Narrator
Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern (2026)
Actor
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler (2009)
as Various (archive footage)
Extra Ordinary (2019)
as Christian Winter
Don Verdean (2015)
as Pastor Fontaine
Michelangelo and Lincoln: History Cops (2014)
as Lincoln (voice)
The Day Drinking with Seth Meyers New Year's Special (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Drunk Bus (2021)
as Fred
Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job! Awesome 10 Year Anniversary Version, Great Job? (2017)
as Will Grello
Audio Tour (2011)
Actor
Demetri Martin: These Are Jokes (2006)
as Self
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10 (2011)
as MacGruber