Will Forte
Photoplayd Industry Rating
Not enough rated films yet to compute a weighted score.
Roles are weighted by involvement: director 1.0, screenwriter 0.7, lead 0.8, supporting 0.4, crew 0.1.
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
Coyote vs. Acme (2026)
as Kevin Avery
Grown Ups 2 (2013)
as Male Cheerleader (uncredited)
The Breadwinner (2026)
as Keegan
The Lego Movie (2014)
as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
as Joe Towne (voice)
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023)
as Gordon Lighthouse (voice)
22 Jump Street (2014)
as 'Previously' Narrator / Football Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)
as Chester V (voice)
That's My Boy (2012)
as Phil
Strays (2023)
as Doug
The Laundromat (2019)
as Doomed Gringo #1
Good Boys (2019)
as Max's Dad
Booksmart (2019)
as Doug
Rock of Ages (2012)
as Mitch Miley
Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
as Young Bobby
The Watch (2012)
as Sergeant Bressman
Thelma the Unicorn (2024)
as Otis (voice)
Scoob! (2020)
as Shaggy Rogers (voice)
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
as Bagpipe Player
Kinda Pregnant (2025)
as Josh Lewis
Life of Crime (2013)
as Marshall Taylor
Studio 666 (2022)
as Darren Sandelbaum
The Ridiculous 6 (2015)
as Will Patch
The Willoughbys (2020)
as Tim Willoughby (voice)
Fanboys (2009)
as THX Security Guard #4
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)
as Ben Scotti
Will & Harper (2024)
as Self
Nebraska (2013)
as David Grant
7 Days in Hell (2015)
as Sandy Pickard
She's Funny That Way (2015)
as Joshua Fleet
Beerfest (2006)
as Otto
Ghost World (2001)
as (uncredited)
Keanu (2016)
as Hulka
MacGruber (2010)
as MacGruber
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (2025)
as Self
The Slammin' Salmon (2009)
as Horace the Lone Diner
America: The Motion Picture (2021)
as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
Tour de Pharmacy (2017)
as French Gendarme
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy (2011)
as Glenn
Extra Ordinary (2019)
as Christian Winter
A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018)
as Doug Kenney
The Women of SNL (2010)
as Greg Allman / Various (archive footage)
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2009)
as Subject #72
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
Baby Mama (2008)
as Scott
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics (2020)
as Self
Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special (2017)
as Michael Fulton
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs (2017)
as Self
A.C.O.R.N.S.: Operation Crackdown (2015)
as Cody (voice)
Staten Island Summer (2015)
as Griffith
The Brothers Solomon (2007)
as Dean Solomon
Apartment Troubles (2014)
as Simon
An SNL Thanksgiving (2024)
as (archive footage)
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (2012)
as Allan Bishopman
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler (2009)
as Various (archive footage)
Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Feel Kinda Left Out (2023)
as Cyrus
Coffin Dodgers (2013)
as Voice
Don Verdean (2015)
as Pastor Fontaine
Skott & Behr (2010)
Actor
The Day Drinking with Seth Meyers New Year's Special (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern (2026)
Actor
Laser Cats! (2006)
as RobotTron
An SNL Valentine (2015)
as (archive footage)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10 (2011)
as MacGruber
Run & Jump (2014)
as Ted
Saturday Night (2010)
as Self
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again (2010)
as Self
Drunk Bus (2021)
as Fred
The Immigrant (2012)
as Will
Downey Wrote That (2025)
as Self
Goblin (—)
Actor
Audio Tour (2011)
Actor
Michelangelo and Lincoln: History Cops (2014)
as Lincoln (voice)
Dwell (2020)
as Self Help Book Narrator
Synergy Systems (—)
as Narcissus
Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job! Awesome 10 Year Anniversary Version, Great Job? (2017)
as Will Grello
Demetri Martin: These Are Jokes (2006)
as Self
Wampler's Ascent (2013)
as Self