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Will Forte 
Forte at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival premiere of A Good Old Fashioned OrgyBorn Orville Willis Forte IV
June 17, 1970
Alameda County, CaliforniaOccupation Actor, comedian, writer Years active 1997–present Orville Willis Forte IV, better known as Will Forte (born June 17, 1970),[1] is an American actor, voice actor, comedian and writer best known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2002–2010 and for starring in the SNL spin-off film MacGruber.
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Early life
Forte was born in Alameda County, California, the son of Patricia C. (née Stivers) and Orville Willis Forte III. He was raised in Lafayette, California, and graduated from Acalanes High School and UCLA with a history degree. While at UCLA, he was a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.
Saturday Night Live
Forte joined the cast of Saturday Night Live in 2002 as a featured player. He was upgraded to full cast member the next season. Forte took over the role of then-president George W. Bush following the departure of Will Ferrell, a season with Chris Parnell in the role, and a brief half-season of Darrell Hammond playing the part. Forte featured as a number of recurring characters over the years, including The Falconer, MacGruber, Tim Calhoun, Mr. Dillon in the Gilly sketches, Greg Stink, and as one of the characters in the Song Memories sketches. Forte was often featured as a guest at the Weekend Update desk. He had several recurring Update characters, such as Tim Calhoun; He often appeared in musical Update bits, such as one of The Kelly Brothers, Daryl Hall of Hall & Oates, and a member of reverse Bon Jovi band, Jon Bovi. On August 26, 2010, Forte announced that he would be leaving SNL after eight years on the show (2002–2010) to focus on other projects.[2] On April 2, 2011, he made a guest appearance on the show, reprising his role of Greg Stink.
Other work
Before joining SNL, Forte was a member of The Groundlings. He has written and/or produced on the television series Late Show with David Letterman, 3rd Rock from the Sun, That '70s Show, and Action. Forte provided the voice of Abe Lincoln and the show announcer on the critically acclaimed but short-lived animated series, Clone High. He was a consultant on another short-lived animated series, God, the Devil and Bob. He made a cameo in the movie Around the World in 80 Days and was in the Broken Lizard film Beerfest. Forte made an appearance on Demetri Martin's album, These Are Jokes and guest starred in an episode of the CBS comedy How I Met Your Mother. Forte is a recurring guest on the Adult Swim comedy program Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, also appearing in Tim and Eric Nite Live!, Forte also appeared on The Young Person's Guide to History, a television special on Adult Swim. On March 31, 2009, he appeared on SNL alum Jimmy Fallon's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.[3]
Forte wrote the film The Brothers Solomon, in which he stars opposite Will Arnett (husband of former SNL castmember Amy Poehler). He and frequent writing partner John Solomon wrote some segments for Extreme Movie along with fellow SNL castmember Andy Samberg and The Lonely Island. He appeared in the 2009 film Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, directed by John Krasinski and adapted from the short story collection of the same title. Will had a cameo in the comedy troupe Broken Lizard's (with whom Will worked on the comedy Beerfest) 2009 comedy The Slammin' Salmon.
Forte in May 2008
Forte guest starred on HBO's Flight of the Conchords as a "semi-professional" actor who poses as a record company executive, as well as on CBS's How I Met Your Mother as one of Barney's co-workers and potential new wingman.
Forte has also guest voiced on the American Dad! episode "Family Affair," as a Disneyland security guard. He has also guest voiced in the episode "Every Which Way But Lose," as Mayor Woodside. He also appeared on the Christmas fantasy episode Rapture's Delight with SNL co-star Andy Samberg. Forte appeared in seven episodes of the sitcom 30 Rock ("Black Tie", "Argus", "I Do Do", "Chain Reaction of Mental Anguish", "Christmas Attack Zone", "100", and "Respawn"). After playing a bit part in the first episode Forte returned to the show to portray main character Jenna Maroney's "GenderdysmorphicBigenitalianPansexual" partner, Paul L'Astnamé.
Forte lent his voice to Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned and played a radio host called "Martin Serious". In 2009, Forte became a regular voice cast member in the Fox comedy series, "Sit Down, Shut Up". He voices Vice Principal Stuart Proszakian, a former prison clown now working as Knob Haven High's vice-principal.[4] The series premiered on April 19, 2009.[4] Kenan Thompson, Kristin Chenoweth, Jason Bateman, Tom Kenny, Nick Kroll, Cheri Oteri, Will Arnett and Henry Winkler are the other main cast members.[4]
He also voices Principal Wally, a recurring character on The Cleveland Show.
On April 19, 2010, as his MacGruber character, he co-guest hosted WWE Raw with Kristen Wiig and Ryan Phillippe to promote the film MacGruber.[5]
Forte guest starred on fellow SNL alum Amy Poehler's third season of Parks and Recreation playing Kelly, a Twilight-loving resident of the fictional town of Pawnee, in the episode "Time Capsule".[6] In the fall of 2010, Forte guest starred on How I Met Your Mother, reprising his role as Randy, a low-level Goliath National Bank employee. On November 10, 2010, Forte began making recurring appearances as a parodic version of TBS founder Ted Turner on the third episode of Conan O'Brien's new talk show, Conan, which airs on TBS.[7]
Forte serves on the Board of Directors of the National Policy and Advocacy Council on Homelessness.[8]
In 2010, he appeared in a commercial for the United Parcel Service.
Filmography
Year Title Role 2002–2010 Saturday Night Live Various TV Series: Main Cast 2002–2003 Clone High Abe Lincoln TV Series: Main Cast 2004 Around the World in 80 Days Young French Policeman Bobby 2006 Beerfest Otto 2006–present 30 Rock Paul / Tomas TV Series: Recurring Cast 2007 The Brothers Solomon Dean Solomon Also Writer 2008 Baby Mama Scott 2009 The Slammin' Salmon Horace Brief Interviews with Hideous Men Subject #72 Fanboys Security Guard #1 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Joe Towne Voice Only 2009–present The Cleveland Show Principal Wally TV Series: Recurring Cast, Voice Only 2009 Sit Down, Shut Up Stuart Proszakian Voice 2010 MacGruber MacGruber Also Writer How I Met Your Mother Randy Guest 2010-present Conan Ted Turner TV Series: Guest Cast 2011 A Good Old Fashioned Orgy Glenn 2011 Parks and Recreation Kelly TV Series: Guest Star 2011 Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil Gordie secondary character 2011 Up All Night Reed Guest 2011 Allen Gregory Various Characters Recurring 2012 Rock of Ages Mitch Miley filming 2012 Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie Allen Bishopman filming 2012 Neighborhood Watch Sergeant Bressman filming References
- ^ Ancestry.com. California Birth Index, 1905–1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005
- ^ Barrett, Annie. (2010-08-26) 'Saturday Night Live': Will Forte reportedly leaving on amicable terms. Popwatch.ew.com. Retrieved on 2011-06-06.
- ^ website. Gawker.com (2009-03-31). Retrieved on 2011-06-06.
- ^ a b c "Sit Down, Shut Up". Fox. http://sitdownshutupwiki.fox.com/?t=anon. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
- ^ "Upcoming Raw Guest Hosts". World Wrestling Entertainment. http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/special/allspecialguesthosts/upcomingguesthosts. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
- ^ "Will Forte Lands Parks and Recreation Guest Spot". TVGuide.com. http://www.tvguide.com/News/Will-Forte-Parks-Recreation-1019247.aspx.
- ^ Conan Video – Ted Turner Fights Conan With A Buffalo 02/08/11 – TeamCoco.com. Tbs.com. Retrieved on 2011-06-06.
- ^ NPACH website. Npach.org. Retrieved on 2011-06-06.
External links
- Will Forte at the Internet Movie Database
- Will Forte LiveJournal Community
- Will Forte shares his favorite NY places at ontheinside.info
- Interview with Will Forte at CollegeHumor
- Forte supports the Writers Guild of America in this video
Conan O'Brien Television hosting Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993–2009) (episodes · sketches) · 54th Primetime Emmy Awards (2002) · 58th Primetime Emmy Awards (2006) · The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009–2010) (episodes · sketches) · Conan (2010–) (episodes · sketches)Major appearances "Bart Gets Famous" (The Simpsons, 1994) · "Xmas Story" (Futurama, 1999) · "The Denial Twist" (The White Stripes 2005 music video) · "Valentine's Day" (The Office, 2006) · "Tracy Does Conan" (30 Rock, 2006) · Who Made Huckabee? (2008)Other television work Not Necessarily the News (writer, 1985–1987) · The Wilton North Report (writer, 1987–1988) · Saturday Night Live (writer, 1988–1991) · Lookwell (writer, 1991) · The Simpsons (writer, producer, 1991–1993) · Andy Barker, P.I. (creator, 2007) · Operating Instructions (executive producer, 2010) · Outlaw (executive co-producer, 2010) · Eagleheart (executive producer, 2011–)Other work Harvard Lampoon (writer, editor, president, 1981–1985) · Happy Happy Good Show (cast, 1988) · The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour (2010) · Live at Third Man (live album, 2010) · Conan O'Brien Can't Stop (documentary, 2011)Collaborators The Basic Cable Band · Pierre Bernard · Joel Godard · Steven Ho · Brian McCann · Mike Mitchell · Jimmy Pardo · Andy Richter · Robert Smigel · Brian Stack · Abe Vigoda · Reggie Watts · Max Weinberg · Jack White · Will ForteRelated articles Conaco · Pale Force · Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog · Finnish presidential election, 2006 · 2010 Tonight Show conflict · The War for Late Night · Conan blimp · The Flaming C DC Comics characterCategories:- 1970 births
- Living people
- Actors from California
- American comedians
- American film actors
- American screenwriters
- American television actors
- American television producers
- American television writers
- American voice actors
- The Groundlings
- People from Alameda County, California
- People from Lafayette, California
- University of California, Los Angeles alumni
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