Will Forte
Biography
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).
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Known For
Acting
2004
asYoung Bobby
2007
asDean Solomon
2009
asJoe Towne (voice)
2014
asDerelict (uncredited)
2008
asScott
2022
asDarren Sandelbaum
2009
asHorace the Lone Diner
2023
asGordon Lighthouse (voice)
2009
asSubject #72
2023
asDoug
2010
asMacGruber
2012
asSergeant Bressman
2011
asGlenn
2012
asMitch Miley
2011
as
2013
asChester V (voice)
2013
asDavid Grant
2014
asAbraham Lincoln (voice)
2014
asTed
2013
asMarshall Taylor
2015
asJoshua Fleet
2009
asTHX Security Guard #4
2014
as
asKevin Avery
2014
asLincoln (voice)
2015
asSandy Pickard
2010
asSelf
2022
asBen Scotti
2015
asPastor Fontaine
2009
asVarious (archive footage)
2024
asOtis (voice)
2025
asJosh Lewis
2016
asHulka
2015
asWill Patch
2015
asGriffith
2023
asCyrus
2015
asCody (voice)
2016
asBagpipe Player
2018
asDoug Kenney
2012
asAllan Bishopman
2012
asPhil
2017
asMichael Fulton
2017
asFrench Gendarme
2017
asSelf
2014
as'Previously' Narrator / Football Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
2019
asDoug
2017
asWill Grello
2019
asChristian Winter
2019
asDoomed Gringo #1
2019
asAbraham Lincoln (voice)
2013
asVoice
2019
asMax's Dad
2020
asShaggy Rogers (voice)
2006
asOtto
2012
asWill
2013
asMale Cheerleader (uncredited)
2010
asGreg Allman / Various (archive footage)
2001
as(uncredited)
2020
asTim Willoughby (voice)
2020
asSelf Help Book Narrator
2020
asSelf
2010
as2006
asSelf
2021
asAbraham Lincoln (voice)
2021
asFred
2024
asSelf
2008
asMonsieur Bouffant (The Frenchman)
2024
asSelf (archive footage)
2025
asSelf
2011
asMacGruber
asRandy
asJesus Christ (voice)
asSelf - Various Characters
asAbe Lincoln / Narrator (voice)
asBen
as
asPaul L'astnamé
asKirk Cameron (voice)
asSelf - Guest
as
as
as
asKelly
asSelf
asShel (voice)
asRichard Fox / Pubba
as
asAbe Lincoln (voice)
asStewart Rossmyre
asReed
asTyler Cutebiker (voice)
asSelf - Cameo (uncredited)
asPhil Tandy Miller
asChet Barnsider
asasButt Insurance Salesman (voice)
asCharlie Greenfield (voice)
asRed Cunningham (voice)
asSelf
asMayor Woodside (voice)
asSecurity Guard (voice)
asConvention Attendee (voice)
asMr. Grant (voice)
asSelf - Host
asChuck
asPall Willeaux
asWill Grello
asDr. Reid Tamaranda
asJ.J. Pepper
asSelf - Judge
asSelf
asKurt (voice)
asCampos (voice)
as(voice)
asBarry (voice)
asSelf
asEddy
asEddy/Teddy
asOlder Scott Pilgrim (voice)
asRobin
asAdditional Voices (voice)
asEddy / Cheddy
asTyler / Hunter / Chet / Blue Helmet Kid (voice)
asDrexx Drudlarr (voice)
asChipper (voice)
asAlien (voice)
asCoach Dan (voice)
asCASSIN-E
asSelf - Guest
asSelf - Contestant
asOld Man on Plane
asGilbert Power
asWill
asWolf Tobin (voice)
as asSelf
asHusband
asMacGruber
asReferee
asRobotron
asBand Member
asDepartment Head
asWolf Man
asHimself
asTomas
asEugene Michael Piss / Pissmaster (voice)
asDirk (voice)
asJann Melfi
asKing Toot (voice)
asFirefighter Henry Watkins (voice)
asEdwin Booth
asSelf
asEven Older Scott Pilgrim (voice)
asSelf
asasMarvin Martin
asKiefer
asJack (voice)
asSelf - Contestant
asSelf
asMacGruber
asMacGruber
asWarden (voice)
asWill
as asRobotTron
asSelf
Production
Crew
Directing
