Will Ferrell

Will Ferrell rose to fame as a part of the cast of "Saturday Night Live," before appearing on such major-screen comedies such as 'Elf"Anchorman," "Talladega Nights.' Will Ferrell was born in Irvine in the year 1967. He began his comedic career as a member of the group based in Los Angeles, The Groundlings. Following his seven years as a Saturday Night Live Cast Member, Ferrell was one of the top comedians in the business through off-color successes such as Old School (2003) or Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004). Ferrell is also co-creator of the popular video streaming site Funny or Die, and had success as a voiceover actor via animated features like Megamind (2010). John William Ferrell was born on the 16th of July, 1967, in Irvine, California. Will Ferrell was the eldest child of Righteous Brothers keyboardist Lee Ferrell and instructor Kay Ferrell. He was himself, as he admitted, not exactly the class clown while he was a University High School student. He was quiet and reserved and he opted to be a football player with a record at the school for the highest number of field goals scored. Ferrell was a more laid-back person at home in the suburbs and didn't have the same outlandish or humorous outbursts later to define his career. His mother who was interviewed by Esquire she said that her son was very calm and amiable. "You are familiar with those tiny Matchbox cars? Will be ecstatic when he lined up all of his Matchbox cars by himself. You'd ask "Do you want to visit Disneyland this morning?" or "You want your cars lined up?" And he'd have to think about the idea. "That's not to say that Ferrell was a total straight-laced man. One glimpse of Ferrell's comedy talent was displayed every morning at high school when Ferrell disguised himself in order to announce his day's events on the loudspeaker system. Ferrell graduated from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles in 1986. He joined the Delta Tau fraternity, and went on to pursue a degree in sports journalism.