LA Celebrities: Will Ferrell

Will Ferrell showed up on the red carpet at Dodger Stadium last year for the Clayton Kershaw’s charity fundraiser in a Dodger’s uniform.

Ferrell is an actor, comedian, producer, and writer. He established himself in the nineties as part of the cast Saturday Night Live, and has subsequently starred in comedy films such as Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy(2004), Talladega Nights (2006), Step Brothers (2008), The Other Guys (2010) and Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013)

Just as there was a Rat Pack in the sixties that included Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and and more, there was a Frat Pack in the late nineties of which Ferrell is considered a member.  Others included in this group are Jack Black, Ben Stiller, Steve Carell, Vince Vaughn, and brothers Owen and Luke Wilson.

He received an Emmy Award nomination for his work on Saturday Night Live, and two Golden Globe Award nominations for The Producers (2005) and Stranger than Fiction (2006). He was also named the best comedian of 2015 in the British GQ Men of the Year awards.

Ferrell received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on March 24, 2015.