Will Forte

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).