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My Take
Will Forte's brand of comedy demands a fearlessness I find genuinely rare. Eight seasons on Saturday Night Live taught him commitment, but MacGruber proved he would push a bit far past the point of comfort and somehow find new laughs there. Then Nebraska revealed the quiet, melancholy actor underneath, holding the screen against Bruce Dern with almost no jokes at all. That double register, absurdist daredevil and gentle straight man, is why directors keep calling him. I think of him as the secret weapon of American comedy: never the loudest name on the poster, often the reason the thing works.
Overview
Orville Willis Forte IV ( 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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Will Forte
- Name (Japanese)
- ウィル・フォーテ
- Reading
- うぃる・ふぉーて
- Born
- June 17, 1970 (age 55)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Dog
- Origin
- Alameda County, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- screenwriter / voice actor / film actor / television actor / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Acalanes High School
- University
- University of California, Los Angeles
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Scoob! | — | |
| Notable work | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | — | |
| Notable work | Don Verdean | — | |
| Notable work | Nebraska | — | |
| Notable work | The Last Man on Earth | — | |
| Notable work | MacGruber | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.