Will Arnett

In 1994, he married actress Penelope Ann Miller but the relationship did not last for more than a year and the two separated.

Post-divorce, he was romantically linked with various stars including Missy Yager with whom he shared a four year live-in relationship and Amy Poehler. Eventually, he married Poehler in 2003. The couple was blessed with two sons. In 2012, they separated after nine years of marriage.

Will Arnett was born as William Emerson ‘Will’ Arnett to Edith Alexandra and Emerson James Arnett in Toronto. His father was a corporate lawyer and brewer. He was the third of the four children born to the couple.

Young Arnett attended the Lakefield College School, the Subway Academy II and Leaside High School to complete his formal education. It was while at Subway Academy that he took up theatre classes which provided him the first exposure to creative art.

Later on, he enrolled at the Concordia University, Montreal but dropped out of the same after one semester to pursue acting career. Meanwhile, it was his mother who encouraged him to make a foray in the world of showbiz. He started auditioning for commercials.

In 1990, he moved to New York to take up an acting course at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. Henceforth, he started appearing in plays in New York.

He got his big break in acting in the year 1996 during which he was cast in two movies, ‘Close Up’ and ‘Ed’s Next Move’, as Dave and Weather Video Guy respectively.

In 1998 and 1999, he starred in three movies, ‘The Broken Giant’, ‘Southey’ ‘The Waiting Game’. In 1999, he also made his foray into television with the NBC series, ‘The Mike O’ Malley Show’ which was cancelled after two episodes. He also appeared and in an episode of ‘Sex and the City’

Post the cancellation of the Malley Show and with no further assignments under his kitty, he went into a depression. He also became an alcoholic.. However, this did not continue for long and with the help of a friend, he pulled himself back to mainstream art.

In 2001, he served as a narrator for the flick, ‘Series 7: The Contenders’. As for the television, he was cast in the CBS television series, ‘Loomis’. He played the role of a slacker brother of the protagonist, Cheri Oteri, a local news reporter. The show, however, did not pick up and was finally cancelled.

In 2004, he was awarded the TV Land Awards for the category of Future Classic Award.

He was times nominated for the Emmy Awards seven times; thrice for ‘Arrested Development’ and four times ’30 Rock’.