Will Forte

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Will Forte is an American award-winning actor, writer, and producer

Jun 17, 1970

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Biography

Personal Details

  • Birthday: June 17, 1970
  • Nationality: American
  • Famous: University Of California, Los Angeles, Film & Theater Personalities, Actors
  • City/State: California
  • Nick names: Orville Forte
  • Siblings: Michelle Forte
  • Known as: Orville Willis Forte IV

Will Forte born at

Alameda County, California, United States

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Birth Place

Will Forte currently lives in Santa Monica, and is dating American actress and model January Jones.

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Personal Life

He has suffered from OCD in the past, but has been normal since a long time.

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Personal Life

Apart from his acting career, he is also a member of the Board of Directors for the ‘National Policy and Advocacy Council on Homelessness’.

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Personal Life

Will Forte was born Orville Willis Forte IV on 17th June 1970 in Alameda County, California to Orville Willis Forte III, and Patricia C. His father is a financial broker, while his mother is an artist and was also a schoolteacher. He is Christian by religion. He has a sister named Michelle Forte.

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Childhood & Early Life

He graduated from ‘Acalanes High School’ in 1988, and was a member of their swimming and football teams. In school he was voted as the class president, and awarded the title of ‘Best Personality’ by his class.

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Childhood & Early Life

He obtained a degree in history from the ‘University of California’ and was also a member of the North American college fraternity ‘Lambda Chi Alpha’. As a teenager he loved comedy, and followed famous comedians like Steve Martin and David Letterman.

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Childhood & Early Life

Prior to starting his acting career, he took classes for sketch comedy at ‘The Groundlings’, a school and theatre in Los Angeles.

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Childhood & Early Life

Will Forte ventured into comedy by writing and producing a comic book called ‘101 Things to Definitely Not Do If You Want to Get a Chick’, that was written as a funny dating advice book for men.

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Career

The next assignment he received was for an American late-night talk show ‘Late Show with David Letterman’ hosted by David Letterman on CBS. He was initially very excited, but was let go due to his inexperience just nine months later.

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Career

He again moved to ‘The Groundlings’ and performed with noted actors like Jim Rash, Maya Rudolph, and Cheryl Hines, and even started writing for sitcoms like ‘Action’ and ‘The Army Show’. He also tried stand-up comedy many times at events like open mic nights.

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Career

He was then hired to write for an American sitcom called ‘3rd Rock from the Sun’ (1996), television show ‘The Jenny McCarthy Show’ (1997), and the American sitcom. ‘That 70’s Show’ (1998). Around this time he also received the offer to be on the comedy show ‘Saturday Night Live’.

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Career

Will Forte joined the cast of ‘Saturday Night Live’ for the twenty-eight season. He could not enact the sketches initially, and thus had to learn to get better on his performance. It took him more than four seasons to get used to the show, and was almost fired from it on many occasions.

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Career

Will Forte has been recognized for playing various characters on the late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show ‘Saturday Night Live’ for which he received critical acclaim. He also received exceptional popularity for ‘That 70’s Show’, written and produced by him as well.

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Major Works