Will Ferrell continues as a cast member on Saturday Night Live. While Ferrell has portayed many characters, his most popular include: Craig, the Spartan cheerleader, the club hopping Roxbury Guy Steve Butabi, the musical middle school teacher Marty Culp, and Tom Wilkins, the hyperactive co-host of Morning Latte. Among his many impressions are Janet Reno, the Unabomber, Alex Trebex, Elton John, Neil Diamond and Saddam Hussein. In October of 1998 Ferrell brought his swinging SNL character Steve Butabi, to the big screen in A Night at the Roxbury. In 1997, Ferrell appeared as Mustaffa in the hit comedy Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. He's completed three films, the Nixon parody Dick, The Suburbans with Jennifer Love Hewitt and Ben Stiller and Superstar opposite SNL castmate Molly Shannon. Prior to joining SNL, Ferrell was a member of the Los Angeles-based comedy/improv group The Groundlings. A graduate of the University of Southern California, Ferrell became interested in performing while a student at University High School in Irvine, California. Will Ferrell was born on July 16, 1968 in Irvine, California.
A Night at the Roxbury is my favorite Will Ferrell movie
It may have taken the Butabi Brothers seven years to graduate from high school, but now they've realized there's more to life than working in their father's silk plant store. Their goal is to get into L.A.'s #1 night spot - the elegant Roxbury Club- and become movers and shakers in today's happening night club scene. Steve (Will Ferrell) and Doug (Chris Kattan) are determined to prove that for the first time in their lives, they are really worth something. They set out to prove their manhood by gooing through the ultimate rite of passage, getting into the A-club- the Roxbury - and maybe, someday, even running a club of their own. But they're not on the Roxbury guest list, so Doug and Steve are stuck on the sidewalk - as Doug complains, "A-club people leading a B-club life" - until they roll into a fender bender with a club regular, litigation-phobic actor Richard Grieco (himself), who escorts them right into the Roxbury! They make contact with the Roxbury's successful and influentail owner, Mr. Zadir, Who agrees to a meeting to discuss their "bound-to-happen" concepts for new clubs. That same night at the Roxbury, Doug and Steve get picked-up by a pair of fortune-hunters, Cambi (Elisa Donovan) and Vivica (Gigi Rice), who mistake them for fat cats. They pair up for some wild dancing and move on to an exclusive party at Zadir's plush residence. Will Doug and Steve strike it rich in clubland or cause gridlock in the fast lane? Whatever happens, life will never be the same for the Roxbury Guys - or for their angry, practical-minded father (Dan Hedaya); his pampered, jewelry-prone wife (Loni Anderson); or their young, seemingly shy neighbor Emily (Molly Shannon) who , in reality, is hell-bent on manipulating Steve into marriage and their daddies' brilliant new venture - a lamps-and-plants business.
