Will Forte - Other Work During SNL

Other Work During SNL

Forte provided the voice of Abe Lincoln and the show announcer on the critically acclaimed but short-lived animated series, Clone High. He was a guest voice on the animated series Drawn Together, Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1, and feature film Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. Forte made an appearance on friend Demetri Martin's album, These Are Jokes and can be heard on the track "Personal Information Waltz". Forte guest starred on HBO's Flight of the Conchords as a "semi-professional" actor who poses as a record company executive. He made a cameo in the movie Around the World in 80 Days and was in the Broken Lizard film Beerfest.

Forte had struck a deal 10 years earlier to write a feature based on characters from a pilot he'd written for Carsey-Werner. As an agreement to terminate his contract with Carsey-Werner and executive producer Tom Werner, he agreed to develop a feature film about the brothers. He wrote the script after meeting Will Arnett through Arnett's wife, SNL castmate Amy Poehler, considering him ideal for the role of John Solomon (named after his writing partner John Solomon). Directed by comic Bob Odenkirk and costarring SNL castmember Kristen Wiig, Chi McBride, Malin Akerman, and Lee Major, the film was filmed on a 32 day schedule on a budget of $10 million.

In 2008 Forte had a small role in the Tina Fey-Amy Poehler film Baby Mama. He and frequent writing partner John Solomon wrote some segments for Extreme Movie along with fellow SNL castmember Andy Samberg and The Lonely Island. He appeared in the 2009 film Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, directed by John Krasinski and adapted from the short story collection of the same title. Forte had a cameo in the 2009 comedy The Slammin' Salmon by the comedy troupe Broken Lizard.

In 2008, Forte guest starred in an episode of the CBS comedy How I Met Your Mother as one of Barney's co-workers and potential new wingman. Forte is a recurring guest on the Adult Swim comedy program Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, also appearing in Tim and Eric Nite Live!, Forte also appeared on The Young Person's Guide to History, a television special on Adult Swim. Between 1997 through 2007, Forte contributed as a consultant and writer of segments on the MTV Movie Awards and MTV Video Awards.

Forte lent his voice to Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned and played a radio host called "Martin Serious". Forte wrote the short story "Beware of Math Tutors Who Ride Motorcycles" for the book Things I’ve Learned from Women Who’ve Dumped Me. In 2009, Forte became a regular voice cast member in the Fox comedy series, Sit Down, Shut Up. He voices Vice Principal Stuart Proszakian, a former prison clown now working as Knob Haven High's vice-principal. He also voices Principal Wally, a recurring character on The Cleveland Show. On April 19, 2010, as his MacGruber character, he co-guest hosted WWE Raw with Kristen Wiig and Ryan Phillippe to promote the film MacGruber.

Forte cowrote and starred in the title role of MacGruber, based on his SNL character. The film was co-written by writing partner John Solomon and director Jorma Taccone. They filmed the movie during their 2009 hiatus from SNL during a 28 day filming schedule in New Mexico on a $10 million dollar budget. Released during the summer of 2010, Forte left SNL soon after its theatrical release