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Cinema Blend
Actor of The Month
July 2004
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Cinema Blend's Actor of the Month is bestowed to an actor or actress for their contribution to flicks these days. The actor/actress has been voted upon by the Cinema Blend staff (and forum members), and will be featured in the Ring of the site logo at some point during the month. That being Said, the “coveted” Cinema Blend Actor of the Month Award for July is Will Ferrell.
A graduate of the University of Southern California, Ferrell became interested in performing while a student at University High School in Irvine, California, where he made his school's daily morning announcements over the public address system in disguised voices. Will Ferrell started as a member of the Los Angeles comedy/improve group The Groundlings, where fellow cast members Ana Gasteyer, Maya Rudolph and former SNL repertory players such as Laraine Newman, Jon Lovitz and Phil Hartman began their careers. It was there Will met Chris Kattan and the two became good friends and they would both go on to Saturday Night Live later. He has also appeared on several television programs, including "Strangers with Candy,” “Grace Under Fire” and “Living Single,” during his time at The Groundlings. Will also lent his voice to the arm- less and leg-less dad of cartoon family “The Oblongs.” In 1995 Will became a feature cast member at Saturday Night Live during the show's rapid recasting. He was declared quite possibly the worst cast member ever during his first season. However, his talents of impersonations and range of characters shot him forward to making him arguably the greatest SNL cast member ever. During his seven year run he is one of the few cast members to ever be nominated for an Emmy for a performance and played George W. Bush during the 2000 elections. He's appeared in every Saturday Night Live movie since his premiere on the show in 1995 (1998's <i>A Night at the Roxbury</I>, 1999's <i>Superstar</I>, 2000's <i>The Ladies Man</i>). In 2002 he left SNL and was the only cast member to ever receive a farewell from all the current cast members at the end of the season finale show. Since leaving the show Will has pursued a career in film. In 2000 he married and now lives in L.A.
Ironically enough, his big screen debut was as an Anchorman in the 1995 flop, <i>Criminal Hearts</i>.
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<font face=arial size=4><u><b>Read CB Reviews of Will Ferrell movies:</b></u>
<i><a href=http://www.cinemablend.com/review.php?id=279>Elf</i></a>
<i><a href=http://www.cinemablend.com/review.php?id=466>Old School</i></a></font>
<img src=http://images.countingdown.com/images/countdowns/movies/3105393/1011/3265946_main.jpg>
Catch Will this month in
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
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Show your love for all things Ferrell.
<font size=1>*bio from imdb.com</font>
Cinema Blend
Actor of The Month
July 2004
</center>
Cinema Blend's Actor of the Month is bestowed to an actor or actress for their contribution to flicks these days. The actor/actress has been voted upon by the Cinema Blend staff (and forum members), and will be featured in the Ring of the site logo at some point during the month. That being Said, the “coveted” Cinema Blend Actor of the Month Award for July is Will Ferrell.
A graduate of the University of Southern California, Ferrell became interested in performing while a student at University High School in Irvine, California, where he made his school's daily morning announcements over the public address system in disguised voices. Will Ferrell started as a member of the Los Angeles comedy/improve group The Groundlings, where fellow cast members Ana Gasteyer, Maya Rudolph and former SNL repertory players such as Laraine Newman, Jon Lovitz and Phil Hartman began their careers. It was there Will met Chris Kattan and the two became good friends and they would both go on to Saturday Night Live later. He has also appeared on several television programs, including "Strangers with Candy,” “Grace Under Fire” and “Living Single,” during his time at The Groundlings. Will also lent his voice to the arm- less and leg-less dad of cartoon family “The Oblongs.” In 1995 Will became a feature cast member at Saturday Night Live during the show's rapid recasting. He was declared quite possibly the worst cast member ever during his first season. However, his talents of impersonations and range of characters shot him forward to making him arguably the greatest SNL cast member ever. During his seven year run he is one of the few cast members to ever be nominated for an Emmy for a performance and played George W. Bush during the 2000 elections. He's appeared in every Saturday Night Live movie since his premiere on the show in 1995 (1998's <i>A Night at the Roxbury</I>, 1999's <i>Superstar</I>, 2000's <i>The Ladies Man</i>). In 2002 he left SNL and was the only cast member to ever receive a farewell from all the current cast members at the end of the season finale show. Since leaving the show Will has pursued a career in film. In 2000 he married and now lives in L.A.
Ironically enough, his big screen debut was as an Anchorman in the 1995 flop, <i>Criminal Hearts</i>.
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<font face=arial size=4><u><b>Read CB Reviews of Will Ferrell movies:</b></u>
<i><a href=http://www.cinemablend.com/review.php?id=279>Elf</i></a>
<i><a href=http://www.cinemablend.com/review.php?id=466>Old School</i></a></font>
<img src=http://images.countingdown.com/images/countdowns/movies/3105393/1011/3265946_main.jpg>
Catch Will this month in
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
</center>
Show your love for all things Ferrell.
<font size=1>*bio from imdb.com</font>