Orville Willis Forte IV (/ˈfɔːrteɪ/ FOR-tay; born June 17, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He was a cast member and writer on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live for eight seasons from 2002 to 2010. During his time on the show, he played a recurring character that led to a feature film adaptation, MacGruber (2010), and a streaming limited series in 2021. Forte also created and starred in the sitcom The Last Man on Earth (2015–2018). He received three Primetime Emmy Award nominations for the series: two for acting and one for writing.
After obtaining a history degree from the University of California, Los Angeles and becoming a financial broker like his father, Forte changed his career path to comedy and took classes with the improv group The Groundlings. Before joining Saturday Night Live, he worked as a writer and producer on 3rd Rock from the Sun and That '70s Show. Forte played various roles in comedy before starring in the drama film Nebraska (2013). He has provided voice work for the Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs films (2009–2013), My Life as a Courgette, Get Squirrely (2016), Luis & the Aliens (2018), The Willoughbys and Scoob! (2020), also voicing Eddy in Disney XD's Lab Rats, and Abraham Lincoln in Clone High (2002–2003, 2023–2024), The Lego Movie films (2014–2019), Michelangelo and Lincoln: History Cops (2014), America: The Motion Picture (2021), Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (2023) and Sausage Party: Foodtopia (2024–present).
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Gender
Male
Birthday
1970-06-17
Place of birth
Alameda, California, USA
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2004
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The Brothers Solomon
2007
5.10
Horrible Bosses 2
2014
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Baby Mama
2008
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Studio 666
2022
5.93
The Slammin' Salmon
2009
5.84
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
2023
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Strays
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7.24
MacGruber
2010
5.40
The Watch
2012
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A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
2011
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Rock of Ages
2012
6.21
Audio Tour
2011
0.00
Nebraska
2013
7.44
The Lego Movie
2014
7.42
Run & Jump
2014
6.02
Life of Crime
2013
5.75
She's Funny That Way
2015
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Fanboys
2009
6.13
Apartment Troubles
2014
4.97
Coyote vs. Acme
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7 Days in Hell
2015
6.52
Saturday Night
2010
8.00
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
2022
6.73
Don Verdean
2015
4.85
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2024
7.00
Kinda Pregnant
2025
5.61
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2016
6.07
The Ridiculous 6
2015
5.20
Staten Island Summer
2015
5.70
A Futile and Stupid Gesture
2018
6.46
That's My Boy
2012
5.80
Tour de Pharmacy
2017
6.70
22 Jump Street
2014
6.83
Booksmart
2019
7.01
Extra Ordinary
2019
6.50
The Laundromat
2019
6.01
Coffin Dodgers
2013
10.00
Good Boys
2019
6.86
Scoob!
2020
7.02
Beerfest
2006
5.86
The Immigrant
2012
4.00
Grown Ups 2
2013
6.14
The Women of SNL
2010
7.30
Ghost World
2001
7.10
The Willoughbys
2020
7.10
Dwell
2020
0.00
Skott & Behr
2010
0.00
Demetri Martin: These Are Jokes
2006
6.00
America: The Motion Picture
2021
5.69
Drunk Bus
2021
5.53
Will & Harper
2024
7.40
Young Person's Guide to History
2008
0.00
The Breadwinner
2026
0.00