Personal life. In August 2000, Ferrell married Swedish actress Viveca Paulin, whom he met in 1995 at an acting class. They live in New York City and Orange County, California, and have three sons, born in 2004, 2006, and 2010. At USC, Ferrell was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity and is now an active alumnus.
Will Ferrell and his family are said to split their time between homes in Los Angeles, California, New York City and Bend, Oregon. Considering the fact that Ferrell is busy filming movies much of the time, he likely spends the majority of his time in New York or LA, as those are two major hubs for show business.
And nothing makes us as proud as when major international stars buy their own little red house with white trim. We nod in approval when Will Ferrell and his Swedish wife settle down in the small town of Gnesta south of Stockholm.
“My parents tried to call me Willy, but they said I was too distinguished,” the “Anchorman” actor said with a straight face as Corden let out a laugh. “So I just became a 'Will. '” Willy Ferrell doesn't have quite the same ring as Will Ferrell.
Personal life. In August 2000, Ferrell married Swedish actress Viveca Paulin, whom he met in 1995 at an acting class. They live in New York City and Orange County, California, and have three sons, born in 2004, 2006, and 2010. At USC, Ferrell was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity and is now an active alumnus.
The New York apartment of actor Will Ferrell and his wife, auctioneer Viveca Paulin-Ferrell, was renovated by architect Richard Perry and decorated by Shawn Henderson Interior Design.
This is the second time Forbes has produced this list since 2019. The wealthiest person in Oregon is Nike co-founder Phil Knight, who is worth an estimated $40.9 Billion at 86 years old. As of May 2024, only three states are without a billionaire, the report found, including Alaska, Delaware, and West Virginia.
After calling it one of his favorite places to visit in the country earlier this year, actor and comedian Will Ferrell returned to Portland over the weekend. Ferrell was posted to the Timbers' Instagram, where he could be seen chatting and posing with Timber Joey ahead of Saturday's match against LAFC.
Ferrell said, “it just hit me that it'd be really funny not to have the joke be that I speak bad Spanish, but that I actually speak as proficient Spanish as I can muster, and everything is played really straight.”
Ferrell, whose wealth is estimated at around £127m, is already a co-owner of Major League Soccer franchise Los Angeles FC but has now followed fellow Hollywood inhabitants in becoming transfixed by English football.
The Will Ferrell project that Hoosiers saw being filmed at the Beech Grove Walmart last year is out. We now know who was driving the car that the comedian and actor jumped into; and that the couple of days he and his friend spent in Indianapolis was part of a road trip documentary.
Hawn and Russell, who celebrated 40 years together in 2023, own homes in Vancouver, Snowmass, Manhattan, Santa Ynez Valley, Brentwood; and Palm Desert.
We've seen plenty of tattoos of Ferrell—like this Buddy Elf—but we've never seen the actor inked up. Yes, the ink is definitely fake, even Ferrell would have trouble getting roles with those scissors tattooed on his dome, but we couldn't help ourselves from cracking up when we saw the trailer for Zoolander 2.
In the film, Ferrell's character is harassed by his landlord for overdue rent money. The landlord is a two-year-old girl (played by McKay's daughter, Pearl) who dresses as a princess, swears at her tenant and is finally calmed by taking Will's beer.
Will Ferrell and family have been sitting in contract on a loft at 345 West 13th Street since early March, and, livening up this summery Friday, the closing has finally hit public record.
A true Trojan multihyphenate, Ferrell continues to act and write, runs his own podcast network promoting the work of up-and-coming comedians, and, along with film producer and USC School of Cinematic Arts alumna Jessica Elbaum, runs Gloria Sanchez Productions, a female-focused production company.
It's often said that a person can give time or money to a charity. Will Ferrell and his wife Viveca Paulin give both to Cancer for College. Their contributions have allowed the foundation to grow in ways that could hardly be imagined.
Ferrell grew up in suburban Irvine, California, where he played varsity football and drew laughs for reading the high school's morning announcements in a variety of voices. He later studied sports journalism at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
Yes, Will Ferrell does actually sing in Step Brothers, making that scene even more hilarious, and it's also John C. Reilly truly playing the drums in this scene. Ferrell and Reilly make a hilarious duo, especially because of stunts like this.
