Adam McKay(I)
- Producer
- Writer
- Director
Adam McKay (born April 17, 1968) is an American screenwriter, director, comedian, and actor. McKay has a comedy partnership with Will Ferrell, with whom he co-wrote the films Anchorman, Talladega Nights, and The Other Guys. Ferrell and McKay also founded their comedy website Funny or Die through their production company Gary Sanchez Productions. He has been married to Shira Piven since 1999. They have two children.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 43 wins & 98 nominations total
Producer
- 2025
- 2025
Writer
- 2021
- 2018
- 2017
- 2015
- 2015
- 2015
- 2015
- 2015
- We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss5.9
- written by (segment The Unbelievably Sweet Alpacas)
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014
- 1995–2013
- 2013
- 2012
- 2012
Director
- 2022
- 2021
- 2018
- 2018
- 2015
- We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss5.9
- Director (segment The Unbelievably Sweet Alpacas!)
- 2014
- 2014
- 2013
- 2013
- 2011
- 2010
- 2009
- 2008
- 2008
- 2007
- Alternative names
- Funny or Die
- Height
- 1.96 m
- Born
- Spouse
- Shira Piven1999 - present (2 children)
- Parents
- Sarah Imperato
- Other worksA 1995 sketch he performed with Scott Adsit, "Gump", is included as one of Second City's all-time best on the CDs that come with the book, "Second City", by Sheldon Patinkin.
- Publicity listings
- TriviaAlthough his work at Saturday Night Live (1975) was mainly as a writer and director, he made several appearances on the show, usually as an oversized, obnoxious audience member who heckles the host or cast members until the stars verbally or physically attack him. McKay had auditioned for Saturday Night Live (1975) as an actor while he was still with the Second City Improv, but didn't make the cut as on-camera talent. But he had submitted four scripts to the show, which got him hired as a writer.
- QuotesSequels are desperate. We're cooler than that. We kind of thought, 'Wait a minute. If we do a sequel, we'll have enough cred from the first movie that we could do crazy-ass shit. We won't have to establish new characters and story and jump right into what we want to do.' The second part was, 'Can we make a good sequel?' There are a lot of flat comedy sequels...'Can we make a sequel that doesn't suck?'
- TrademarksOften begins his movies with a quote
- Nickname
- Ghost Panther
- Salary
- $2,000,000 (screenplay)
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