# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/will-forte
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:07:31.974Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/will-forte"
name: "Will Forte"
slug: "will-forte"
description: "Orville Willis Forte IV 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. His most famous recurring character was a parody of Macgyver named MacGruber; he reprised that role in the film adaptation, MacGruber (2010); and the limited series of the same name in 2021."
tagline: "American actor, comedian, writer (born 1970)"
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country:
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category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1970-06-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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    handle:    "OrvilleIV"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump