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Adam McKay

Film Director / Screenwriter / Film Producer / Actor / Television Producer | * 04/17/1968 (55) | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States of America (USA))
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Adam McKay (born April 17, 1968) is an American screenwriter, producer and director. McKay began his career as a head writer for the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 2001. Following his departure, he rose to fame in the 2000s for his collaborations with comedian Will Ferrell, co-writing his comedy films Anchorman (2004), Talladega Nights (2006), Step Brothers (2008), and The Other Guys (2010). Ferrell and McKay later co-wrote and co-produced numerous television series and films, with McKay himself co-producing their website Funny or Die through their company Gary Sanchez Productions. McKay began venturing into more dramatic territory in the 2010s, writing and directing satirical films such as The Big Short (2015), Vice (2018), and ()
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Adam McKay (born April 17, 1968) is an American film and television director, producer, screenwriter, and comedian. McKay began his career in the 1990s as a head writer for the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live for two seasons and is the co-founder of the Upright Citizens Brigade. He rose to fame in the 2000s for his collaborations with comedian Will Ferrell and co-wrote his comedy films Anchorman, Talladega Nights, and The Other Guys. Ferrell and McKay later co-wrote and co-produced numerous television series and films, and produced their comedy website Funny or Die through their company Gary Sanchez Productions.Venturing into more dramatic territory in the 2010s, McKay's The Big Short was the first film he directed without Ferrell in the cast. For this film, he was nominated for several awards including two Academy Awards, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay (with co-writer Charles Randolph), and two British Academy Film Awards, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. He and Randolph won Best Adapted Screenplay at the Academy Awards, the BAFTA Film Awards, and the WGA Awards. For his work on the Dick Cheney biographical film Vice, McKay received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. In 2019, McKay founded Hyperobject Industries.

Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Documentaries

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Awards & Nominations for Adam McKay

Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
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Movies with Adam McKay as Actor(13)

as Self (archive footage)2022 Brad Pitt: More Than a Pretty Face
as himself2019 Hal
as himself2014 This Is Comedy
as Dirty Mike2010 The Other Guys
as Man without Glasses2008 Step Brothers
as Policeman2007 Good Cop, Baby Cop
as Adam2007 Green Team
as Friend2007 The Landlord

TV Shows/Series with Adam McKay as Actor(5)

as himself2017 The History of Comedy
as Reporter (uncredited)1975 Saturday Night Live
as himself1975 Saturday Night Live

Movies with Adam McKay as Crew(89)

Production/Executive Producer2023 BS High
Production/Producer2023 Will
Directing/Director2023 Bad Blood
Production/Producer2023 Bad Blood
Writing/Writer2023 Bad Blood
Production/Producer2023 The Flintstones
Production/Producer2023 Plus One
Production/Producer2023 The Freshening
Production/Producer2023 Toni Erdmann
Production/Producer2023 Untitled eSports Project
Production/Executive Producer2023 Asog
Production/Producer2023 First Ladies
Production/Producer2023 American Huckster
Production/Producer2023 Breeders
Production/Producer2022 Fresh
Production/Producer2022 The Menu
Production/Executive Producer2021 The Oxy Kingpins
Production/Producer2021 Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Directing/Director2021 Don't Look Up
Production/Producer2021 Don't Look Up
Writing/Story2021 Don't Look Up
Writing/Screenplay2021 Don't Look Up
Production/Executive Producer2020 Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Production/Executive Producer2020 Jonathan Scott’s Power Trip
Production/Executive Producer2020 537 Votes
Production/Producer2019 Hustlers
Production/Executive Producer2019 Booksmart
Production/Producer2018 Ibiza
Directing/Director2018 Vice
Production/Producer2018 Vice
Writing/Writer2018 Vice
Production/Producer2018 Holmes & Watson
Production/Producer2017 Daddy's Home 2
Production/Executive Producer2017 Oh Lucy!
Production/Producer2017 The House
Production/Producer2016 The Boss
Production/Executive Producer2016 Grimsby
Writing/Screenplay2015 Ant-Man
Production/Producer2015 Sleeping with Other People
Directing/Director2015 The Big Short
Writing/Screenplay2015 The Big Short
Production/Producer2015 Daddy's Home
Writing/Screenplay2015 Daddy's Home
Production/Producer2015 Welcome to Me
Production/Producer2015 Get Hard
Writing/Story2015 Get Hard
Production/Executive Producer2015 A Deadly Adoption
Production/Producer2014 Tammy
Production/Producer2013 Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Directing/Director2013 Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
Production/Producer2013 Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
Writing/Screenplay2013 Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
Production/Executive Producer2012 The Dictator
Production/Producer2012 Casa De Mi Padre
Production/Producer2012 Bachelorette
Production/Producer2012 The Campaign
Writing/Story2012 The Campaign
Production/Executive Producer2011 Fully Loaded
Directing/Director2010 The Other Guys
Production/Producer2010 The Other Guys
Writing/Screenplay2010 The Other Guys
Writing/Writer2010 Presidential Reunion
Production/Producer2010 The Virginity Hit
Production/Executive Producer2009 Land of the Lost
Production/Producer2009 The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
Directing/Director2008 Step Brothers
Production/Executive Producer2008 Step Brothers
Writing/Screenplay2008 Step Brothers
Writing/Story2008 Step Brothers
Production/Producer2008 Prop 8: The Musical
Directing/Director2007 Good Cop, Baby Cop
Writing/Writer2007 Good Cop, Baby Cop
Directing/Director2007 Green Team
Directing/Director2007 The Landlord
Production/Producer2007 The Landlord
Writing/Writer2007 The Landlord
Directing/Director2007 The Procedure
Writing/Writer2007 The Procedure
Production/Executive Producer2006 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

TV Shows/Series with Adam McKay as Crew(28)

Production/Executive Producer2024 Big Swiss
Creator/Creator2024 Big Swiss
Writing/Writer2024 The Uninhabitable Earth
Directing/Director2024 The Uninhabitable Earth
Production/Executive Producer2024 The Uninhabitable Earth
Creator/Creator2024 The Uninhabitable Earth
Production/Executive Producer2024 Kings of America
Directing/Director2024 Kings of America
Production/Executive Producer2022 The Invisible Pilot
Production/Executive Producer2022 Game Theory with Bomani Jones
Production/Executive Producer2022 Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
Production/Executive Producer2021 Painting With John
Production/Executive Producer2021 Q: Into the Storm
Production/Executive Producer2020 Motherland: Fort Salem
Production/Executive Producer2019 Dead to Me
Production/Executive Producer2018 Succession
Directing/Director2018 Succession
Production/Producer2018 LA to Vegas
Production/Executive Producer2017 No Activity
Production/Executive Producer2015 The Spoils Before Dying
Production/Executive Producer2014 Bad Judge
Creator/Creator2010 Big Lake
Production/Producer2010 Funny or Die Presents
Creator/Creator2010 Funny or Die Presents
Production/Producer2009 Eastbound & Down
Directing/Director2009 Eastbound & Down
Writing/Writer1975 Saturday Night Live

Additional Information

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Full Name: Adam McKay
Citizenship: Mexico
Born: Wednesday, 04/17 1968 (April) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 55 years + 337 days)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: English and Welsh
Educated at: Pennsylvania State University, Temple University, Great Valley High School
Member of: Writers Guild of America, East
Related to: Jeremy Piven
Other names for Adam McKay (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"아담 맥케이"
"Адам МакКей"
Adam McKay frequently works together with these people:
Will Ferrell (100x, Actor)
Andy Samberg (29x, Actor)
Chris Henchy (24x, Crew)
Bill Hader (23x, Actor)
Jessica Elbaum (21x, Crew)
Kristen Wiig (20x, Actress)
Fred Armisen (19x, Actor)
Allison Jones (19x, Crew)
Kenan Thompson (16x, Actor)
Will Forte (15x, Actor)
Kevin J. Messick (15x, Crew)
Cate Hardman (11x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:9884, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 03/12/2024