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
- 40 wins & 96 nominations total
Known for
Credits
Producer
- 2019–2022
- The Menu
- producer (produced by, p.g.a.)
- 2022
- 2020–2022
- The Holly
- executive producer
- 2022
- 2022
- 2022
- 2022
- Fresh
- producer (produced by, p.g.a.)
- 2022
- 2018–2021
- Don't Look Up
- producer (produced by, p.g.a.)
- 2021
- 2017–2021
- 2021
- The Oxy Kingpins
- executive producer
- 2021
- Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
- producer (produced by)
- 2021
- 2021
Writer
- Don't Look Up
- screenplay by
- story by
- 2021
- 2019
- Vice
- written by
- 2018
- 2017
- The Big Short
- screenplay by
- 2015
- 2015
- Ant-Man
- screenplay by
- 2015
- 2015
- Get Hard
- story
- 2015
- We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss
- written by (segment The Unbelievably Sweet Alpacas)
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014
- 1995–2013
- Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
- characters
- written by
- 2013
- The Campaign
- story
- 2012
Director
- 2022
- Don't Look Up
- Director (directed by)
- 2021
- 2019
- Vice
- Director
- 2018
- 2018
- The Big Short
- Director (directed by)
- 2015
- We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss
- Director (segment The Unbelievably Sweet Alpacas)
- 2014
- 2014
- 2013
- 2013
- 2011
- The Other Guys
- Director
- 2010
- 2009
- 2008
- Step Brothers
- Director
- 2008
Personal details
- Alternative names
- Funny or Die
- Height
- 6′ 5″ (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
Did you know
- 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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