Will Ferrell recently gave a shoutout on “Up and Adams” to Staten Island and expressed his willingness to play an old Tommy DeVito in a Hollywood movie.
However, it is unclear whether any such project is currently in the works.
Will knows! Shoutout Staten Island https://t.co/Ao6PysQNRA
— Joe (@joe_ruggiero_) December 12, 2023
Tommy DeVito is a character from the 1990 American biographical crime film “Goodfellas” written by Nicholas Pileggi and Scorsese, directed by Martin Scorsese and produced by Irwin Winkler.
John William Ferrell (born July 16, 1967) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. Ferrell is known for his leading man roles in comedy films and for his work as a television producer.
In 2015, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was named the best comedian in British GQ. Ferrell first established himself in the mid-1990s as a cast member on the sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live, where he performed from 1995 to 2002, and has subsequently starred in a string of comedy films.
After starring in the 2003 comedy film Old School, Ferrell became considered a member of the “Frat Pack”, a generation of leading Hollywood comic actors who emerged in the late 1990s and the 2000s, including Jack Black, Ben Stiller, Steve Carell, Vince Vaughn, Paul Rudd, and Brothers Owen and Luke Wilson.
He has received four Primetime Emmy Awards for his work as a producer on the drama series Succession (2019–2023) and for the specials Live in Front of a Studio Audience (2019–2022).
For his work on Broadway, he received a Tony Award nomination for Best Special Theatrical Event for his satirical portrayal as George W. The appearance was cooked up by Ferrell and the Express, who sent out a press release announcing Johnson’s “signing” to promote a charity golf outing the following day at a nearby country club.
Ferrell played in five games of Major League Baseball spring training on March 12, 2015, for ten different Cactus League teams as a promotion for a Funny or Die charity special. The memorabilia from his one-day professional baseball career was sold and the proceeds donated to two cancer charities.
Ferrell went 0–2 with two strikeouts that day but managed to foul off a 92 mph (148 km/h) fastball from the Giants’ Jean Machi.
In 2016, he became a part-owner of Los Angeles FC, which competes in Major League Soccer.
