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| 3 | Adam [=McKay=] (born April 17, 1968) is an American writer, director, producer, and actor best known for directing several successful comedy films starring Creator/WillFerrell, along with whom he also wrote them: ''Film/AnchormanTheLegendOfRonBurgundy'' and its [[Film/Anchorman2TheLegendContinues sequel]], ''Film/TalladegaNightsTheBalladOfRickyBobby'', ''Film/StepBrothers'' and ''Film/TheOtherGuys''. [=McKay=] and Ferrell also co-founded Creator/FunnyOrDie. |
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| 5 | He's since ventured into more dramatic and politically-charged territory with ''Film/TheBigShort'' (for which he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay with Charles Randolph, and was nominated for Best Director), ''Film/{{Vice|2018}}'' (for which he was again nominated for Best Director, along with Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay), and ''Film/DontLookUp'' (for which he was nominated for Best Original Screenplay along with David Sirota, as well as Best Picture). |
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| 7 | He is married to director/writer Shira Piven and they have two children. He is the brother-in-law of Creator/JeremyPiven. |
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| 11 | [[folder:Director/Writer]] |
| 12 | * ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' (7 episodes)[[note]]He was also a writer and auditioned to be a regular cast member, losing to Creator/WillFerrell.[[/note]] |
| 13 | * ''Film/AnchormanTheLegendOfRonBurgundy'' (2004) |
| 14 | ** ''Wake Up, Ron Burgundy'' (2004) |
| 15 | ** ''Film/Anchorman2TheLegendContinues'' (2013) |
| 16 | * ''Film/TalladegaNightsTheBalladOfRickyBobby'' (2006) |
| 17 | * ''Film/StepBrothers'' (2008) |
| 18 | * ''Film/TheOtherGuys'' (2010) |
| 19 | * ''Film/AntMan1'' (2015)[[note]]He turned down the chance to direct after Creator/EdgarWright left the project, but he did contribute to the script.[[/note]] |
| 20 | * ''Film/TheBigShort'' (2015) |
| 21 | * ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' (2018)[[note]]Writer only[[/note]] |
| 22 | * ''Film/{{Vice|2018}}'' (2018) |
| 23 | * ''Film/DontLookUp'' (2021) |
| 24 | [[/folder]] |
| 25 | |
| 26 | [[folder:Producer only]] |
| 27 | * ''Series/EastboundAndDown'' (2009–2013) |
| 28 | * ''Film/LandOfTheLost'' (2009) |
| 29 | * ''Film/TheGoodsLiveHardSellHard'' (2015) |
| 30 | * ''Film/CasaDeMiPadre'' (2011) |
| 31 | * ''Film/{{Bachelorette}}'' (2012) |
| 32 | * ''Film/TimAndEricsBillionDollarMovie'' (2012) |
| 33 | * ''Film/TheCampaign'' (2012) (also co-wrote story) |
| 34 | * ''Film/TheDictator'' (2012) |
| 35 | * ''Film/HanselAndGretelWitchHunters'' (2013) |
| 36 | * ''Series/DrunkHistory'' (2013–2019) |
| 37 | * ''Series/TheSpoilsOfBabylon'' (2014) |
| 38 | ** ''Series/TheSpoilsBeforeDying'' (2015) |
| 39 | * ''Film/{{Tammy}}'' (2014) |
| 40 | * ''Film/GetHard'' (2015) (also co-wrote story) |
| 41 | * ''Series/TheChrisGethardShow'' (2015–2016) |
| 42 | * ''Film/DaddysHome'' (2015) |
| 43 | ** ''Daddy's Home 2'' (2017) |
| 44 | * ''Film/{{Grimsby}}'' (2016) |
| 45 | * ''Film/TheBoss'' (2016) |
| 46 | * ''The House'' (2017) |
| 47 | * ''Ibiza'' (2018) |
| 48 | * ''Series/{{Succession}}'' (2018–present) |
| 49 | * ''Film/HolmesAndWatson'' (2018) |
| 50 | * ''Series/DeadToMe'' (2019–present) |
| 51 | * ''Film/{{Booksmart}}'' (2019) |
| 52 | * ''Film/{{Hustlers}}'' (2019) |
| 53 | * ''Film/EurovisionSongContestTheStoryOfFireSaga'' (2020) |
| 54 | * ''Film/BarbAndStarGoToVistaDelMar'' (2021) |
| 55 | * ''Film/TheMenu'' (2022) |
| 56 | [[/folder]] |
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| 58 | [[folder:Actor]] |
| 59 | * ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' (1995–2001), mostly as background characters, but he did have a recurring character: an annoying audience member named Keith, who likes to heckle the host during his or her monologue. |
| 60 | * ''Film/AnchormanTheLegendOfRonBurgundy'' as Custodian |
| 61 | ** ''Film/WakeUpRonBurgundy'' as Custodian |
| 62 | * ''Film/TalladegaNightsTheBalladOfRickyBobby'' as Terry Cheveaux |
| 63 | * ''Film/GirlMissing'' as Det. 'Sally' [=LaSalle=] |
| 64 | * ''Series/HumanGiant'' as Alan Harkett (1 episode) |
| 65 | * ''Film/GoodCopBabyCop'' as Policeman |
| 66 | * ''Film/StepBrothers'' as Man without Glasses |
| 67 | * ''Film/GreenTeam'' as Erin Gossamer |
| 68 | * ''Film/TheOtherGuys'' as Dirty Mike |
| 69 | [[/folder]] |
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