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Adam McKay
Producer, Director, Writer, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn April 17, 1968 (57 years)
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 (SNL) from 1995 to 2001. After leaving SNL, McKay collaborated with comedian Will Ferrell on his comedy films Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), 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.
Aside from working with Ferrell, McKay wrote and directed the satirical films The Big Short (2015), Vice (2018), and Don't Look Up (2021). McKay won an Academy Award, a BAFTA, and a Critics' Choice Award for adapting the screenplay of The Big Short. In 2019, McKay founded Hyperobject Industries, a production company.
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Aside from working with Ferrell, McKay wrote and directed the satirical films The Big Short (2015), Vice (2018), and Don't Look Up (2021). McKay won an Academy Award, a BAFTA, and a Critics' Choice Award for adapting the screenplay of The Big Short. In 2019, McKay founded Hyperobject Industries, a production company.
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Adam McKay Filmography
| 2026 | |
| 2025 | |
| 2025 | The Chair Company (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | All the Empty Rooms · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | |
| 2024 | Union · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Men of War · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | |
| 2024 | Pistachio Wars · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Asog · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | |
| 2023 | BS High · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Wild Summon · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | A Lien · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | God Forbid · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | Game Theory with Bomani Jones (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | The Invisible Pilot (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | Q: Into the Storm (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | The Oxy Kingpins · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | Painting with John (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | Jonathan Scott's Power Trip · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | 537 Votes · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | Robbie (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | Motherland: Fort Salem (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'All in the Family' and 'Good Times' · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | Booksmart · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons' · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | Dead to Me (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | This Giant Beast That is the Global Economy (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | |
| 2018 | |
| 2018 | |
| 2018 | Succession (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | LA to Vegas (TV Series) |
| 2017 | No Activity (US) (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | I Love You, America (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | I'm Sorry (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | The Brothers Grimsby · as Executive Producer |
| 2015 | |
| 2015 | |
| 2015 | The Spoils Before Dying (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2015 | A Deadly Adoption · as Executive Producer |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | Bad Judge (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | The Yes Men Are Revolting · as Executive Producer |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | The Spoils of Babylon (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2013 | |
| 2013 | Drunk History (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2013 | |
| 2013 | Assistance · as Executive Producer |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | The Dictator · as Executive Producer |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | |
| 2011 | Fully Loaded · as Executive Producer |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | Big Lake (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | Funny or Die Presents (TV Series) |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | Land of the Lost · as Executive Producer |
| 2009 | You're Welcome America: A Final Night With George W. Bush · as Executive Producer |
| 2009 | Eastbound & Down (TV Series) |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | Step Brothers · as Executive Producer |
| 2008 | Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2007 | Drunk History (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | |
| 2006 | Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (TV Series) |
| 2021 | |
| 2018 | |
| 2018 | Succession (TV Series) |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | |
| 2013 | |
| 2010 | |
| 2009 | Eastbound & Down (TV Series) |
| 2008 | |
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| 2004 | |
| 2004 | |
| 2004 | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) |
| 2018 | |
| 2017 | |
| 2015 | Daddy's Home · as Screenplay |
| 2015 | The Big Short · as Screenplay |
| 2015 | Ant-Man · as Screenplay |
| 2013 | Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues · as Screenplay |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | Step Brothers · as Screenplay |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | |
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| 2004 | |
| 2004 |
| 2015 | 13 Cameras · as Cast |
| 2010 | The Other Guys · as Dirty Mike |
| 2008 | Green Team · as Erin Gossamer |
| 2008 | Step Brothers · as Man Without Glasses |
| 2007 | Good Cop, Baby Cop · as Policeman |
| 2007 | The Landlord · as Friend |
| 2007 | Human Giant (TV Series) · as Alan Harkett |
| 2007 | Girl Missing · as Detective "sally" Lasalle |
| 2006 | Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby · as Terry Cheveaux |
| 2004 | Wake Up, Ron Burgundy · as Custodian |
| 2004 | Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy · as Custodian |
| 2022 | Brad Pitt: More Than a Pretty Face · as Self |
| 2022 | The Oscars · as Self - Nominee |
| 2020 | For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close · as Himself |
| 2020 | Bottomless Brunch at Colman's (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | The Oscars · as Self - Nominee |
| 2019 | 2019 Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2018 | Hal · as Self |
| 2017 | The History of Comedy (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | Behind the Scenes · as Self |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | The Oscars · as Self - Winner & Nominee |
| 2016 | 21st Annual Critics' Choice Awards · as Self |
| 2016 | 73rd Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2015 | Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | No, You Shut Up! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | Larry King Now (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | The 2011 Comedy Awards · as Self |
| 2011 | Saturday Night Live Backstage · as Self |
| 2009 | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | 101 Most Unforgettable SNL Moments · as Self - Commentator |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2002 | Reel Comedy (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | Saturday Night Live 25 · as Self |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | E! Live from the Red Carpet (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | WGN Morning News (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Sidewalks Entertainment (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1979 | CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | 20/20 (TV Series) · as Self - Director (segment: My Oscar Journey) |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Self - Cameo (uncredited) |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1971 | Film (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 1968 | 60 Minutes (TV Series) · as Self - Comedian (segment "judd Apatow") |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2021 | Don't Look Up · as Story |
| 2015 | Get Hard · as Story |
| 2014 | We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss · as Written By |
| 2012 | The Campaign · as Story |
| 2010 | Funny or Die Presents (TV Series) · as Creator |
| 2009 | You're Welcome America: A Final Night With George W. Bush · as Stage Director |
| 2008 | Weekend Update (TV Series) · as Additional Sketch |
| 2005 | Earth to America · as Segment Writer |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Written By |