Will ArnettFilmography

Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: After almost a decade of starring in failed pilots, Toronto-born Will Arnett finally hit pay dirt in 2003 when Fox picked up Arrested Development, an irreverent sitcom that cast him as a spoiled rich kid-turned-struggling illusionist. While the show struggled in ratings, it won loads of critical...Read More

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Jonah Hex

Actors: Josh Brolin, John Malkovich, Megan Fox, Will Arnett, Michael Shannon

Synopsis: 1970s-era DC antihero Jonah Hex makes his way to the big screen as Crank co-writers Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor team to follow the disfigured gunslinger and part-time bounty hunter on his biggest adventure yet. Supernatural elements combine with Western aesthetics to take viewers on a wild and Read More

8/6/10
Despicable Me

Actors: Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Kristen Wiig, Julie Andrews, Will Arnett, Danny R. McBride

Synopsis: A man (voiced by Steve Carell) who's in the midst of making plans to steal the moon is sidetracked when he's put in charge of three orphans in this computer-generated 3-D animated film by directors Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin. Jason Segel, Kristen Wiig, Will Arnett, Danny McBride, Russell Read More

7/9/10
When in Rome

Actors: Kristen Bell, Josh Duhamel, Will Arnett, Alexis Dziena, Jon Heder, Dax Shepard

Synopsis: Disillusioned with romance during her whirlwind trip to Rome, an ambitious New Yorker defiantly swipes a few magic coins from a "foolish" wishing fountain, inadvertently igniting the passions of a motley crew of suitors as she's pursued by a handsome reporter with charm to spare. Beth (Kristen Bell Read More

1/29/10
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men

Actors: Julianne Nicholson, John Krasinski, Bobby Cannavale, Timothy Hutton, Dominic Cooper

Synopsis: Adapted from the book by David Foster Wallace, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men tells the story of Sara Quinn, a graduate student in anthropology who's left feeling lost after her boyfriend breaks up with her and offers little explanation as to why. With her dissertation looming, Sara begins a Read More

9/25/09
G-Force

Actors: Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Jon Favreau, Penélope Cruz, Steve Buscemi, Tracy Morgan

Synopsis: Two time Oscar-winning visual effects artist Hoyt Yeatman makes his feature directorial debut with this Jerry Bruckheimer-produced family film following a group of highly trained guinea pigs on their mission to prevent an evil billionaire from taking over the world. Beginning in the Civil War Read More

7/24/09
Monsters vs. Aliens

Actors: Reese Witherspoon, Hugh Laurie, Seth Rogen, Will Arnett, Kiefer Sutherland, Stephen Colbert

Synopsis: When human-hating aliens disrupt earthbound cable-television signals, it's up to a monster-hunting superhero to take out the pesky extraterrestrials and ensure that television viewers are not deprived in this animated adaptation of the popular comic-book series. The DreamWorks Animation release is Read More

3/27/09
Spring Breakdown

Actors: Amy Poehler, Rachel Dratch, Parker Posey, Amber Tamblyn, Missi Pyle

Synopsis: A trio of thirtysomething friends (Amy Poehler, Rachel Dratch, and Parker Posey) go vacationing at a popular spring break resort frequented by college coeds in order to prevent a politician's daughter from embarrassing her family. Larry Kennar and Rick Berg produce a script penned by director Ryan Shiraki Read More

1/1/09
Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space

2009
B.O.B.'s Big Break

Actors: Seth Rogen, Hugh Laurie, Will Arnett, Kiefer Sutherland

Synopsis: Your favorite characters from Monsters vs. Aliens return in this animated 3D adventure that follows B.O.B. (voice of Seth Rogen), Dr. Cockroach P.H.D. (voice of Hugh Laurie), and the macho Missing Link (voice of Will Arnett) on their mission to outsmart grizzled General W.R. Monger (voice of Read More

2009
The Rocker

Actors: Rainn Wilson, Christina Applegate, Josh Gad, Teddy Geiger, Emma Stone

Synopsis: The Office star Rainn Wilson portrays a drummer named "Fish," who gets a second shot at fame 20 years after getting kicked out of his band on the very night they signed the record contract that made them stars. Fish has spent the past two decades languishing at soul-crushing day jobs while his old Read More

8/20/08
Horton Hears a Who

Actors: Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, Carol Burnett, Will Arnett, Seth Rogen

Synopsis: When a kindly elephant hears a faint cry of help from a floating speck of dust, his attempts to protect the tiny particle cause his neighbors to question his sanity in this animated adaptation of Dr. Seuss' classic 1954 children's book of the same name. Produced by Ice Age makers Blue Sky Read More

3/14/08
On Broadway

Actors: Amy Poehler, Eliza Dushku, Joe McIntyre, Lance Greene, Lucas Caleb Rooney

Synopsis: His uncle having recently died in his arms after a hard fall from a high roof, a Boston carpenter decides to pen a play about the funeral despite having no previous theater experience and only his instinct to guide him. Jack O'Toole was just an average guy from an average family, but the instant Read More

3/14/08
Semi-Pro

Actors: Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, André Benjamin, Andrew Daly, Will Arnett

Synopsis: The American Basketball Association is on the verge of collapse, and when a former NBA benchwarmer returns to his hometown of Flint, MI, to whip his former team into shape for the playoffs, redemption is just a free throw away in this period sports comedy starring Will Ferrell and Woody Harrelson. Read More

2/29/08
Space Invader

Crew: Producer

Actors: Will Arnett

Synopsis: A space-station floating high above the Earth's atmosphere serves as the setting for this starry-eyed comedy penned by Mike Lisbe and Nate Reger, and starring Will Arnett as an astronaut caught in the volatile center of an interstellar love triangle. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

2008
Wristcutters: A Love Story

Actors: Patrick Fugit, Shannyn Sossamon, Shea Whigham, Tom Waits, John Hawkes

Synopsis: Relegated to a forlorn afterlife of unsmiling lost souls and melancholy drifters as a result of committing suicide in the mortal realm, a heartbroken young man sets out to find the girl who inspired his final act of self-destruction after learning that she too has taken her own life in director Goran Dukic Read More

10/19/07
The Brothers Solomon

Actors: Will Arnett, Will Forte, Chi McBride, Kristen Wiig, Malin Akerman

Synopsis: Mr. Show alumnus Bob Odenkirk directed -- and SNL vet Will Forte scripted -- this gleefully raunchy tale of two socially backward but kind-hearted adult brothers, Dean and John Solomon (Forte and Will Arnett), who had the misfortune to be home-schooled by their father at a remote Arctic outpost. Read More

9/7/07
Hot Rod

Actors: Andy Samberg, Isla Fisher, Jorma Taccone, Bill Hader, Danny R. McBride, Ian McShane, Sissy Spacek

Synopsis: The comedy trio known as Lonely Island attempt their first feature-length comedy with Hot Rod. Andy Samberg stars as Rod Kimble, an inept would-be stuntman who believes his dad worked for daredevil Evel Knievel. His stepfather abuses him at every opportunity, but Rod keeps attempting tricks on his Read More

8/3/07
Ratatouille

Actors: Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm, Lou Romano, Brian Dennehy, Peter Sohn

Synopsis: A scrawny rat named Remy (voice of Patton Oswalt) finds his dreams of culinary superstardom stirring up sizable controversy in the kitchen of a fine French restaurant in director Brad Bird's madcap computer-animated comedy. It's hard being a rat with culinary aspirations, but Remy is convinced he Read More

6/29/07
Blades of Glory

Actors: Will Ferrell, Jon Heder, Will Arnett, Amy Poehler, Jenna Fischer, Craig T. Nelson

Synopsis: Will Ferrell, Jon Heder, and Will Arnett headline this high-concept comedy concerning two male figure-skating rivals aching to compete despite having been banned from the sport. Their medals stripped after getting into a highly publicized fight at the World Championships, star figure skaters Chazz Read More

3/30/07
Don't

Actors: Nick Frost, Will Arnett

2007
The Upright Citizens Brigade: Asssscat!

Actors: Matt Besser, Amy Poehler, Ian Roberts, Matt Walsh, Will Arnett

Synopsis: The edgy sketchy comedy troupe known as the Upright Citizens Brigade follow the cult success of their TV show with this epic performance. Members Matt Besser, Amy Poehler, Ian Roberts, and Matt Walsh start the show with some improv, eventually running through a host of wild sketches that leave no Read More

2007
Let's Go to Prison!

Actors: Dax Shepard, Will Arnett, Chi McBride, David Koechner, Dylan Baker

Synopsis: Bob Odenkirk's jail comedy Let's Go to Prison, stars Will Arnett as Nelson Biederman IV, the son of a judge who ends up being sentenced to serve time in Rossmore State Penitentiary. During one of his rare stints out of incarceration, career criminal John Lyshitski (Dax Shepard) learns of the Read More

11/17/06
The Great New Wonderful

Actors: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Olympia Dukakis, Judy Greer, Naseeruddin Shah

Synopsis: A collection of everyday New Yorkers struggle to carry on with their increasingly stressful lives a year after the city was forever changed by the 9/11 terrorist attacks in Brooklyn-native Danny Leiner's ensemble-cast slice of life. Dr. Trabulous (Tony Shalhoub) is a gifted psychologist with a Read More

6/23/06
RV

Actors: Robin Williams, Jeff Daniels, Cheryl Hines, Kristin Chenoweth, Joanna 'Jojo' Levesque, Josh Hutcherson

Synopsis: A white-collar workaholic deceptively persuades his family to forgo their much-anticipated Hawaiian vacation for a cross-country road trip in a fully loaded RV, during which they discover the true meaning of family bonding, in Men in Black director Barry Sonnenfeld's family-friendly road comedy Read More

4/28/06
Ice Age: The Meltdown

Actors: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Seann William Scott, Josh Peck

Synopsis: Manny (Ray Romano), Sid (John Leguizamo), and Diego (Denis Leary) may have made it through the big freeze, but when the ice begins to melt, the heroic trio must warn the other inhabitants of their peaceful valley of the coming flood in directors Chris Wedge and Carlos Saldanha's sequel to the Read More

3/31/06
Monster-in-Law

Actors: Jennifer Lopez, Jane Fonda, Michael Vartan, Wanda Sykes, Adam Scott

Synopsis: It's not unusual to see two women fighting over the same man in a movie, only this time it's his mother and his fiancée vying for his attention in this broad comedy. While Charlotte Cantilini (Jennifer Lopez), known to her friends as Charlie, has never had much luck in her love life, one day her Read More

5/13/05
Arrested Development: Season 03

Actors: Jason Bateman, Portia de Rossi, Jeffrey Tambor, Jessica Walter, Will Arnett

2005
Arrested Development: Season 02

Actors: Jason Bateman, Portia de Rossi, Michael Cera, Will Arnett, Jeffrey Tambor

Synopsis: The Bluth family of Orange County, CA, once again forces the media critics to come up with new variations on the word "dysfunction" as the cult-favorite sitcom Arrested Development launches its second season. For those who came in late, straight-arrow Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman) is still trying Read More

2004
Arrested Development: Season 01

Actors: Jason Bateman, Portia de Rossi, Michael Cera, Will Arnett, Jeffrey Tambor

Synopsis: As Arrested Development leaps into its first season, hard-working Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman) is on the brink of starting a new life in Arizona with son George Michael (Michael Cera) when he is dragged kicking and screaming back to California, there to take charge of his family's business when Read More

2003
Series 7: The Contenders

Actors: Brooke Smith, Glenn Fitzgerald, Marylouise Burke, Richard Venture

Synopsis: The "reality TV" craze is taken to its final, logical extreme as six people hunt each other down in a small town for the benefit of network TV cameras in this darkly comic satire. "The Contenders" is a top-rated television game show in which six contestants are set loose in the same Connecticut Read More

3/2/01
The Waiting Game

Actors: Debbon Ayer, Dwight Ewell, Will Arnett, Terumi Matthews, Eddie Malavarca

Synopsis: "What do you call an actor, artist, or writer who has just moved to New York? A waiter." Taking this premise and running with it, The Waiting Game looks at the lives of six young creative types working at Peter's Backyard, a restaurant in New York City, while searching for their big break. Read More

2/24/00
The Mike O'Malley Show [TV Series]

Actors: Mike O'Malley, Mark Rosenthal, Will Arnett, Kate Walsh, Missy Yager

1999
Southie

Actors: Donnie Wahlberg, Rose McGowan, Anne Meara, James Cummings, Amanda Peet

Synopsis: "Southie" is common usage in Massachusetts for a resident of South Boston. John Shea directed and co-scripted (with James Cummings and Dave McLaughlin) this low-budget crime drama which won the American Independent Award at the 1998 Seattle Film Festival. Out of money and out of luck, Danny Quinn (Donnie Wahlberg Read More

1998
The Broken Giant

Synopsis: This independently produced film, The Broken Giant, depicts the almost affectless life and loves of an eccentric, unpopular preacher in a very remote Maine country community. Ezra Caton (Will Arnett) is the minister with a somewhat drab life, and he is not unhappy to see it disrupted when he Read More

1996