Adam McKay
Adam McKay is an American screenwriter, producer, and director. McKay began his career in the 1990s as a head writer for the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL). After leaving SNL, McKay collaborated with comedian Will Ferrell on his comedy films in the 2000s such as Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), and The Other Guys (2010). Ferrell and McKay co-wrote and co-produced many television series and films, with McKay himself co-producing their website Funny or Die through their company, Gary Sanchez Productions.
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🎬 Movies
Don't Look Up
director
2021
Don't Look Up
writer
2021
Hal
actor
2019
Vice
writer
2018
Vice
director
2018
Daddy's Home
writer
2015
The Big Short
writer
2015
The Big Short
director
2015
Ant-Man
writer
2015
Get Hard
writer
2015
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
writer
2013
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
director
2013
The Campaign
writer
2012
The Other Guys
writer
2010
The Other Guys
director
2010
Step Brothers
writer
2008
Step Brothers
director
2008
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
actor
2007
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
director
2006
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
writer
2006
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
writer
2004
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
director
2004
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
writer
2004
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
director
2004
📺 TV Shows
The Chair Company
executive_producer
2025
The Invisible Pilot
executive_producer
2022
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
executive_producer
2022
Robbie
executive_producer
2020
Motherland: Fort Salem
executive_producer
2020
Dead to Me
executive_producer
2019
Succession
executive_producer
2018
LA to Vegas
executive_producer
2018
No Activity
executive_producer
2017
No Activity
creator
2017
I'm Sorry
executive_producer
2017
The Spoils Before Dying
executive_producer
2015
Bad Judge
executive_producer
2014
The Spoils of Babylon
executive_producer
2014
Eastbound & Down
executive_producer
2009
The Uninhabitable Earth
executive_producer
Kings of America
executive_producer