Will Ferrell’s Best Recurring SNL Characters, Ranked

Will Ferrell brought countless of great characters and impersonations to Saturday Night Live, but which were the comedian’s best?

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There have been countless great comedians and actors who have been a part of the cast of Saturday Night Live. However, one of the best performers in the entire history of the show has to be Will Ferrell. Joining the cast in 1995, Ferrell quickly rose to the top as being the kind of performer who could be hilarious is any sketch.

Taking a look back at Ferrell’s time on the show, he created so many memorable characters. Some of the best kept appearing again and again, even returning when Ferrell would host the show. These recurring characters are a reminder of why Ferrell is an undisputed legend of SNL.

10 Neil Diamond

Ferrell wasn’t really known for being an impressionist the way some of SNL’s other cast members were, but he would often find surprising people to impersonate, like singer-songwriter Neil Diamond. While Ferrell’s impression of Diamond was not terribly accurate, the fact that he played the singer as a complete degenerate was hilarious.

Though this take on the man seems to be nothing like how Neil Diamond was in real-life, Ferrell decided to make him an over-the-top bad guy. His catchy pop songs were all inspired by his own horrific behavior.

9 Craig The Cheerleader

Cheri Oteri is an underrated performer from Ferrell’s era on the show. These two proved to be an excellent pair when they teamed up for the ridiculous and charming Spartan Cheerleader sketches.

Ferrell and Oteri played overly enthusiastic cheerleaders on a squad made up of just the two of them. They would cheer on weird events like chess matches without ever toning down their excitement. Their cheers with laughably lame and the image of the gigantic Ferrell next to petite Oteri made it even funnier.

8 Roger Clarvin

While Ferrell was known to steal the show in many sketches he was in, he also seemed to enjoy teaming up with a partner for several of his most memorable sketches. Ferrell and Rachel Dratch seemed to have a blast playing the overly affectionate couple Roger and Virginia Clarvin, who would share graphic stories of their love-making whoever was unfortunate enough to be around them.

What made these sketches so much fun was that Ferrell and Dratch seemed to be trying to make each other break. It gave them a wild and unpredictable feel.

7 Robert Goulet

Like Neil Diamond, Robert Goulet wasn’t exactly a mainstream choice for one of Ferrell’s impressions. But once again, he simply uses the real crooner as an excuse to create a completely off-the-wall character.

Ferrell’s Robert Goulet was a man who seemed to think he was still in the 1960s and decided to bring his old-school musical vibes to the modern audiences. His versions of hip hop songs were hilarious and Ferrell could carry an entire sketch just on his own as this out of touch music man.

6 Steve Butabi

Ferrell teamed up with Chris Kattan for this unforgettable recurring sketch, one that grew so popular it even spawned its own movie. Ferrell and Kattan played two hapless losers who go out to clubs in their tacky outfits and try to dance with women.

While A Night at the Roxbury might have stretched the concept too far, watching Ferrell and Kattan bob their head to the music was endlessly funny. It was great fun seeing them get rejected over and over, and they were sometimes joined by guest stars like Jim Carrey and Sylvester Stallone.

5 Marty Culp

Ferrell seems to have a particular interest in musical sketches and he clearly has a lot of fun with them. He teamed up with Ana Gasteyer to play Marty and Bobbie Culp, a married couple who serve as the music teachers at a school.

Despite the students showing no interest in their teachings, the Culps try to explain to their audience that they don’t need drugs or sex to have fun, all they need is music. Seeing these two stuffy and clueless middle-aged people attempt to sing modern hits is priceless.

4 James Lipton

For years, James Lipton was the host of Inside the Actor’s Studio which was a no-frills interview with acclaimed actors about their craft. Lipton was certainly a fun personality and Ferrell really nailed the man’s reverence for whichever actor he was interviewing.

Ferrell’s wide-eyed performance and the way he would swoon over his guests was gut-busting. There is an especially hilarious sketch in which Lipton interviews Billy Bob Thorton but only wants to ask him about Armageddon.

3 Harry Caray

Ferrell took on another legendary and eccentric television personality with his many impersonations of baseball announcer Harry Caray. From the wild hairstyle and the distinct voice to the way Caray would bounce around from topic to topic, this was Ferrell at his finest.

Sometimes Caray would be brought on Weekend Update to provide unhelpful commentary on the latest baseball news. But sometimes it would have nothing to do with baseball, like when he hosted a show about space without having any knowledge of the subject.

2 Alex Trebek

While Ferrell was seemingly effortless at being hilarious, he also knew how to be the perfect straight man in a sketch, like in the extremely popular “Celebrity Jeopardy” sketches. Ferrell would play Jeopardy host Alex Trebek as he is forced to dumb down his game for simple-minded celebrity guests.

With perfect dry delivery, Ferrell’s Trebek would try to hold it together as his famous contestants failed to answer even the most basic of questions. And, of course, seeing him mercilessly ridiculed by a vulgar Sean Connery was always a treat.

1 George W. Bush

SNL doesn’t always hit the mark when it comes to their political comedy, but anytime Ferrell appeared as President George W. Bush, it was comedic gold. Ferrell leaned into the former president’s Texas accent and squint-eyed look as he proved himself to be a less-than-intelligent commander and chief.

From the debates against Al Gore to his attack on the “Axis of Evil” and his re-election, Ferrell shined in the role. He would even come back to the show from time to time to endorse a reluctant John McCain. Ferrell even starred in a one-man Broadway show as Bush which shows how effective the role was.

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