Adam McKay
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McKay in 2015
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April 17, 1968 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Occupation | Film director, producer, screenwriter, comedian, actor, podcaster |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Spouse | Shira Piven (m. 1996) |
Adam McKay (born April 17, 1968) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, comedian, and actor. McKay served as head writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live for two seasons. He directed Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), Step Brothers (2008), The Other Guys (2010), and Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013). McKay has a creative partnership with actor Will Ferrell, with whom he co-wrote all except one of these films.
The Big Short (2015) was the first film McKay directed without Ferrell in the cast. Venturing into more dramatic territory, he was nominated for several awards including the Academy Award for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay and two British Academy Film Awards, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, with McKay and co-writer Charles Randolph winning Best Adapted Screenplay at each respective ceremony.
McKay and Ferrell produced their comedy website Funny or Die through their company Gary Sanchez Productions.
McKay was born in 1968 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to a cocktail waitress mother and a bassist father. He was raised in Pennsylvania. He graduated from Great Valley High School in Malvern, Pennsylvania, and attended Penn State and Temple University. McKay dropped out from the university a semester-and-a-half before he was set to earn his bachelor’s. He described it as, "settling with an imaginary degree”.
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