Frat Pack

The "Frat Pack" is a nickname given to a group of comedy actors who have appeared together in many of the highest-grossing comedy movies since the late 1990s. The group is usually considered to include Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Jim Carrey and Steve Carell.

The term was used by USA Today in a June 2004 story and was soon picked up by other media outlets. Before USA Today dubbed this group the "Frat Pack," Entertainment Weekly had referred to them as the "Slacker Pack," having earlier coined the term "Frat Pack" to describe actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Edward Norton who have done dramatic roles together. By 2005, Entertainment Weekly had dropped the "Slacker Pack" term and followed suit, referring to the aforementioned crop of actors as the "Frat Pack."

Recently, the term has also been used to refer to the actors that have collaborated with director Judd Apatow like Seth Rogen, Paul Rudd, Jonah Hill, Martin Starr, Jason Segel and James Franco. These members have been called the "Apatow Chapter" of the Frat Pack.

The name is an allusion to the Rat Pack (and the later Brat Pack), combined with a reference to the group's popular fraternity-related film, Old School, and the sophomoric style of humor employed in many of their films. Ben Stiller has decried the use of the term, saying, "I think the whole thing about the Frat Pack group is completely fabricated anyway."

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