Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
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- In Adam McKay
…and Ferrell starred in, was Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004). The movie was a hit, and they followed up with Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), a parody of NASCAR automobile racing. Also in 2006 McKay and Ferrell founded a production company, Gary Sanchez Productions. They…
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- Apatow
- In Judd Apatow
…while producing the 2004 film Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.
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- Applegate
- In Christina Applegate: Marriage, Anchorman, Friends, and other successes at the turn of the 21st century
…1970s newsman in the comedy Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004). She was also in the 2013 sequel, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. In between Applegate guest starred in two episodes (2002 and 2003) of Friends as one of Rachel’s shallow sisters. She won an Emmy Award for outstanding…
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- Armisen
- In Fred Armisen: Portlandia and other work
…appeared in several movies, including Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), The Ex (2006), Easy A (2010), The Dictator (2012), and The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017). In 2018 he released the Netflix comedy special Fred Armisen: Standup for Drummers.
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- Ferrell
- In Will Ferrell: Elf, Anchorman, and Talladega Nights
…string of hit comedies, notably Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) and the NASCAR spoof Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), both of which he cowrote with McKay. In 2005 Ferrell portrayed a Nazi playwright in the musical comedy The Producers, and he played equally outlandish characters…
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- Rogen
- In Seth Rogen
…of Apatow’s early film productions, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) and The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), stealing scenes in the latter from lead Steve Carell. Rogen put in another supporting performance in You, Me and Dupree (2006), but it was his next film that made him a household name.…
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- Rudd
- In Paul Rudd: Career
…Carell, in the madcap hit Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), proved to be an important step in Rudd’s film career. Rudd would go on to work with Apatow in a number of other comedies, including The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) with Carell, Knocked Up (2007), This Is 40 (2012),…
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- Stiller
- In Jerry Stiller: Stage, film, and television career
…the Will Ferrell cult classic Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), and a 2007 musical remake of Hairspray. From 2010 to 2011 he and his wife reteamed in Stiller & Meara, a Web series of two-minute comical segments produced by their son and filmed in the couple’s living room.
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