The former Saturday Night Live actor, whose acting credits have mainly focused on films, is co-creator of the new Netflix comedy series GOLF, alongside Ramy Youssef and Josh Rabinowitz. Ferrell and Youssef play the leading roles.
In his first leading role in a comedy series, Ferrell (pictured left) plays a fictional golfing legend. Details about Youssef's role (photo right) are not yet known.
Ferrell was previously developing a series about a professional golfer who becomes the face of a controversial new league that competes with the PGA. "It is also reminiscent of one of Ferrell's signature films, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. Sources report that the series has a similar tone and returns Ferrell to the sports arena he also explored in Blades of Glory and Semi-Pro," was revealed. Whether GOLF will be in the same vein is still unknown.
The 10-episode GOLF is produced by Youssef and Rabinowitz, who also executive produce alongside Ferrell, Jessica Elbaum and Alix Taylor as Gloria Sanchez Productions. Rian Johnson, Ram Bergman and Nena Rodriguez are the executive producers for T-Street. Andy Campagna is executive producer for Cairo Cowboy.
Ferrell previously starred in Apple TV+'s limited series The Shrink Next Door. This year he can be seen as Gru's new nemesis Maxime Le Mal in Despicable Me 4, which will be released this summer on July 3. Through Gloria Sanchez Productions, Ferrell recently produced a road trip documentary, Will & Harper, with his girlfriend Harper Steele, who was transitioning at age 61.
Youssef is perhaps best known for Hulu's Peabody Award-winning comedy series Ramy, which he created, produced, directed and starred in. Inspired by his own experiences, the series centers on a first-generation Egyptian-American Muslim who embarks on a spiritual journey in his politically divided New Jersey neighborhood.
He is also the co-creator and executive producer of Mo, a semi-autobiographical series from Netflix inspired by Mo Amer's life as a Palestinian refugee growing up in Houston.