Fred Wolf

Fred Wolf is an American film director, screenwriter, television writer, comedian and actor.

Career Wolf began his career performing stand-up in Los Angeles in the 1980s, and landed his first major television role as co-host (with Paul Provenza) on the Comedy Central variety series Comics Only in the early 1990s. In 1993, Wolf joined the writing staff of Saturday Night Live and also served for several years, surviving a writers' room overhaul in 1995, and served as head writer up until 1996. In 1996, he joined the SNL cast as a featured player, before leaving the show in October of that same year. Since leaving SNL, he has collaborated with many of his former SNL co-workers, writing and directing films for SNL stars such as Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, Norm Macdonald, David Spade, and Rob Schneider. In particular, he co-wrote the movie Joe Dirt with David Spade.

Filmography Television An asterisk (*) indicates an appearance as an actor. The Pat Sajak Show (1989–1990) 1993 MTV Movie Awards (1993) The Chevy Chase Show (1993) Saturday Night Live* (1993–1996)

Film Year Title Director Writer Producer 1995 Tommy Boy 1996 Black Sheep 1998 Dirty Work 2001 Joe Dirt 2003 Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star 2004 Without a Paddle 2007 I Want Candy 2008 Strange Wilderness The House Bunny 2010 Grown Ups 2013 Grown Ups 2 2015 Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser 2017 Mad Families 2019 Drunk Parents 2021 40-Love

Acting roles Year Title Role 1996 Black Sheep Ronald Forte 1998 Dirty Work Homeless Guy 2000 Little Nicky Fan 2001 Joe Dirt Freddy the Producer (uncredited) 2003 Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star Dickie's Corner Man 2015 Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser Airplane Tech #1