Fred began work as a stand-up comedian in the early days of the "comic boom" in Los Angeles, and after more than 100 TV appearances and a two year stint co-hosting the popular Comedy Central show "Comics Only" with Paul Provenza, Fred began submitting jokes to Johnny Carson, Joan Rivers, and many others, propelling him from performing into writing. After a series of TV writing assignments, Fred's big break came when he was asked to be a staff writer for SNL in the 90s. His success there spring boarded into a series of plum movie writing jobs, including his work on the movies Tommy Boy and Black Sheep, starring fellow SNL alums Chris Farley and David Spade. After SNL re-structured their staff in the late 90's, Fred was asked to come back as head-writer and to perform as a Feature Player. Since then, Fred has been the key writer or secondary writer on 4 #1-at-the-box-office movies, and has written and/or directed many more, including The House Bunny, starring Anna Faris and Emma Stone, and Grown Ups, which he co-wrote with Adam Sandler, winning a People's Choice award for Best Comedy. Fred splits his time between Carmel and Santa Fe.

Fred Wolf at an event for Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser (2015)

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Anna Faris, Fred Wolf, and Emma Stone in The House Bunny (2008)

Anna Faris, Rumer Willis, and Fred Wolf in The House Bunny (2008)

Fred Wolf and Katharine McPhee in The House Bunny (2008)

Fred Wolf with his daughters, Molly and Sara, on set of “Housebunny”

Steve Koren, Fred Wolf, Adam Sandler, Lew Morton, Robert Smigel, Tim Hirlihy and Jim Downey; SNL

Alec Baldwin, Fred Wolf and Salma Hayek on set of “Drunk Parents”

Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Rob Schneider, David Spade, and Kevin James in Grown Ups (2010)

Chris Farley and David Spade in Tommy Boy (1995)

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