During a conversation with Scott Aukerman on the podcast, Comedy Bang! Bang!, Forte discussed his parents' divorce and the family's decision to have Christmas together after his father’s second divorce. Forte officiated his sister Michelle's wedding and filmed the birth of his niece and nephew. His mother has visited every film set he's worked on and made an appearance on the Mother's Day episode of SNL in which he sang a song to her on Weekend Update. He serves on the Board of Directors of the National Policy and Advocacy Council on Homelessness. Forte was one of the primary donors responsible for the establishment of a research fellowship for third-year medical students at Duke Medical Center. Forte was a childhood friend of founder Steven Wampler and previously the national spokesman for SciEyes, a non-profit organization created to support research, training and public education in stem cell biology and to further the field by recognizing and supporting its potential for creating new therapies for the treatment of blinding and debilitating eye diseases. Forte is a supporter of the camp Wampler's Kids and recorded a promotional piece at SNL with Will Ferrell. When first entering comedy, he worked as a math tutor (one of his students was actress Faye Dunaway’s son Liam) and at a music publishing house. He planned to become a financial broker like his father, but worked at a brokerage house for just one year before deciding to pursue comedy professionally. He attended UCLA, where he was a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity and completed a degree in history. He was raised in Lafayette, California and graduated from Acalanes High School, where he played varsity football, was a swimmer, served as class president and was voted best personality. (née Stivers) and Orville Willis Forte III, who divorced when Will and his sister Michelle were children. Forte was born in Alameda County, California, the son of Patricia C.
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