UCD to honour Will Ferrell
One of Hollywood’s top comic actors, Will Ferrell, will be honoured by an Irish university tonight.
The A-lister will be given the James Joyce Award by University College Dublin’s Literary and Historical Society.
He joins other world greats honoured by the L&H including United Nation’s weapons inspector Hans Blix, academic Noam Chomsky and former South African president FW De Klerk.
Every Taoiseach and President has addressed the society.
The Californian-born actor who commands $20m (€13.7m) per film is being honoured for his achievements in entertainment.
Ferrell’s roles have earned him global movie stardom which began in 2003 with the hit comedy 'Elf' in which he played an oversized elf.
He won critical acclaim and a Golden Globe nomination for his role in 'Stranger than Fiction' in 2006, where he plays an IRS auditor who suddenly becomes the subject of an ongoing commentary only he can hear.
In 2007, he starred as a high profile ice skater in the comedy film 'Blades of Glory'.
Ferrell has spent the past two weeks holidaying around Ireland.
