`  == Frat Pack == The Frat Pack is a 1990s-2000s era nickname given to a group of male Hollywood comedy actors who have appeared together in many of the highest grossing movies since the late 1990s, including Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, and Steve Carell. It was coined by USA Today in a story from June 2004.USATODAY.com - Wilson and Vaughn: Leaders of the 'Frat Pack' Before USA Today dubbed this group the Frat Pack, Entertainment Weekly referred to them as the ``Slacker Pack,`` but this term is rarely used.  Meanwhile, EW had earlier used the term Frat Pack to describe Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Edward Norton, and Ryan Phillippe, but this usage has not been seen elsewhere. Since then, EW has dropped the ``Slacker Pack`` term, and also began referring to the group as the Frat Pack .  The name is a take-off of the Rat Pack, a nickname given to a group of entertainers in the 1950s and 1960s combined with the shorthand term for a college fraternity, a reference to the group's popular film, Old School. In December 2007, Italian cinema magazine Nocturno published the first 70 pages dossier completely dedicated to the Frat Pack phenomenon.  == The Pack ==   The USA Today article which coined the Frat Pack term listed Jack Black, Will Ferrell, Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, and brothers Owen Wilson and Luke Wilson as members of the group.  By 2006, Steve Carell was also included in the Pack when USA Today published another article.  Carell claimed membership when hosting Saturday Night Live. Though he did not use the term ``Frat Pack,`` he did say he was ``one of those guys now`` and specifically referenced Stiller, Vaughn, Ferrell, Owen Wilson, and Black.  A year before citing Carell as a member, USA Today tagged him, in addition to Judd Apatow, Paul Rudd, David Koechner, Mindy Kaling, Nancy Walls and Leslie Mann as the Frat Pack's ``Junior Varsity.`` USATODAY.com - Carell just wants some love Kaling and Walls haven't been as associated with the group elsewhere, but Details Magazine has cited Apatow (in addition to directors McKay and Phillips) as ``The Frat Packagers``,The Power 50: DETAILS Article on men.style.com while Paul Rudd was cited as a Frat Pack member in the New York Post, among other publications. In an interview with The Advocate, when questioned if Knocked Up will officially welcome him into the Frat Pack, Rudd speculated that he is a ``pledge`` that hasn't ``been initiated yet into the brotherhood.`` Issue Number 980 | Big gay following: Paul Rudd | Advocate.com    The members of the Frat Pack often work with certain directors multiple times. Wes Anderson is a college friend of the Wilsons and directed them in both Bottle Rocket and The Royal Tenenbaums (which also starred Stiller) while Todd Phillips directed both Old School and Starsky & Hutch. Adam McKay directed Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.  Judd Apatow is the writer/producer of several Frat Pack comedies including Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. He made his directorial debut with The 40-Year-Old Virgin starring Steve Carell, and followed up with Knocked Up starring Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd, with a cameo by Carell. Apatow was also a cocreator of The Ben Stiller Show. Wedding Crashers director David Dobkin worked again with Vince Vaughn for the Christmas comedy Fred Claus (2007). Subsequently, John C. Reilly who co-starred with Will Ferrell and director Adam McKay in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), will reunite for the comedy Step Brothers and is the star of Walk Hard which has several appearances by actors either in the Frat Pack or have worked with them repeatedly.  Reilly also sang at the 2007 Academy Awards with Will Ferrell and Jack Black.  == Filmography == Although all Frat Pack members have never appeared in a single movie together, they have come closest in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, which featured all but Owen Wilson (chiefly in minor roles and cameos).    {| class=``wikitable`` |- ! Movie !! Jack Black !! Ben Stiller !! Luke Wilson !! Owen Wilson !! Vince Vaughn !! Will Ferrell !! Steve Carell !! Close contributors |- |Meet the Parents (2000) | |Lead role | |Supporting cast | | | | |- |Zoolander (2001) | |Lead role, director, writer, producer | |Lead role |Minor role |Lead role | |Christine Taylor, Andy Dick |- |Old School (2003) | | |Lead role | |Lead role |Lead role | |Andy Dick |- |Along Came Polly (2004) | |Lead Role | | | | | |Jennifer Aniston |- |Starsky & Hutch (2004) | |Lead role | |Lead role |Lead role |Supporting cast | | |- |Envy (2004) |Lead role |Lead role | | | | | |Amy Poehler |- |Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) | |Lead role, producer | | |Lead role | | |Justin Long, Christine Taylor |- |Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) |Minor role |Minor role |Minor role | |Supporting role |Lead role |Lead role |Paul Rudd, David Koechner, Seth Rogen  |- |Meet the Fockers (2004) | |Lead role | |Minor role | | | | |- |Wedding Crashers (2005) | | | |Lead role |Lead role |Minor role | | |- |The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005) | | | | | | |Star  |Paul Rudd, Seth Rogen |- |Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) | | | | | |Lead Role | |David Koechner |- |Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006) |Lead role, writer, songs |Minor role, producer | | | | | |Kyle Gass, David Koechner (deleted scene/DVD), Amy Poehler |- |Night at the Museum (2006) | |Lead role | |Supporting cast | | | |Paul Rudd |- |Blades of Glory (2007) | |Producer |Minor role | | |Lead role | |Amy Poehler |- ! Movie !! Jack Black !! Ben Stiller !! Luke Wilson !! Owen Wilson !! Vince Vaughn !! Will Ferrell !! Steve Carell !! Close contributors |- |}  ===Other films=== Comedy films that involve only one primary Frat Packer, among other close contributors, with at least one of these in a large role include: *Bottle Rocket (1996) *The Cable Guy (1996) *Bongwater (1997) *Permanent Midnight (1998) *Heat Vision and Jack (1999) *The Suburbans (1999) *The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) *Orange County (2002) *Run Ronnie Run (2002) *Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie (2004) *Melinda and Melinda (2004) *Bewitched (2005) *The Wendell Baker Story  (2005) *The Break-Up (2006) *You, Me and Dupree (2006) *Idiocracy (2006) *Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) *Blonde Ambition (2007) *Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland (2008) *Drillbit Taylor (2008) *Semi-Pro (2008) *Kung Fu Panda (2008) *''[[Get Sm