A master of the bizarre and the beautifully patient joke, Will Forte was SNL’s king of absurdist comedy. He specialized in characters that pushed premises to their absolute breaking point, from the soft-spoken, fidgety politician Tim Calhoun to ultra-serious The Falconer. His signature creation, MacGruber, a hopelessly inept special operations agent, was a masterclass in anti-comedy. Forte took this character to the big screen and later to a television series, a testament to his commitment to a gloriously dumb idea. His post-SNL work, especially the critically acclaimed series The Last Man on Earth, has continued to showcase his unique and wonderfully weird comedic voice.