Chris Farley: Encyclopedia II - Chris Farley - Films

Chris Farley - Films

Farley also made appearances in films, such as Wayne's World in 1991, Airheads in 1993, Coneheads in 1993, Wayne's World 2 in 1993, and Adam Sandler's Billy Madison in 1995.

After being released from his contract at Saturday Night Live after its dismal 1994-1995 season, Farley found great success with the 1995 film Tommy Boy (in which he co-starred with frequent SNL cohort David Spade). He and Spade re-teamed in 1996 with Black Sheep, which met with limited appeal. However, by now he had managed to classify himself as a bonafide Hollywood celebrity, and went on to star in Beverly Hills Ninja in 1997 and Almost Heroes with Matthew Perry in 1998, which would go on to become the last movie he ever worked on. He also had a cameo role in fellow SNL alum Norm MacDonald's Dirty Work in 1998, which was released well after Farley's death. He was popular with young audiences not only as a physical comedian but also as a comic actor, but few critics warmed to him.

At the end of his 2000 feature Little Nicky, producer Adam Sandler insinuated that the film's Heaven-residing angel character, played by Reese Witherspoon, began a romantic relationship with her aerobic instructor: Chris Farley.

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