Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby is a 2006 American
sports comedy film directed by
Adam McKay, starring
Will Ferrell, and written by McKay and Ferrell. The film also features
John C. Reilly,
Sacha Baron Cohen,
Gary Cole, and
Michael Clarke Duncan. Various
Saturday Night Live alumni also make appearances. Real life
NASCAR drivers like
Jamie McMurray and
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. also make cameos as themselves, as do the broadcasting teams of
NASCAR on Fox (
Mike Joy,
Larry McReynolds, and
Darrell Waltrip) and
NASCAR on NBC (
Bill Weber,
Wally Dallenbach, Jr. and
Benny Parsons).
Talladega Nights was also
Pat Hingle's last film, before his death in 2009.