Frat Pack

Frat Pack
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The Frat Pack (formerly known as the Slacker Pack) is an unofficial group of 2000s comic actors dubbed by the media as the "Frat Pack" due to their popularity, hipness and frequent appearances together. The name is a play on the name of the 80s group of hip young actors, the Brat Pack (which itself was a play on the name Rat Pack, which was an official group in the 1960s). The original six members of the Frat Pack are:

• Jack Black
• Will Ferrell
• Ben Stiller
• Vince Vaughn
• Luke Wilson
• Owen Wilson

In 2006, USA Today, which coined the term, also dubbed Steve Carell a member after the success of his film The 40-Year-Old Virgin, although Carell has made few film appearances with other members.

Due to the fluid nature of an unofficial group, several other actors, writers and directors who have made frequent appearances with or done many works with the official Frat Pack members are sometimes listed amongst their ranks or as "unofficial members" or (in reference to the "frat" part of the name) "pledges." These Frat Pack pledges include, but are not limited to:

• Wes Anderson
• Jennifer Aniston
• Judd Apatow
• Jason Bateman
• Andy Dick
• Jon Favreau
• David Koechner
• Justin Long
• Seth Rogen
• Paul Rudd
• Christine Taylor

Also, the USA Today-coined term "Frat Pack" supplanted the previous, Entertainment Weekly-coined term Slacker Pack, while EW used the term "Frat Pack" to refer to:

• Ben Affleck
• Matt Damon
• Leonardo DiCaprio
• Edward Norton
• Ryan Philippe