Bill Hader
Acting
- Born:
- 1978-06-07
- Place of birth:
- Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Biography
William Thomas Hader Jr. (born June 7, 1978) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is the creator, producer, writer, director, and star of the HBO dark comedy series Barry (2018–2023), for which he has been nominated for eight Emmy Awards, winning two. Hader's initial success was for his eight-year stint (2005–2013) as a cast member on the long-running NBC variety series Saturday Night Live, for which he received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations and a Peabody Award. He became known for his impressions and especially for his work on the Weekend Update segments, in which he played Stefon Meyers, a flamboyant New York tour guide who recommends unusual nightclubs and parties with bizarre characters with unusual tastes. He is also the star and producer of the IFC mockumentary comedy series Documentary Now! (2015–present) which he co-created along with Fred Armisen and Seth Meyers. Hader has had supporting roles in the films You, Me and Dupree (2006), Hot Rod (2007), Superbad (2007), Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, (2009), Paul (2011), This Is 40 (2012), and 22 Jump Street (2014), as well as leading roles in The Skeleton Twins (2014), Trainwreck (2015), and as an adult Richie Tozier in It Chapter Two (2019). He also is known for his extensive work in voice-over, portraying both leading and supporting characters in films such as the Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs franchise (2009–2013), Turbo (2013), Inside Out (2015), The BFG (2016), Power Rangers (2017), Toy Story 4 (2019) and Lightyear (2022).
Known For
Filmography
The Angry Birds Movie 3
The Cat in the Hat
Vincent Price: What Keeps Us Alive
Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America
Lorne
Downey Wrote That
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
An SNL Thanksgiving
IF
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
Hendrie
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Beau Is Afraid
Starting Now: the Making of Barry
Lightyear
Toast of Tinseltown
The Addams Family 2
Adventure Time: Distant Lands
Celebrity Escape Room
Belushi
Beastie Boys Story
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
Noelle
At the Video Store
It Chapter Two
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
The Angry Birds Movie 2
Lights Out with David Spade
Toy Story 4
Desus & Mero
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Eli Roth's History of Horror
The Great Buster: A Celebration
Love, Gilda
The Shop
Barry
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
What the Fit
Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show
The Power of the Present
Talking with Chris Hardwick
Power Rangers
Sausage Party
Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously
Finding Dory
To Tell the Truth
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
The BFG
The Angry Birds Movie
Maggie's Plan
Mind Candy
Riley's First Date?
Documentary Now!
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Trainwreck
Inside Out
Accidental Love
Beaver Trilogy Part IV
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
Man Seeking Woman
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
They Came Together
The Skeleton Twins
22 Jump Street
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
Silicon Valley
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Steve's First Bath
Attack of the 50-foot Gummi Bear
Her
Cinema Six
Here Comes the Night Time
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Comedy Central Roast of James Franco
Talking Bad
Clear History
The Awesomes
The To Do List
Turbo
Drunk History
Monsters University
Star Trek Into Darkness
Norm Macdonald Live
Escape from Planet Earth
This Is 40
Nantucket Film Festival's Comedy Roundtable
The Mindy Project
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Men in Black 3
Finding Your Roots
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Good Mythical Morning
Billy on the Street
6 Days to Air: The Making of South Park
NTSF:SD:SUV::
Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
Paul
Portlandia
Bob's Burgers
Conan
The Women of SNL
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Saturday Night
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again
Ugly Americans
Freaknik: The Musical
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
Monkey Mischief
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Year One
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Snake 'n' Bacon
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
Adventureland
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness
Tropic Thunder
Pineapple Express
The Line
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Laser cats 3
The Shooting AKA Dear Sister
Xavier: Renegade Angel
The Brothers Solomon
Yo Gabba Gabba!
Superbad
Plug & Play
Hot Rod
Knocked Up
Purple Violets
Human Giant
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Laser Cats 2
30 Rock
You, Me and Dupree
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse
Laser Cats!
Doogal
The Pity Card
The Office
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
The Venture Bros.
Sounds Good to Me: Remastering 'The Sting'
Comedy Central Roasts
Punk'd
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Mark Twain Prize
South Park
The Ambiguously Gay Duo
The Daily Show
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Simpsons
Saturday Night Live
Empress of Serenity
They Know