Bill Hader

Known for ActingBorn 1978-06-07 (age 47)Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

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).Read more

Movies & web series

At the Video Store

The Line

Sounds Good to Me: Remastering 'The Sting'

The Power of the Present

The Office

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

Xavier: Renegade Angel

Star vs. the Forces of Evil

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler

Adventure Time: Distant Lands

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

South Park

Ugly Americans

Silicon Valley

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night

Talking with Chris Hardwick

Here Comes the Night Time

Barry

Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show

Inside Out

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Norm Macdonald Live

Saturday Night

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

Her

Bob's Burgers

The Simpsons

Frankenstein

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

The Venture Bros.

The Secret Policeman's Ball

Beastie Boys Story

GQ Presents: Iconic Characters

What the Fit

6 Days to Air: The Making of South Park

Toy Story 4

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

30 Rock

Beaver Trilogy Part IV

Toast of Tinseltown

Weapons

Aqua Teen Hunger Force

SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas

Lorne

The Ambiguously Gay Duo

Star Trek Into Darkness

Love, Gilda