
Bill Hader
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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

Saturday Night Live

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

The Daily Show

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Bob's Burgers

The Simpsons

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

The Office

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Star vs. the Forces of Evil

Finding Your Roots

Comedy Central Roasts

Drunk History

Good Mythical Morning

Man Seeking Woman

Eli Roth's History of Horror

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Everybody's Live with John Mulaney

Silicon Valley

South Park

The Mindy Project

The Shop

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Adventure Time: Distant Lands

John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.

Lights Out with David Spade

30 Rock

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Desus & Mero

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

Talking with Chris Hardwick

Mark Twain Prize

Ugly Americans

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Star Trek Into Darkness

Collateral Damage

22 Jump Street

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Toy Story 4

Beastie Boys Story

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

This Is 40

IF

Monsters University

Pineapple Express

Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday

Knocked Up

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Beau Is Afraid

Men in Black 3

Finding Dory

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night

Tropic Thunder

Lightyear

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

The Awesomes

Her

Riley's First Date?

You, Me and Dupree

The Addams Family 2

Funny or Die Presents

The Ambiguously Gay Duo

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Power Rangers

Comedy Central Roast of James Franco

Turbo

Paul

Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

The Angry Birds Movie

The Angry Birds Movie 2

Ralph Breaks the Internet

Mufasa: The Lion King

The BFG

Adventureland

Inside Out

Mind Candy

Sausage Party

Superbad

It Chapter Two

They Came Together

6 Days to Air: The Making of South Park

Hot Rod

Xavier: Renegade Angel

Trainwreck

Noelle

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Barry

The Venture Bros.

The Cat in the Hat

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
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