
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

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Saturday Night Live

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

The Daily Show

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Simpsons

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

The Office

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Star vs. the Forces of Evil

Bob's Burgers

Finding Your Roots

Comedy Central Roasts

Drunk History

Man Seeking Woman

Good Mythical Morning

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

The Venture Bros.

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

Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday

Pineapple Express

Knocked Up

Beau Is Afraid

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Men in Black 3

Finding Dory

Tropic Thunder

Lightyear

The Awesomes

Her

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

You, Me and Dupree

Riley's First Date?

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night

The Addams Family 2

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Comedy Central Roast of James Franco

Funny or Die Presents

Power Rangers

Turbo

Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil

Paul

Ralph Breaks the Internet

Adventureland

Mufasa: The Lion King

The Angry Birds Movie

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

The BFG

The Angry Birds Movie 2

Sausage Party

Superbad

Mind Candy

The Ambiguously Gay Duo

Inside Out

Hot Rod

It Chapter Two

6 Days to Air: The Making of South Park

They Came Together

Noelle

Trainwreck

Xavier: Renegade Angel

The Cat in the Hat

Barry

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
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