Bill Hader
- Acting
- June 7, 1978 · 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 · Leonard (Voice)
- The Cat in the Hat · The Cat in the Hat (Voice), Executive producer
- Vincent Price: What Keeps Us Alive
- Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America · Abraham Lincoln
- Lorne · Self
- Frankenstein · Thanks
- Downey Wrote That · Self
- Weapons · Thanks
- Good Hang with Amy Poehler · Self
- Everybody's Live with John Mulaney · Self
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music · Self
- SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night · Self
- An SNL Thanksgiving · (archive footage)
- IF · Banana (Voice)
- John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A. · Self
- Hendrie · Self
- Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love · Self
- Beau Is Afraid · UPS Guy, Thanks
- Starting Now: the Making of Barry · Self
- Lightyear · Featheringhamstan (Voice)
- Toast of Tinseltown · Dwight Difference
- The Addams Family 2 · Cyrus Strange (Voice)
- Adventure Time: Distant Lands · Bufo (Voice)
- Celebrity Escape Room · Self
- Belushi · John Belushi (Voice)
- Beastie Boys Story · "Crazy Shit" Voice (Voice)
- The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends · Self
- Noelle · Nick Kringle
- At the Video Store · Self
- It Chapter Two · Richie Tozier
- The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance · urGoh (The Wanderer) (Voice)
- The Angry Birds Movie 2 · Leonard (Voice)
- Lights Out with David Spade · Self
- Toy Story 4 · Axel the Carnie (Voice)
- Desus & Mero · Self
- Ralph Breaks the Internet · J.P. Spamley (voice) (uncredited)
- Eli Roth's History of Horror · Self
- The Great Buster: A Celebration · Self
- Love, Gilda · Self
- The Shop · Self
- Barry · Barry Berkman, Writer
- GQ Presents: Iconic Characters · Self
- What the Fit · Self
- Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show · Self
- The Power of the Present · Self
- Talking with Chris Hardwick · Self
- Power Rangers · Alpha 5 (Voice)
- Sausage Party · Firewater / Tequila / El Guaco (Voice)
- Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously · Self
- Finding Dory · Husband Fish (Stan) (Voice)
- To Tell the Truth · Self
- Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping · Zippy
- The BFG · Bloodbottler
- The Angry Birds Movie · Leonard (Voice)
- Maggie's Plan · Tony
- Mind Candy · Fear (Voice)
- Riley's First Date? · Fear / Jordan's Joy (Voice)
- Documentary Now! · Various Characters, Executive producer
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter · Self
- Trainwreck · Dr. Aaron Conners
- Inside Out · Fear (Voice), Additional Dialogue
- Accidental Love · Dr. Turnstall
- Beaver Trilogy Part IV · Narrator
- Star vs. the Forces of Evil · Additional Voices (Voice)
- Man Seeking Woman · Adolf Hitler
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors · Self
- The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him · Stuart
- The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her · Stuart
- They Came Together · Kyle
- The Skeleton Twins · Milo Dean
- 22 Jump Street · Culinary School Villain (uncredited)
- The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them · Stuart
- Silicon Valley · Pipey (Voice)
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- Off Camera with Sam Jones · Self
- Steve's First Bath · Flint Lockwood (Voice)
- Attack of the 50-foot Gummi Bear · Flint Lockwood (Voice)
- Her · Chat Room Friend #2 (Voice)
- Cinema Six · (uncredited)
- Here Comes the Night Time · Captain Bill the Astronaut