Bill Hader

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

Private Miller

Pineapple Express

Mark

You, Me and Dupree

Recumbent Biker

The Brothers Solomon

Dave

Hot Rod

Brent

Knocked Up

Flint Lockwood (voice)

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Rob Slolom

Tropic Thunder

Officer Slater

Superbad

Soldier Sam (voice)

Doogal

Brian Bretter

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Andy Warhol

Men in Black 3

UPS Guy

Beau Is Afraid

Referee / Slug (voice)

Monsters University

Bobby

Adventureland

Self - Guest

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

Haggard

Paul

George Armstrong Custer

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

Hansel (voice)

Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil

Guy Gagné (voice)

Turbo

Flint Lockwood (voice)

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

Fear (voice)

Inside Out

Chat Room Friend #2 (voice)

Her

Willy

The To Do List

Stuart

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them

"Crazy Shit" Voice

Beastie Boys Story

Rags

Clear History

Eric

The Pity Card

Milo Dean

The Skeleton Twins

Pilot (deleted scene)

Collateral Damage

Featheringhamstan (voice)

Lightyear

Dr. Aaron Conners

Trainwreck

Kyle

They Came Together

Culinary School Villain (uncredited)

22 Jump Street

Stuart

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him

Gazelle (voice)

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Stuart

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her

Self

Saturday Night

Firewater / Tequila / El Guaco (voice)

Sausage Party

SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas

Rob Slolom

Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness

Self

Comedy Central Roast of James Franco

Additional Voices (voice)

Star Trek Into Darkness

Tony

Maggie's Plan

Doctor Turnstall

Accidental Love

Various (archive footage)

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler

Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Escape from Planet Earth

Leonard (voice)

The Angry Birds Movie

Bloodbottler

The BFG

Self

6 Days to Air: The Making of South Park

Keith

The Shooting

Self

Hendrie

Self

At the Video Store

The Cat in the Hat (voice)

The Cat in the Hat

Fear (voice)

Mind Candy

Empress of Serenity

Banana (voice)

IF

Zippy

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

Husband Fish (Stan) (voice)

Finding Dory

Shaman

Year One

Self

Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously

Alpha 5 (voice)

Power Rangers

Tad (voice)

Freaknik: The Musical

Flint Lockwood (voice)

Steve's First Bath

Nick Kringle

Noelle

Self

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

Self - Host

Nantucket Film Festival's Comedy Roundtable

Self

The Secret Policeman's Ball

Self

Love, Gilda

Richie Tozier

It Chapter Two

Leonard (voice)

The Angry Birds Movie 2

Flint Lockwood (voice)

Attack of the 50-foot Gummi Bear

Self

The Great Buster: A Celebration

J.P. Spamley (voice) (uncredited)

Ralph Breaks the Internet

Self

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse

Self - Voice of Alpha 5 (2017)

The Power of the Present

Axel the Carnie (voice)

Toy Story 4

Desi's Store Pickup (uncredited)

This Is 40

Various (archive footage)

The Women of SNL

Self

The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends

Narrator

Beaver Trilogy Part IV

Self

Celebrity Escape Room

Barnaby G. Price

Sounds Good to Me: Remastering 'The Sting'

Captain Bill the Astronaut

Here Comes the Night Time

John Belushi (voice)

Belushi

Fear / Jordan's Joy (voice)

Riley's First Date?

The Voice (voice)

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Bill - Bookstore Fan

Purple Violets

Cyrus Strange (voice)

The Addams Family 2

Self

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Vincent Price

Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10

(uncredited)

Cinema Six

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

91

Gender

Male

Birthday

1978-06-07

Place of Birth

Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Also Known As

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