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Bill Hader

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1978-06-07 (46 years old)

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 ing 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 ing 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).

Filmography

all 160

Movies 99

TV Shows 61

self 52

Voice 39

Producer 5

Writer 2

Narrator 1

The Cat in the Hat (voice)

Bill Hader

Biography

Filmography

all 160

Movies 99

TV Shows 61

self 52

Voice 39

Producer 5

Writer 2

Narrator 1

The Cat in the Hat (2026)

Everybody's Live with John Mulaney (2025)

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (2025)

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night (2025)

IF (2024)

John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A. (2024)

Hendrie (2024)

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love (2023)

Beau Is Afraid (2023)

Lightyear (2022)

Toast of Tinseltown (2022)

The Addams Family 2 (2021)

Belushi (2020)

Adventure Time: Distant Lands (2020)

Celebrity Escape Room (2020)

Beastie Boys Story (2020)

The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends (2019)

Noelle (2019)

At the Video Store (2019)

It Chapter Two (2019)

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019)

The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019)

Lights Out with David Spade (2019)

Toy Story 4 (2019)

Desus & Mero (2019)

Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)

Eli Roth's History of Horror (2018)

The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018)

The Shop (2018)

Love, Gilda (2018)

Inside The Episode: Barry (2018)

Barry (2018)

GQ Presents: Iconic Characters (2018)

What the Fit (2018)

Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show (2017)

The Power of the Present (2017)

Talking with Chris Hardwick (2017)

Power Rangers (2017)

Sausage Party (2016)

Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously (2016)

Finding Dory (2016)

To Tell the Truth (2016)

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)

The BFG (2016)

The Angry Birds Movie (2016)

Maggie's Plan (2016)

Mind Candy (2015)

Riley's First Date? (2015)

Documentary Now! (2015)

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015)

Trainwreck (2015)

Inside Out (2015)

Accidental Love (2015)

Beaver Trilogy Part IV (2015)

Star vs. the Forces of Evil (2015)

Man Seeking Woman (2015)

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014)

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him (2014)

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her (2014)

They Came Together (2014)

The Skeleton Twins (2014)

22 Jump Street (2014)

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (2014)

Clear History (2014)

Silicon Valley (2014)

Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)

Off Camera with Sam Jones (2014)

Steve's First Bath (2014)

Attack of the 50-foot Gummi Bear (2014)