Bill Hader
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Bill Hader

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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).

Films Featuring Bill Hader

Pineapple Express

20086.6

You, Me and Dupree

20065.6

The Brothers Solomon

20075.0

Hot Rod

20076.4

Knocked Up

20076.3

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

20096.7

Tropic Thunder

20086.7

Superbad

20077.3

Doogal

20064.9

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

20086.5

Men in Black 3

20126.5

Beau Is Afraid

20236.7

Monsters University

20137.1

Adventureland

20096.4

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

20238.3

Paul

20116.7

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

20096.2

Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil

20115.2

Turbo

20136.3

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

20136.5

Inside Out

20157.9

Her

20137.8

The To Do List

20135.8

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them

20146.2

Beastie Boys Story

20207.5

Clear History

20136.1

The Pity Card

20064.5

The Skeleton Twins

20146.6

Lightyear

20226.9

Trainwreck

20155.8

They Came Together

20145.5

22 Jump Street

20146.8

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him

20146.7

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

20096.8

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her

20146.6

Saturday Night

20107.7

Sausage Party

20165.8

SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas

20097.3

Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness

20086.8

Comedy Central Roast of James Franco

20137.2

Star Trek Into Darkness

20137.3

Maggie's Plan

20165.7

Accidental Love

20154.3

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler

20097.7

Escape from Planet Earth

20135.8

The Angry Birds Movie

20166.3

The BFG

20166.3

6 Days to Air: The Making of South Park

20117.6

The Shooting AKA Dear Sister

The Shooting AKA Dear Sister

2007

Hendrie

20244.0

At the Video Store

201910.0

The Cat in the Hat

2026

Mind Candy

20154.2

Empress of Serenity

IF

20246.9

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

20166.6

Finding Dory

20167.0

Year One

20095.0

Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously

20167.0

Power Rangers

20176.2

Freaknik: The Musical

20106.6

Steve's First Bath

20145.2

Noelle

20196.6

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

20177.9

Nantucket Film Festival's Comedy Roundtable

Nantucket Film Festival's Comedy Roundtable

20127.0

The Secret Policeman's Ball

20127.6

Love, Gilda

20187.2

It Chapter Two

20196.8

The Angry Birds Movie 2

20197.0

Attack of the 50-foot Gummi Bear

20146.6

The Great Buster: A Celebration

20187.2

Ralph Breaks the Internet

20187.2

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse

2006

The Power of the Present

20178.5

Toy Story 4

20197.5

This Is 40

20125.9

The Women of SNL

20105.2

The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends

20197.1

Beaver Trilogy Part IV

20157.4

Celebrity Escape Room

20206.1

Sounds Good to Me: Remastering 'The Sting'

200410.0

Here Comes the Night Time

20138.0

Belushi

20207.0

Riley's First Date?

20157.2

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

20107.5

Purple Violets

20075.8

The Addams Family 2

20216.9

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

20257.8

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

2011

Cinema Six

20134.1

Monkey Mischief

2009

Downey Wrote That

2025

Snake 'n' Bacon

2009

Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again

Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again

2010

They Know

They Know

Lorne

20266.8

Laser Cats!

Laser Cats!

2006