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).
Acting (92 movies)
Pineapple Express
2008
You, Me and Dupree
2006
The Brothers Solomon
2007
Hot Rod
2007
Knocked Up
2007
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
2009
Tropic Thunder
2008
Superbad
2007
Doogal
2006
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
2008
Men in Black 3
2012
Beau Is Afraid
2023
Monsters University
2013
Adventureland
2009
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023
Paul
2011
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
2009
Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil
2011
Turbo
2013
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
2013
Inside Out
2015
Her
2013
The To Do List
2013
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
2014
Beastie Boys Story
2020
Clear History
2014
The Pity Card
2006
The Skeleton Twins
2014
Collateral Damage
2002
Lightyear
2022
Trainwreck
2015
They Came Together
2014
22 Jump Street
2014
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
2014
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
2009
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
2014
Saturday Night
2010
Sausage Party
2016
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
2009
Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness
2008
Comedy Central Roast of James Franco
2013
Star Trek Into Darkness
2013
Maggie's Plan
2016
Accidental Love
2015
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
2009
Escape from Planet Earth
2013
The Angry Birds Movie
2016
The BFG
2016
6 Days to Air: The Making of South Park
2011
Hendrie
2024
At the Video Store
2019
The Cat in the Hat
2026
Mind Candy
2015
IF
2024
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
2016
Finding Dory
2016
Year One
2009
Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously
2016
Power Rangers
2017
Steve's First Bath
2014
Freaknik: The Musical
2010
Noelle
2019
Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show
2017
The Secret Policeman's Ball
2012
Love, Gilda
2018
It Chapter Two
2019
The Angry Birds Movie 2
2019
Attack of the 50-foot Gummi Bear
2014
The Great Buster: A Celebration
2018
Ralph Breaks the Internet
2018
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse
2006
The Power of the Present
2017
Toy Story 4
2019
This Is 40
2012
The Women of SNL
2010
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
2019
Beaver Trilogy Part IV
2015
Celebrity Escape Room
2020
Sounds Good to Me: Remastering 'The Sting'
2004
Here Comes the Night Time
2013
Belushi
2020
Riley's First Date?
2015
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
2010
Purple Violets
2007
The Addams Family 2
2021
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
2011
Cinema Six
2013
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015
Monkey Mischief
2009
Downey Wrote That
2025
Snake 'n' Bacon
2009
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| The To Do List | 2013 | Executive Producer |
| The Cat in the Hat | 2026 | Executive Producer |