A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
William T. Hader Jr.
William Thomas Hader Jr.
Μπιλ Χέιντερ
بیل هیدر
ビル・ヘイダー
比哈德
比尔·哈德尔
比尔·海德
比爾·哈德
빌 헤이더
Birthplace:
Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Born:
June 7, 1978
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).
Actor's Assistant:
2002 Collateral Damage
Additional Dialogue:
2002 Collateral Damage
2015 Inside Out
Co-Writer:
2002 Collateral Damage
2004 Sounds Good to Me: Remastering 'The Sting'
2015 Inside Out
Executive Producer:
2002 Collateral Damage
2004 Sounds Good to Me: Remastering 'The Sting'
2013 The To Do List
2015 Inside Out
Production Assistant:
2000 Little Heroes 2
2001 James Dean
2002 Collateral Damage
2002 Spider-Man
2002 The Scorpion King
2004 Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004 Sounds Good to Me: Remastering 'The Sting'
2013 The To Do List
2015 Inside Out
Thanks:
2000 Little Heroes 2
2001 James Dean
2002 Collateral Damage
2002 Spider-Man
2002 The Scorpion King
2004 Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004 Sounds Good to Me: Remastering 'The Sting'
2013 The To Do List
2015 Inside Out
2023 Beau Is Afraid
Creator:
2015 Documentary Now!
???? Bill Hader HBO Comedy Series
Director:
2015 Documentary Now!
2018 Barry
???? Bill Hader HBO Comedy Series
Executive Producer:
2015 Documentary Now!
2018 Barry
???? Bill Hader HBO Comedy Series
Producer:
1997 South Park
2015 Documentary Now!
2018 Barry
???? Bill Hader HBO Comedy Series
Writer:
1975 Saturday Night Live
1997 South Park
2005 SNL Digital Shorts
2015 Documentary Now!
2018 Barry
???? Bill Hader HBO Comedy Series
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