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).
Movies (100)
The Cat in the Hat
2026
Lorne
2026
Downey Wrote That
2025
Saturday Night Live: 50th Anniversary Special
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
IF
2024
Hendrie
2024
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023
Beau Is Afraid
2023
Lightyear
2022
The Addams Family 2
2021
Celebrity Escape Room
2020
Belushi
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 Angry Birds Movie 2
2019
Toy Story 4
2019
Ralph Breaks the Internet
2018
The Great Buster: A Celebration
2018
Love, Gilda
2018
Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show
2017
The Power of the Present
2017
Power Rangers
2017
Mr.Runner Up: My Life as an Oscar Bridesmaid
2016
Final Transmission
2016
Globesman
2016
Location is Everything
2016
Sausage Party
2016
Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously
2016
Finding Dory
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
Gentle and Soft: The Story of the Blue Jean Committee
2015
Sandy Passage
2015
Trainwreck
2015
Inside Out
2015
Accidental Love
2015
Beaver Trilogy Part IV
2015
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
Steve's First Bath
2014
Attack of the 50-foot Gummi Bear
2014
Her
2013
Cinema Six
2013
Here Comes the Night Time
2013
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
2013
Comedy Central Roast of James Franco
2013
Clear History
2013
The To Do List
2013
Turbo
2013
Monsters University
2013
Star Trek Into Darkness
2013
Blackout
2013
Escape from Planet Earth
2013
This Is 40
2012
Men in Black 3
2012
The Secret Policeman's Ball
2012
6 Days to Air: The Making of South Park
2011
Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil
2011
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
2011
Paul
2011
The Women of SNL
2010
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
2010
Saturday Night
2010
Freaknik: The Musical
2010
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
2009
Monkey Mischief
2009
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
2009
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
2009
Year One
2009
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
2009
Snake 'n' Bacon
2009
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
2009
Adventureland
2009
Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness
2008
Tropic Thunder
2008
Pineapple Express
2008
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
2008
The Brothers Solomon
2007
Superbad
2007
Hot Rod
2007
Knocked Up
2007
Purple Violets
2007
You, Me and Dupree
2006
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse
2006
Doogal
2006
The Pity Card
2006
Sounds Good to Me: Remastering 'The Sting'
2004
Empress of Serenity
TV Shows (76)
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
2025
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
2025
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
2024
Toast of Tinseltown
2022
Adventure Time: Distant Lands
2020
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
2019
Lights Out with David Spade
2019
Desus & Mero
2019
Eli Roth's History of Horror
2018
The Shop
2018
Barry
2018
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
2018
What the Fit
2018
Talking with Chris Hardwick
2017
To Tell the Truth
2016
Documentary Now!
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
2015
Man Seeking Woman
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Silicon Valley
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
Talking Bad
2013
The Awesomes
2013
Drunk History
2013
Norm Macdonald Live
2013
The Mindy Project
2012
Comedy Bang! Bang!
2012
Finding Your Roots
2012
Good Mythical Morning
2012
Billy on the Street
2011
Portlandia
2011
Bob's Burgers
2011
Bob's Burgers
2011
Conan
2010
Conan
2010
Ugly Americans
2010
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009
Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
2008
Xavier: Renegade Angel
2007
Xavier: Renegade Angel
2007
Yo Gabba Gabba!
2007
Human Giant
2007
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007
30 Rock
2006
The Office
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
The Venture Bros.
2004
The Venture Bros.
2004
The Venture Bros.
2004
The Venture Bros.
2004
The Venture Bros.
2004
The Venture Bros.
2004
Comedy Central Roasts
2003
Punk'd
2003
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
2000
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
Mark Twain Prize
1999
South Park
1997
South Park
1997
South Park
1997
The Ambiguously Gay Duo
1996
The Ambiguously Gay Duo
1996
The Daily Show
1996
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The Simpsons
1989
The Simpsons
1989
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975