Bill Hader
Acting
1978-06-07 · Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
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).
Filmography
TheatersThe Angry Birds Movie 3
2026 · Movie
TheatersThe Cat in the Hat
2026 · Movie
Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America
2026 · Series
Lorne
2026 · Movie
Frankenstein
2025 · Movie
Downey Wrote That
2025 · Movie
Weapons
2025 · Movie
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
2025 · Series
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
2025 · Series
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025 · Movie
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
2025 · Series
An SNL Thanksgiving
2024 · Movie
IF
2024 · Movie
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
2024 · Series
Hendrie
2024 · Movie
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023 · Movie
Beau Is Afraid
2023 · Movie
Starting Now: the Making of Barry
2022 · Movie
Lightyear
2022 · Movie
Toast of Tinseltown
2022 · Series
The Addams Family 2
2021 · Movie
Adventure Time: Distant Lands
2020 · Series
Celebrity Escape Room
2020 · Movie
Belushi
2020 · Movie
Beastie Boys Story
2020 · Movie
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
2019 · Movie
Noelle
2019 · Movie
At the Video Store
2019 · Movie
It Chapter Two
2019 · Movie
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
2019 · Series
The Angry Birds Movie 2
2019 · Movie
Lights Out with David Spade
2019 · Series
Toy Story 4
2019 · Movie
Desus & Mero
2019 · Series
Ralph Breaks the Internet
2018 · Movie
Eli Roth's History of Horror
2018 · Series
The Great Buster: A Celebration
2018 · Movie
Love, Gilda
2018 · Movie
The Shop
2018 · Series
Barry
2018 · Series
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
2018 · Series
What the Fit
2018 · Series
Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show
2017 · Movie
The Power of the Present
2017 · Movie
Talking with Chris Hardwick
2017 · Series
Power Rangers
2017 · Movie
Sausage Party
2016 · Movie
Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously
2016 · Movie
Finding Dory
2016 · Movie
To Tell the Truth
2016 · Series
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
2016 · Movie
The BFG
2016 · Movie
The Angry Birds Movie
2016 · Movie
Maggie's Plan
2016 · Movie
Riley's First Date?
2015 · Movie
Mind Candy
2015 · Movie
Documentary Now!
2015 · Series
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Series
Trainwreck
2015 · Movie
Inside Out
2015 · Movie
Accidental Love
2015 · Movie
Beaver Trilogy Part IV
2015 · Movie
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
2015 · Series
Man Seeking Woman
2015 · Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Series
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
2014 · Movie
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
2014 · Movie
They Came Together
2014 · Movie
22 Jump Street
2014 · Movie
The Skeleton Twins
2014 · Movie
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
2014 · Movie
Silicon Valley
2014 · Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Series
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014 · Series
Steve's First Bath
2014 · Movie
Attack of the 50-foot Gummi Bear
2014 · Movie
Her
2013 · Movie
Cinema Six
2013 · Movie
Here Comes the Night Time
2013 · Movie
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
2013 · Movie
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013 · Series
Comedy Central Roast of James Franco
2013 · Movie
Talking Bad
2013 · Series
Clear History
2013 · Movie
The Awesomes
2013 · Series
The To Do List
2013 · Movie
Turbo
2013 · Movie
Drunk History
2013 · Series
Monsters University
2013 · Movie
Star Trek Into Darkness
2013 · Movie
Norm Macdonald Live
2013 · Series
Escape from Planet Earth
2013 · Movie
This Is 40
2012 · Movie
Nantucket Film Festival's Comedy Roundtable
2012 · Movie
The Mindy Project
2012 · Series
Comedy Bang! Bang!
2012 · Series
Men in Black 3
2012 · Movie
Finding Your Roots
2012 · Series
The Secret Policeman's Ball
2012 · Movie
Good Mythical Morning
2012 · Series
Billy on the Street
2011 · Series
6 Days to Air: The Making of South Park
2011 · Movie
Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil
2011 · Movie
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
2011 · Movie
Paul
2011 · Movie
Portlandia
2011 · Series
Bob's Burgers
2011 · Series
Conan
2010 · Series
The Women of SNL
2010 · Movie
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
2010 · Movie
Saturday Night
2010 · Movie
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again
2010 · Movie
Ugly Americans
2010 · Series
Freaknik: The Musical
2010 · Movie
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
2009 · Movie
Monkey Mischief
2009 · Movie
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
2009 · Movie
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Series
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
2009 · Movie
Year One
2009 · Movie
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
2009 · Movie
Snake 'n' Bacon
2009 · Movie
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
2009 · Movie
Adventureland
2009 · Movie
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009 · Series
Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
2008 · Series
Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness
2008 · Movie
Tropic Thunder
2008 · Movie
Pineapple Express
2008 · Movie
The Line
2008 · Series
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
2008 · Movie
The Shooting AKA Dear Sister
2007 · Movie
Xavier: Renegade Angel
2007 · Series
The Brothers Solomon
2007 · Movie
Yo Gabba Gabba!
2007 · Series
Superbad
2007 · Movie
Plug & Play
2007 · Series
Hot Rod
2007 · Movie
Knocked Up
2007 · Movie
Purple Violets
2007 · Movie
Human Giant
2007 · Series
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007 · Series
30 Rock
2006 · Series
You, Me and Dupree
2006 · Movie
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse
2006 · Movie
Laser Cats!
2006 · Movie
Doogal
2006 · Movie
The Pity Card
2006 · Movie
The Office
2005 · Series
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 · Series
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004 · Movie
The Frank International Film Festival
2004 · Movie
The Venture Bros.
2004 · Series
Sounds Good to Me: Remastering 'The Sting'
2004 · Movie
Comedy Central Roasts
2003 · Series
Punk'd
2003 · Series
Spider-Man
2002 · Movie
The Scorpion King
2002 · Movie
Collateral Damage
2002 · Movie
James Dean
2001 · Movie
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
2000 · Series
Little Heroes 2
2000 · Movie
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000 · Series
Mark Twain Prize
1999 · Series
South Park
1997 · Series
The Ambiguously Gay Duo
1996 · Series
The Daily Show
1996 · Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Series
The Simpsons
1989 · Series
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Series
They Know
Movie
Empress of Serenity
Movie