Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
June 7, 1978
Place of Birth:
Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
William Thomas Hader Jr. 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).
Year | TV Show | Role |
---|---|---|
2025 | SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night | Self |
2025 | Everybody's Live with John Mulaney | Self - Actor and Comedian |
2024 | John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A. | Self |
2022 | Toast of Tinseltown | Dwight Difference |
2020 | Adventure Time: Distant Lands | Bufo (voice) |
2019 | Desus & Mero | Self - Illustrious Guest |
2019 | Lights Out with David Spade | Self - Panelist |
2019 | The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance | urGoh (The Wanderer) (voice) |
2018 | The Shop | Self |
2018 | Inside The Episode: Barry | Self |
2018 | Barry | Barry Berkman |
2018 | Eli Roth's History of Horror | Self |
2018 | GQ Presents: Iconic Characters | Self |
2018 | What the Fit | Self |
2017 | Talking with Chris Hardwick | Self |
2016 | To Tell the Truth | Self - Panelist |
2015 | Documentary Now! | Various Characters |
2015 | Star vs. the Forces of Evil | Additional Voices (voice) |
2015 | Man Seeking Woman | Adolf Hitler |
2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self |
2014 | Silicon Valley | Pipey (voice) |
2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self |
2014 | Off Camera with Sam Jones | Self |
2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self |
2013 | The Awesomes | Dr. Malocchio (voice) |
2013 | Norm Macdonald Live | Self |
2013 | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Captain Seth Dozerman |
2013 | Drunk History | John Pemberton |
2012 | Finding Your Roots | Self |
2012 | Good Mythical Morning | Self |
2012 | Comedy Bang! Bang! | Self |
2012 | The Mindy Project | Tom McDougall |
2011 | Bob's Burgers | Mickey (voice) |
2011 | Bob's Burgers | Big Bob Belcher (voice) |
2011 | Portlandia | Birdman |
2011 | Billy on the Street | Self |
2010 | Conan | Self |
2010 | Ugly Americans | William Dyer (voice) |
2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest |
2009 | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest |
2008 | Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday | Various |
2008 | The Line | Josh |
2007 | Human Giant | Little Kevin |
2007 | Xavier: Renegade Angel | (voice) |
2007 | Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! | Self as James Quall |
2006 | 30 Rock | Kevin |
2005 | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self |
2005 | The Office | Bill Hader |
2004 | The Venture Bros. | Professor Impossible / Phage (voice) |
2004 | The Venture Bros. | Professor Impossible (voice) |
2004 | The Venture Bros. | Professor Impossible / Alien Villain (voice) |
2004 | The Venture Bros. | Headshot (voice) |
2004 | The Venture Bros. | Phineas Phage / Headshot / Flying Squid (voice) |
2004 | The Venture Bros. | Flying Squid (voice) |
2003 | Punk'd | Field Agent |
2003 | Comedy Central Roasts | Self |
2000 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Igor, Gregor, & Timor |
1999 | Mark Twain Prize | Self |
1997 | South Park | Plex the robot |
1997 | South Park | Alec Baldwin |
1996 | The Daily Show | Self |
1996 | The Ambiguously Gay Duo | Self |
1996 | The Ambiguously Gay Duo | Flame Eye / Flatside (voice) |
1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest |
1989 | The Simpsons | Manacek (voice) |
1989 | The Simpsons | Slava (voice) |
1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Various Characters |
1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Cameo (uncredited) |
1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host |
1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self (archive footage) |