Bill Hader (born June 7, 1978) is an American actor, comedian, writer,
producer, and director. He is known for creating, producing, writing,
occasionally directing, and starring in the HBO dark comedy series
Barry (2018â€"present), for which he has received two Emmy Awards for
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and consecutive nominations
for Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Directing for a Comedy
Series, and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for both of its
first two seasons.Hader's initial success was for his eight-year stint
(2005â€"2013) as a cast member on the long-running NBC variety series
Saturday Night Live, for which he received four 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, co-creator, and producer of the IFC
mockumentary comedy series Documentary Now! (2015â€"present).Hader has
had supporting roles in the films Hot Rod (2007), Superbad (2007),
Tropic Thunder (2008), Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), Night at the
Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Adventureland (both 2009), Paul
(2011), and Men in Black 3 (2012), as well as leading roles in The
Skeleton Twins (2014), Trainwreck (2015), and as an adult Richie
Tozier in It Chapter Two (2019). He has also voiced leading and
supporting characters in animated films such as the Cloudy with a
Chance of Meatballs franchise (2009â€"2014), Turbo (2013), Monsters
University (2013), Inside Out (2015), Finding Dory (2016), The Angry
Birds Movie (2016) and its sequel (2019), Sausage Party (2016), and
Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018).
producer, and director. He is known for creating, producing, writing,
occasionally directing, and starring in the HBO dark comedy series
Barry (2018â€"present), for which he has received two Emmy Awards for
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and consecutive nominations
for Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Directing for a Comedy
Series, and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for both of its
first two seasons.Hader's initial success was for his eight-year stint
(2005â€"2013) as a cast member on the long-running NBC variety series
Saturday Night Live, for which he received four 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, co-creator, and producer of the IFC
mockumentary comedy series Documentary Now! (2015â€"present).Hader has
had supporting roles in the films Hot Rod (2007), Superbad (2007),
Tropic Thunder (2008), Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), Night at the
Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Adventureland (both 2009), Paul
(2011), and Men in Black 3 (2012), as well as leading roles in The
Skeleton Twins (2014), Trainwreck (2015), and as an adult Richie
Tozier in It Chapter Two (2019). He has also voiced leading and
supporting characters in animated films such as the Cloudy with a
Chance of Meatballs franchise (2009â€"2014), Turbo (2013), Monsters
University (2013), Inside Out (2015), Finding Dory (2016), The Angry
Birds Movie (2016) and its sequel (2019), Sausage Party (2016), and
Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018).
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