Bill Hader
Acting
🎂 1978-06-07
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).
Cast credits(161)
Self
2005
Self
2010
Self
1996
Self
2014
Self - Guest
2009
Self
2012
Additional Voices (voice)
2015
Manacek (voice)
1989
Slava (voice)
1989
Self
2014
Self - Guest
2009
Plex the robot
1997
Alec Baldwin
1997
Captain Seth Dozerman
2013
Igor, Gregor, & Timor
2000
Bill Hader
2005
Self - Guest
1993
Tom McDougall
2012
Professor Impossible / Phage (voice)
2004
Professor Impossible (voice)
2004
Professor Impossible / Alien Villain (voice)
2004
Headshot (voice)
2004
Phineas Phage / Headshot / Flying Squid (voice)
2004
Flying Squid (voice)
2004
Mickey (voice)
2011
Big Bob Belcher (voice)
2011
Kevin
2006
Self
2015
Pipey (voice)
2014
Self
2014
John Pemberton
2013
Adolf Hitler
2015
Self
2011
Self - Panelist
2019
urGoh (The Wanderer) (voice)
2019
Barry Berkman
2018
Self - Various Characters
1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Self - Host
1975
Self (archive footage)
1975
Self
2017
Self
2003
Self
2012
Bufo (voice)
2020
Self
2013
Self - Illustrious Guest
2019
Self
1999
Birdman
2011
Self - Actor and Comedian
2025
Self
1996
Flame Eye / Flatside (voice)
1996
William Dyer (voice)
2010
Self
2018
(voice)
2007
Self
2024
Field Agent
2003
Self - Panelist
2016
Little Kevin
2007
Self
2018
Dwight Difference
2022
Fear (voice)
2015
Self
2012
Self
2018
Banana (voice)
2024
Various Characters
2015
Self
2018
Dr. Malocchio (voice)
2013
Self as James Quall
2007
Chat Room Friend #2 (voice)
2013
Various
2008
Axel the Carnie (voice)
2019
Richie Tozier
2019
Gazelle (voice)
2009
Officer Slater
2007
Rob Slolom
2008
J.P. Spamley (voice) (uncredited)
2018
Referee / Slug (voice)
2013
Andy Warhol
2012
Guy Gagné (voice)
2013
Culinary School Villain (uncredited)
2014
Self
2018
Flint Lockwood (voice)
2009
Leonard (voice)
2016
Haggard
2011
Firewater / Tequila / El Guaco (voice)
2016
Featheringhamstan (voice)
2022
The Voice (voice)
2010
Josh
2008
Husband Fish (Stan) (voice)
2016
Leonard (voice)
2019
Self
2025
Flint Lockwood (voice)
2013
Additional Voices (voice)
2013
George Armstrong Custer
2009
Dr. Aaron Conners
2015
Bloodbottler
2016
Brent
2007
Alpha 5 (voice)
2017
Brian Bretter
2008
Cyrus Strange (voice)
2021
Self - Voice of Alpha 5 (2017)
2017
UPS Guy
2023
Desi's Store Pickup (uncredited)
2012
Private Miller
2008
Shaman
2009
Hansel (voice)
2011
Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
2013
Pilot (deleted scene)
2002
Dave
2007
Willy
2013
Zippy
2016
Mark
2006
Bobby
2009
Nick Kringle
2019
The Cat in the Hat (voice)
2025
Fear / Jordan's Joy (voice)
2015
"Crazy Shit" Voice
2020
Self
2019
Kyle
2014
Self
2025
Tony
2016
Milo Dean
2014
Doctor Turnstall
2015
Recumbent Biker
2007
Rags
2014
Stuart
2014
Soldier Sam (voice)
2006
Various (archive footage)
2010
John Belushi (voice)
2020
Bill - Bookstore Fan
2007
Self - Guest
2023
Self
2018
Rob Slolom
2008
Self
2011
Various (archive footage)
2009
Stuart
2014
Self
2013
Self
2017
(uncredited)
2013
Self
2010
Self
2020
Self
2018
Self
2012
Stuart
2014
Self
2016
Fear (voice)
2015
Tad (voice)
2010
Self
2006
Self
2024
Flint Lockwood (voice)
2014
Vincent Price
2011
Keith
2007
Eric
2006
2009
Self
2019
Flint Lockwood (voice)
2014
Narrator
2015
Captain Bill the Astronaut
2013
Self - Host
2012
Barnaby G. Price
2004
