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Bill Hader
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 s…
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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).
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2026
The Angry Birds Movie 3
Movie Leonard (voice)
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2026
The Cat in the Hat
Movie The Cat in the Hat (voice)
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2026
Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America
TV show Abraham Lincoln
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2026
Lorne
Movie Self
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2025
Frankenstein
Movie Thanks
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2025
Downey Wrote That
Movie Self
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2025
Weapons
Movie Thanks
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2025
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
TV show Self - Guest
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2025
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
TV show Self - Actor and Comedian
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2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Movie Self - SNL Cast Member 2005 - 2013
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2025
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
TV show Self
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2024
An SNL Thanksgiving
Movie (archive footage)
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2024
IF
Movie Banana (voice)
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2024
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
TV show Self
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2024
Hendrie
Movie Self
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2023
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Movie Self - Guest
More credits
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2023
Beau Is Afraid
Movie UPS Guy
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2022
Starting Now: the Making of Barry
Movie Self
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2022
Lightyear
Movie Featheringhamstan (voice)
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2022
Toast of Tinseltown
TV show Dwight Difference
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2021
The Addams Family 2
Movie Cyrus Strange (voice)
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2020
Adventure Time: Distant Lands
TV show Bufo (voice)
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2020
Celebrity Escape Room
Movie Self
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2020
Belushi
Movie John Belushi (voice)
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2020
Beastie Boys Story
Movie "Crazy Shit" Voice (voice)
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2019
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
Movie Self
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2019
Noelle
Movie Nick Kringle
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2019
At the Video Store
Movie Self
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2019
It Chapter Two
Movie Richie Tozier
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2019
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
TV show urGoh (The Wanderer) (voice)
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2019
The Angry Birds Movie 2
Movie Leonard (voice)
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2019
Lights Out with David Spade
TV show Self - Panelist
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2019
Toy Story 4
Movie Axel the Carnie (voice)
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2019
Desus & Mero
TV show Self - Illustrious Guest
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2018
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Movie J.P. Spamley (voice) (uncredited)
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2018
Eli Roth's History of Horror
TV show Self
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2018
The Great Buster: A Celebration
Movie Self
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2018
Love, Gilda
Movie Self
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2018
The Shop
TV show Self
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2018
Barry
TV show Barry Berkman
