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Bill Hader

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

2024
IF

as Banana (voice)

Movie
2023
Beau Is Afraid

as UPS Guy

Movie
2022
Lightyear

as Featheringhamstan (voice)

Movie
2019
It Chapter Two

as Richie Tozier

Movie
2019
The Angry Birds Movie 2

as Leonard (voice)

Movie
2018
Ralph Breaks the Internet

as J.P. Spamley (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
2017
The Power of the Present

as Self - Voice of Alpha 5 (2017)

Movie
2016
Finding Dory

as Husband Fish (Stan) (voice)

Movie
2016
The Angry Birds Movie

as Leonard (voice)

Movie
2015
Inside Out

as Fear (voice)

Movie
2013
Her

as Chat Room Friend #2 (voice)

Movie
2013
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

as Flint Lockwood (voice)

Movie
2013
Monsters University

as Referee / Slug (voice)

Movie
2012
Men in Black 3

as Andy Warhol

Movie
2011
Paul

as Haggard

Movie
2009
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

as Flint Lockwood (voice)

Movie
2009
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

as Gazelle (voice)

Movie
2009
Year One

as Shaman

Movie
2009
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

as George Armstrong Custer

Movie
2008
Tropic Thunder

as Rob Slolom

Movie
2008
Pineapple Express

as Private Miller

Movie
2007
Superbad

as Officer Slater

Movie
2018
Barry

as Barry Berkman

TV Show
1997
South Park

as Plex the robot

TV Show
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Various Characters

TV Show