Acting · Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA · Born June 7, 1978
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).
MovieThe Cat in the Hat
2026
as The Cat in the Hat (voice)
MovieLorne
2026
as Self
MovieDowney Wrote That
2025
as Self
TVEverybody's Live with John Mulaney
2025
as Self - Actor and Comedian
MovieLadies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
as Self - SNL Cast Member 2005 - 2013
TVSNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
2025
as Self
MovieIF
2024
as Banana (voice)
TVJohn Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
2024
as Self
MovieHendrie
2024
as Self
MovieCarol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023
as Self - Guest
MovieBeau Is Afraid
2023
as UPS Guy
MovieLightyear
2022
as Featheringhamstan (voice)
TVToast of Tinseltown
2022
as Dwight Difference
MovieThe Addams Family 2
2021
as Cyrus Strange (voice)
TVAdventure Time: Distant Lands
2020
as Bufo (voice)
MovieCelebrity Escape Room
2020
as Self
MovieBelushi
2020
as John Belushi (voice)
MovieBeastie Boys Story
2020
as "Crazy Shit" Voice (voice)
MovieThe Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
2019
as Self
MovieNoelle
2019
as Nick Kringle
MovieAt the Video Store
2019
as Self
MovieIt Chapter Two
2019
as Richie Tozier
TVThe Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
2019
as urGoh (The Wanderer) (voice)
MovieThe Angry Birds Movie 2
2019
as Leonard (voice)
TVLights Out with David Spade
2019
as Self - Panelist
MovieToy Story 4
2019
as Axel the Carnie (voice)
TVDesus & Mero
2019
as Self - Illustrious Guest
MovieRalph Breaks the Internet
2018
as J.P. Spamley (voice) (uncredited)
TVEli Roth's History of Horror
2018
as Self
MovieThe Great Buster: A Celebration
2018
as Self
TVThe Shop
2018
as Self
MovieLove, Gilda
2018
as Self
TVBarry
2018
as Barry Berkman
TVGQ Presents: Iconic Characters
2018
as Self
TVWhat the Fit
2018
as Self
MovieToo Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show
2017
as Self
MovieThe Power of the Present
2017
as Self - Voice of Alpha 5 (2017)
TVTalking with Chris Hardwick
2017
as Self
MoviePower Rangers
2017
as Alpha 5 (voice)
MovieSausage Party
2016
as Firewater / Tequila / El Guaco (voice)
MovieNeil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously
2016
as Self
MovieFinding Dory
2016
as Husband Fish (Stan) (voice)
TVTo Tell the Truth
2016
as Self - Panelist
MoviePopstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
2016
as Zippy
MovieThe BFG
2016
as Bloodbottler
MovieThe Angry Birds Movie
2016
as Leonard (voice)
MovieMaggie's Plan
2016
as Tony
MovieMind Candy
2015
as Fear (voice)
MovieRiley's First Date?
2015
as Fear / Jordan's Joy (voice)
TVDocumentary Now!
2015
as Various Characters
TVClose Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
MovieTrainwreck
2015
as Dr. Aaron Conners
MovieInside Out
2015
as Fear (voice)
MovieAccidental Love
2015
as Doctor Turnstall
MovieBeaver Trilogy Part IV
2015
as Narrator
TVStar vs. the Forces of Evil
2015
as Additional Voices (voice)
TVMan Seeking Woman
2015
as Adolf Hitler
TVVariety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
MovieThe Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
2014
as Stuart
MovieThe Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
2014
as Stuart
MovieThey Came Together
2014
as Kyle
MovieThe Skeleton Twins
2014
as Milo Dean
Movie22 Jump Street
2014
as Culinary School Villain (uncredited)
MovieThe Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
2014
as Stuart
TVSilicon Valley
2014
as Pipey (voice)
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
TVOff Camera with Sam Jones
2014
as Self
MovieSteve's First Bath
2014
as Flint Lockwood (voice)
MovieAttack of the 50-foot Gummi Bear
2014
as Flint Lockwood (voice)
MovieHer
2013
as Chat Room Friend #2 (voice)
MovieCinema Six
2013
as (uncredited)
MovieHere Comes the Night Time
2013
as Captain Bill the Astronaut
MovieCloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
2013
as Flint Lockwood (voice)
TVBrooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
as Captain Seth Dozerman
MovieComedy Central Roast of James Franco
2013
as Self
TVTalking Bad
2013
as Self
MovieClear History
2013
as Rags
TVThe Awesomes
2013
as Dr. Malocchio (voice)
MovieThe To Do List
2013
as Willy
MovieTurbo
2013
as Guy Gagné (voice)
TVDrunk History
2013
as John Pemberton
MovieMonsters University
2013
as Referee / Slug (voice)
MovieStar Trek Into Darkness
2013
as Additional Voices (voice)
TVNorm Macdonald Live
2013
as Self
MovieEscape from Planet Earth
2013
as Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
MovieThis Is 40
2012
as Desi's Store Pickup (uncredited)
Nantucket Film Festival's Comedy Roundtable
2012
as Self - Host
TVThe Mindy Project
2012
as Tom McDougall
TVComedy Bang! Bang!
2012
as Self
MovieMen in Black 3
2012
as Andy Warhol
TVFinding Your Roots
2012
as Self
MovieThe Secret Policeman's Ball
2012
as Self
TVGood Mythical Morning
2012
as Self
TVBilly on the Street
2011
as Self
Movie6 Days to Air: The Making of South Park
2011
as Self
MovieHoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil
2011
as Hansel (voice)
MovieSaturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
2011
as Vincent Price
MoviePaul
2011
as Haggard
TVPortlandia
2011
as Birdman
TVBob's Burgers
2011
as Mickey (voice)
TVConan
2010
as Self
MovieThe Women of SNL
2010
as Various (archive footage)
MovieScott Pilgrim vs. the World
2010
as The Voice (voice)
MovieSaturday Night
2010
as Self
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again
2010
as Self
TVUgly Americans
2010
as William Dyer (voice)
MovieFreaknik: The Musical
2010
as Tad (voice)
MovieSNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
2009
as (archive footage)
MovieMonkey Mischief
2009
as General Custer
MovieCloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
2009
as Flint Lockwood (voice)
TVWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
MovieIce Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
2009
as Gazelle (voice)
MovieYear One
2009
as Shaman
MovieNight at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
2009
as George Armstrong Custer
MovieSnake 'n' Bacon
2009
as (voice)
MovieSaturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
2009
as Various (archive footage)
MovieAdventureland
2009
as Bobby
TVLate Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009
as Self - Guest
TVSaturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
2008
as Various
MovieRain of Madness
2008
as Rob Slolom
MovieTropic Thunder
2008
as Rob Slolom
MoviePineapple Express
2008
as Private Miller
The Line
2008
as Josh
MovieForgetting Sarah Marshall
2008
as Brian Bretter
The Shooting AKA Dear Sister
2007
as Keith
TVXavier: Renegade Angel
2007
as Fiddelin Announcer (voice)
MovieThe Brothers Solomon
2007
as Recumbent Biker
TVYo Gabba Gabba!
2007
MovieSuperbad
2007
as Officer Slater
Plug & Play
2007
as Self
MovieHot Rod
2007
as Dave
MovieKnocked Up
2007
as Brent
MoviePurple Violets
2007
as Bill - Bookstore Fan
TVHuman Giant
2007
as Little Kevin
TVTim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007
as Self as James Quall
TV30 Rock
2006
as Kevin
MovieYou, Me and Dupree
2006
as Mark
MovieSaturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse
2006
as Self
Laser Cats!
2006
as Nitro / Self
MovieDoogal
2006
as Soldier Sam (voice)
MovieThe Pity Card
2006
as Eric
TVThe Office
2005
as Bill Hader
TVThe Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self - Guest
TVThe Venture Bros.
2004
as Professor Impossible / Phage (voice)
MovieSounds Good to Me: Remastering 'The Sting'
2004
as Barnaby G. Price
TVComedy Central Roasts
2003
as Self
TVPunk'd
2003
as Field Agent
TVAqua Teen Hunger Force
2000
as Der Inflatable Hitler (voice)
TVCurb Your Enthusiasm
2000
as Igor / Gregor / Timor
TVMark Twain Prize
1999
as Self
TVSouth Park
1997
as Plex the robot
TVThe Ambiguously Gay Duo
1996
as Self
TVThe Daily Show
1996
as Self - Guest
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as Manacek (voice)
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Various Characters
MovieEmpress of Serenity
They Know
as Kyle
