Bill Hader is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer and director. He is the creator, producer, writer, occasional director and star of the HBO dark comedy series Barry (2018-present), for which he has won two and been nominated for three Emmy Awards for both of its first two seasons.

Hader's initial success was for the eight-year stint (2005-2013) 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 work for his work on Weekend Update segments, in which he played Stefon Meyers, a flamboyant New York tour guide who recommends 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! (2015-present).

Hader has had supporting roles in 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 (2009-2014), 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). Edit Biography