1978-06-07 Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
William Thomas Hader Jr. 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).
 |
The Cat in the Hat | The Cat in the Hat (voice) | 2026-11-06 |
 |
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music | Self | 2025-01-27 |
 |
IF | Banana (voice) | 2024-05-08 |
 |
Hendrie | Self | 2024-03-15 |
 |
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love | Self - Guest | 2023-04-26 |
 |
Beau Is Afraid | UPS Guy | 2023-04-14 |
 |
Lightyear | Featheringhamstan (voice) | 2022-06-15 |
 |
The Addams Family 2 | Cyrus Strange (voice) | 2021-10-01 |
 |
Beastie Boys Story | "Crazy Shit" Voice | 2020-04-24 |
 |
Belushi | John Belushi (voice) | 2020-10-14 |
 |
Celebrity Escape Room | Self | 2020-05-21 |
 |
At the Video Store | Self | 2019-10-11 |
 |
Noelle | Nick Kringle | 2019-11-12 |
 |
It Chapter Two | Richie Tozier | 2019-09-04 |
 |
The Angry Birds Movie 2 | Leonard (voice) | 2019-08-02 |
 |
Toy Story 4 | Axel the Carnie (voice) | 2019-06-19 |
 |
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends | Self | 2019-12-10 |
 |
Ralph Breaks the Internet | J.P. Spamley (voice) (uncredited) | 2018-11-20 |
 |
Love, Gilda | Self | 2018-04-18 |
 |
The Great Buster: A Celebration | Self | 2018-10-05 |
 |
Power Rangers | Alpha 5 (voice) | 2017-03-23 |
 |
Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show | Self | 2017-10-20 |
 |
The Power of the Present | Self - Voice of Alpha 5 (2017) | 2017-06-27 |
 |
The BFG | Bloodbottler | 2016-06-01 |
 |
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping | Zippy | 2016-06-03 |
 |
Finding Dory | Husband Fish (Stan) (voice) | 2016-06-16 |
 |
Maggie's Plan | Tony | 2016-04-27 |
 |
Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously | Self | 2016-07-08 |
 |
The Angry Birds Movie | Leonard (voice) | 2016-05-11 |
 |
Sausage Party | Firewater / Tequila / El Guaco (voice) | 2016-07-11 |
 |
Beaver Trilogy Part IV | Narrator | 2015-01-23 |
 |
Inside Out | Fear (voice) | 2015-06-17 |
 |
Riley's First Date? | Fear / Jordan's Joy (voice) | 2015-11-03 |
 |
Star Wars: The Force Awakens | BB-8 (voice) | 2015-12-15 |
 |
Trainwreck | Dr. Aaron Conners | 2015-07-17 |
 |
Mind Candy | Fear (voice) | 2015-11-03 |
 |
Accidental Love | Doctor Turnstall | 2015-02-10 |
 |
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them | Stuart | 2014-05-14 |
 |
The Skeleton Twins | Milo Dean | 2014-06-05 |
 |
Clear History | Rags | 2014-05-02 |
 |
Attack of the 50-foot Gummi Bear | Flint Lockwood (voice) | 2014-01-28 |
 |
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her | Stuart | 2014-10-10 |
 |
Steve's First Bath | Flint Lockwood (voice) | 2014-01-28 |
 |
They Came Together | Kyle | 2014-06-27 |
 |
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him | Stuart | 2014-10-10 |
 |
22 Jump Street | Culinary School Villain (uncredited) | 2014-06-05 |
 |
Cinema Six | (uncredited) | 2013-11-19 |
 |
Here Comes the Night Time | Captain Bill the Astronaut | 2013-09-29 |
 |
Escape from Planet Earth | Announcer (voice) (uncredited) | 2013-02-14 |
 |
The To Do List | Willy | 2013-07-24 |
 |
Turbo | Guy Gagné (voice) | 2013-07-11 |
 |
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 | Flint Lockwood (voice) | 2013-09-26 |
 |
Her | Chat Room Friend #2 (voice) | 2013-12-18 |
 |
Monsters University | Referee / Slug (voice) | 2013-06-19 |
 |
Comedy Central Roast of James Franco | Self | 2013-09-02 |
 |
Star Trek Into Darkness | Additional Voices (voice) | 2013-05-05 |
 |
The Secret Policeman's Ball | Self | 2012-03-04 |
 |
Nantucket Film Festival's Comedy Roundtable | Self - Host | 2012-09-27 |
 |
Men in Black 3 | Andy Warhol | 2012-05-23 |
 |
This Is 40 | Desi's Store Pickup (uncredited) | 2012-12-20 |
 |
Paul | Haggard | 2011-02-14 |
 |
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10 | Vincent Price | 2011-03-13 |
 |
Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil | Hansel (voice) | 2011-04-29 |
 |
6 Days to Air: The Making of South Park | Self | 2011-10-09 |
 |
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World | The Voice (voice) | 2010-08-12 |
 |
Saturday Night | Self | 2010-05-02 |
 |
The Women of SNL | Various (archive footage) | 2010-11-01 |
 |
Freaknik: The Musical | Tad (voice) | 2010-03-05 |
 |
Adventureland | Bobby | 2009-04-03 |
 |
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | Gazelle (voice) | 2009-06-26 |
 |
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler | Various (archive footage) | 2009-04-18 |
 |
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Flint Lockwood (voice) | 2009-09-17 |
 |
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | George Armstrong Custer | 2009-05-20 |
 |
Year One | Shaman | 2009-06-18 |
 |
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas | (archive footage) | 2009-12-17 |
 |
Pineapple Express | Private Miller | 2008-08-06 |
 |
Tropic Thunder | Rob Slolom | 2008-08-09 |
 |
Forgetting Sarah Marshall | Brian Bretter | 2008-04-17 |
 |
Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness | Rob Slolom | 2008-08-26 |
 |
Knocked Up | Brent | 2007-06-01 |
 |
The Brothers Solomon | Recumbent Biker | 2007-09-07 |
 |
Superbad | Officer Slater | 2007-08-17 |
 |
Hot Rod | Dave | 2007-08-03 |
|
The Shooting AKA Dear Sister | Keith | 2007-11-17 |
 |
Purple Violets | Bill - Bookstore Fan | 2007-04-30 |
 |
The Pity Card | Eric | 2006-01-19 |
 |
Doogal | Soldier Sam (voice) | 2006-02-24 |
 |
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse | Self | 2006-04-29 |
 |
You, Me and Dupree | Mark | 2006-07-13 |
 |
Sounds Good to Me: Remastering 'The Sting' | Barnaby G. Price | 2004-08-01 |
 |
Collateral Damage | Pilot (deleted scene) | 2002-02-06 |
 |
Empress of Serenity |
