Bill Hader

William Thomas Hader Jr. 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, for which he has been nominated for eight Emmy Awards, winning two.

Hader's initial success was for his eight-year stint 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! which he co-created along with Fred Armisen and Seth Meyers.

Hader has had supporting roles in the films Hot Rod, Superbad, Tropic Thunder, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Adventureland, Paul, and Men in Black 3, as well as leading roles in The Skeleton Twins, Trainwreck, and as an adult Richie Tozier in It Chapter Two. He has also voiced leading and supporting characters in animated films such as the Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs franchise, Turbo, Monsters University, Inside Out, Finding Dory, The Angry Birds Movie and its sequel, Sausage Party, Ralph Breaks the Internet and The Addams Family 2.