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).
94 movies · 62 shows
Lorne
2026·6.8
Downey Wrote That
2025·0.0
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025·7.8
IF
2024·6.9
Hendrie
2024·4.0
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023·8.3
Beau Is Afraid
2023·6.7
Lightyear
2022·6.9
The Addams Family 2
2021·6.9
Celebrity Escape Room
2020·6.1
Belushi
2020·7.0
Beastie Boys Story
2020·7.5
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
2019·7.1
Noelle
2019·6.6
At the Video Store
2019·10.0
It Chapter Two
2019·6.8
The Angry Birds Movie 2
2019·7.0
Toy Story 4
2019·7.5
Ralph Breaks the Internet
2018·7.2
The Great Buster: A Celebration
2018·7.2
Love, Gilda
2018·7.2
Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show
2017·7.9
The Power of the Present
2017·8.5
Power Rangers
2017·6.2
Sausage Party
2016·5.8
Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously
2016·7.0
Finding Dory
2016·7.0
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
2016·6.6
The BFG
2016·6.3
The Angry Birds Movie
2016·6.3
Maggie's Plan
2016·5.7
Mind Candy
2015·4.1
Riley's First Date?
2015·7.2
Trainwreck
2015·5.8
Inside Out
2015·7.9
Accidental Love
2015·4.3
Beaver Trilogy Part IV
2015·7.4
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
2014·6.7
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
2014·6.6
They Came Together
2014·5.5
The Skeleton Twins
2014·6.7
22 Jump Street
2014·6.8
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
2014·6.2
Steve's First Bath
2014·5.2
Attack of the 50-foot Gummi Bear
2014·6.6
Her
2013·7.8
Cinema Six
2013·4.1
Here Comes the Night Time
2013·8.0
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
2013·6.5
Comedy Central Roast of James Franco
2013·7.2
Clear History
2013·6.1
The To Do List
2013·5.8
Turbo
2013·6.3
Monsters University
2013·7.1
Star Trek Into Darkness
2013·7.3
Escape from Planet Earth
2013·5.8
This Is 40
2012·5.9
Nantucket Film Festival's Comedy Roundtable
2012·7.0
Men in Black 3
2012·6.5
The Secret Policeman's Ball
2012·7.6
6 Days to Air: The Making of South Park
2011·7.6
Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil
2011·5.1
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
2011·0.0
Paul
2011·6.7
The Women of SNL
2010·5.2
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
2010·7.5
Saturday Night
2010·7.7
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again
2010·0.0
Freaknik: The Musical
2010·6.6
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
2009·7.4
Monkey Mischief
2009·0.0
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
2009·6.7
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
2009·6.8
Year One
2009·5.0
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
2009·6.2
Snake 'n' Bacon
2009·0.0
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
2009·7.7
Adventureland
2009·6.4
Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness
2008·6.8
Tropic Thunder
2008·6.7
Pineapple Express
2008·6.6
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
2008·6.5
The Shooting AKA Dear Sister
2007·0.0
The Brothers Solomon
2007·5.0
Superbad
2007·7.3
Hot Rod
2007·6.4
Knocked Up
2007·6.3
Purple Violets
2007·5.8
You, Me and Dupree
2006·5.6
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse
2006·0.0
Laser Cats!
2006·0.0
Doogal
2006·4.9
The Pity Card
2006·4.5
Sounds Good to Me: Remastering 'The Sting'
2004·10.0