Bill Hader

Actor, writer, comedian and producer Bill Hader has become one of the most in-demand actors in comedy. In 2013, Hader finished production of his eighth and final season as a regular cast member on NBC's venerable comedy institution Saturday Night Live (SNL).

Originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Hader made an early splash on SNL in 2005 with his uncanny impressions including, most notably, Al Pacino and Vincent Price. Heralded by New York magazine as "SNL's new secret weapon, Hader boasted impersonations and sarcasm delivered with eviscerating deftness." In 2012, Hader received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his work on the show. In 2013, he was again nominated in the same category.

In summer 2007, Hader had a full slate of film work that began with a role in Judd Apatow's critically-acclaimed box-office hit Knocked Up, which has grossed more than $219 million worldwide. Hader immediately followed this up with a performance in another Apatow release, as a wayward policeman opposite Seth Rogen, in Superbad for Columbia Pictures, which grossed more than $169 million worldwide.

Hader found great success in 2008 with his role as Jason Segel's compassionate and hilarious step-brother in the box-office surprise hit Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Hader also had a memorable cameo role in the summer action-comedy Pineapple Express.

Later that year, Hader appeared in the summer blockbuster comedy Tropic Thunder as the insecure studio executive Rob Slolom, who has to contend with the antics of Tom Cruise's character of crazed studio head Les Grossman. The film, which won an award for Best Comedy at the BFCA Critics' Choice Movie Awards, was directed and written by Ben Stiller, who also starred in it. Tropic Thunder opened at No. 1 at the box office and stayed there for two weeks in a row, earning more than $188 million worldwide. Hader and Stiller were joined by Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Jay Baruchel, Brandon T. Jackson and Matthew McConaughey to earn the Best Ensemble Cast award at the 2008 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards.

In 2009, Hader reunited with Stiller for the worldwide hit Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. The film has generated more than $413 million worldwide. Hader also appeared in Miramax's Adventureland, reuniting him with his Superbad director, Greg Mottola, and SNL cast mate, Kristen Wiig. Hader won a Primetime Emmy Award in 2009 for his work as a producer on Comedy Central's South Park.

In 2011, Hader starred in Paul, another Mottola-directed film, in which he appeared alongside a star-studded cast of Jane Lynch, Simon Pegg, Sigourney Weaver, Jason Bateman, Wiig and Rogen, who voiced the title character.

In 2012, Hader co-starred with Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones in Sony Pictures' Men in Black 3, which has grossed more than $624 million worldwide.

Hader has also voiced several animated characters, such as Flint Lockwood in Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, which earned Best Animated Feature nominations at the Golden Globe, Annie, Critics' Choice and Satellite awards. In 2013, Hader returned as Lockwood for Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2, which has grossed more than $274 million worldwide. His other voice-over work includes Turbo, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Doogal and Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs Evil. Other film credits for Hader include You, Me and Dupree, Hot Rod and The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby.

In 2013, Hader was seen in CBS Films' comedy The To Do List, which was written and directed by his wife, Maggie Carey, and co-starred Andy Samberg, Rachel Bilson and Aubrey Plaza. Hader was also seen opposite Larry David, Jon Hamm, Danny McBride, Eva Mendes, Kate Hudson and Michael Keaton in Clear History, on HBO.

Hader was seen opposite Wiig and Ty Burrell in The Skeleton Twins, which was purchased by Lionsgate at the Sundance Film Festival. Hader lent his voice to Pixar's The Good Dinosaur and Inside Out. He can also be heard in Sony Pictures' Angry Birds, the animated adaption of the hit video game.

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