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My Take
Bill Hader is, to my eye, the most complete graduate of the modern sketch-comedy pipeline. Saturday Night Live made him famous as an impressionist, but Barry revealed something rarer: a comic who understands that laughter and dread share the same nervous system. Winning back-to-back Emmys for that role while shaping the show behind the camera puts him in a tiny club of performers who control their material from every angle. Even his voice work, like the jittery energy he gave Fear in Inside Out, shows uncommon precision. I value comedians who treat comedy as craft rather than charisma, and Hader is craft all the way down.
Overview
William Thomas Hader Jr. (born June 7, 1978) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2005 to 2013, for which he received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations and a Peabody Award.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Bill Hader
- Name (Japanese)
- ビル・ヘイダー
- Reading
- びる・へいだー
- Born
- June 7, 1978 (age 48)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Horse
- Origin
- Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / comedian / television actor / film actor / voice actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Scottsdale Community College
Awards & achievements
- 2018 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
- 2019 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | — | |
| Notable work | Barry | — | |
| Notable work | The Angry Birds films | — | |
| Notable work | The Cat in the Hat | — | |
| Notable work | Trainwreck | — | |
| Notable work | Inside Out | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.