Bill Hader

Bill Hader has made the transition from being a master of stand-out characters and impressions on Saturday Night Live to becoming a true multi-hyphenate by creating, directing, writing, producing, and starring as a burned-out assassin trying to break into Hollywood as an actor in HBO’s award-winning and critically lauded dark comedy, Barry.

Barry concluded its fourth and final season in May 2023, with Hader directing all eight episodes.  The first three seasons of Barry received a total of 44 Emmy® nominations and nine Emmys® including 2 wins for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series.  Hader has also garnered 3 Directors Guild of America awards for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Comedy Series, 3 Writers Guild Awards, and has been nominated 3 times for Producers Guild Awards and 3 times for Screen Actors Guild Awards. Barry has also received an AFI Award and a Peabody Award as well.

The final season of the series garnered the following number of nominations: 11 Emmy, 2 Golden Globes, 3 SAG Awards, Directors Guild, Producers Guild, and 3 Critics Choice.

Hader is also co-creator of IFC’s Documentary Now! which was named one of the best TV shows of 2015 by The New York Times and is now in its fourth season. Hader spent eight seasons on Saturday Night Live and garnered four Emmy Award nominations for his work on the series.

The Tulsa, Oklahoma native has starred in such films as Trainwreck, Superbad, Pineapple Express, and Tropic Thunder. He segued to show his versatility with a dramatic role in 2014’s critically acclaimed feature film The Skeleton Twins opposite his former SNL castmate, Kristen Wiig. He most recently starred in It Chapter Two, the sequel to the 2017 hit It, based on the best-selling Stephen King novel.