Biography
A natural mimic with a gentle, offbeat, "everyman" quality tailor-made for character acting, Bill Hader made his career breakthrough on "Saturday Night Live" (1975- ) in 2005. Hader's geeky appeal led to supporting parts in some of the top comedies of the day including Judd Apatow's "Knocked Up" (2007), Ben Stiller's "Tropic Thunder" (2008) and Greg Mottola's high school classic, "Superbad" (2007), in which he had a memorable role as the …
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Career Milestones
2009 | Voiced scientist Flint Lockwood in the animated film, "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" | |
2009 | Cast as Gen. George Armstrong Custer in "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" | |
2009 | Re-teamed with director Greg Mottola for "Adventureland"; also features Kristen Wiig | |
2008 | Appeared in the Ben Stiller directed comedy, "Tropic Thunder" | |
2008 | Featured in the Judd Apatow produced, "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" | |
2007 | Played Officer Slater in the Greg Mottola-directed, "Superbad"; produced by Judd Apatow | |
2007 | Had a small role as Katherine Heigl's editor at E! in Judd Apatow's "Knocked Up" | |
2006 | Appeared in the Owen Wilson comedy, "You, Me and Dupree" | |
2005 | Joined "Saturday Night Live" (NBC) as a featured player | |
2005 | Produced and co-starred in "Jenny Clone"; written and directed by his wife, Maggie Carey who also co-starred | |
| Discovered by Megan Mullally, while working with the Los Angeles-based comedy troupe Animals from the Future; she brought him to the attention of SNL producer Lorne Michaels | ||
| Joined the Los Angeles chapter of Second City | ||
Awards
2012 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in Saturday Night Live |
2009 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less) in South Park |