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Full Name:	Bill Hader
Birth Name:	Bill Hader
Famous As:	Comedian
Date of Birth:	June 07, 1978
Place of Birth:	Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Nationality:	American
Spouse:	Maggie Carey (since 2006)
Education:	Attended Cascia Hall Preparatory School in Tulsa, Oklahoma Attended Casica Hall Prep School in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Claim to Fame:	As Vincent Price in variety show Saturday Night Live (2005)

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Bill Hader
Hader outside of NBC Studios, 2007
Birth name	William Hader
Born	June 7, 1978 (1978-06-07) (age 31) Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Nationality	American
Years active	1998, 2004 – present
Spouse	Maggie Carey (2006-present)
Notable works and roles	Saturday Night Live, Superbad, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Doogal

William "Bill" Hader (born June 7, 1978) is an Emmy- and Peabody award-winning American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and repertory player on Saturday Night Live. He is also known for his supporting roles in numerous comedy films, starring in at least three films a year since 2006.

Contents 1 Early work 2 Saturday Night Live 2.1 Recurring SNL characters 2.2 Impersonations (on and off Saturday Night Live) 3 Film roles 4 Other work 5 Personal life 6 Filmography 7 References 8 External links

Early work

Hader was born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he attended Patrick Henry Elementary School, Edison Junior High and Cascia Hall Preparatory School,¹² before attending The Art Institute of Phoenix and Scottsdale Community College.³ Hader's comedic aspirations eventually led him to Los Angeles where he joined the Second City, a comedy troupe that has been a training ground for many SNL cast members since the 1970s. He also used to perform puppet shows in the local park near his parents home in Tulsa. After being beat up, his parents decided to send him away to further work on his comedy. He also performed at iO West in Los Angeles. During his time at Second City and iO West, Hader worked as a production assistant on the DVD Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy and Collateral Damage, as well as an assistant on VH1's The Surreal Life.

Saturday Night Live

Hader was "discovered" by Megan Mullally of Will & Grace while working with the Los Angeles-based comedy troupe, "Animals from the Future." Mullally brought him to the attention of SNL producer Lorne Michaels. Hader was hired as a "featured player" and made his debut on the show on October 1, 2005. His first role was as a psychologist giving his views about life and death during the emergency landing of Jet Blue Flight 292. Hader is known for his impressions of famous people, such as Vincent Price in the Variety Vault sketches and Al Pacino.

Hader recently finished his 4th season on SNL and, along with Bobby Moynihan (1977), Andy Samberg (1978), Kenan Thompson (1978), Casey Wilson (1980), Abby Elliott (1987), Nasim Pedrad (1981), and Jenny Slate (1982) is one of eight SNL castmembers who was born after the show's premiere in 1975.

Recurring SNL characters

• Vinny Vedecci, the Italian talk-show host who chain-smokes, insults his crew (Fred Armisen and Will Forte), has a son (Bobby Moynihan), and speaks little English, even though his guests (played by the host themselves) are English-speakers. It should be noted that when Jon Bon Jovi hosted the program, he participated in this skit. He claimed that, though he didn't speak Italian, he had heard his grandmother speaking Italian around her as a boy. He then told Hader's Vedecci that what was coming out of his mouth wasn't Italian. Vedecci simply sat with his mouth gaping, as if surprised, and walked off the stage.
• Greg the Alien, the co-host of a sports talk show.
• Nitro (along with Andy Samberg's "Admiral Spaceship") in the SNL Digital Short Laser Cats
• One of the four guys (the others being Will Forte, Jason Sudeikis and the host) who reveal crazy aspects about themselves while singing a song on the jukebox in the Song Memories sketches.
• One half of the Same Sex Couple from New Jersey (or Connecticut), the other half played by Fred Armisen
• DJ Frontal Assault on Deep House Dish
• Danny, a guy who has the mutant "Kuato" (played by Andy Samberg) living in his stomach
• Mike Underballs, the director of PSAs who has to deal with the shenanigans of Jeff (Jason Sudeikis), a crew member.
• Mr. Triggs, the father of an ugly, socially inept girl named Stacia (played by Kristen Wiig)
• One of the "Scared Straight" kids, one of the three young trouble-makers (along with Andy Samberg and Bobby Moynihan) lectured by convict Lorenzo McIntosh (played by Kenan Thompson) and McIntosh's fellow inmates.

Impersonations (on and off Saturday Night Live)

Hader has said he did impersonations of teachers and friends when he was growing up, but did not do impersonations of famous people until his Saturday Night Live audition.⁴ His Al Pacino impersonation came after watching the actor's Emmy acceptance speech for Angels in America. Hader's Vincent Price impersonation came from his love of Price's Edgar Allan Poe films, such as The Fall of the House of Usher. His Peter O'Toole impersonation came partly from O'Toole in My Favorite Year and Jack Lemmon's drunken Prince Hapnick from The Great Race.

Another one of Hader's more popular impersonations from Saturday Night Live is his impersonation of "disgraced former governor" Elliot Spitzer.

Hader is also known for his uncanny impression of Dateline NBC's Keith Morrison, parodying his reporting style of being overly interested in horrific tales of tragedy and/or murder and asking inane questions. Recently, Hader discovered that Morrison works in 30 Rock, where both Dateline and Saturday Night Live are filmed. Half in jest, on the March 30, 2009 episode of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, he stated that he lived in fear of getting into the same elevator as Morrison in 30 Rock.

Film roles

He first appeared alongside Owen Wilson and Matt Dillon in You, Me and Dupree. Since then he's had a wide range of roles such as Katherine Heigl's editor at E! in Knocked Up, the acid-taking mechanic Dave in Hot Rod (alongside SNL castmate Andy Samberg), a recumbent biker in The Brothers Solomon (which also featured SNL castmate Will Forte in one of the film's co-leading roles) and, most famously, as Officer Slater in the Judd Apatow produced Superbad. His role in Superbad helped boost his public awareness and allowed him to appear on mainstream programs like Total Request Live, The Tonight Show, and MTV's Video Music Awards.

Hader appeared in two other Apatow projects: Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Pineapple Express (with Seth Rogen). He also appeared alongside Ben Stiller, Brandon T. Jackson, Jack Black, Robert Downey, Jr., Matthew McConaughey, Steve Coogan, Jay Baruchel, Tom Cruise, and Nick Nolte in Tropic Thunder.

He teamed back up with Superbad director Greg Mottola for the film Adventureland, which also featured fellow SNLer Kristen Wiig.

In addition to these films, Hader has also made several short films, including Back in the Day (alongside Derek Waters and wife Maggie Carey), Sounds Good to Me: Remastering the Sting, and The Jeannie Tate Show with SNL writer Liz Cackowski and wife Maggie Carey.

Hader makes a small but memorable appearance in the 2009 film "Year One" with Jack Black and Michael Cera.

Hader lent his voice to the critically acclaimed⁵ 2009 Sony Pictures Animation film Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs, playing the lead role of Flint Lockwood. He also voiced a gazelle in "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.

Hader appeared in Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian as Major General George Armstrong Custer.

Hader has also written a slasher film to be produced by Judd Apatow,⁶ which he shall also star in if the film is produced.⁷

In April 2009, Hader was a part of Vanity Fair's list of "Comedy's New Legends".⁸

Other work

Hader was a creative consultant on the 12th season of South Park. He is now a producer on the 13th season, which premiered March 11, 2009.⁹. Hader is among the series producers to win the 2009 Emmy Award for Best Animated Series.

Hader voiced an array of different characters on the second season of the adult swim show Xavier: Renegade Angel.

Hader and SNL castmate Seth Meyers penned a Spider-Man one-shot entitled "The Short Halloween", the title of which is a reference to the Batman story arc The Long Halloween. It was drawn by comic book legend Kevin Maguire and came out May 29, 2009 to positive reviews.

In an episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Bill Hader voiced a balloon with the personality of a reincarnated Adolf Hitler in the episode "Der Inflatable Fuhrer".

Jackson Publick announced on his blog that Hader will be the new voice for Professor Impossible on the fourth season of The Venture Brothers. The part was originated by Stephen Colbert.

In the game Grand Theft Auto IV he played Wilson Taylor Sr (On in-game radio show: Pacemaker)

Hader appeared on Tim and Eric Awesome Show impersonating the recurring character James Quall on the episode "Jazz."

In July 2008, Hader starred in, and co-wrote with Simon Rich, the web series The Line on Crackle.¹⁰

Hader lent his voice to the audiobook of Sarah Vowell's The Wordy Shipmates.

Personal life

Hader announced at the premiere of the movie Paper Heart on August 5, 2009, that he and wife Maggie Carey were expecting their first child in late September.¹¹ On October 6 his wife gave birth to a baby girl, Hannah Kathryn Hader.¹²

Prior to his daughter's birth, Hader could regularly be seen mouthing "Hi, Maggie" to his wife during the closing credits of SNL. On October 11, his first SNL performance after Hannah Kathryn's birth, Hader could be seen mouthing "Hi Maggie and Hannah."

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Cube Jacked City	Bill	Troma film
2004	Sounds Good to Me: Remastering the Sting	Barnaby G. Price	Short film, also writer
2005	Jenny Clone	Father	Short film
	Hallway	Receptionist	Short film
2006	You, Me and Dupree	Mark
	Doogal	Soldier Sam (voice)
	The Pity Card	Dick	Short film
2007	Knocked Up	Brent
	Hot Rod	Dave
	Superbad	Officer Slater
	The Brothers Solomon	Recumbent Biker
2008	Forgetting Sarah Marshall	Brian Bretter
	Pineapple Express	Private Greg B. Miller
	Tropic Thunder	Rob Slolom
2009	Adventureland	Bobby
	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	George Armstrong Custer
	Year One	The Shaman
	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	Gazelle (voice)
	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Flint Lockwood (voice)	First starring role
2010	Hoodwinked 2: Hood vs. Evil	Hansel (voice)	post-production
	Paul	TBA	filming

References

External links

• Bill Hader Online - fanpage
• Haderwithad.com - fanpage
• Bill Hader at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview with New York Times

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