Bill Hader Biography

Bill Hader: Biography

Bill Hader grew up as a normal boy in Tulsa, Oklahoma... that is, until he discovered the Second City Comedy club. While working at the comedy club, Bill dabbled in being a production assistant for movies and TV shows such as Collateral Damage, The Surreal Life, and Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy. While working on a project called "Animals From the Future," he caught the eye of Will & Grace's Megan Mullally, who in turn got Saturday Night Live producers to notice him. He made his Saturday Night Live premiere on October 5, 2005 and from there on was hailed as their "secret weapon." His favorite things to do on the show are impersonations of famous people, especially dead ones. Since he debut on Saturday Night Live, Bill has appeared in movies such as You, Me and Dupree, Super Bad, and Hot Rod. He has a bright future in comedy and will rise to the levels of many other people who got their start on Saturday Night Live.

Bill: I'm very comfortable with my geeky-ness. I'm proud of the nerdy s**t I did growing up. It gave me a weird sense of confidence. I know you guys think this is lame, but I don't care. I love it!(edit)

DJ Frontal Assault is one of his characters on SNL.(edit)
In addition to SNL, 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 Calvin.(edit)
Bill's impressions include Al Pacino, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Peter Gallagher, Peter O'Toole, and Vincent Price.(edit)
Bill stated that his five favorite movies of the past ten years are Schizopolis (Steven Soderbergh 1997), Rushmore (Wes Anderson 1998), Election (Alexander Payne 1999), Sexy Beast (Jonathan Glazer 2001), and Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (Peter Jackson 2001.)(edit)
His favorite comic book writers are Allan Moore, Mike Mignola, and Neil Gaiman.(edit)
Is a fan of writers Neil Gaiman, George Saunders, Neil Stephenson, Ray Bradbury, Richard Mathesion, Stephen King, Michael Chabon, John Wyndham, Cormac McCarthy, Flannery O'Connor, and Kurt Vonnegut.(edit)
His first big screen movie was the 2006 movie Doogal.(edit)
He and his wife, Maggie, wrote "Jenny Clone", produced it, and did voices for all 4 characters in the film.(edit)
Bill made his first television appearance on Punk'd.(edit)
Bill starred in the film Super Bad, in 2007.(edit)
Bill's first role on SNL was as a psychologist giving his views about life and death during the emergency landing of Jet Blue Flight 292.(edit)
He is a fan of author Douglas Adams.(edit)
He did a "James Cagney" impression for his audition for SNL.(edit)
He attended Cascia Hall Prepatory School.(edit)
Bill often impersonates well-known actors who are dead, like Vincent Price.(edit)
He camped out for Star Wars: Episode 1 with friends, and told people they were waiting for Backstreet Boys tickets.(edit)
Bill has two younger sisters.(edit)
Bill has been married to filmmaker Maggie Carey since 2006.(edit)
Favorite movies include Jaws, Barton Fink, The Last Detail, Badlands, A Clockwork Orange, Rushmore, The Evil Dead, and Monty Python and the Holy Grail.(edit)
Bill is a member of the sketch comedy group Animals from the Future, alongside Eric Filipkowsi, Mel Cowan, and Matt Offerman.(edit)
During his time at Second City, 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. Prior to SNL, Hader was perhaps most known for his work as a "field agent" on MTV's Punk'd.(edit)