Film and Media Atlas

How Stories Are Broadcast
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme
Figure

Bill Hader

Directors and Filmmakers

Bill Hader is an American actor, comedian and filmmaker, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1978. He worked as a production assistant in Los Angeles before joining the cast of Saturday Night Live in 2005, where he became known for his impressions and for the character Stefon on the Weekend Update segment. He also worked as a producer and creative consultant on South Park. In 2018 he co-created the HBO dark comedy series Barry with Alec Berg and played its lead, also writing, producing and directing episodes, and he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 2018 and 2019. He is a lifelong film enthusiast who hosted Essentials, Jr. on Turner Classic Movies from 2011 to 2014, and he has announced his feature directing debut, a horror film titled They Know.

Facts
Birth Year
1978 1
Role
Director 1
Role
Performer 1
Classification
Award
Primetime Emmy Award 1
Award
Peabody Award 1
Connections

Associated With

Film, Media Forms
Source Bill Hader (Wikipedia)
Source Bill Hader (Wikipedia)

Long-Form Articles

In the Other Atlases

Nationality

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Source Bill Hader (Wikipedia)Lead sentence
Quote, Lead sentence
Bill Hader (born June 7, 1978) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker.
Sources
1. Bill Hader (Wikipedia)
  • Lead sentence
    Bill Hader (born June 7, 1978) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker.
  • Lead, second paragraph
    He won two, consecutively, for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series.
  • Career, Saturday Night Live
    Hader won a 2008 Peabody Award in Political Satire for his participation in Saturday Night Live.
  • Associated With: Television, Lead, second paragraph [associated-with]
    Hader co-created the HBO dark comedy series Barry (2018-2023) with Alec Berg
View the Source
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.