Bill Hader

William Thomas "Bill" Hader, Jr. (born June 7, 1978) is an American actor, voice actor, comedian, and writer. He is known for his work as a cast member on Saturday Night Live (2005–2013), for which he has received three Emmy nominations, South Park (2009–present), and his parody series Documentary Now! (2015–present). He is also one of the vocal consultants for BB-8 in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015).

Hader is also known for his supporting work in comedy films, such as You, Me and Dupree (2005), Superbad (2007), Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), Tropic Thunder (2008), Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009), Paul (2011), and Men in Black 3 (2012). He has also had lead voice roles in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) and Inside Out (2015), as well as lead roles in the dramedy The Skeleton Twins (2014) and the romantic comedy Trainwreck (2015).

Early life

Hader was born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the son of Sherri Renee (née Patton) and William Thomas Hader, Sr. His father owned an air-freight company and worked as a restaurant manager, a truck driver and occasionally a stand-up comedian; his mother was a dance teacher. He has two younger sisters, Katie and Kara. His ancestry includes German, Danish, Irish, English, French, and African; his surname originates in Germany. Hader is also a direct descendent of Charlemagne, his fortieth great-grandfather.