William "Bill" Hader (born June 7, 1978) is an American comedian and repertory player on Saturday Night Live. He is also known for playing Officer Slater in Superbad and Dave in Hot Rod.
Member of the sketch comedy group, Animals from the Future.
Attended Cascia Hall Prep School in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Has said his favorite movies are: Jaws, Blood Simple, The Last Detail, Badlands, GoodFellas, A Clockwork Orange, Blue Velvet, Rashomon, The Evil Dead, and Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Is a fan of authors George Saunders, Richard Matheson, Stephen King, Dashiell Hammet, James M. Cain, John Wyndham, Raymond Chandler, H.P. Lovecraft,Shirley Jackson, Cormac McCarthy, Flannery O'Connor, and Kurt Vonnegut. His favorite comic book writers are Alan Moore, Mike Mignola, Ed Brubaker and Neil Gaiman.
Wife is a filmmaker who has won awards for both documentaries and narrative films.
Is a fan of author Douglas Adams.
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)
Is the nephew of Andrew Hader, Art Hader and Matt Hader.
