Bill Hader trivia: 45 unknown facts about the famous actor

Bill Hader is best known as a comedian. He was a part of SNL. Recently, though, he has received acclaim for his dramatic chops.

So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about his life and career!

1. His full name is William Thomas Hader Jr.
2. He was born in June 7, 1978
3. He is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and director
4. He rose to fame as a cast member on the NBC variety series Saturday Night Live (2005–2013)
5. For which he received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations and a Peabody Award
6. Hader is also the co-creator, writer, and producer of the IFC mockumentary comedy series Documentary Now! (2015–present)
7. In 2018, Hader created and began starring as the titular assassin in the HBO dark comedy series Barry
8. Which earned him an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
9. And consecutive nominations for Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for its first two seasons
10. He had supporting roles in the films Superbad (2007), Tropic Thunder (2008), Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), Adventureland (2009), Paul (2011), Men in Black 3 (2012), The To Do List (2013) and Maggie’s Plan (2015)
11. And leading roles in The Skeleton Twins (2014), Trainwreck (2015) and It Chapter Two (2019)
12. He voiced characters in the Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs franchise (2009–2014), Monsters University (2013), Turbo (2013), Inside Out (2015), Finding Dory (2016), the Angry Birds film series (2016–2019), and Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
13. Bill Hader was born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma
14. He is the son of Sherri Renee and William Thomas Hader
15. His father owned an air-freight company and worked as a restaurant manager, truck driver and occasional stand-up comedian
16. His mother was a dance teacher
17. He has two younger sisters, Katie and Kara
18. His surname originates in Germany
19. His ancestry includes German, Danish, Irish, and English
20. And among his ancestors are King Edward I and Charlemagne
21. Bill Hader attended Patrick Henry Elementary School, Edison Junior High, and Cascia Hall Preparatory School
22. He had “a hard time focusing on class” and was always “joking around”
23. Though he was not hated by classmates, he felt he never truly fit in and filled his time watching movies and reading
24. He appreciated Monty Python, British comedy, and the films of Mel Brooks and Woody Allen
25. Many of which he was introduced to through his father
26. He made short films with friends
27. He starred in a school production of The Glass Menagerie
28. He was unable to gain admission to top film schools because of his “abysmal” grades
29. So he instead enrolled at The Art Institute of Phoenix
30. And later Scottsdale Community College
31. Bill Hader has mentioned that his very first job was selling Christmas trees
32. He also worked as an usher at a movie theater in nearby Tempe
33. It allowed him to see films for free
34. He was fired for spoiling the ending of the 1997 film Titanic to noisy patrons
35. At Scottsdale, he met Nicholas Jasenovec, the director of Paper Heart
36. In 2006, Hader married writer-director Maggie Carey
37. They have three daughters together
38. They were born in October 2009, July 2012 and November 2014
39. Hader and Carey announced their separation in 2017
40. Bill Hader filed for divorce in December 2017
41. The uncontested divorce reached a settlement on March 1, 2018
42. They were restored to single persons on June 23, 2018
43. Hader is an avid reader
44. He said “I didn’t really go to college, which is probably why I enjoy reading the classics”
45. Works by Dostoevsky and Faulkner, as well as Richard Ford, Junichiro Tanizaki, and George Saunders are among the books on his shelves