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William Thomas Hader Jr. (born June 7, 1978) is an American actor, voice actor, comedian, writer and producer. He is the creator, producer, writer, director, and star of the HBO dark comedy series Barry (2018–2023), for which he has been nominated for eight Emmy Awards, winning two. Hader's initial success was for his eight-year stint (2005–2013) as a cast member on the long-running NBC variety series Saturday Night Live, for which he received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations and a Peabody Award. He became known for his impressions and especially for his work on the Weekend Update segments, in which he played Stefon Meyers, a flamboyant New York tour guide who recommends unusual nightclubs and parties with bizarre characters with unusual tastes. He is also the star and producer of the IFC mockumentary comedy series Documentary Now! (2015–present) which he co-created along with Fred Armisen and Seth Meyers. Hader has had supporting roles in the films You, Me and Dupree (2006), Hot Rod (2007), Superbad (2007), Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, (2009), Paul (2011), This Is 40 (2012), and 22 Jump Street (2014), as well as leading roles in The Skeleton Twins (2014), Trainwreck (2015), and as an adult Richie Tozier in It Chapter Two (2019). He also is known for his extensive work in voice-over, portraying both leading and supporting characters in films such as the Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs franchise (2009–2013), Turbo (2013), Inside Out (2015), The BFG (2016), Power Rangers (2017), Toy Story 4 (2019) and Lightyear (2022).
In 1978, young Buddy Baker returns from a walk in the forest transformed. He is now connected to the Red, the network that links all animal life on Earth. As a result, Buddy becomes a hero with the ability to tap into the powers of animals. Seventeen years later, Buddy is now the father of Cliff and Maxine, as well as the devoted husband of Ellen Frazier. After retiring from his hero career to focus on his dream of acting, inspired by Botson Brandt and Rita Farr, Buddy decides to come out of retirement to showcase his full potential. Buddy must learn to balance family life with hero life, confront villains like Felix Faust, meet his creator, team up with heroes like Nowhere Man, but above all, he must escape the watchful eye of Argus. Amanda Waller, in fact, aims to create a hero by combining the power of the Green and the Red in what she calls Project Ascension (Black Orchid). However, Buddy's greatest challenge will be Anton Arcane, an avatar of the Parliament of Decay and a former member of the Nazi party.
