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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).
Taking place in Edge City, Stanley Ipkiss is a lonely, emotionally damaged man living in the shadows of a city that has forgotten him. Once an aspiring artist with dreams of becoming somebody important, Stanley now works a meaningless office job, struggles with isolation, and feels invisible to everyone around him. His only escape is creating imaginary versions of himself confident, charismatic, fearless versions of the man he wishes he could be. One night, while investigating an abandoned underground area beneath the city, Stanley discovers an ancient wooden mask hidden away for decades. Legends say the mask belonged to a forgotten trickster spirit, an object that does not grant wishes — it reveals the person hiding underneath. When Stanley puts on the mask, he becomes something completely different. A violent, theatrical, and terrifying persona emerges: “The Big Head.” At first, Stanley believes the Mask has finally given him everything he lacked — confidence, power, attention, and freedom. The world that ignored him suddenly fears him. Criminals, corrupt businessmen, and people who humiliated him become targets of his revenge. But the transformation begins to change more than his personality. His body starts to physically adapt to the Mask. His smile becomes unnatural. His movements become exaggerated. His reflection begins moving differently from him. The line between Stanley and the Big Head begins disappearing. The Mask is not a costume. It is an infection.
