Bill Hader

format_quote (re 'SNL' continuing without him) There's a new sensibility happening, and if it isn't totally apparent on the show yet, I see it on Wednesdays at the table reads. I found myself looking up and watching the new people do their sketches. I like watching Kate McKinnon do something - there's a joy in seeing a new move from somebody and going, 'Oh, she can do that.'

stars  Has a severe allergic reaction to peanuts. In 2013 he was chosen to replace Robert Downey Jr. as the commercial voice of "Mr. Peanut".

stars  Is a fan of author Douglas Adams.

stars  Is the nephew of Andrew Hader, Art Hader and Matt Hader.

stars  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)

stars  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, Brian Michael Bendis, Warren Ellis, Grant Morrison, Frank Miller, Mike Mignola, Ed Brubaker and Neil Gaiman.