Bill Hader is an American actor, writer, producer and director. He has been in the industry since 1999 and gave massive hits. Currently, he is directing and producing the dark comedy series for HBO called ‘Barry’. Ali Wong is a 41-year-old stand-up comedian and actress born in San Francisco, California. She’s been in the industry since 2005.
Who is Bill Hader?
Hader is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and director. He gained fame for his work on Saturday Night Live, where he received four Emmy Award nominations and a Peabody Award for his performances. He created, produced, wrote, directed, and starred in the HBO series Barry, and is also a star and producer of Documentary Now. Hader has appeared in numerous films and worked extensively in voice-over roles.
He is the son of Sherri Renee and William Thomas Hader Sr., who was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1978. He grew up with two younger sisters and attended a number of schools before enrolling at Scottsdale Community College and then The Art Institute of Phoenix. Hader enjoyed reading, watching movies, and producing short films. His first employment was selling Christmas trees, and he then worked as an usher at a Tempe movie theatre until being dismissed for giving away the outcome of Titanic. He met Nicholas Jasenovec, the director of Paper Heart, in college.
Hader made his debut on Saturday Night Live in 2005 as a featured player. He quickly became known as the show’s “impressions guy,” performing impressions of famous people such as Al Pacino, John Malkovich, and Eliot Spitzer. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2012. Hader played many characters, including Stefon, the flamboyant New York City correspondent. He also had roles in several films, including Superbad, Pineapple Express, and Tropic Thunder. He worked on South Park as a creative consultant, producer, and voice actor.
Hader played a dramatic role in the 2014 film The Skeleton Twins alongside Kristen Wiig, and the film won ‘Best Screenplay’ at Sundance. He voiced Fear in the Disney-Pixar movie Inside Out and was supposed to voice a dinosaur in The Good Dinosaur but left the project when the characters were redesigned. Hader also appeared in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Documentary Now, and The Lonely Island’s Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping. He had his first leading role in Trainwreck with Amy Schumer and played Richie Tozier in It: Chapter Two. Hader also created and starred in the HBO series Barry, earning him several Emmy nominations and wins.
Who is Ali Wong?
A comedian and actress from the United States, Alexandra Dawn Wong is well-known for her Baby Cobra, Hard Knock Wife, and Don Wong Netflix stand-up specials. She acted in American Housewife and created and produced the movie Always Be My Maybe. Wong wrote for the television show Fresh Off the Boat and lends his voice to Tuca & Bertie and Big Mouth, two animated shows. She was raised in Los Angeles before attending UCLA to study Asian-American studies. She was born in San Francisco to a Vietnamese mother and a Chinese-American father.
She tried stand-up comedy after college and moved to New York City to pursue it. Soon, she appeared on The Tonight Show and was named one of the “10 Comics to Watch” by Variety. Wong starred in TV shows, including Are You There, Chelsea?, and wrote for Fresh Off the Boat. She gained popularity after releasing her Netflix stand-up specials Baby Cobra and Hard Knock Wife. Wong also acted in films, such as Always Be My Maybe, and voiced characters in TV shows like Tuca & Bertie. Additionally, she released a book called Dear Girls and starred in the 2023 Netflix series Beef.
Wong and entrepreneur Justin Hakuta, son of inventor Ken Hakuta, met at a wedding in 2010. They wed in 2014 and have two daughters. Despite divorcing in April 2022 after Wong expressed marital dissatisfaction in her stand-up special, they remain friends, and Hakuta is her tour manager. Wong has been dating actor Bill Hader since late 2022.
Is Bill Hader dating Ali Wong?
The connection between actor Bill Hader and comedian Ali Wong has been confirmed to ET by a Hader official. The couple allegedly broke up shortly after the initial romance rumours surfaced in December 2022. Wong was referred to by Hader as his “girlfriend” in a recent Collider interview.
Wong and her ex-husband, businessman Justin Hakuta, divorced in 2021; they had two kids together. Hader and his writer/director ex-wife, Maggie Carey, who he divorced in 2018, share three kids. Hader is well known for keeping his personal affairs quiet, but he has made clear his commitment to being a good parent to his kids.
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