Comedian and actor Bill Hader gave one of his best performances ever in A Saturday Night Live sketch from 2010. Hader was a regular cast member on SNL For eight years, from 2005 to 2013, his tenure with the sketch comedy show produced some of his most famous jokes. of Hader’s best moments as Stephen, the city correspondent who is often considered one of Hader’s best SNL characters, to be more memorable single episode sketches like “What is the name?“Hader was responsible for some of the best skits in SNL History. SNLHowever, that was not the end of Hadar’s rise to fame.
After leaving, Hadar continued to show his comedic prowess SNLBut he also branched out into a new genre: drama. In 2018, Hader starred as the eponymous character in BarryA black comedy series about a hit man turned lover actor. Barry Hader proved that he could dominate in a mostly serious role, and it provided some of the best moments of his acting career. Although there were many high points in Hader’s career, one of the best performances came relatively early, in a 2010 sketch of SNL which saw him make a now-famous impression.
Alan Alda’s impression of Bill Hader on SNL was scarily spot-on
Hader perfectly mirrored Alda’s inflections, mannerisms and voice
in 2010, SNL Has a sketch about fake auditions by famous actors for roles in Back to the future. Quite a few cast members did their best impressions of stars from the 1980s: Andy Samberg impersonated Nick Cage, Fred Armisten played the role of Prince, and more. One impression stood out among the rest, though: Bill Hader’s impression of Alan Alda auditioning for the role of Biff Tannen. Hader immediately liked Aldo’s voice, but he also adapted to his mannerisms, his demeanor and even his gaze. It was such a good impression that Hader would continue to do so for years to come.
Alan Alda became one of Bill Hader’s recurring impressions
Hader has some impressive impressions, but Alan Alda is one of his best
In the years since his SNL Bill Hader did his Alan Alda impression quite often. When Hadron turned to SNL As a host in 2018, he revived his Alan Alda impression for another fake audition tape, this time for Jurassic Park. In the sketch, Alda was trying out for the part of Robert Muldoon, the game gardener for the park, and Hader was just as hilarious then as he was eight years earlier.
Hader also did his Alan Alda impression semi-regularly on late night talk shows like ConanWhere he also showed some of his other impressions of celebrities like Seth Rogen and Judd Apatow. As Conan O’Brien mentioned, Alda is a very difficult person to imitate, but Hader is more than capable of imitating him.
Bill Hader’s impressions, especially Alan Alda’s, highlight something about him: Hader has a tremendous amount of versatility in his acting and comedy. He can go from the heartbreaking drama of Barry to the brilliant anti-Semites of Stephen and even stop for a moment to perfectly imitate any number of well-known actors on the way. His skills are a huge reason why he has success in both comedy and drama even when he is not doing an impression. The fact that his Alan Alda impression showed that versatility so well is one of the reasons it is still one of Bill Haders best performances, 14 years later.