Funny man Bill Hader from TV's Barry battled crippling anxiety

Bill Hader as Barry, in the series he created in 2018.
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LOS ANGELES - Watching Bill Hader play a host of memorably over-the-top characters on the sketch show Saturday Night Live (SNL), you might never guess the comedian suffered from near-crippling anxiety at the time.

Nor, perhaps, would you expect him to also be a talented director, writer and dramatic actor, as the accolades for Barry - the series he created last year (2018) - would suggest.

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