He was innate inside Alexandria, Virginia. At a age of deuce, he moved to Paris, France, but returned to the U.S. to attend high school in North Carolina.

When two or three guest roles in popular television series' such as The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Quantum Leap and Cheers, Bader's first major role was in the 1993 series Danger Theatre, playing A Searcher.

He come in cinema acting for the 1993 movie version of The Beverly Hillbillies, but returned to TV for The Drew Carey Show in 1995. He too appeared in the 1999 film Office Space.

With the deep & well-recognizable voice, Bader occurs as natural guide for the voice actor & has experienced roles around such animated features as Ice Age, The Simpsons and Buzz Lightyear of Star Command.

Around 2004 Bader played Rex in the movie Napoleon Dynamite.

Filmography
National Lampoon's Cattle Call (2005) (post-production) - Glenn Dale Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone (2005) (voice) - John Kim Possible: So the Drama (2005) (TV) (voice) - Lars Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005) - Joel Center of the Universe (2004) TV Series - Tommy Barnett Dead & Breakfast (2004) - Chef Henri EuroTrip (2004) - Mugger Napoleon Dynamite (2004) - Rex The Country Bears (2002) - Officer Cheets/Voice of Ted Bedderhead Ice Age (2002) (voice) - Saber-Toothed Tiger A Baby Blues Christmas Special (2002) (TV) (voice) - Kenny Evil Alien Conquerors (2002) - My-ik Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) - Miramax Security Guard Gordon Recess: School's Out (2001) (voice) - Guard #2 Lloyd in Space (2001) TV Series (voice) - Harvulian 'Boomer' Standervault The Zeta Project (2001) TV Series (voice) - Zeta/Zee Drew Carey's Rock & Roll Back to School Special(2001) (TV) - Oswald Lee Harvey Certain Guys (2000) - Ronald Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (2000) (V) (voice) - Warp Baby Blues (2000) TV Series (voice) - Kenny/Various Charcters Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2000) TV Series (voice) - Warp Darkmatter Couple Days... A Period Piece (2000) - Josh Olive, the Other Reindeer (1999) (TV) (voice) - Zoo Director Bartok the Magnificent (1999) (V) (voice) - Vol Office Space (1999) - Lawrence Hercules: Zero to Hero (1999) (V) (voice) - Adonis Hercules (1998) TV Series (voice) - Adonis Pepper Ann (1997) TV Series (voice) The Assassination File (1996) (TV) - Scott McDonough The Drew Carey Show (1995) TV Series - Oswald Lee Harvey Teresa's Tattoo (1994) - Higgins The Beverly Hillbillies (1993) - Jethro Bodine/Jethrine Bodine Danger Theatre (1993) TV Series - The Searcher The Preppie Murder (1989) (TV) - Peter Desert Rats (1988) (TV) - Mort