Brad Hall

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Brad Hall
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Hall at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival
Born
William Bradford Hall

(1958-03-21) March 21, 1958 (age 66)
Education Northwestern University (BA) [1]
Occupations
  • Actor
  • comedian
  • filmmaker
Years active1982–present
Spouse
(m. 1987)
Children2, including Charlie Hall
Relatives Gérard Louis-Dreyfus (father-in-law)

William Bradford Hall (born March 21, 1958) is an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. He appeared on Saturday Night Live from 1982 to 1985 and created the sitcoms The Single Guy and Watching Ellie .

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Hall was a producer, writer, and director on the Golden Globe winning sitcom Brooklyn Bridge , for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. [2] He has appeared in various motion pictures, most notably the 1986 cult classic Troll and as Nancy Allen's boyfriend in 1989's Limit Up . In 2012, he directed Picture Paris , which appeared at the Tribeca Film Festival. [3] He also has guest-starred on series such as Parks and Recreation , Brooklyn Nine-Nine , and Curb Your Enthusiasm . [4]

Personal life

Hall was born and raised in Santa Barbara, California. He was an avid surfer as a child, saying that he "learned how to surf as soon as I could walk." [5]

Hall is married to actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus, whom he met while both were attending Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. [6] They met in a comedy troupe that Hall started, called The Practical Theater. [5] They both performed on Saturday Night Live from 1982 to 1984, appeared together in Troll (1986), and guest-starred together on two episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm . They have two sons, Henry (b. 1992) and Charles (b. 1997). [6]

Hall serves on the US Board of Directors of SurfAid International. [7]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
1986 Troll William Daniels
1989 Worth Winning Eric
Limit Up Marty Callahan
1990 The Guardian Ned Runcie
1995 Bye Bye Love PhilAlso writer and producer
1998 A Bug's Life GrasshopperVoice
2005 Must Love Dogs StanleyAlso executive producer
2010 Love Shack Dr. Alan Rudnick
2012 Picture Paris Short film
Writer and director
2023 First Time Female Director Miles Paris
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1982–1984 Saturday Night Live Himself/various charactersSeries regular (39 episodes)
1986 9 to 5 DevlinEpisode: "Even Super Women Get the Blues"
1988 CBS Summer Playhouse MontannaEpisode: "Mad Avenue"
1989 Empty Nest ChuckEpisode: "Full Nest"
1989 Day by Day CharlieEpisode: "The Music Man"
1990 American Dreamer Writer
Episode: "Flight of the Dodo"
1991–1993 Brooklyn Bridge Writer – 32 episodes
Supervising producer – 13 episodes
Director – 1 episode
1993 Frasier Writer
Episode: "Here's Looking at You"
1995–1997 The Single Guy 44 episodes
Creator, writer, and executive producer
2000–2001 Curb Your Enthusiasm Himself2 episodes
2002–2003 Watching Ellie 19 episodes
Creator, writer, and executive producer
2006 Saturday Night Live Audience MemberEpisode: "Julia Louis-Dreyfus/Paul Simon"
2012 Parks and Recreation Wreston St. JamesEpisode: "Pawnee Commons"
2016 Brooklyn Nine-Nine John William WeichselbraunEpisode: "House Mouses"
2016 Veep Director – 3 episodes
2019 Undone Charlie3 episodes
2022–2023 American Auto Richard Hastings4 episodes

Recurring characters on SNL

Celebrity impersonations

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References

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  2. "44th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners" . Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  3. "Interview: Brad Hall and Julia Louis-Dreyfus Picture Paris". The Huffington Post. April 27, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
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  6. 1 2 Ellis, Cynthia (April 27, 2012). "Interview: Brad Hall and Julia Louis-Dreyfus Picture Paris". The Huffington Post. AOL-HuffPost Entertainment. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
  7. "Board". surfaid.org. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
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