Brad Hall

Brad Hall
Hall at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival
Born	William Brad Hall March 21, 1958 Santa Barbara, California, United States
Occupation	Actor, comedian, director, writer
Spouse(s)	Julia Louis-Dreyfus (m. 1987)
Children	2

William Brad Hall (born March 21, 1958) is an American actor, comedian, director and writer.^[1] He is best known as a Saturday Night Live news anchor on Saturday Night News and for creating the sitcoms The Single Guy and Watching Ellie.

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 1990's Limit Up. In 2012, he directed Picture Paris, which appeared at the Tribeca Film Festival.^[3] In addition, he has guest-starred on series such as Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and Curb Your Enthusiasm.^[4]

Personal life

Hall was born 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.^[1] 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 and guest-starred together on two episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm. They have two sons, Henry (b. 1992) and Charles (b. 1997).^[1]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Troll	William Daniels
1989	Worth Winning	Eric
1989	Limit Up	Marty Callahan
1990	The Guardian	Ned Runcie
1998	Bye Bye Love	Phil	Also writer
2005	Must Love Dogs	Stanley	Executive Producer
2010	Love Shack	Dr. Alan Rudnick

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982–1984	Saturday Night Live	Himself/ Various characters	Series Regular (39 episodes)
1986	9 to 5	Devlin	Episode: "Even Super Women Get the Blues
1988	CBS Summer Playhouse	Montanna	Episode: "Mad Avenue"
1989	Empty Nest	Chuck	Episode: "Full Nest"
1989	Day by Day	Charlie	Episode: "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	Himself	2 episodes
2002–2003	Watching Ellie		19 episodes Creator, Writer, and Executive Producer
2006	Saturday Night Live	Audience Member	Episode: "Julia Louis-Dreyfus/Paul Simon"
2012	Parks and Recreation	Wreston St. James	Episode: "Pawnee Commons"
2016	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	John William Weichselbraun	Episode: "House Mouses"
2016	Veep		Director; Episode: "C**tgate"

Recurring characters on SNL

• Mike Phillips, friend of El Dorko (Gary Kroeger)
• The Human Stapler, a superhero who uses his hands to bind his victims (a member of The Interesting Four)
• Larry Rolans, the host of Larry's Corner.

Celebrity impersonations

• John DeLorean
• John Hinckley
• Noel Paul Stookey
• Pete Best
• William F. Buckley
• John Lennon

References

1. Ellis, Cynthia. "Interview: Brad Hall and Julia Louis-Dreyfus Picture Paris". The Huffington Post. AOL-HuffPost Entertainment. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
2. "44th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners". Retrieved 5 March 2016.
3. "Interview: Brad Hall and Julia Louis-Dreyfus Picture Paris". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
4. "Brad Hall-IMDb". Retrieved 3 March 2016.
5. Little, Amanda (1 Aug 2003). "Julia Louis-Dreyfus and husband Brad Hall discuss their eco-friendly hideaway". Retrieved 5 March 2016.

External links

• Brad Hall at the Internet Movie Database