Rich Hall

Rich Hall

Known for
Acting
Born
June 10, 1954 (age 72)
Birthplace
Alexandria, Virginia, USA

Biography

Richard Travis Hall is an American comedian, writer, documentary maker and musician, first coming to prominence as a sketch comedian in the 1980s. He wrote and performed for a range of American networks, in series such as Fridays, Not Necessarily the News (popularising the "sniglet" neologism), and Saturday Night Live.

Known For

Filmography

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Have I Got a Bit More News for You poster

Have I Got a Bit More News for You

TV · as Self - Panellist · 1 ep

2025
The Running Man poster

The Running Man

Movie · as Roberts

2021
A Christmas Number One poster

A Christmas Number One

Movie · as Poet

2021
Elliott from Earth poster

Elliott from Earth

TV · 16 eps

2020
Brave New World poster

Brave New World

TV · as Phillib J. Bream · 2 eps

2019
Rich Hall's Red Menace poster

Rich Hall's Red Menace

Movie

2018
Rich Hall's Working for the American Dream poster

Rich Hall's Working for the American Dream

Movie · as Self

2017
Rich Hall's Countrier Than You poster

Rich Hall's Countrier Than You

Movie · as Self

2017
Urban Myths poster

Urban Myths

TV · as Jimmy Gould · 1 ep

2016
Rich Hall's Presidential Grudge Match poster

Rich Hall's Presidential Grudge Match

Movie · as Himself

2016
Rich Hall: 3:10 To Humour poster

Rich Hall: 3:10 To Humour

Movie

2014
Rich Hall's California Stars poster

Rich Hall's California Stars

Movie · as Himself

2013
Rich Hall's You Can Go to Hell, I'm Going to Texas poster

Rich Hall's You Can Go to Hell, I'm Going to Texas

Movie · as Himself

2013
Channel 4's Comedy Gala 2013

Channel 4's Comedy Gala 2013

Movie · as Self

2013
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown poster

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

TV · as Self - Dictionary Corner · 1 ep

2012
Rich Hall's Inventing the Indian poster

Rich Hall's Inventing the Indian

Movie

2011
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties poster

Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties

Movie · as Self

2011
Rich Hall's Continental Drifters poster

Rich Hall's Continental Drifters

Movie · as Himself

2011
Making Qi poster

Making Qi

Movie · as Self

2011
Arthur Christmas poster

Arthur Christmas

Movie · as Idaho Man (voice)

2011
Pointless Celebrities poster

Pointless Celebrities

TV · as Self - Contestant, Self - Participant · 1 ep

2010
Rich Hall's The Dirty South poster

Rich Hall's The Dirty South

Movie · as himself

2010
Stand Up for the Week

Stand Up for the Week

TV · 24 eps

2010
Channel 4's Comedy Gala poster

Channel 4's Comedy Gala

TV · 6 eps

2009
Rich Hall: Hell No I Ain't Happy poster

Rich Hall: Hell No I Ain't Happy

Movie · as Himself

2008
Rich Hall's How The West Was Lost poster

Rich Hall's How The West Was Lost

Movie · as Himself

2008
What the Dickens? poster

What the Dickens?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2007
Would I Lie to You? poster

Would I Lie to You?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
Comedy Central Presents: Southern Gents of Comedy poster

Comedy Central Presents: Southern Gents of Comedy

Movie · as Otis Lee Crenshaw

2006
Rich Hall's Cattle Drive poster

Rich Hall's Cattle Drive

TV · 6 eps

2005
Comic Aid

Comic Aid

Movie

2005
Alan Partridge Presents: The Cream of British Comedy poster

Alan Partridge Presents: The Cream of British Comedy

Movie · as Otis Lee Crenshaw

2005
8 Out of 10 Cats poster

8 Out of 10 Cats

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2003
Rich Hall's Fishing Show poster

Rich Hall's Fishing Show

TV · 6 eps

2003
QI poster

QI

TV · as Self, Self - Panellist (archive footage) · 25 eps

2003
Celebrity Mastermind poster

Celebrity Mastermind

TV · 1 ep

2002
Top Gear poster

Top Gear

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2001
Otis Lee Crenshaw & The Black Liars: London, Not Tennessee poster

Otis Lee Crenshaw & The Black Liars: London, Not Tennessee

Movie · as Otis Lee Crenshaw

1999
Man on the Moon poster

Man on the Moon

Movie · as Club Patron (uncredited)

1998
The Entertainment Biz

The Entertainment Biz

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
Never Mind the Buzzcocks poster

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

TV · as Self · 6 eps

1994
Space Ghost Coast to Coast poster

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1994
Room 101 poster

Room 101

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest, Otis Lee Crenshaw · 4 eps

1990
Rich Hall's TV Dinner Party

Rich Hall's TV Dinner Party

Movie

1990
Have I Got News for You poster

Have I Got News for You

TV · as Self · 5 eps

1989
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud poster

C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud

Movie · as Stan

1988
Monsters poster

Monsters

TV · as Dr. Blackman · 1 ep

1987
Million Dollar Mystery poster

Million Dollar Mystery

Movie · as Slaughter Buzzárd

1986
Harry Anderson's "Hello, Sucker!" poster

Harry Anderson's "Hello, Sucker!"

Movie · as Bartender

1986
One Crazy Summer poster

One Crazy Summer

Movie · as Wilbur

1985
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment poster

Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment

Movie · as Street Punk (uncredited)

1985
Vanishing America poster

Vanishing America

Movie

1985
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV · as Edgar / Eddie · 1 ep

1983
Not Necessarily the News poster

Not Necessarily the News

TV · 100 eps

1980
Fridays poster

Fridays

TV · as Self · 60 eps

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Various Characters · 17 eps

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 3 eps