Arsenio Hall

Arsenio Hall

Known for
Acting
Born
February 12, 1955 (age 71)
Birthplace
Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Biography

Arsenio Hall (born February 12, 1955)  is an American actor, comedian, and former talk show host. He is best known for his talk show The Arsenio Hall Show, which ran between 1989 and 1994, and his roles in the films Coming to America and Harlem Nights. Hall is also known for his appearance as Alan Thicke's sidekick on the talk show Thicke of the Night.

Known For

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Filmography

2026
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy poster

AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy

Movie · as Self

2025
Being Eddie poster

Being Eddie

Movie · as Self

2025
Crutch poster

Crutch

TV · as Avery · 1 ep

2025
Hollywood Squares poster

Hollywood Squares

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2023
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur poster

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

TV · as Vernell (voice) · 1 ep

2023
The Super Models poster

The Super Models

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2022
They Call Me Magic poster

They Call Me Magic

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2021
Coming 2 America poster

Coming 2 America

Movie · as Semmi / Morris / Reverend Brown / Baba

2020
Zappa poster

Zappa

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2020
Disclosure poster

Disclosure

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2020
I Can See Your Voice poster

I Can See Your Voice

TV · as Self - Guest Panelist · 1 ep

2019
Arsenio Hall: Smart and Classy poster

Arsenio Hall: Smart and Classy

Movie · as Himself

2019
Deborah Harry Does Not Like Interviews poster

Deborah Harry Does Not Like Interviews

Movie · as Self

2019
The Tamron Hall Show poster

The Tamron Hall Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
The Movies That Made Us poster

The Movies That Made Us

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2018
Whitney poster

Whitney

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2018
Gambler's Ballad: The Legend of Johnny Thompson poster

Gambler's Ballad: The Legend of Johnny Thompson

Movie · as Self

2017
Sandy Wexler poster

Sandy Wexler

Movie · as Self

2017
Gilbert poster

Gilbert

Movie · as Self

2017
The History of Comedy poster

The History of Comedy

TV · as Self · 14 eps

2017
The Mayor poster

The Mayor

TV · as Reverend Okoye · 1 ep

2017
The Nineties poster

The Nineties

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2017
Steve poster

Steve

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
Greatest Hits

Greatest Hits

TV · as Host · 6 eps

2016
To Tell the Truth poster

To Tell the Truth

TV · as Self - Panelist · 1 ep

2016
Lopez poster

Lopez

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
Kareem: Minority of One poster

Kareem: Minority of One

Movie · as Self

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2013
The Arsenio Hall Show poster

The Arsenio Hall Show

TV · as Self - Host · 158 eps

2013
Deal With It poster

Deal With It

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only poster

Eddie Murphy: One Night Only

Movie · as Self

2012
Vanilla Ice Archive

Vanilla Ice Archive

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2011
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey poster

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey

Movie · as Self

2011
Gloria: In Her Own Words poster

Gloria: In Her Own Words

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2010
Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals poster

Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals

Movie · as Self - Magic's Friend

2009
Black Dynamite poster

Black Dynamite

Movie · as Tasty Freeze

2008
Igor poster

Igor

Movie · as Carl Cristall (voice)

2007
Heckler poster

Heckler

Movie · as Self

2006
Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! poster

Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!

Movie · as Captain Crothers (voice)

2005
The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie poster

The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie

Movie · as Arsenio Hall

2005
The Proud Family Movie poster

The Proud Family Movie

Movie · as Dr. Carver / Bobby Proud (voice)

2004
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years poster

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2004
Before They Were Kings: Vol. 1 poster

Before They Were Kings: Vol. 1

Movie · as Self

2004
On Air with Ryan Seacrest poster

On Air with Ryan Seacrest

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Real Time with Bill Maher poster

Real Time with Bill Maher

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Chappelle's Show poster

Chappelle's Show

TV · 1 ep

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest, Self - Guest Host · 2 eps

2001
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored

Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored

Movie · as Self

1999
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker poster

Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker

Movie · as Narrator

1999
The Norm Show poster

The Norm Show

TV · 1 ep

1998
Skip Chasers poster

Skip Chasers

Movie · as Deacon

1998
Martial Law poster

Martial Law

TV · as Terrell Parker · 36 eps

1998
The Magic Hour poster

The Magic Hour

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

Movie · as Self

1997
WNBA: The Birth of a League poster

WNBA: The Birth of a League

Movie · as Self

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1997
Arsenio poster

Arsenio

TV · as Michael Atwood · 6 eps

1997
Behind the Music poster

Behind the Music

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
The Chris Rock Show poster

The Chris Rock Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
Muppets Tonight poster

Muppets Tonight

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1995
Star Search poster

Star Search

TV · as Self - Host · 22 eps

1994
Blankman poster

Blankman

Movie · as Self

1993
Living Single poster

Living Single

TV · as Himself · 1 ep

1992
Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS and You poster

Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS and You

Movie · as Self - Host

1992
The Jackie Thomas Show poster

The Jackie Thomas Show

TV · 1 ep

1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

TV · 2 eps

1991
A Party For Richard Pryor

A Party For Richard Pryor

Movie · as Self

1990
Ghost poster

Ghost

Movie · as Arsenio Hall (uncredited)

1990
Blossom poster

Blossom

TV · as Arsenio Hall · 1 ep

1989
Harlem Nights poster

Harlem Nights

Movie · as Crying Man

1989
The Arsenio Hall Show poster

The Arsenio Hall Show

TV · as Self - Host · 5 eps

1988
Coming to America poster

Coming to America

Movie · as Semmi / Extremely Ugly Girl / Morris / Reverend Brown

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

1988
Day by Day poster

Day by Day

TV · as Arsenio Hall · 1 ep

1987
Amazon Women on the Moon poster

Amazon Women on the Moon

Movie · as Apartment Victim (segment "Mondo Condo")

1987
Uptown Comedy Express poster

Uptown Comedy Express

Movie

1986
The Real Ghostbusters poster

The Real Ghostbusters

TV · as Winston Zeddemore (voice) · 91 eps

1984
MTV Video Music Awards poster

MTV Video Music Awards

TV · as Self - Host · 4 eps

1983
The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour poster

The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour

TV · as Host · 1 ep

1982
Madame's Place poster

Madame's Place

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1982
Cheers poster

Cheers

TV · as Arsenio Hall · 1 ep

1981
Elvira's Movie Macabre poster

Elvira's Movie Macabre

TV · as Tyrone · 1 ep

1980
Solid Gold poster

Solid Gold

TV · as Self -Host · 60 eps