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William Bradford Hall (born March 21, 1958) is an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. He is best known as a Weekend Update news anchor on Saturday Night Live and for creating the sitcoms The Single Guy and Watching Ellie.

Brad Hall
Hall at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival
Born	William Bradford Hall (1958-03-21) March 21, 1958 (age 64) Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Northwestern University (B.A., 1980)[1]
Occupation	Actor comedian filmmaker
Years active	1982–present
Spouse	Julia Louis-Dreyfus ​ (m. 1987)​
Children	2

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] 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 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]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Troll	William Daniels
1989	Worth Winning	Eric
	Limit Up	Marty Callahan
1990	The Guardian	Ned Runcie
1995	Bye Bye Love	Phil	Also writer
1998	A Bug's Life	Grasshopper	Voice
2005	Must Love Dogs	Stanley	Executive Producer
2010	Love Shack	Dr. Alan Rudnick
TBA	First Time Female Director		Post-production

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 – 3 episodes
2019	Undone	Charlie
2022	American Auto	Richard Hastings

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

External links

• Brad Hall at IMDb

Media offices
Preceded by Brian Doyle-Murray and Christine Ebersole	Weekend Update anchor 1982–1984	Succeeded by Christopher Guest

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William Brad Hall (* 21. März 1958 in Santa Barbara, Kalifornien) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler und Drehbuchautor.

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