Brad Hall Wiki Biography
Brad Hall was born on 21 March 1958, in Santa Barbara, California USA, and is a writer, actor, director, and comedian, best known for being part of “Saturday Night Live”, as a news anchor on “Saturday Night News”. He has also helped create sitcoms such as “Watching Ellie” and “The Single Guy”. All of his efforts have helped put his net worth to where it is today.
How rich is Brad Hall? As of mid-2016, sources estimate a net worth that is at $10 million, mostly earned through his work in films and television shows, and has also made numerous guest appearances. He’s won several awards over the course of his career, and all of these have ensured the position of his wealth.
Brad Hall Net Worth $10 million
Brad attended Northwestern University, and after graduating created a comedy troupe called “The Practical Theater”. After gaining a lot of recognition in comedy, he would become part of “Saturday Night Live” in the 1980s, and increase his popularity even further. While he was mostly part of “Saturday Night News”, he also created other characters used for skits such as The Human Stapler and Mike Phillips, and broadened his comedy skills doing impressions of John DeLorean, Pete Best, William F. Buckley, and John Hinckley among many others; a lot of his skits are still available online. He would stay with the show for three years before moving on to other opportunities, a tradition of the show’s cast, despite adding to their net worth..
Soon he would be given more acting opportunities, being cast in projects such as “Nine to Five”, “The Guardian”, “Bye Bye Love”, and “Day by Day”. While a part of “Saturday Night Live”, he also improved his skills in writing and directing, eventually creating his own shows such as “Brooklyn Bridge” – the show would become highly successful, winning a Golden Globe Award and earning Brad a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Brad also wrote episodes for “Frasier” and “Watching Ellie”. Outside of mainstream television, he directed the documentary called “Generosity of Eye”, all adding to his net worth.
His popularity led him to make numerous guest appearances in films such as the hit “Troll”; he also appeared in “Limit Up” as Nancy Allen’s boyfriend. He also made appearances in popular television shows such as “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”, “Parks and Recreation”, and “Curb Your Enthusiasm. One of his latest projects is 2012’s “Picture Paris” which was featured at the Tribeca Film Festival. He was also a part of “Seinfeld”, as George Costanza.
For his personal life, Brad has been married to actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus since 1987; the two met while at Northwestern University, and they have two children. The couple also performed in “The Practical Theater” together and would be invited to join “Saturday Night Live” at the same time. They also made guest appearances in “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and made the short film “Picture Paris”. Aside from that, It is known that Hall was an avid surfer when he was younger, learning to surf as a child.
Full Name | Brad Hall |
Net Worth | $10 Million |
Date Of Birth | March 21, 1958 |
Place Of Birth | Santa Barbara, California, United States |
Profession | Actor |
Education | Northwestern University |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Julia Louis-Dreyfus |
Children | Henry Hall, Charles Hall |
Twitter | https://twitter.com/bradhall_shoes?lang=en |
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/bradhall_shoes/?hl=en |
IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0355357/ |
Nominations | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series |
Movies | Picture Paris, Bye Bye Love, Must Love Dogs, Limit Up, Generosity of Eye, Troll, The Guardian, A Bug’s Life, Love Shack, Boris and Natasha: The Movie, The Sky Is Falling |
TV Shows | Watching Ellie, Bob Patterson, The Single Guy |
Fact |
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1 | Stepbrother-in-law of Lauren Bowles. |
2 | Was considered for the role of George Costanza in Seinfeld (1989). |
3 | Met his wife, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, while both were attending Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois). |
4 | Has 2 sons, Henry Hall (born May 30, 1992) and Charles Hall (born July 1, 1997), with Julia Louis-Dreyfus. |
Producer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Generosity of Eye | 2015 | Documentary producer |
Picture Paris | 2011 | Short producer |
Must Love Dogs | 2005 | executive producer |
Watching Ellie | 2002-2003 | TV Series executive producer – 11 episodes |
The Single Guy | 1995-1997 | TV Series executive producer – 43 episodes |
Bye Bye Love | 1995 | producer |
Brooklyn Bridge | 1992-1993 | TV Series supervising producer – 13 episodes |
Writer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Generosity of Eye | 2015 | Documentary |
Picture Paris | 2011 | Short writer |
Watching Ellie | TV Series creator – 12 episodes, 2002 – 2003 written by – 7 episodes, 2002 – 2003 story – 1 episode, 2002 teleplay – 1 episode, 2002 |
The Single Guy | 1995 | TV Series creator – 1 episode |
Bye Bye Love | 1995 | written by |
Frasier | 1993 | TV Series written by – 1 episode |
Brooklyn Bridge | TV Series written by – 16 episodes, 1991 – 1993 staff writer – 15 episodes, 1991 – 1993 teleplay – 1 episode, 1993 |
Boris and Natasha | 1992 | TV Movie story |
American Dreamer | 1990 | TV Series written by – 1 episode |
Actor
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Brooklyn Nine-Nine | 2016 | TV Series | John William Weichselbraun |
Parks and Recreation | 2012 | TV Series | Wreston St. James |
Love Shack | 2010 | Video | Dr. Alan Rudnick |
Saturday Night Live | 1982-2006 | TV Series | Various / Saturday Night News Anchor / Audience Member / … |
Must Love Dogs | 2005 | Stanley |
Curb Your Enthusiasm | 2000-2001 | TV Series | Brad Hall |
A Bug’s Life | 1998 | voice |
Bye Bye Love | 1995 | Phil |
The Guardian | 1990 | Ned Runcie |
Limit Up | 1989 | Marty Callahan |
Worth Winning | 1989 | Eric |
Day by Day | 1989 | TV Series | Charlie |
Empty Nest | 1989 | TV Series | Chuck |
CBS Summer Playhouse | 1988 | TV Series | Montanna |
Nine to Five | 1986 | TV Series | Devlin |
Troll | 1986 | William Daniels |
Director
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Veep | 2016 | TV Series 1 episode |
Generosity of Eye | 2015 | Documentary |
Picture Paris | 2011 | Short |
Brooklyn Bridge | 1993 | TV Series 1 episode |
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Saturday Night Live | 1984 | TV Series performer – 1 episode |
Miscellaneous
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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American Dreamer | 1990 | TV Series story editor |
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Saturday Night Live | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
Archive Footage
Nominated Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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2012 | Jury Award | Tribeca Film Festival | Best Narrative Short | Picture Paris (2011) |
1992 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Comedy Series | Brooklyn Bridge (1991) |
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