Arsenio Hall
Acting • Born 1955-02-12
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.
Filmography
80 credits
Blankman
Movie • 1994
Self
Amazon Women on the Moon
Movie • 1987
Apartment Victim (segment "Mondo Condo")
Black Dynamite
Movie • 2009
Tasty Freeze
Coming to America
Movie • 1988
Semmi / Extremely Ugly Girl / Morris / Reverend Brown
Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!
Movie • 2006
Captain Crothers (voice)
Heckler
Movie • 2007
Self
Igor
Movie • 2008
Carl Cristall (voice)
Zappa
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
Movie • 2011
Self
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only
Movie • 2012
Self
Disclosure
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Uptown Comedy Express
Movie • 1987
Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS and You
Movie • 1992
Self - Host
Vanilla Ice Archive
Movie • 2012
Self (archive footage)
Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals
Movie • 2010
Self - Magic's Friend
Sandy Wexler
Movie • 2017
Self
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
Movie • 1997
Self
Gilbert
Movie • 2017
Self
The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie
Movie • 2005
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Kareem: Minority of One
Movie • 2015
Self
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage)
The Proud Family Movie
Movie • 2005
Dr. Carver / Bobby Proud (voice)
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
Movie • 2001
Self
Whitney
Movie • 2018
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gambler's Ballad: The Legend of Johnny Thompson
Movie • 2018
Self
Harlem Nights
Movie • 1989
Crying Man
Before They Were Kings: Vol. 1
Movie • 2004
Self
Coming 2 America
Movie • 2021
Semmi / Morris / Reverend Brown / Baba
Arsenio Hall: Smart and Classy
Movie • 2019
Himself
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
Movie • 1999
Narrator
Deborah Harry Does Not Like Interviews
Movie • 2019
Self
Gloria: In Her Own Words
Movie • 2011
Self (archive footage)
Ghost
Movie • 1990
Arsenio Hall (uncredited)
Skip Chasers
Movie • 1998
Deacon
Being Eddie
Movie • 2025
Self
Martial Law
TV • 1998
Terrell Parker
The Real Ghostbusters
TV • 1986
Winston Zeddemore (voice)
The Arsenio Hall Show
TV • 1989
Self - Host
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
The View
TV • 1997
Self - Guest
Arsenio
TV • 1997
Michael Atwood
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
Behind the Music
TV • 1997
Self
Greatest Hits
TV • 2016
Host
The Chris Rock Show
TV • 1997
Self
The Arsenio Hall Show
TV • 2013
Self - Host
The History of Comedy
TV • 2017
Self
MTV Video Music Awards
TV • 1984
Self - Host
The Mayor
TV • 2017
Reverend Okoye
The Nineties
TV • 2017
Self
Tamron Hall
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
They Call Me Magic
TV • 2022
Self
The Jackie Thomas Show
TV • 1992
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
The Movies That Made Us
TV • 2019
Self (archive footage)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Deal With It
TV • 2013
Self
Star Search
TV • 1995
Self - Host
To Tell the Truth
TV • 2016
Self - Panelist
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
TV • 2023
Vernell (voice)
The Magic Hour
TV • 1998
Self
Lopez
TV • 2016
Self
Solid Gold
TV • 1980
Self -Host
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
TV • 2004
Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
TV • 2003
Self
Madame's Place
TV • 1982
Self
Muppets Tonight
TV • 1996
Self
Cheers
TV • 1982
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Chappelle's Show
TV • 2003
The View
TV • 1997
Self
The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour
TV • 1983
Host
The Norm Show
TV • 1999
Living Single
TV • 1993
Himself
Crutch
TV • 2025
Avery
I Can See Your Voice
TV • 2020
Self - Guest Panelist
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest Host
Hollywood Squares
TV • 2025
Self
Day by Day
TV • 1988
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Blossom
TV • 1990
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