Arsenio Hall

Known for: Acting
Born: February 12, 1955, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Movies: 41

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.

Best-Known Movies

7.2

Ghost

1990

6.9

Coming to America

1988

6.3

Coming 2 America

2021

7.1

Black Dynamite

2009

6.1

Igor

2008

5.5

Sandy Wexler

2017

6.1

Harlem Nights

1989

7.5

Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!

2006

7.3

Whitney

2018

5.4

Blankman

1994

Filmography

2026	AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy	Self
2025	Being Eddie	Self
2021	Coming 2 America	Semmi / Morris / Reverend Brown / Baba
2020	Zappa	Self (archive footage)
2020	Disclosure	Self (archive footage)
2019	Arsenio Hall: Smart and Classy	Himself
2019	Deborah Harry Does Not Like Interviews	Self
2018	Whitney	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2018	Gambler's Ballad: The Legend of Johnny Thompson	Self
2017	Gilbert	Self
2017	Sandy Wexler	Self
2015	Kareem: Minority of One	Self
2012	Eddie Murphy: One Night Only	Self
2012	Vanilla Ice Archive	Self (archive footage)
2011	Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey	Self
2011	Gloria: In Her Own Words	Self (archive footage)
2010	Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals	Self - Magic's Friend
2009	Black Dynamite	Tasty Freeze
2008	Igor	Carl Cristall (voice)
2007	Heckler	Self
2006	Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!	Captain Crothers (voice)
2005	The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie	Arsenio Hall
2005	The Proud Family Movie	Dr. Carver / Bobby Proud (voice)
2004	Before They Were Kings: Vol. 1	Self
2004	TV in Black: The First Fifty Years	Self (archive footage)
2001	Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored	Self
1999	Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker	Narrator
1998	Skip Chasers	Deacon
1997	WNBA: The Birth of a League	Self
1997	Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life	Self
1994	Blankman	Self
1992	Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS and You	Self - Host
1991	A Party For Richard Pryor	Self
1990	Ghost	Arsenio Hall (uncredited)
1989	Harlem Nights	Crying Man
1988	Coming to America	Semmi / Extremely Ugly Girl / Morris / Reverend Brown
1987	Amazon Women on the Moon	Apartment Victim (segment "Mondo Condo")
1987	Uptown Comedy Express

Directing, Writing & Producing

2019	Arsenio Hall: Smart and Classy	Writer
2004	Before They Were Kings: Vol. 1	Writer
1987	Uptown Comedy Express	Writer

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