Arsenio Hall Biography

Arsenio Hall is an American comedian, actor, and talk show host best known for hosting The Arsenio Hall Show, a late-night talk show that ran from 1989 until 1994, and again from 2013 to 2014. Hall is also known for his appearance as Alan Thicke’s sidekick on the talk show Thicke of the Night.

Arsenio Hall Age – How Old Is Arsenio Hall?

He was born on February 12, 1956 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. He is 67 years old as of 2022.

Arsenio Hall Height – How Tall Is Arsenio Hall?

He stands at a height of 5 feet 11 inch (1.8 m) weighing 75 kg (165 pounds).

Arsenio Hall Family

Arsenio was born in Cleveland, Ohio, United States to his loving parents Annie Hall(mother) and Fred Hall(father) who is a baptist minister.

Arsenio Hall Wife – Is Arsenio Hall Married?

Arsenio was in a longtime relationship with his manager and now ex-girlfriend Cheryl Bonacci they dated from 1987 to 2002.

Arsenio Hall Son

He has a son with Cheryl Bonacci who is called Arsenio Hall Jr. born in 1999.

Arsenio Hall Net Worth

He has an estimated net worth of $5 million which he has earned through his acting career.

Arsenio Hall Career

Hall has also appeared in other television shows and films including Coming to America (1988), Martial Law, Star Search (host), and Harlem Nights (1989).

Hall is the son of Fred Hall and Annie Hall. His father is a Baptist minister. Hall used to perform as a magician when he was a child.

He attended and graduated from Warrensville Heights High School in Warrensville Heights, Ohio in 1973, after he briefly attended John F. Kennedy High School. Hall later attended college at Kent State University.

Hall later moved to Chicago, and then Los Angeles, to pursue her career in comedy, making a couple of appearances on Soul Train.

In 1984, Hall was the announcer/sidekick for Alan Thicke during the short-lived talk show Thicke of the Night.

He was also the original voice of Winston Zeddemore in the animated television series, The Real Ghostbusters from 1986 to 1987. In 1988, he co-starred with Eddie Murphy in the comedy film Coming to America.

Arsenio Hall Now – What Is Arsenio Hall Doing Now?

In March 2004, Hall appeared as himself in Chappelle’s Show when Chappelle was imagining “what Arsenio is doing right now” in a dinner scene.

Arsenio Hall Dead

Arsenio Hall is not dead he is still alive. When news about his death quickly spread it raised concern among fans across the world. However the report was confirmed as a complete hoax and just the latest in a string of fake celebrity death reports. Thankfully Hall is alive and well.

Eddie Murphy And Arsenio Hall

In 1988, Hall co-starred with Eddie Murphy in the comedy film Coming to America. The film follows young Prince Akeem, played by Murphy, as he travels from his wealthy African country to Queens with his best friend Semmi (Hall) in tow, as he seeks to escape his arranged marriage and find true love.

Arsenio Hall Paula Abdul

Paula Abdul and Hall started dating after meeting on the set of the movie “Coming to America.” It was rumored in 2009 that the two were giving their relationship another chance, but it turned out just to be just gossip.

Arsenio Hall Catchphrase

While hosting Star Search, Hall popularized the catchphrase “Hit me with the digits!”.

Arsenio Hall Stand-Up

In an interview, Hall was asked what triggered his decision to return to stand-up and he answered, “I’ve always wanted to do it, but the longer you stay away, the wall of fear grows higher. I remember I went to see my buddy George Lopez a few years ago just to hang out and he was like, “Why don’t you get up and do five minutes?” I was like, “I can’t do five minutes!” Now you can’t get me off the stage. It’s funny how young comics were trying to get me to come back. They’re doing to me what I’m doing to Eddie right now. I keep bugging him that when the sequel to “Coming to America” comes out that we should hit the clubs. You want to share it. It’s like a great walleye restaurant with great walleye McNuggets; you want everyone to try them.”

Arsenio Hall Drugs

On May 5, 2016, Hall filed a $5 million defamation lawsuit against Sinéad O’Connor after she claimed that Hall had fueled Prince’s drug habit and also had spiked her drink during a party at Eddie Murphy’s house. Prince died in April 2016 at the age of 57.

In February 2017, Hall dropped the lawsuit after O’Connor apologized and retracted her allegation that Hall had supplied Prince with drugs.

In her apology statement, O’Connor said, “I apologize for my Facebook posts about Arsenio Hall to the extent that anyone thought I was accusing him of acting as Prince’s drug dealer and supplying him with illegal hard drugs, or insinuating that Arsenio had something to do with Prince’s death. I sincerely apologize because those statements would be false, and I retract them unequivocally.”

Arsenio Hall Gay

In 1991, Hall got into a heated exchange with gay rights activists from Queer Nation after they disrupted his show. The protesters were angry at Hall for not featuring gay guests on The Arsenio Hall Show. In the exchange, Hall took a firm pro-gay stance, which was a rarity on television.

“You think I haven’t had somebody on my show because they’re gay? What’s wrong with you, man?” Hall yelled at a protester. “The one thing that I would not do is discriminate against a guest because of their sexual preference. To be honest with you, there are a lot of gay guests on this show, but it ain’t none of your damn business that they’re gay.”

In 2014, Hall gave an interview with the Logo cable network, explaining why the protests bothered him so much. “It’s because I knew who I was. I knew a lot of my friends didn’t come to my defense when everyone was in the closet,” Hall says. “I can give you 20 guests on my show in a month [who were gay], but they weren’t talking about it. Luther Vandross ain’t talking about it. He can’t at that time. Louie Anderson can’t then. Ellen can’t then. Rosie can’t then.”

Arsenio Hall Movies And Tv Shows

Arsenio Hall Movies

Arsenio Hall Tv Shows