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.

KNOWN FOR

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2021
The Daily Show
2021
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2021
The View
2021
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2021
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
2021
Real Time with Bill Maher
2012
Cheers
1990
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2008
The Tamron Hall Show
2022
MTV Video Music Awards
1988
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2024

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
86
Writing
3
Producing
2
2026
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy
as Self
2026
Hollywood Squares
as Self
2025
Being Eddie
as Self
2025
Crutch
as Avery
2024
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
as Vernell (voice)
2023
The Super Models
as Self (archive footage)
2022
The Tamron Hall Show
as Self - Guest
2022
They Call Me Magic
as Self
2022
To Tell the Truth
as Self - Panelist
2021
Coming 2 America
as Semmi / Morris / Reverend Brown / Baba
2021
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
2021
The View
as Self - Guest
2021
The Daily Show
as Self
2021
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2021
The Movies That Made Us
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2021
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest Host
2021
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2020
Zappa
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Disclosure
as Self (archive footage)
2020
I Can See Your Voice
as Self - Guest Panelist
2019
Arsenio Hall: Smart and Classy
as Himself
2019
Deborah Harry Does Not Like Interviews
as Self
2018
Whitney
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2018
Gambler's Ballad: The Legend of Johnny Thompson
as Self
2017
Sandy Wexler
as Self
2017
Gilbert
as Self
2017
The History of Comedy
as Self
2017
The Mayor
as Reverend Okoye
2017
The Nineties
as Self
2017
Steve
as Self
2016
Greatest Hits
as Host
2016
Lopez
as Self
2015
Kareem: Minority of One
as Self
2014
Deal With It
as Self
2014
The View
as Self
2013
The Arsenio Hall Show
as Self - Host
2012
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only
as Self
2012
Vanilla Ice Archive
as Self (archive footage)
2012
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
2011
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
as Self
2011
Gloria: In Her Own Words
as Self (archive footage)
2010
Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals
as Self - Magic's Friend
2009
Black Dynamite
as Tasty Freeze
2008
Igor
as Carl Cristall (voice)
2008
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2007
Heckler
as Self
2006
Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!
as Captain Crothers (voice)
2005
The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie
as Arsenio Hall
2005
The Proud Family Movie
as Dr. Carver / Bobby Proud (voice)
2004
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
as Self (archive footage)
2004
Before They Were Kings: Vol. 1
as Self
2004
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
as Self
2004
Chappelle's Show
2001
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
as Self
2000
The Norm Show
1999
Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker
as Narrator
1998
Skip Chasers
as Deacon
1998
Martial Law
as Terrell Parker
1998
The Magic Hour
as Self
1997
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
as Self
1997
WNBA: The Birth of a League
as Self
1997
Arsenio
as Michael Atwood
1997
Behind the Music
as Self
1997
The Chris Rock Show
as Self
1997
Muppets Tonight
as Self
1994
Blankman
as Self
1994
Living Single
as Himself
1993
Blossom
as Arsenio Hall
1992
Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS and You
as Self - Host
1992
The Jackie Thomas Show
1991
A Party For Richard Pryor
as Self
1990
Ghost
as Arsenio Hall (uncredited)
1990
Cheers
as Arsenio Hall
1989
Harlem Nights
as Crying Man
1989
The Arsenio Hall Show
as Self - Host
1989
Day by Day
as Arsenio Hall
1988
Coming to America
as Semmi / Extremely Ugly Girl / Morris / Reverend Brown
1988
MTV Video Music Awards
as Self - Host
1987
Amazon Women on the Moon
as Apartment Victim (segment "Mondo Condo")
1987
Uptown Comedy Express
1987
Star Search
as Self - Host
1986
The Real Ghostbusters
as Winston Zeddemore (voice)
1986
Solid Gold
as Self -Host
1983
The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour
as Host
1982
Madame's Place
as Self