Years active 1987– | Name Stephen Hall | |
Born May 17, 1969 (age 54) ( 1969-05-17 ) Melbourne, Australia | ||
Stephen Hall (born 17 May 1969, Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian actor, writer and producer.
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Television
Hall's career in television includes acting, writing and production duties. He has appeared in the long-running television series Neighbours, and in 2008 he performed the role of Warren in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) television comedy series The Hollowmen
He has also appeared in telemovies, including The King (2007), playing the role of Bert Newton.
As a producer, he worked on the Australian version of the game show Deal or No Deal.
As a TV writer he has worked on many Australian comedy and light entertainment TV productions, such as BackBerner, Big Bite, Full Frontal, and Spicks and Specks. He was a writer on the third series of the weekly satirical comedy programme Newstopia, broadcast on SBS in 2008. From 2009 to 2012, Hall served as head writer on the comedy game show Talkin' 'bout Your Generation. In 2013, he wrote for ABC-TV's weekly satirical comedy show Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell, and Adam Hills Tonight series 2, of which he was also the Studio Producer.
As of 2014, Hall is a regular cast member on Shaun Micallef's Mad As Hell.
Film
Hall's movie career includes appearances in Romper Stomper, The Wog Boy, and ''Now Add Honey''.
Theatre
Hall starred in the original Australian professional production of Monty Python's Spamalot in 2007, playing the roles of Lancelot, The French Taunter, Tim The Enchanter and The Head Knight of "Ni".
In 2011, Hall co-wrote (with Michael Ward) the comedy stage show Bond-A-Rama! Every James Bond Film Live On Stage, in which he played the roles of Sean Connery, Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan. The show was a sell out, prompting a second season in 2012.
In 2013, Hall wrote, produced and performed in the one man stage show Raiders of the Temple of Doom's Last Crusade; One Man Performs Three Indiana Jones Movies in One Hour, for the Melbourne Fringe Festival. The show was then revived for a successful season in the 2014 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
In March 2016, John Cleese cast Hall as Basil Fawlty in Cleese's own stage adaptation of his beloved TV series 'Fawlty Towers'. 'Fawlty Towers Live' opened in Sydney at the Roslyn Packer Theatre in August 2016, and toured Australia, running for 157 performances before finishing in Brisbane on January 22nd, 2017. The show received favourable reviews in each city it played in.
iPhone app
In 2014, Hall branched out to co-create the iPhone app Step-By-Step-Story.
Described as "a two-player, turn-based creative writing game", the app is a twist on the classic 'Chain Story' or 'Tandem Story' idea, where two friends write a story together, one paragraph at a time.
Quiz show champion
In August 2005, Hall won seven nights on the quiz show Temptation, becoming the program's second Grand Champion, and the second largest quiz or game show winner in Australian television history (at that time). The following year, he won the title of "Australia's Brainiest Quiz Master" on the Australian TV program of the same name and appeared as part of The Brains Trust on The Einstein Factor. Since 2013, he has run the blog www.howtowingameshows.com, which aims to provide tips and hints for winning game shows.
Author
In September 2015, Hall released his first eBook 'How To Win Game Shows', which is a 200+ page compilation of winning tips, hints, techniques and interviews with game show champions. hosts, producers and question writers.