Stephen Hall (born 17 May 1969) is an Australian actor, writer and producer.

Career

Television

Hall's career in television includes acting, writing and production duties. He was the host of Under Melbourne Tonight, a weekly live variety hour television program produced by RMITV that broadcast on C31 Melbourne from 1993 to 1998. He has appeared in the long-running television series '' Neighbours'', and in 2008 he performed the role of Warren in the

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(ABC) television comedy series ''

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'' "Warren: ''Departmental Under-Secretary''"
in "Who's Who" at ''

'' Official Website.

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. ABC TV, 2008.

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. 29 January 2009. He has also appeared in telemovies, including ''

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'' (2007), playing the role of

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. As a producer, he worked on the Australian version of the game show ''

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''. 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.David Knox
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, 30 September 2008.

. 29 January 2009. From 2009 to 2012, Hall served as head writer on the comedy game show ''

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''. In 2013, he wrote for ABC-TV's weekly satirical comedy show ''

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'', 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'', with popular characters including the political spokesman Darius Horsham.

Film

Hall's movie career includes appearances in ''

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, The Wog Boy'', '' Now Add Honey''
''That's Not My Dog''
and
Fraud Festival
'.

Theatre

Hall starred in the original Australian professional production of ''Monty Python's

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'' 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,

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cast Hall as

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in Cleese's own stage adaptation of his TV series '

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'. '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 22 January 2017. The show received favourable reviews in each city it played in.

Cartoon voice actor

Hall is an experienced voice actor for animation, playing characters in Cartoon Network's ''

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'' and ''

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Author

In September 2015, Hall released his first eBoo
''How To Win Game Shows''
which is a 197-page compilation of winning tips, hints and techniques plus interviews with game show champions, hosts, producers and question writers. From May 2019 to May 2020, Hall wrote the first draft of his science fiction adventure novel ''Symphony Under Siege'', releasing a new chapter online each week, a
www.TheStephenHall.com/novel-chapters
During its writing, he also kept a weekly video diar

chronicling the experiment. ''Symphony Under Siege'' is now availabl
as a paperback on Amazon
and as an eBook o
a number of platforms
In September 2022, he released his third boo
''50 Things To Be Seriously Grateful For Today* *and 50 not-so-serious things to illustrate them''
which he describes as "a very sincere, very silly non-fiction book... that also happens to be chock full of fiction".

Radio

From 1989 - 1993, Hall was one of the members of the late night (/ very early morning) comedy show ''The Marta Thripp Druidic Building Society Show TSP (in colour)'', on the Melbourne community radio station

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. In 2015, he guest starred in the second series of Australian science fiction audio drama '' Night Terrace'', playing the dual roles of Francisco de Cuellar and Sir

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in the episode "The Retirement of Horatio Gray". Originally available only as a digital download, the series was later broadcast on

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as part of their "7th Dimension" programme.

Quiz show champion

In August 2005, Hall won seven nights on the quiz show ''

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'', becoming the program's second Grand Champion, and the second largest quiz or game show winner in Australian television history (at that time), winning $672,357 in cash and prizes. The following year, he won the title of " Australia's Brainiest Quiz Master" on the Australian TV program of the

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and appeared as part of The Brains Trust on '' The Einstein Factor''. Since 2013, he has run the blo
www.HowToWinGameShows.com
which aims to provide tips and hints for winning game shows.

References

External links

TheStephenHall.com: Official blog, and home of the first draft of the novel.
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Professional biography and career résumé at Mollison Keightley Management
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hall, Stephen 1969 births Living people Australian male film actors Australian male television actors Australian screenwriters RMITV alumni