Creator / Brad Hall

William Bradford Hall (born March 21, 1958 in Santa Barbara, California) is an American actor, comedian, director, and writer best known for Saturday Night Live and The Single Guy.

He is married to actress/comedian Julia Louis-Dreyfus (both of whom were SNL cast members in the early-to-mid 1980s. In fact, they're, so far, the only SNL cast members married to each other) and they have two children.

Like most SNL cast members during Dick Ebersol's era, Hall is considered a forgotten cast member thanks to Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo stealing the spotlight during that time^note even Hall's own wife, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, fell victim to this [though when Murphy and Piscopo left before season 10 started, she did get more screentime] and the only reason people remember her now as a cast member is because she came back to host in 2006 and a big deal was made back then that she was the first female SNL cast member to host. Not even being a Weekend Update (or "Saturday Night News", as it was called) anchor made him stand out (which is why Ebersol got rid of Hall as Weekend Update anchor in the middle of season nine and experimented with having male celebrity hosts, like Robin Williams and Don Rickles, take over the anchor desk^note originally, Ebersol wanted Tim Kazurinsky to do it, but Kazurinsky was friends with Brad Hall and didn't want to betray him). However, Hall's turn as Weekend Update anchor is worth another look, as it did manage to recapture the dry wit that the "Not Ready for Primetime" Weekend Update anchors (Chase, Curtin, Aykroyd, and Murray) had^note though it would be a few more years before Dennis Miller's Weekend Update brought that segment back from the dead and returned to being the reason to watch SNL in case any of the sketches or performances weren't up to par. Outside of "Saturday Night News", Hall had three recurring characters (The Human Stapler^note a member of the superhero team, "The Interesting Four", who can bind enemies with his hands, Larry Rolans^note the host of "Larry's Corner", and Michael Phillips^note friend of Gary Kroeger's "El Dorko" character) and six celebrity impressions (John DeLorean, John Hinckley, Noel Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul, and Mary; Pete Best, Walter Mondale, and William F. Buckley).

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Filmography

Film roles

• Troll (1986) as William Daniels
• Worth Winning as Eric
• Limit Up as Marty Callahan
• The Guardian (1990) as Ned Runcie
• Bye Bye Love as Phil (also writer and producer)
• A Bug's Life as Grasshopper
• Must Love Dogs as Stanley (also producer)
• Love Shack as Dr. Alan Shack

Television roles

• Saturday Night Live as various (1982-1983, 2006, also writer)
• Nine To Five as Devlin (1 episode)
• Empty Nest as Chuck (1 episode)
• Day By Day as Charlie (1 episode)
• Curb Your Enthusiasm as Brad Hall (2 episodes)
• Parks and Recreation as Wreston St. James (1 episode)
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine as John William Weichselbraun (1 episode)
• Undone as Charlie (recurring)

Writer

• Frasier (1 episode)
• The Single Guy (also producer)
• Watching Ellie (also producer)
• Stars In Shorts No Ordinary Love (also director)
• Mas Sabe El Diablo Por Viejo

Director

• Brooklyn Bridge (1 episode)
• Veep (3 episodes)

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