Editing Arsenio Hall

{{Short description|American comedian, actor and TV host (born 1956)}}
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| name               = Arsenio Hall
| image              = Arsenio Hall 2012 (cropped).jpg
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| caption            = Hall in July 2012
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1956|2|12}}
| birth_place        = [[Cleveland]], Ohio, U.S.
| alma_mater         = [[Kent State University]]
| occupation         = {{hlist|Comedian|actor|talk show host}}
| years_active       = 1981–present<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography|url=http://www.arseniohall.com/|work=Arsenio Hall|access-date=May 22, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Daly |first=Sean |title=Back from the dad |url=https://nypost.com/2012/02/14/back-from-the-dad/|access-date=June 9, 2022 |newspaper=[[New York Post]]|date=February 14, 2012}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|arseniohall.com}}
| partner            = Cheryl Bonacci (1987–2002)<ref>
* {{cite news |last=Keith |first=Amy Elisa |date=September 16, 2013 |title=Arsenio Hall: Poised for a Comeback |url=https://www.ebony.com/entertainment/arsenio-hall-poised-for-a-comeback-555/ |work=[[Ebony (magazine)|Ebony]] |location= |access-date=March 5, 2021}} 
* {{cite news |last=Moore |first=Frazier |date=September 5, 2013 |title=Arsenio fulfills his dream with late-night return |url=https://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20130905/arsenio-fulfills-his-dream-with-late-night-return/1 |work=[[Sarasota Herald-Tribune]] |location= |access-date=March 5, 2021}} 
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'''Arsenio Hall''' (born February 12, 1956) is an American comedian, actor and talk show host. He hosted a [[late-night talk show]], ''[[The Arsenio Hall Show]]'',<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Arsenio Hall: One of 1990s great entertainers|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|url=http://www.ew.com/article/1990/12/28/arsenio-hall-one-1990s-great-entertainers |first=Benjamin |last=Svetkey |date=December 28, 1990|access-date=June 9, 2022}}</ref> from 1989 until 1994, and again from 2013 to 2014.

He has appeared in ''[[Martial Law (TV series)|Martial Law]]'', ''[[Coming to America]]'' (1988), ''[[Coming 2 America]]'' (2021), and ''[[Harlem Nights]]'' (1989). He was also the host of ''[[Star Search]]'' and appeared as [[Alan Thicke]]'s [[sidekick]] on the talk show ''[[Thicke of the Night]]''.

In 2012, he won [[NBC]]'s reality-competition game show ''[[The Apprentice (U.S. season 12)|Celebrity Apprentice 5]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/television/celebrity-apprentice-final-recap-arsenio-hall-tops-clay-aiken-article-1.1081797 |last=Chen|first=Joyce|title='Celebrity Apprentice' final recap: Arsenio Hall tops Clay Aiken |work=New York Daily News|date=May 21, 2012|access-date=May 21, 2012}}</ref>

==Early life==
Hall was born in [[Cleveland]], Ohio, the son of Fred and Annie Hall. His father is a [[Baptists|Baptist minister]].<ref name=filmref>{{cite web | title=Arsenio Hall Biography (1955-) | url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/15/Arsenio-Hall.html | publisher=Film Reference | year=2008 | access-date=July 6, 2008}}</ref> Hall performed as a magician when he was a child. He graduated from [[Warrensville Heights High School]] in [[Warrensville Heights, Ohio]], in 1973, after briefly  attending [[John F. Kennedy High School (Cleveland, Ohio)|John F. Kennedy High School]]. He later attended [[Ohio University]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=McIntyre |first1=Michael K. |title=Arsenio Hall comes home for Rocksino comedy show |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2018/08/woof_woof_arsenio_hall_returns.html |website=The Plain-Dealer |access-date=June 9, 2022 |date=August 2, 2018}}</ref> and [[Kent State University]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Dawidziak |first=Mark |title=Arsenio Hall and Clay Aiken are this season's 'Celebrity Apprentice' finalists |url=https://www.cleveland.com/tv-blog/2012/05/arsenio_hall_and_clay_aiken_are_this_seasons_celebrity_apprentice_finalists.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711210138/http://mobile.cleveland.com/advcleve/pm_29206/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=0ZIMZvxv |url-status=live |archive-date=July 11, 2012 |access-date=June 9, 2022 |newspaper=[[The Plain Dealer]] |date=May 17, 2012 }}</ref>

==Career==
Hall later moved to Chicago, and then Los Angeles, to pursue a career in comedy, making a couple of appearances on ''[[Soul Train]]''. In 1984, he was the announcer/sidekick for [[Alan Thicke]] during the short-lived talk show ''[[Thicke of the Night]]'' (a role for which he has on occasion noted his confusion with [[Monty Hall]]).

He appeared on five weeks of episodes of the short-lived [[NBC]] [[game show]] ''[[Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour]]'' from 1983 to 1984. He was also the original voice of [[Winston Zeddemore]] in the animated series ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]'' from 1986 to 1987. In 1988, he co-starred in the comedy film ''[[Coming to America]]'' with [[Eddie Murphy]]. During his career, he set up Arsenio Hall Communications in 1987, and then he had signed a two-year, multi-picture agreement with [[Paramount Pictures]] to develop films for an exclusive agreement.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1987-12-09 |title=Arsenio Hall inks picture pact at Par |page=6 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

===Talk shows===
In 1986, the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] network introduced ''[[The Late Show (1986 TV series)|The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers]]'', created to directly challenge ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]''. After a moderate start, ratings for the show sagged. Relations between Rivers and network executives at Fox quickly eroded, and she left in 1987.<ref>{{cite news|last=Adams|first=Guy|title=Joan Rivers: 'I'm the funniest person performing stand-up today'|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/joan-rivers-im-the-funniest-person-performing-standup-today-2111966.html|access-date=May 22, 2012|newspaper=The Independent|date=October 23, 2010|location=London}}</ref> The series was subsequently renamed ''The Late Show'', and featured several interim hosts, including [[Ross Shafer]], [[Suzanne Somers]], [[Shawn Thompson]], [[Richard Belzer]] and [[Robert Townsend (actor)|Robert Townsend]], before it was canceled in 1988. Hall was also chosen to host the show in the fall of 1987, and his stint proved immensely popular, leading to his being offered his own show in syndication.<ref>{{cite news|last=Njeri|first=Itabari|title=Fresh Talk: 'We Be Havin' a Ball,' Says Arsenio Hall. But Can the Talk-Show Host's Hip New Style Succeed on Late-Night TV?|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-04-16-tm-2132-story.html|access-date=June 9, 2022|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=April 16, 1989}}</ref>

From January 2, 1989, to May 27, 1994, he had a [[Paramount Television|Paramount]] contract to host a nationwide [[Broadcast syndication|syndicated]] late-night talk show, ''[[The Arsenio Hall Show]]''. It was a breakout success, rating especially high among the coveted younger demographic, and it was known for its audience's distinctive alternative to applause in chanting, "Woof, woof, woof!" (which originated in the [[Cleveland Browns]]' [[Dawg Pound]] in the east end zone) while pumping their fists. The practice soon became such a ritual that by 1991 it had become a "[[popular culture|pop culture]] stamp of approval"—one that Hall said had become "so popular it's getting on people's nerves".<ref name="crankit">{{cite web| title= Crank It Up! | url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1991-04-03-9104020300-story.html | work=[[Los Angeles Daily News]] | author=Diana E. Lundin | publisher=[[Orlando Sentinel]] | date= April 3, 1991| access-date=June 9, 2022}}</ref> The gesture was so well known that it appeared in films such as ''[[Pretty Woman]]'' and ''[[The Hard Way (1991 film)|The Hard Way]]''.<!--If you add films to this list, please cite a reference!--><ref name="crankit"/>

He also had a rivalry with [[Jay Leno]] after the latter was named host of ''[[The Tonight Show]]'', during which Hall said that he would "kick Jay's ass" in [[Nielsen ratings|ratings]].<ref>{{cite magazine | title=Celebrity Quotes | url=https://ew.com/article/1995/02/24/celebrity-quotes/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly | date=February 24, 1995 | access-date=June 9, 2022}}</ref>

==== Support of gay rights and the fight against AIDS ====
Hall was a supporter of [[LGBT rights in the United States|gay rights]] long before the movement had become overwhelmingly popular and supported in the mainstream, [[African-American LGBT community|especially in black culture]]. In the early 1990s, this culminated in an episode of ''The Arsenio Hall Show'' where Hall was protested by gay rights activists, who criticized that he didn't have any gay guests on the show and that he would occasionally play gay characters; Hall was clearly upset by the accusation, saying he had famously put LGBT celebrities on his show, including [[Elton John]], and had others on who preferred not to publicly advocate their sexual orientation.<ref>{{Citation |title=Arsenio Hall stands his ground against protesters; supports gay guests. | date=May 10, 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6W5_CSk044 |access-date=2023-06-11 |language=en}}</ref> After passionately stating his points, Hall received overwhelming woof chants of support from his audience. Additionally, Hall used his fame during this period to help fight worldwide prejudice against [[HIV/AIDS]] after [[Magic Johnson]] contracted the virus. Hall and Johnson filmed a [[public service announcement]] about the disease that aired in the early 1990s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1992-04-19-9204190407-story.html|title=Magic Johnson, Arsenio Team Up For Aids Video|date=April 19, 1992|work=Orlando Sentinel|access-date=June 9, 2022}}</ref>

===Other television and radio work===
[[File:Arsenio Hall (cropped).jpg|thumb|Hall at the 1989 [[Emmy Awards]]]]
Between 1988 and 1991, Hall hosted the [[MTV Video Music Award]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1991/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080830021804/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1991/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 30, 2008 |title=1991 MTV Video Music Awards |publisher=MTV |access-date=January 30, 2016}}</ref> Over the years, he has appeared as a guest on numerous talk shows, in special features, as a voice actor, on game shows and other award shows. Since ''The Arsenio Hall Show'' ended, Hall had leading roles on television shows such as the short-lived sitcom ''[[Arsenio (TV series)|Arsenio]]'' (1997) and ''[[Martial Law (TV series)|Martial Law]]'' with [[Sammo Hung]] (1998–2000), and hosted the revival of ''[[Star Search]]'' (2003–2004). While hosting ''Star Search'', he popularized the [[catchphrase]] "Hit me with the digits!"

Hall appeared as himself in ''[[Chappelle's Show]]'' in March 2004 (convinced by Swedish comedy director Saman Khadiri) when Chappelle was imagining "what Arsenio is doing right now" in a dinner scene.<ref>{{cite web|title=Season 2, Episode 9|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/chappelles-show/ep-209-321153/|work=Chappelle's Show|publisher=TV.com|access-date=May 22, 2012|date=March 24, 2004}}</ref> Hall has guest co-hosted Wednesday evenings on ''[[The Tim Conway Jr. Show]]'' on [[KNX-FM|KLSX]] 97.1 FM radio.<ref>{{cite web | title=Tim Conway and Friends | url=http://www.971freefm.com/pages/1925907.php | work=KLSX 97.1 | year=2008 | access-date=July 17, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723141433/http://www.971freefm.com/pages/1925907.php | archive-date=July 23, 2008 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref>  He hosted [[MyNetworkTV]]'s comedic web video show ''[[The World's Funniest Moments]]'' and [[TV One (US TV network)|TV One]]'s ''100 Greatest Black Power Moves''.<ref>[https://www.tvguide.com/News/Arsenio-Hall-New-58316.aspx Arsenio Hall Is Back with Two New Shows]''. November 9, 2008. Retrieved November 12, 2008.</ref> He also appeared on ''[[Real Time with Bill Maher]]'' in May 2012, in a discussion commemorating the [[1992 Los Angeles riots]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Episode 247 of Real Time with Bill Maher | url=http://www.hbo.com/real-time-with-bill-maher/episodes/index.html#/real-time-with-bill-maher/episodes/0/247-episode/index.html}}</ref>

Hall was considered the host of the syndicated version of ''[[Deal or No Deal (U.S. syndicated game show)|Deal or No Deal]]'' and filmed a pilot (there were six taped).<ref>{{cite news|last=Keller|first=Richard|title=Howie says no deal to syndicated deal of Deal or no Deal|url=http://www.aoltv.com/2006/12/11/howie-says-no-deal-to-syndicated-deal-of-deal-or-no-deal/|access-date=May 21, 2012|newspaper=HuffPost TV|date=December 11, 2006}}</ref><ref name="notedguys">{{cite news | title=Arsenio Hall | url=http://notedguys.com/arsenio-hall/ | work=NotedGuys.com | access-date=January 26, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100305114030/http://notedguys.com/arsenio-hall/ | archive-date=March 5, 2010 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref> However, by the time the syndicated series began on September 8, 2008, [[Howie Mandel]] was chosen as host.

Hall also appeared regularly on ''[[The Jay Leno Show]]'', and was a guest on ''[[Lopez Tonight]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Arsenio Hall: Credits|url=http://www.tv.com/people/arsenio-hall/|publisher=[[TV.com]]|access-date=May 21, 2012}}</ref> [[George Lopez]] credits Arsenio as the reason he had a late night show; Lopez appeared on ''The Arsenio Hall Show'' more times than any other comedian. Lopez requested Hall be a co-host on ''[[Lopez Tonight]]'' (November 25, 2009) since he regarded Hall as his inspiration and the first "late night party show host".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lopeztonight.com/george_in_his_own_words/ |title=George in His Own Words |publisher=Lopez Tonight |access-date=October 17, 2011 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=July 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722081947/http://www.lopeztonight.com/george_in_his_own_words/ }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Joshua Alston |url=https://www.newsweek.com/wanda-sykes-and-late-night-tvs-new-color-barrier-81345 |title=Wanda Sykes and Late Night TV's New Color Barrier |work=Newsweek|date=October 28, 2009 |access-date=June 9, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Dave Walker |url=https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/movies_tv/article_d0ea97fa-7c43-5713-abed-9e4f8e83ebca.html|title='Lopez Tonight' aims for 'Arsenio' vibe |newspaper=The Times Picayune |date=November 9, 2009 |access-date=October 17, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.turner.com/press_kits.cfm?presskit_id=169 |title=Turner Newsroom: Press Kits |publisher=Turner |access-date=October 17, 2011}}</ref> Hall has filled in as guest host for NBC's ''[[Access Hollywood|Access Hollywood Live]]'' (2011) and [[CNN]]'s evening talk/interview program ''[[Piers Morgan Tonight]]'' in 2012.

In 2012, Hall was a contestant on the fifth edition of ''[[The Apprentice (American season 12)|The Celebrity Apprentice]]'', which began airing February 19, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title='Celebrity Apprentice' cast includes Arsenio Hall, Clay Aiken|url=http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/Celebrity-Apprentice-cast-includes-Arsenio-Hall--Clay-Aiken/8490467|publisher=OTRC|access-date=January 5, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109085027/http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/Celebrity-Apprentice-cast-includes-Arsenio-Hall--Clay-Aiken/8490467|archive-date=January 9, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Hall represented his charity, the [[Magic Johnson Foundation]], which is dedicated to advancing economic and social equality by engaging minorities in every aspect of their communities; increasing academic and innovative achievement; and raising HIV/AIDS awareness, treatment and prevention. While Hall clashed with [[Aubrey O'Day]], he befriended a majority of the cast.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-celebrity-apprentice-finale-who-got-hired-video_n_1532021 | work=HuffPost | title='Celebrity Apprentice' Finale: Who Got Hired? | date=May 21, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Ross |first=Dalton |url=https://ew.com/article/2012/05/14/celebrity-apprentice-aubrey-oday-fidel-castro-arsenio-hall/ |title='Celebrity Apprentice': Aubrey O'Day talks controversial comments|publisher=Entertainment Weekly |date=May 14, 2012 |access-date=June 9, 2022}}</ref> On May 20, 2012, in the live season finale, he was chosen as the ''Celebrity Apprentice'' winner, being "hired" by [[Donald Trump]] over the other celebrity finalist, singer [[Clay Aiken]]. For winning ''The Celebrity Apprentice'', Hall won the $250,000 grand prize for his charity, in addition to money for the tasks he and his team performed when he was a team leader.<ref>{{cite news|author=Vicki Hyman/The Star-Ledger |url=https://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/2012/04/celebrity_apprentice_recap_3.html |title='Celebrity Apprentice' recap: Aubrey O'Day won't be bullied (that's her job!) |work=NJ |access-date= June 9, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/aubrey-oday-arsenio-hall-called-me-a-whore-201244/ |title=Aubrey O'Day: Arsenio Hall Called Me "a Whore" |publisher=Us Weekly |date=April 4, 2012 |access-date= June 9, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Lou Ferrigno |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/306074/shes_baaack_celebrity_apprentices_evil |title=She's Baaack! Celebrity Apprentice's "Evil" Aubrey O'Day Returns for "Unbelievably Brutal" Episodes |publisher=E! Online |date=April 3, 2012 |access-date= June 9, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Andy Swift |url=http://www.hollywoodlife.com/2012/04/02/aubrey-oday-quitting-celebrity-apprentice-rumors/?v02 |title=Aubrey O'Day On 'Celebrity Apprentice' – Will She Win? Feud Details |publisher=Hollywoodlife.com |access-date=June 7, 2012 |archive-date=June 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608041048/http://www.hollywoodlife.com/2012/04/02/aubrey-oday-quitting-celebrity-apprentice-rumors/?v02 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

A revival of Hall's syndicated late-night talk show, ''The Arsenio Hall Show'', premiered September 9, 2013, on [[Tribune Broadcasting#Tribune-owned stations|Tribune owned stations]] and other networks via [[CBS Television Distribution]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|title=It's Official: CBS TV Distribution To Do Late-Night Talk Show With Arsenio Hall; Show Cleared In 52% Of US Via Tribune Deal|url=https://deadline.com/2012/06/its-official-cbs-tv-distribution-to-develop-late-night-talk-show-with-cbs-distribution-show-cleared-in-52-of-us-via-tribune-deal-288267/ |date=June 18, 2012 |magazine=Deadline|access-date=June 9, 2022}}</ref> It was canceled after one season due to low ratings. The last taping aired May 30, 2014.<ref>[https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/cbs-cancels-the-arsenio-hall-show-1201199060/ 'The Arsenio Hall Show' Canceled After One Season] Variety. May 30, 2014</ref>

Arsenio appeared in a bit in the January 2024 Emmys.<ref>[https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/california/articles/2024-01-11/emmys-will-have-reunions-recreations-of-shows-like-lucy-martin-greys-anatomy-and-thrones]</ref>

==Personal life==
In 1997, after being out of the public eye for three years, Hall gave an interview to dispel rumors regarding what had driven him off stage. "I went on the Internet," he said, "and read I was in detox at [[Betty Ford Center|Betty Ford]]. I got online under a fake name and typed in, 'I know Arsenio better than anyone else and he's not in detox, you idiots!'"<ref name="philly">{{cite web|url=http://articles.philly.com/1997-03-05/news/25572605_1_arsenio-hall-late-night-wars-show|publisher=Philly|title=He Survived Hall Hell Arsenio Talks About His Down Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160710024731/http://articles.philly.com/1997-03-05/news/25572605_1_arsenio-hall-late-night-wars-show|archive-date=July 10, 2016|access-date=January 26, 2017}}</ref>

Hall has one son, born in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/arsenio-hall-choosing-fatherhood-over-fame-65141|publisher=Newsweek|title= Arsenio Hall on Choosing Fatherhood Over Fame |date=June 11, 2012 |access-date=January 26, 2017}}</ref> Hall says he took time off to raise his son before resuming ''The Arsenio Hall Show'' in 2013.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/for-arsenio-hall-back-is-beautiful/ | work=CBS News | title=For Arsenio Hall, back is beautiful | date=September 1, 2013}}</ref> Hall had an interest in returning to the business eventually, but his decision was not confirmed until he appeared on ''Lopez Tonight'' in 2009 (although he initially considered a weekend show because he did not want to compete in [[Nielsen ratings|ratings]] against his friend George Lopez).<ref>{{cite web|last=Schneider |first=Michael |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/arsenio-hall-interview-1070082/ |title=Arsenio Hall on Carson, Leno and Why He's Coming Back to Late Night|work=TV Guide |date=September 9, 2013 |access-date=June 9, 2022}}</ref>

On May 5, 2016, Hall filed a $5 million [[defamation]] [[lawsuit]] against [[Sinéad O'Connor]] after she claimed he had fueled [[Prince (musician)|Prince's]] drug habit and had also spiked his drink at a party at [[Eddie Murphy]]'s house.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmz.com/2016/05/05/arsenio-hall-sinead-oconnor-defamation-lawsuit-prince-drugs/ |title=Arsenio Hall files a lawsuit after defamation |date=May 5, 2016 |publisher=[[TMZ]]|access-date=May 5, 2016}}</ref> Hall dropped the lawsuit after O'Connor apologized and retracted her allegations.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/arsenio-hall-sinead-oconnor-drop-prince-drug-dispute-w468494|title=Arsenio Hall Drops Sinead O'Connor Lawsuit Over Prince Drug Comments|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=2018-02-08}}</ref>

==Recognition==
* [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture#Winners and nominees|1988 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture]] (''[[Coming to America]]'')
* [[American Comedy Awards#1989 Awards|1989 American Comedy Award]] for Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture (''Coming to America'')
* Hall received an honorary [[Doctor of Humane Letters]] degree from [[Central State University]], [[Wilberforce, Ohio]], Spring 1992.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sally Jessy Raphael retreats from retreatTalk show...|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1992-04-08-1992099076-story.html|access-date=June 9, 2022|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|date=April 8, 1992}}</ref>

==Filmography==

===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable" 
|+ List of film performances
|-
!scope="col" style="width:4em;"| Year
!scope="col"| Title
!scope="col"| Role
!scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
| 1987
!scope="row"| ''[[Amazon Women on the Moon]]''
| Apartment Victim
|
|-
| 1988
!scope="row"| ''[[Coming to America]]''
| Semmi, Extremely Ugly Girl, Morris, Reverend Brown
|
|-
| 1989
!scope="row"| ''[[Harlem Nights]]''
| Reggie (The Crying Man)
|
|-
| 1989
!scope="row"| ''[[Straight Up (Paula Abdul song)#Music video|Paula Abdul: Straight Up]]''
| Himself
| Music video
|-
| 1994
!scope="row"| ''[[Blankman]]''
| Himself
|
|-
| 2005
!scope="row"| ''[[The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie]]''
| Himself
|
|-
| 2005
!scope="row"| ''[[The Proud Family Movie]]''
| Dr. Carver, Bobby Proud
|
|-
| 2006
!scope="row"| ''[[Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!]]''
| Captain Crothers
|
|-
| 2007
!scope="row"| ''[[Heckler (film)|Heckler]]''
| Himself
|
|-
| 2008
!scope="row"| ''[[Igor (film)|Igor]]''
| Carl Cristall
|
|-
| 2009
!scope="row"| ''[[Black Dynamite]]''
| Tasty Freeze
|
|-
| 2017
!scope="row"| ''[[Gilbert (film)|Gilbert]]''
| Himself
|
|-
| 2017
!scope="row"| ''[[Sandy Wexler]]''
| Himself
|
|-
| 2021
!scope="row"| ''[[Coming 2 America]]''
| Semmi, Morris, Reverend Brown, Baba (witch doctor), Extremely Ugly Girl (archival footage)
|
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of television performances
|-
!scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Title
!scope="col"| Role
!scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes
!scope="col" class="unsortable"| Refs
|-
| 1981, 1989
!scope="row"| ''[[Soul Train]]''
| Himself
| 2 episodes
| <ref name="soultrain">{{cite web|url=http://soultrain.com/2015/11/16/soul-train-history-book-soul-train-25th-anniversary-hall-of-fame/|publisher=Soul Train|title=Soul Train History Book: 'Soul Train 25th Anniversary Hall of Fame'|access-date=January 26, 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 1982
!scope="row"| ''[[Madame's Place]]''
| Himself
|
|
|-
| 1982
!scope="row"| ''[[Elvira's Movie Macabre]]''
| Dr. Mustapha Abdul Raheem Jamaal X Muhammad, Tyrone
|
|
|-
| 1983
!scope="row"| ''The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour''
| Host
|
| <ref name="berry">{{cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema|author1=Berry, S.T.|author2=Berry, V.T.|date=2015|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=9781442247024|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8NJbCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA196|page=196|access-date=January 26, 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 1983–1984
!scope="row"| ''[[Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour]]''
| Celebrity panelist
|
|
|-
| 1983–1984
!scope="row"| ''[[Thicke of the Night]]''
| Actor / Himself (1984)
|
|
|-
| 1985
!scope="row"| ''The Motown Revue Starring Smokey Robinson''
| Regular
|
| <ref name="newsok">{{cite web|url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1985/08/04/motown-revue-smokin-toward-television-series/62756114007/|publisher=The Oklahoman|title=Motown Revue' Smokin' Toward Television Series|access-date=June 9, 2022}}</ref>
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| 1985
!scope="row"| ''[[Love, American Style#New versions|New Love, American Style]]''
| Actor
|
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/people/arsenio-hall-9542195#the-arsenio-hall-show|title=Arsenio Hall|website=Biography|language=en-us|access-date=2018-02-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208124414/https://www.biography.com/people/arsenio-hall-9542195#the-arsenio-hall-show|archive-date=February 8, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 1986
!scope="row"| ''[[The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]''
| Cleavon
| Episode titled ''Happy Birthday''<br />air date March 23, 1986
|
|-
| 1986–1987
!scope="row"| ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]''
| [[Winston Zeddemore]], Mooglie
| seasons 1–3
|
|-
| 1987
!scope="row"| ''Uptown Comedy Express''
| Himself
|
|
|-
| 1987
!scope="row"| ''Comedy Club''
| Himself
|
|
|-
| 1987–1988
!scope="row"| ''[[The Late Show (1986 TV series)|The Late Show]]''
| Host
|
|
|-
| 1988
!scope="row"| ''[[Solid Gold (TV series)|Solid Gold]]''
| Himself
|
|
|-
| 1989
!scope="row"| ''[[Comic Relief USA#Chronology of events|Comic Relief III]]''
| Himself
|
|
|-
| 1989–1994
!scope="row"| ''[[The Arsenio Hall Show]]''
| Host
| Also writer and producer
|
|-
| 1990
!scope="row"| ''[[Doogie Howser, M.D.]]''
| Himself
|
|
|-
| 1990
!scope="row"| ''[[Cheers]]''
| Himself
|
|
|-
| 1992
!scope="row"| ''Ebony/Jet Showcase''
| Himself
|
| <ref name="google">{{cite magazine|title=Arsenio Hall In a Special Two-Part Interview on 'Showcase'|magazine=Jet|date=June 15, 1992|issn=0021-5996|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l7kDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA66|page=66 Company|access-date=January 26, 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 1992
!scope="row"| ''[[The Jackie Thomas Show]]''
| Himself
| Ep. "The Joke"
| <ref name="tvguide">{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/the-jackie-thomas-show/episode-5-season-1/the-joke/202316/ |work=TV Guide|title=Watch The Jackie Thomas Show Season 1 Episode 5: The Joke|access-date=January 26, 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 1993
!scope="row"| ''[[Blossom (American TV series)|Blossom]]''
| Himself
|
|
|-
| 1994
!scope="row"| ''[[Living Single]]''
| Himself
|
|
|-
| 1997
!scope="row"| ''[[Arsenio (TV series)|Arsenio]]''
| Michael Atwood
|
| <ref name="google2">{{cite magazine|title=Arsenio Hall Returns to TV In New ABC Series|magazine=Jet|date=March 3, 1997  |issn=0021-5996|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mjkDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA54 |page=54 |access-date=January 26, 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 1997
!scope="row"| ''[[Behind the Music]]''
| Himself
| Ep. "MC Hammer: Behind the Music #2"
| <ref name="vh1">{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/episodes/67wmry/behind-the-music-mc-hammer-behind-the-music-2-season-1-ep-002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105032929/http://www.vh1.com/episodes/67wmry/behind-the-music-mc-hammer-behind-the-music-2-season-1-ep-002|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2016|publisher=VH1|title=Behind The Music: S1, E2 - MC Hammer|access-date=January 26, 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 1997
!scope="row"| ''[[Muppets Tonight]]''
| Guest
|
|
|-
| 1998
!scope="row"| ''[[Intimate Portrait (TV series)|Intimate Portrait]]''
| Narrator
|
|
|-
| 1998–2000
!scope="row"| ''[[Martial Law (TV series)|Martial Law]]''
| Terrell Parker
| 36 episodes
|
|-
| 2000
!scope="row"| ''[[The Norm Show]]''
| Joe
| Episode titled ''Norm vs. the Kid''<br />air date December 8, 2000 
|
|-
| 2002–2003
!scope="row"| ''[[Hollywood Squares]]''
| Celebrity panel
|
|
|-
| 2003–2004
!scope="row"| ''[[Star Search]]''
| Host
|
|
|-
| 2003
!scope="row"| ''Tinseltown TV''
| Himself
|
|
|-
| 2004
!scope="row"| ''[[CBS Cares]]''
| Himself
| PSA
|
|-
| 2008–2009
!scope="row"| ''[[The World's Funniest Moments]]''
| Host
|
|
|-
| 2009–2010
!scope="row"| ''[[The Jay Leno Show]]''
| Correspondent
|
|
|-
| 2009
!scope="row"| ''[[Brothers (2009 TV series)|Brothers]]''
| Himself
|
|
|-
| 2012
!scope="row"| ''[[The Celebrity Apprentice 5]]''
| Contestant
| Winner of competition
|
|-
| 2013–2014
!scope="row"| ''[[The Arsenio Hall Show]]''
| Host
| Also producer
|
|-
| 2015–2016
!scope="row"| ''[[Real Husbands of Hollywood]]''
| Himself - Guest star
|
|
|-
| 2016
!scope="row"| ''[[Greatest Hits (TV series)|Greatest Hits]]''
| Host
|
| <ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/abc-singing-show-greatest-hits-arsenio-hall-kelsea-ballerini-7364723/ |magazine=Billboard |title=ABC Orders Singing Show 'Greatest Hits' Hosted by Arsenio Hall & Kelsea Ballerini|access-date=June 9, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| 2017–2018
!scope="row"| ''[[The Mayor (TV series)|The Mayor]]''
| Ocho Okoye
| Guest; 2 episodes
|
|-
| 2018
!scope="row"|''[[All About the Washingtons]]''
| Himself
| Guest; 2 episodes
|
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of biography television shows and specials
|-
! Year
! Title
! Episode
! class="unsortable" | Notes
! class="unsortable" | Refs
|-
| 1996–2008
!scope="row"| ''[[Biography (TV series)|Biography]]''
|
| 5 episodes
|
|-
| 2001
!scope="row"| ''[[E! True Hollywood Story]]''
|
|
|
|-
| 2008
!scope="row"| ''Pioneers of Television'' ([[PBS]])
|
|
|
|-
| 2012
!scope="row"| ''[[American Masters]]''
|
|
|
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Guest appearances on talk shows
|-
! Year
! Title
! Episode
! class="unsortable" | Notes
! class="unsortable" | Refs
|-
| 1989, 1992
!scope="row"| ''[[Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee]]''
| Guest
| 2 episodes
|
|
|-
| 1989
!scope="row"| ''[[The Phil Donahue Show]]''
| Himself
| 
|
|
|-
| 1991
!scope="row"| ''[[The Howard Stern Show]]''
| Guest
| 
|
|
|-
| 1996–2012
!scope="row"| ''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno]]''
| Guest
| Multiple appearances
|
|
|-
| 1997
!scope="row"| ''[[The Rosie O'Donnell Show]]''
| Guest
| 
|
|
|-
| 1997
!scope="row"| ''[[The Chris Rock Show]]''
| Guest
| 
|
|
|-
| 1998
!scope="row"| ''[[The Magic Hour (talk show)|The Magic Hour]]''
| Guest
| 
|
|
|-
| 2003
!scope="row"| ''[[Real Time with Bill Maher]]''
| Guest
| 
|
|
|-
| 2004
!scope="row"| ''[[Tavis Smiley (TV series)|Tavis Smiley]]''
| Guest
| 
|
|
|-
| 2004
!scope="row"| ''[[The Sharon Osbourne Show]]''
| Guest
| 
|
|
|-
| 2004
!scope="row"| ''[[Chappelle's Show]]''
| Guest
| 
|
|
|-
| 2004
!scope="row"| ''[[The Wayne Brady Show]]''
| Guest
| 
|
|-
| 2009
!scope="row"| ''[[Up Close with Carrie Keagan]]''
| Guest
| 
|
|
|-
| 2009
!scope="row"| ''[[Made in Hollywood]]''
| Himself
| 
|
|
|-
| 2010, 2012
!scope="row"| ''[[Late Night with Jimmy Fallon]]''
| Alternate Reality Host
| 2 episodes
|
|
|-
| 2010, 2012
!scope="row"| ''[[Chelsea Lately]]''
| Guest (2010) / Soundtrack (2012)
| 
|
|
|-
| 2010
!scope="row"| ''[[Tosh.0]]''
| Guest
| 
|
|
|-
| 2011
!scope="row"| ''[[Lopez Tonight]]''
| Guest
| 
|
|
|-
| 2011
!scope="row"| ''[[Access Hollywood Live]]''
| Guest Host
| 
|
|
|-
| 2012
!scope="row"| ''[[Inside Edition]]''
| Himself
| 
|
|
|-
| 2012
!scope="row"| ''[[The Wendy Williams Show]]''
| Himself
|
|
|
|-
| 2012
!scope="row"| ''[[Piers Morgan Tonight]]''
| Guest Host
| 
|
|
|}

==Discography==

===As "Chunky A"===
* ''[[Large and in Charge]]'' (1989)

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book |last=King |first=Norman |year=1993 |orig-year=1992 |title=Arsenio Hall |location=New York |publisher=W. Morrow |isbn=978-0-688-10827-4 |oclc=25282187 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=acBkAAAAMAAJ}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
* {{Official website|http://www.arseniohall.com/}}
* {{IMDb name|2119}}

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