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.

Filmography

• Crutch — Avery
• Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur — Vernell (voice)
• 2021Coming 2 America — Semmi / Morris / Reverend Brown / Baba
• 2019Arsenio Hall: Smart and Classy — Himself, Writer
• The Mayor — Reverend Okoye
• Greatest Hits — Host
• The Arsenio Hall Show — Self - Host, Creator
• 2009Black Dynamite — Tasty Freeze
• 2008Igor — Carl Cristall (voice)
• 2006Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! — Captain Crothers (voice)
• 2005The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie — Arsenio Hall
• 2005The Proud Family Movie — Dr. Carver / Bobby Proud (voice)
• 2004Before They Were Kings: Vol. 1 — Self, Writer
• Chappelle's Show
• 1999Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker — Narrator
• The Norm Show
• Martial Law — Terrell Parker
• 1998Skip Chasers — Deacon
• Arsenio — Michael Atwood
• The Jackie Thomas Show
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• 1992Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS and You — Self - Host, Executive Producer
• Blossom — Arsenio Hall
• 1990Ghost — Arsenio Hall (uncredited)
• 1989Harlem Nights — Crying Man
• The Arsenio Hall Show — Self - Host, Executive Producer, Creator
• 1988Coming to America — Semmi / Extremely Ugly Girl / Morris / Reverend Brown
• Day by Day — Arsenio Hall
• 1987Amazon Women on the Moon — Apartment Victim (segment "Mondo Condo")
• 1987Uptown Comedy Express — Writer
• The Real Ghostbusters — Winston Zeddemore (voice)
• The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour — Host
• Cheers — Arsenio Hall
• The Party Machine with Nia Peeples — Creator

Appearances as themselves (51)

• 2026AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy — Self
• 2025Being Eddie — Self
• Hollywood Squares — Self
• The Super Models — Self (archive footage)
• They Call Me Magic — Self
• 2020Disclosure — Self (archive footage)
• I Can See Your Voice — Self - Guest Panelist
• 2020Zappa — Self (archive footage)
• 2019Deborah Harry Does Not Like Interviews — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• The Movies That Made Us — Self (archive footage)
• The Tamron Hall Show — Self - Guest
• 2018Gambler's Ballad: The Legend of Johnny Thompson — Self
• 2018Whitney — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2017Gilbert — Self
• 2017Sandy Wexler — Self
• Steve — Self
• The History of Comedy — Self
• The Nineties — Self
• Lopez — Self
• To Tell the Truth — Self - Panelist
• 2015Kareem: Minority of One — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• Deal With It — Self
• 2012Eddie Murphy: One Night Only — Self
• 2012Vanilla Ice Archive — Self (archive footage)
• 2011Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey — Self
• 2011Gloria: In Her Own Words — Self (archive footage)
• 2010Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals — Self - Magic's Friend
• 2007Heckler — Self
• On Air with Ryan Seacrest — Self
• 2004TV in Black: The First Fifty Years — Self (archive footage)
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest, Self - Guest Host
• Real Time with Bill Maher — Self
• 2001Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored — Self
• The Magic Hour — Self
• Behind the Music — Self
• 1997Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life — Self
• The Chris Rock Show — Self
• The View — Self - Guest
• 1997WNBA: The Birth of a League — Self
• Muppets Tonight — Self
• The Daily Show — Self
• Star Search — Self - Host
• 1994Blankman — Self
• Living Single — Himself
• 1991A Party For Richard Pryor — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• MTV Video Music Awards — Self - Host
• Madame's Place — Self
• Solid Gold — Self -Host