17 Facts About Arsenio Hall

Arsenio Hall was born on February 12,1956 and is an American actor, comedian and talk show host.

Arsenio Hall was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Fred and Annie Arsenio Hall.

Arsenio Hall later moved to Chicago, and then Los Angeles, to pursue a career in comedy, making a couple of appearances on Soul Train.

Arsenio Hall was 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.

The practice soon became such a ritual that by 1991 it had become a "pop culture stamp of approval"—one that Arsenio Hall said had become "so popular it's getting on people's nerves".

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Since The Arsenio Hall Show ended, Hall had leading roles on television shows such as the short-lived sitcom Arsenio and Martial Law with Sammo Hung, and hosted the revival of Star Search .

Arsenio Hall has guest co-hosted Wednesday evenings on The Tim Conway Jr.

Arsenio Hall was considered the host of the syndicated version of Deal or No Deal and filmed a pilot .

Arsenio Hall appeared regularly on The Jay Leno Show, and was a guest on Lopez Tonight.

Lopez requested Arsenio Hall be a co-host on Lopez Tonight since he regarded Arsenio Hall as his inspiration and the first "late night party show host".

In 2012, Arsenio Hall was a contestant on the fifth edition of The Celebrity Apprentice, which began airing February 19,2012.

For winning The Celebrity Apprentice, Arsenio 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.

Revival of Hall's syndicated late-night talk show, The Arsenio Hall Show, premiered September 9,2013, on Tribune owned stations and other networks via CBS Television Distribution.

In 1997, after being out of the public eye for three years, Arsenio Hall gave an interview to dispel rumors regarding what had driven him off stage.

Arsenio Hall had an interest in returning to the business eventually, but his decision was not confirmed until he appeared on Lopez Tonight in 2009 .

On May 5,2016, Arsenio Hall filed a $5 million defamation lawsuit against Sinead O'Connor after she claimed he had fueled Prince's drug habit and had spiked her drink at a party at Eddie Murphy's house.

Arsenio Hall dropped the lawsuit after O'Connor apologized and retracted her allegations.