1. Hal Harry Magee Sparks III was born on September 25,1969 and is an American stand-up comedian, actor, musician, political commentator, television and radio host and television personality.
36 Facts About Hal Sparks
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The "Z" hand gesture became the celebratory sign of choice among the members and fans of baseball's Pittsburgh Pirates, of whom Hal Sparks is a fan, starting in 2012.
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Hal Sparks has appeared in other films, including Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star and Spider-Man 2, where he had a cameo as the elevator passenger who enjoys an awkward moment with Spider-Man.
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Hal Sparks appeared in the opening scene of the 2009 Mike Judge film Extract, as one of the guitar salesmen scammed out of a guitar by the con-woman played by Mila Kunis.
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Hal Sparks had his screen debut on the television movie Frog, starring Shelley Duvall, Elliott Gould, and Scott Grimes in 1987.
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Hal Sparks appeared as himself in the video "Beat It," the Michael Jackson cover, by Fall Out Boy, and voiced a cameo on Robot Chicken.
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Hal Sparks went on to independently produce his first standup comedy DVD Escape from Halcatraz in 2008.
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Hal Sparks has participated in the Progressive Voices Cruise in 2009 and 2010.
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Hal Sparks had a leading role on the breakthrough Showtime television series, Queer as Folk, where he played Michael Novotny, a gay man living in Pittsburgh with his queer friends.
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Hal Sparks played Nelson Burkhard in the second season of Fuller House.
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Hal Sparks continued portraying Davenport in the spin-off Lab Rats: Elite Force.
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Hal Sparks provided the voice of the computer named "Mr Q" on the US television adaptation of 20Q, which aired on the Game Show Network in 2009.
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Hal Sparks became the United States' youngest game show emcee in 1988 when he hosted the short-lived, syndicated game show Treasure Mall.
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Hal Sparks participated on GSN's Extreme Dodgeball as captain of the Chicago Hitmen team.
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In 2006, Hal Sparks competed for the charity Habitat for Humanity on the Fox celebrity competition Celebrity Duets.
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Hal Sparks performed with such musical legends as Smokey Robinson, Gladys Knight, Wynonna Judd, Dennis DeYoung, Dee Snider and Sebastian Bach.
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Hal Sparks made it to the finale along with Lucy Lawless and Alfonso Ribeiro, and came in third in the series.
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In 2007, Sparks was cast as the host for the WB reality series Survival of the Richest, where wealthy young adults were paired with those young adults with massive debts to complete challenges together and work as a team.
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Also in 2007, Hal Sparks joined Roseanne to judge Nick at Night's search for America's Funniest Mom.
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Hal Sparks was a contestant on the 2008 VH1 celeb-reality series Celebracadabra, where the celebrities vie to out-perform each other with magic they have learned from their experienced coaches.
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In 2009, Hal Sparks recorded his first Showtime comedy special Charmageddon in front of a standing-room-only crowd at the OC Pavilion in Santa Ana, California.
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In 2019, Hal Sparks appeared in the premiere episode of Famously Afraid on the Travel Channel, a series in which celebrities tell of their personal unusual encounters, to describe his experience with alien abduction.
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Hal Sparks was one of five celebrities to appear in the first episode of VH1's Celebrity Paranormal Project.
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Hal Sparks has been a regular commentator on several VH1 series, including the following:.
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Hal Sparks appears as a regular guest and fill-in host on the national Stephanie Miller Radio Show, providing three hours of commentary and humor on Wednesday mornings.
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The program is known as "Hump Days with Hal Sparks", and is broadcast weekly from his U-stream channel.
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Hal Sparks appeared as guest host for Norman Goldman's former Los Angeles-based show.
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Hal Sparks broadcast hosting was made available through Goldman's "Beyond the Norm" segments.
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Hal Sparks continued this free "behind the scenes" Ustream show.
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Hal Sparks was a contestant in the first season of Celebrity Duets.
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Hal Sparks often joins the Los Angeles cover band Steel Panther to sing classic 1980s metal tunes, such as the Skid Row hit "Youth Gone Wild".
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Hal Sparks is an activist who regularly participates in charitable events for organizations like AIDS Walk, Farm Sanctuary, the Lilli Claire Foundation, Imagine a Cure and the Marijuana Policy Project.
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Hal Sparks is straight edge and claims to never have drunk, smoked or used recreational drugs.
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In May 2011, Hal Sparks announced he would become a father during a Ustream show on Father's Day.
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Hal Sparks debuted his son Camden Harrison Sparks at the 2011 AIDS Walk in Los Angeles.
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Hal Sparks has studied martial arts since the age of 8 years old and holds belts in Karate, Tae Kwon Do, and several forms of Kung Fu including Wushu.