Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Albert P. Hall (born November 10, 1937) is an American actor. Born in Brighton, Alabama, Hall graduated from the Columbia University School of the Arts in 1971. That same year he appeared Off-Broadway in The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel and on Broadway in the Melvin Van Peebles musical Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death. His most famous film role to date is probably that of Chief Phillips in Francis Ford Coppola's award-winning Apocalypse Now. Contem...
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Complete Filmography
3 Points
2009
Producer
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
2007
as Nichols
Benjamin Franklin Gates and Abigail Chase re-team with Riley Poole and, now armed with a stack of long-lost pages from John Wilkes Booth's diary, Ben ...
Honeydripper
2007
as Reverend Cutlip
In 1950s Alabama, the owner of the Honeydripper juke joint finds his business dropping off and against his better judgment, hires a young electric gui...
Ali
2001
as Elijah Muhammad
In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an enti...
Swing Vote
1999
as Justice Hank Banks
A newly-appointed Supreme Court Justice must settle a controversial moral and legal dilemma with his tie-breaking decision which may also have serious...
Beloved
1998
as Stamp Paid
After Paul D. finds his old slave friend Sethe in Ohio and moves in with her and her daughter Denver, a strange girl comes along by the name of "Belov...
Anarchy TV
1998
as Bobby
A group of anarchists use their public-access TV show to satirize the government until a right-wing preacher attempts to shut them down.
The Tiger Woods Story
1998
as Hank Aaron
With his father coaching him and his mother providing a strong spiritual influence, Tiger Woods rose to fame and fortune. But his success came at a pr...
The Cold Equations
1996
as Captain Keynes
Lieutenant John Barton is sent on a special mission to deliver a special vaccine to a distant mining colony. He is infuriated to find Lee, a stowaway ...
Get on the Bus
1996
as Craig
Several Black men take a cross-country bus trip to attend the Million Man March in Washington, DC in 1995. On the bus are an eclectic set of character...
The Great White Hype
1996
as Roper's Manager
When the champ's promoter, Rev. Sultan, decides something new is needed to boost the marketability of the boxing matches, he searches and finds the on...
Devil in a Blue Dress
1995
as Degan Odell
In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a my...
Major Payne
1995
as Gen. Decker
Major Benson Winifred Payne is being discharged from the Marines. Payne is a killin' machine, but the wars of the world are no longer fought on the ba...
Star
1993
as Larry
When Crystal Wyatt was 16 her father passed away. From that time her life would never be the same. Crystal is banished from the family ranch, and star...
Rookie of the Year
1993
as Sal Martinella
12-year-old Henry Rowengartner, whose late father was a minor league baseball player, grew up dreaming of playing baseball, despite his physical short...
Malcolm X
1992
as Baines
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he b...
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991
as Self
A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued the filming o...
The Boys
1991
as Burt Tipton
When Walter is diagnosed with lung cancer, despite his squeaky clean lifestyle, he has to tell his screenwriter partner, a chain-smoker. As Walter fig...
Music Box
1989
as Mack Jones
A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.
The Fabulous Baker Boys
1989
as Henry
The lives of two struggling musicians, who happen to be brothers, inevitably change when they team up with a beautiful, up-and-coming singer.
Betrayed
1988
as Al Sanders
An FBI agent posing as a combine driver becomes romantically involved with a Midwest farmer who lives a double life as a white supremacist.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1987
as Quimbo
The life of an aging black slave, Tom, and the people he interacts with.
Trouble in Mind
1985
as Leo
The lives of an ex-con, a coffee-shop owner, and a young couple looking to make it rich intersect in the hypnotic Rain City.
Midas Valley
1985
as Dr. Aaronson
Set in Silicon Valley, California, follows the lives of a group of people involved in the competitive world of computer electronics and the greed, pas...
Cry Freedom
1981
as Haraka
Balogun's most political film is a confrontation with the African wars of liberation. Based on Carcase for Hounds, Meja Mwangi's novel about the Mau-M...
Apocalypse Now
1979
as Chief Phillips
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." ...
Leadbelly
1976
as Dicklicker
The life of Blues and folk singer Huddie Leadbetter, nicknamed Leadbelly is recounted. Covering the good times and bad from his 20s to 40s. Much of th...
Wedding Band
1974
as Nelson Green
A drama which examines the enduring nature of love between a white man and a black woman in 1918 South Carolina.
Willie Dynamite
1974
as Pointer
Willie Dynamite is a pimp who operates in New York City. Willie was a big success as a pimp, but now, just as fast as he rose to the top, he has hit b...
If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
1972
as T-Bone Sims
Life in a black ghetto isn't easy for 14-year-old Billie Jean Sims, who has a father in jail, a blind grandmother, and a brother with a drug habit. Gr...