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Kevin Peter Hall

Elvin Lincoln in Misfits of Science

Photos Kevin Peter Hall Birth name: Kevin Peter Hall
Birth date: 1955/05/09
Date of death : 1991/04/10 (36 years old)
Birth place : Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA)
Height: 2.19 m

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Biography for Kevin Peter Hall

This Afro-American actor attended Penn Hills High School in Pittsburgh, PA. He started his junior year at 6' 5" and finished it at 6' 9"! He played basketball throughout his high school years, and won himself a scholarship. He averaged 18 points a game and 10 rebounds! He played basketball during college, but not when it would interfere with his major, Theatrical Arts at George Washington University in Washingotn DC. During his college years, he met Jay Fenichel with whom he would later make musical productions. Upon graduation, Fenichel moved to Los Angeles and Hall moved to Venezuela to play basketball. After a year, he lost interest and relocated to LA. Together, they put together two night club acts/musicals. One was a semi-autobiographical two-man musical, "In Five", and the other was a two-man show called "The Worst Of Friends", both of which played in night clubs throughout the LA area. They also had a promotional business where they did promotional acts in department stores for new products throughtout the LA area. While working on the set of the series "227" (1985), he met his co-star, _Alaina Reed Hall' who played Rose Lee Holloway. They married both on the set, and in real life, and they had two children. Predator 2 (1990) came out in December of 1990, and in April of 1991, he died of the AIDS virus which he contracted through a blood transfusion a few months before production began.

Kevin Peter Hall shows the desire to become an actor from the age of eight. A vocation that makes the hair snatch up to all his physical education teachers: he measures 2.19 m and, according to them, his future is traced in basketball. In adolescence, he is also the star of his high school, and his sports exploits allow him to obtain a scholarship for the University of Washington. For four years, he will study dramatic arts while lining up baskets for his university team ...

When he graduates, the temptation is great to move towards sport. Professional teams are jostling to sign a contract, and offer him immediately a more comfortable future than the hard life of a beginner actor. Kevin will cut the pear in two: he accepts a one-year contract with a South American team, and brings together enough savings to then start his acting career without dragging misery. But, arriving in Hollywood, he will quickly eat his savings, and will have to work in a dietetic food store while waiting for a hypothetical commitment.

From auditions to hearings, he won small roles in the theater, then appeared in some films before leaving anonymity with the soap operas "E/R" and "Night Court". Despite these few satisfactions, Kevin must face the facts: his disproportionate size is an indisputable handicap in the career he has chosen. Fortunately, there are compensations: when a giant role appears in a scenario, we can bet for sure that his phone will ring. So when James D. Parrist conceives the character of Elvin Lincoln, the role will return to Kevin in priority: he is the greatest actor in Hollywood!

After the cancellation of "Superminds", the problem of its size arises again. Unless you have a tailor-made role, what kind of job can it claim? In the following months, two commitments allow him to avoid unemployment, but, from an artistic point of view, they are only half satisfactory. In "Predator", it is his face behind the mask of the filthy extraterrestrial that fights Arnold Schwarzenneger, then, in "Big Foot and the Henderson", he puts on a monkey outfit in the strictest anonymity .. .

Kevin Peter Hall was an American actor known for playing in several movies and television series. He is best known for his role in the predator television series, where he interpreted the extraterrestrial predator.

Hall was born on May 9, 1955 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He grew up in a loving family and was raised in Catholic faith. He attended the Saint Gabriel Catholic school before entering the Carnegie Mellon University, where he obtained a diploma in theater.

After completing his studies, Hall moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the entertainment industry. He started working as a model for advertisements, before winning roles in films and television series.

Hall made his cinema debut in 1984 in the film Harry and Walter go to New York. He then played in several other films, including Predator, Predator 2, and Harry and the Henderson. He also played in television series such as Hunter, The X-Files, and Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Apart from his acting career, Hall was also an accomplished athlete. He measured more than 2 meters and weighed nearly 130 kg, which allowed him to participate in several weightlifting and American football competitions.

Unfortunately, Hall died prematurely in 1991 at the age of 36, following a complication related to AIDS. His death was a shock for his fans and for all those who had known him in the entertainment industry.

Although his career has been short, Hall has left an indelible footprint on the entertainment industry thanks to his remarkable performance in difficult roles. His premature death is tragic, but it allowed him to remain in memories like a talented actor and loved by all.

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Filmography

Title Role
Highway to Hell (1992) Charon
Harry and the Hendersons (1991) TV Series Harry (1990-1991)
Predator 2 (1990) The Predator
227 (1985) TV Series Warren Merriwether (1989-1990)
Shannon's Deal (1989) (TV) Harry (one of the Card Players)
Rodney Dangerfield: Opening Night at Rodney's Place (1989) (TV) Richard Small
Big Top Pee-wee (1988) Big John
Predator (1987) The Predator/End Helicopter Pilot
Harry and the Hendersons (1987) Harry
Monster in the Closet (1987) Monster
Misfits of Science (1985) TV Series Dr. Elvin 'El' Lincoln
Misfits of Science (1985) (TV) Dr. Elvin 'El' Lincoln
The Wild Life (1984) Bouncer
One Dark Night (1983) Eddie
Mazes and Monsters (1982) (TV) Gorvil
Without Warning (1980) (as Kevin Hall) The Alien
Prophecy (1979) (uncredited) Mutant bear

Trivia

He died in 1991 due to HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. He went public with his illness with the full support of his wife.

This giant's face was rarely seen in his films, as he usually played monsters and semi-human creatures that required him to wear mounds of make-up, so few people know that he was a handsome and muscular man.

The character of the Predator in Predator (1987) went through many development stages, including one version that was set up for Jean-Claude Van Damme to play a martial-arts fighting Predator, and finally decided on the crab-like humanoid monster seen in the film. The producers realized much of their human cast were bodybuilders over 6 feet tall (and Van Damme was clearly smaller) and thus they cast the Shaq-sized Hall so that the Predator could believably beat up the humans.

Kevin Peter Hall can be seen in Predator 1 without costume. He is the helicopter pilot at the end of the film.

Family

Spouse : Alaina Reed Hall (1989 - 10 April 1991) (his death) 2 children

He is the tallest of six brothers, all over 6' 5"

His father Charles Hall was 6' 6" and his mother Sylvia Hall was 6' 2"

Author of the card

  • Creation date: 01/07/2003 by starwars102
  • Last update: 01/05/2007 by tiesto79

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