Television Hall's career in television includes acting, writing and production duties. He was the host of
Under Melbourne Tonight, a weekly live variety hour television program produced by RMITV that broadcast on C31 Melbourne from 1993 to 1998. He has appeared in the long-running television series
Neighbours, and in 2008 he performed the role of Warren in the
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) television comedy series
The Hollowmen He has also appeared in telemovies, including
The King (2007), playing the role of
Bert Newton. As a producer, he worked on the Australian version of the game show
Deal or No Deal. As a TV writer he has worked on many Australian comedy and light entertainment TV productions, such as
BackBerner,
Big Bite,
Full Frontal, and
Spicks and Specks. He was a writer on the third series of the weekly satirical comedy programme
Newstopia, broadcast on
SBS in 2008. From 2009 to 2012, Hall served as head writer on the comedy game show ''
Talkin' 'bout Your Generation''. In 2013, he wrote for ABC-TV's weekly satirical comedy show ''
Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell, and Adam Hills Tonight'' series 2, of which he was also the Studio Producer. As of 2014, Hall is a regular cast member on ''Shaun Micallef's Mad As Hell'', with popular characters including the political spokesman Darius Horsham.
Film Hall's movie career includes appearances in
Romper Stomper, The Wog Boy,
Now Add Honey, ''
That's Not My Dog! and Fraud Festival''.
Theatre Hall starred in the original Australian professional production of ''Monty Python's
Spamalot'' in 2007, playing the roles of
Lancelot, The French Taunter, Tim The Enchanter and The Head Knight of "Ni". In 2011, Hall co-wrote (with Michael Ward) the comedy stage show
Bond-A-Rama! Every James Bond Film Live On Stage, in which he played the roles of
Sean Connery,
Roger Moore and
Pierce Brosnan. The show sold out, prompting a second season in 2012. In 2013, Hall wrote, produced and performed in the one man stage show ''Raiders of the Temple of Doom's Last Crusade; One Man Performs Three Indiana Jones Movies in One Hour'', for the
Melbourne Fringe Festival. The show was then revived for a successful season in the 2014
Melbourne International Comedy Festival. In March 2016,
John Cleese cast Hall as
Basil Fawlty in Cleese's own stage adaptation of his TV series
Fawlty Towers.
Fawlty Towers Live opened in Sydney at the
Roslyn Packer Theatre in August 2016, and toured Australia, running for 157 performances before finishing in Brisbane on 22 January 2017. The show received favourable reviews in each city it played in. In 2023, Hall wrote, produced and performed in the one man stage show ''LETTERS FROM MY HEROES... if they'd actually bothered to write back'', for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. The show was then revived for a successful tour of regional Victoria in June and July of 2024.
Cartoon voice actor Hall is an experienced voice actor for animation, playing characters in Cartoon Network's
Monster Beach and
Exchange Student Zero, along with roles in
Kitty Is Not a Cat,
Get Ace and
Pacific Heat... as seen in this showreel.
Author In September 2015, Hall released his first eBook
How To Win Game Shows, which is a 197-page compilation of winning tips, hints and techniques plus interviews with game show champions, hosts, producers and question writers. From May 2019 to May 2020, Hall wrote the first draft of his science fiction adventure novel
Symphony Under Siege, releasing a new chapter online each week, at www.TheStephenHall.com/novel-chapters. During its writing, he also kept a weekly video diary chronicling the experiment.
Symphony Under Siege is now available [https://www.amazon.com/Symphony-Under-Siege-Stephen-Hall/dp/0648464024/ as a paperback on Amazon, as an audiobook on Audible and as an eBook on a number of platforms. In September 2022, he released his third book
50 Things To Be Seriously Grateful For Today* *and 50 not-so-serious things to illustrate them , which he describes as "a very sincere, very silly non-fiction book... that also happens to be chock full of fiction".
Radio From 1989 - 1993, Hall was one of the members of the late night (/ very early morning) comedy show
The Marta Thripp Druidic Building Society Show TSP (in colour), on the Melbourne community radio station
3RRR. In 2015, he guest starred in the second series of Australian science fiction audio drama
Night Terrace, playing the dual roles of
Francisco de Cuellar and Sir
Francis Drake in the episode "The Retirement of Horatio Gray". Originally available only as a digital download, the series was later broadcast on
BBC Radio 4 Extra as part of their "7th Dimension" programme. ==Quiz show champion==