Actor
Albert Hall
Born 10 November 1937 · Brighton, Alabama, U.S.
Albert Hall (born 1937) is an American character actor from Alabama who trained at Columbia University and began on the New York stage. He is best remembered as Chief Phillips in Apocalypse Now, and later became a familiar face in films and in TV roles such as Judge Seymore Walsh on Ally McBeal.
Key films
Apocalypse Now (1979)
His best-known role: Chief Phillips in Francis Ford Coppola's Vietnam War epic.
Malcolm X (1992)
Supporting role in Spike Lee's major biopic, a high point of his 1990s film work.
Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
Supporting role in Carl Franklin's acclaimed 1940s Los Angeles crime drama.
Courage Under Fire (1996)
Supporting part in Edward Zwick's Gulf War drama, showing his steady presence in mainstream cinema.
Ali (2001)
Supporting role in Michael Mann's biopic of Muhammad Ali.
Key awards
No major awards are documented here.
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 32
- 1972If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band · as T-Bone SimsActor
- 1974Willie Dynamite · as PointerActor
- 1974Wedding Band · as Nelson GreenActor
- 1976Leadbelly · as DicklickerActor
- 1979Apocalypse Now · as Chief PhillipsActor
- 1979The Bermuda Triangle · as Co-Pilot 737Actor
- 1981Cry Freedom · as HarakaActor
- 1985Trouble in Mind · as LeoActor
- 1985Midas Valley · as Dr. AaronsonActor
- 1987Uncle Tom's Cabin · as QuimboActor
- 1988Betrayed · as Al SandersActor
- 1989The Fabulous Baker Boys · as HenryActor
- 1989Music Box · as Mack JonesActor
- 1991Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse · as SelfActor
- 1991Separate but Equal · as Oliver HillActor
- 1991The Boys · as Burt TiptonActor
- 1992Malcolm X · as BainesActor
- 1993Rookie of the Year · as Sal MartinellaActor
- 1993Star · as LarryActor
- 1995Major Payne · as General DeckerActor
- 1995Devil in a Blue Dress · as Degan OdellActor
- 1996Courage Under Fire · as SpeakerActor
- 1996The Great White Hype · as Roper's ManagerActor
- 1996Get on the Bus · as CraigActor
- 1996The Cold Equations · as KeynesActor
- 1998Beloved · as Stamp PaidActor
- 1998Anarchy TV · as BobbyActor
- 1998The Tiger Woods Story · as Hank AaronActor
- 1999Swing Vote · as Justice Hank BanksActor
- 2001Ali · as Elijah MuhammadActor
- 2007National Treasure: Book of Secrets · as Dr. NicholsActor
- 2007Honeydripper · as Reverend CutlipActor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.