Brandon Micheal Hall

Hall was born on February 3, 1993, in Anderson, South Carolina, and raised by his single mother, a minister.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/27/arts/television/the-mayor-abc-brandon-micheal-hall.html|title=In 'The Mayor,' Brandon Micheal Hall Raps His Way to City Hall|last=Ito|first=Robert|date=September 27, 2017|work=The New York Times|location=New York City|access-date=November 13, 2017|issn=0362-4331}} He attended Pendleton High School for his freshman and sophomore years, before transferring to South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts & Humanities in Greenville.{{cite news|url=https://greenvillejournal.com/2017/10/03/sc-governors-school-alum-starring-abc-comedy-mayor/|title=SC Governor's School alum starring in ABC comedy 'The Mayor'|last=Harris|first=Vincent|date=October 3, 2017|work=Greenville Journal|publisher=Community Journals Publishing Group|location=Greenville, South Carolina|access-date=November 13, 2017}} Hall went on to study drama at the Juilliard School in New York City, from which he graduated in 2015.{{cite news|url=http://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a12768261/brandon-michael-hall-interview-the-mayor/|title=Is Brandon Micheal Hall the Busiest Guy on Television?|last=Rathe|first=Adam|date=October 3, 2017|work=Town & Country|publisher=Hearst Communications|location=New York City|access-date=November 13, 2017}}

Hall was in Cecile on the Phone (2017).{{cite magazine|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a10159671/annabelle-dexter-jones-cecile-on-the-phone-interview/|title=Annabelle Dexter-Jones Talks Directing Her First Short, Cecile On The Phone|author=Harper's Bazaar Staff|magazine=Harper's Bazaar|publisher=Hearst Communications|location=New York City|date=June 20, 2017|access-date=March 17, 2019}} He was in Monster Party (2018) and Lez Bomb (2018).{{cite news|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/movies/2018/10/30/monster-party-horror-movie-review-youll-have-bloody-good-time-julian-mcmahon/1803854002/|title='Monster Party' review: You'll have a bloody good time at this gathering|first=Randy|last=Cordova|work=The Arizona Republic|publisher=Gannett Company|location=Phoenix, Arizona|date=October 30, 2018|access-date=March 17, 2019}}{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-capsule-monster-party-review-20181101-story.html|title=Review: Overstuffed 'Monster Party' packs a bloody wallop|first=Noel|last=Murray|work=Los Angeles Times|location=Los Angeles|date=November 1, 2018|access-date=March 17, 2019}}{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/monster-party-horror-thriller-casts-sam-strike-kian-lawley-julian-mcmahon-1007396|title=Sam Strike, Kian Lawley, Julian McMahon Starring in Horror Thriller 'Monster Party' (Exclusive)|last=Scheck|first=Frank|work=The Hollywood Reporter|publisher=Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group (Valence Media)|location=Los Angeles|date=November 1, 2018|access-date=March 17, 2019}}{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/lez-bomb-1159231|title='Lez Bomb': Film Review|last=Scheck|first=Frank|work=The Hollywood Reporter|publisher=Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group (Valence Media)|location=Los Angeles|date=November 7, 2018|access-date=March 17, 2019}} Hall was in the romantic comedy film Always a Bridesmaid (2019) as Kenny directed by Trey Haley and written by Yvette Nicole Brown, her first screenplay.{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2019/04/yvette-nicole-brown-always-a-bridesmaid-movie-1202597771/|title=Yvette Nicole Brown To Make Screenwriting Debut With 'Always A Bridesmaid'|first=Amanda|last=N'Duka|work=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|location=United States|date=August 19, 2019|access-date=November 10, 2019}}

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Hall was cast in the 2015 pilot for LFE, directed by David Slade,{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/02/david-slade-director-lfe-david-marshall-grant-cbs-pilot-1201371859/|title=David Slade To Direct CBS Pilot 'LFE', David Marshall Grant To Be Showrunner|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|work=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|location=United States|date=February 11, 2015|access-date=March 17, 2019}} but the pilot did not receive a series order. A year later, Hall landed his first series regular role on the TBS dark comedy Search Party as Julius Marcus, a journalist and former boyfriend of series lead Dory Sief (Alia Shawkat).{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/05/rosie-perez-ron-livington-christine-taylor-parker-posey-brandon-micheal-hall-cast-search-party-1201748384/|title=Rosie Perez, Ron Livingston Among Five Cast In TBS' Search Party'|last=Petski|first=Denise|work=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|location=United States|date=May 3, 2016|access-date=March 17, 2019}} He appeared in the main cast for the first two seasons and was a guest star in the third and fourth seasons. Hall was subsequently cast in the title role of the ABC sitcom The Mayor in 2017, portraying an aspiring rapper who inadvertently becomes mayor of his hometown. The series received positive reviews, but was cancelled after one season.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/01/the-mayor-pulled-off-the-schedule-canceled-abc-1202236068/|title='The Mayor' Pulled Off the Schedule By ABC|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=January 4, 2018|access-date=January 5, 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://tvline.com/2018/01/08/the-mayor-cancelled-season-2-abc/|title=ABC Boss Blames The Mayor's Likely Cancellation on 'Political Fatigue'|last=Ausiello|first=Michael|website=TVline.com|date=January 8, 2018|access-date=April 18, 2018}}

In 2018, Hall was cast in the lead role of on the CBS comedy-drama God Friended Me. Hall portrayed Miles Finer, an outspoken atheist who helps people needing assistance after receiving a Facebook friend request from an individual identifying as God.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/05/magnum-pi-god-friended-me-the-code-the-red-line-dramas-cbs-series-orders-1202388639/|title='Magnum P.I.', 'God Friended Me' & 'The Red Line' Dramas Get CBS Series Orders|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|work=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|location=United States|date=May 11, 2018|access-date=March 17, 2019}} It aired for two seasons before being cancelled in 2020.{{cite web|url=https://tvline.com/2020/04/14/god-friended-me-cancelled-cbs-season-3|title='God Friended Me' Canceled at CBS|first=Vlada|last=Gelman|date=April 14, 2020|access-date=April 14, 2020|work=TVLine}}

Hall made his Broadway debut on November 18, 2021 in Alice Childress's Trouble in Mind.{{Cite web |title=Trouble in Mind – Broadway Play – Original {{!}} IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/trouble-in-mind-531464#OpeningNightCast |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=www.ibdb.com}}

Hall donates his time at least one Sunday a month with the group Hashtag Lunchbag Brooklyn, to make sandwiches for those less fortunate in Brooklyn.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-mysteries-of-god-friended-me-brandon-micheal-hall/|title=The mysteries of "God Friended Me"|first=Jay|last=Kernis|work=CBS News|publisher=CBS Corporation|location=New York City|date=September 22, 2019|access-date=November 11, 2019}}

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Category:21st-century American male actors

Category:Male actors from South Carolina

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Category:1993 births

Category:21st-century African-American male actors