Albert Hall (actor)
| Albert Hall | |
|---|---|
| Born |
November 10, 1937 Brighton, Alabama, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1970–present |
| Known for | role as Baines in the Spike Lee film Malcolm X (1992) |
Albert W. Hall (born November 10, 1937) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Chief Phillips in the 1979 war film, Apocalypse Now and Judge Seymore Walsh in Ally McBeal and The Practice. He is also widely recognized for his role as Brother Baines in the 1992 Spike Lee film Malcolm X, where he acted opposite film star Denzel Washington, who appeared in the title role of slain African-American Muslim/ former Nation of Islam minister and human rights activist Malcolm X.
Hall was born and raised in Brighton, Alabama. He graduated from the Columbia University School of the Arts.
After portraying Pointer in Willie Dynamite (1974), Hall made his film debut in the 1976 biopic, Leadbelly. He also played a co-pilot in the 1978 film, The Bermuda Triangle. Hall had a small role in the 1979 miniseries Roots: The Next Generations.
Hall gained mainstream attention for his role as Chief Phillips in Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 war classic, Apocalypse Now, in which his character leads the rest of crew upriver from Vietnam to Cambodia so that Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) can complete his mission to assassinate Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando). Chief eventually gets killed by a Vietcong soldier who throws a spear that impales him. To prepare for the role, Hall did some research in attempt to convey an accurate portrayal of experiencing the Vietnam War first hand. The actor has since then described his experience shooting the film in the Philippines as "exotic" and added that "it was all fun."
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