American actor, screenwriter, director of motion pictures, and television director Vondie Curtis Hall. The roles of Dr. Dennis Hancock on David E. Kelley’s CBS medical drama Chicago Hope and Ben Urich on Marvel’s Daredevil on Netflix are Vondie Curtis Hall’s most well-known performances. The cult movie Gridlock was written, directed, and starred by him.
Early Years
In the year 2022, Vondie Curtis Hall, who was born on September 30, 1950, in Detroit, Michigan, will be 72 years old. Curtis Hall, the owner of a construction company, is Vondie’s father, and Angeline Hall, a nurse, is his mother. Vondie also has two siblings: Sherrie Hall, a sister, and Kevan Hall, a fashion designer.
Vondie was born under the sign of Libra, has American citizenship, and is a devout Christian. He has African American ancestry.
Education at Vondie Curtis Hall
At the Presentation at Our Lady of Victory Elementary School in Detroit, Vondie Curtis Hall obtained her formal education from the Oblate Sisters of Providence, the only all-black order of nuns in the country. The Juilliard School awarded him a certificate.
Vondie Curtis Hall Height, Weight
At 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighing 75 kg, Vondie Curtis Hall. He has a slender body type with a 34-inch waist. Although his clothing and shoe sizes are unclear, he has salt-and-pepper hair and black eyes.
One Good Cop, Passion Fish, Sugar Hill, Coming To America, Crooklyn, Drop Squad, Eve’s Bayou, Turn It Up, and William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet are just a few of the movies Vondie Curtis Hall has acted in throughout his career.
His film and television credits include Tookie Williams Story, Waist Deep, and episodes of The Shield, Firefly, Chicago Hope, and MDs. The TNT made-for-television movie Freedom Song starred Vondie Curtis-Hall and Danny Glover, who played Marty in the Dreamgirls movie adaption.
In the 2019 movie Harriet, Reverend Green, Curtis-Hall produced “one of the finest performances of his long career,” according to one reviewer. On television shows like ER, Soul Food, and I’ll Fly Away, Vondie has played recurrent roles.
He was nominated for an Emmy for outstanding guest actor in a drama series for his lone appearance on ER as a suicidal patient; he later played Roger McGrath on that show.
The most recognizable television character Vondie has played so far is Dennis Hancink, a minor character in the hospital drama Chicago Hope. Ben Urich was a character played by Curtis-Hall in the Netflix series Daredevil. He also made an appearance in a Sopranos episode. Moreover, Vondie is a full-time educator at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.
Awards for Vondie Curtis Hall
Waist Deep, his most recent work as a writer-director, got him a nomination for a Black Film Award for Best Directing of a Motion Picture.
Parallel to this, he received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his brief cameo as a suicidal patient on ER.
Vondie Curtis Hall’s Net Worth
As of November 2022, Vondie Curtis Hall’s net worth is predicted to be around $4 million. His acting career is his main source of income. In addition, he directs television, films, and screenplays. Because he tries to keep his private life away from the public, he has not disclosed his specific property or what he owns.
Vondie Curtis Hall Wife, Marriage
In his life, Vondie Curtis Hall has been married twice. He does have a child from his first marriage, albeit no information is known about her. In 1979, he gave birth to The Hall, his first kid from his first marriage.
Later, in 1995, Vondie wed actress/director Kasi Lemmons; the couple welcomed a son, Henry Hunter Hall, in 1996. Zora Hall, Kasi’s daughter, was born in 1999.
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