Brad Hall Biography

Fast Facts

• Graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in Theater
• Is married to actress and comedian Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who played Elaine on "Seinfeld" and was also a "Saturday Night Live" cast member
• After "Saturday Night Live," he began his writing career as a story editor on "American Dreamer" and writer on "Brooklyn Bridge" and "Frasier․"
• Started out doing stage work at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago and co-founded the Practical Theatre Company in 1979
• Quote: "(On his critics): "You know what? I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that I have an unbelievably beautiful, well-known wife․ And the people who criticize me don't․""
• Best known as a writer and cast member on "Saturday Night Live" and creator of "The Single Guy" and "Watching Ellie․"
• He and the three other Practical Theatre Company's improv team, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Gary Kroeger, and Paul Barrosse, joined "Saturday Night Live" at the same time in 1982
• Created the original "Saturday Night Live" characters Larry Rolans, Mike Phillips, and the Human Stapler and also did impersonations of John Hinckley, Pete Best, Noel Stookey, and Walter Mondale