Arsenio Cheron Hall Sr. was born on 12th February 1956 in Cleveland, Ohio USA. He is a comedian, actor and television personality well known as the host of the talk show “The Arsenio Hall Show” (1989–1994), (2013–2014). He is the winner of the competition “Celebrity Apprentice 5” (2012). Arsenio Hall has been accumulating his net worth since 1979.
The main sources of his wealth are television and films. Under the latest estimations Arsenio Hall’s net worth is as much as $5 million. It is worth mentioning the fact that $250,000 which he won at the competition “Celebrity Apprentice 5” (2012) Hall donated to support AIDS/HIV research.
Arsenio Hall Net Worth $5 Million
Arsenio Hall is a graduate from Warrensville Heights High School and Kent State University. He began his career when appearing on the “Soul Train” (1981) program. Later, he hosted “The ½ Hour Comedy Hour” (1983). As a regular cast member he participated in the talk show “Thicke of the Night” (1983 – 1984). Hall gave his voice to Winston Zeddemore in the animated film “The Real Ghostbusters” (1986 – 1987), and then presented “The Late Show” (1987 – 1988) which was followed by “The Arsenio Hall Show” (1989 – 1994), which show was renewed later (2013 – 2014). Afterwards, he made multiple appearances on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” (1996 – 2012).
Hall landed the lead role in the crime drama series “Martial Law” (1998 – 2000) created by Carlton Cuse, and then the reality game show “Star Search” (2003 – 2004) was been hosted by Arsenio. As a comedian he was perfectly suited for the position of presenter of the reality series “The World’s Funniest Moments” (2008 – 2009). More, Hall worked as a correspondent for “The Jay Leno Show” (2009 – 2010). In addition to the above mentioned positions, he has appeared in a number of episodes in other series, shows, games and competitions. Consequently, television is the biggest source of Arsenio Hall’s net worth.
Another source of Arsenio Hall’s net worth is films. He debuted on the big screen in the film “Amazon Women on the Moon” (1987). Then Hall co-starred with Eddie Murphy and James Earl Jones in the comedy film “Coming to America” (1988) directed by John Landis. He won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture and American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for the role he landed in “Coming to America” (1988). Afterwards, he had some small roles in the films “Harlem Nights” (1989), “Blankman” (1994), The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie” (2005) and “Heckler” (2007).
Additionally, he voiced characters in the animated films “The Proud Family Movie” (2005), “Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!” (2006) and “Igor” (2008). His last lead role in the comedy “Black Dynamite” directed by Scott Sanders received positive reviews from critics though the film failed at the box office.
Arsenio Hall was dating a singer Paula Abdul. From 1987 he was in a long term relationship with Cheryl Bonacci. They lived together and have a son Arsenio Cheron Hall Jr., who was born on 1999. However, the couple split up in 2002.
