Arsenio Hall

Arsenio Hall is one of those entertainers who genuinely changed the late-night landscape, and I don't think he gets nearly enough credit for it. When The Arsenio Hall Show launched in 1989, he wasn't just filling a time slot — he was bringing a brand of energy, charisma, and cultural relevance that the other guys simply didn't have. That fist-pump "woof woof woof" crowd ritual felt electric in a way that's hard to manufacture. And the fact that he could pivot to films like Coming to America and hold his own next to Eddie Murphy says everything about his range. Growing up in Cleveland, going through Ohio University, and then conquering network television — that's a real arc. He got his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and honestly, it's deserved. The 2013 revival showed he still had the chops, even if the timing wasn't kind.

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Name (English)

Arsenio Hall

Name (Japanese)

アーセニオ・ホール

Reading

あーせにお・ほーる

Born

February 12, 1956 (age 70)

Origin

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Occupation

comedian / television presenter / talk show host / television actor / film actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Monkey

High school

Warrensville Heights High School

University

Ohio University

Awards & achievements

• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

• Official sitehttp://www.arseniohall.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/arseniohall/
• Xhttps://x.com/ArsenioHall
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenio%20Hall
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BB%E3%83%8B%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q606599

Tags

• Ohio
• comedian
• television presenter
• talk show host

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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