Kevin Peter Hall is an American film and television actor, musician and professional athlete. His career in cinema began in 1979 with a small role in the horror film “Prophecy”.
The actor is well known for his starring role in the 1987 action movie The Predator. It was he who played the famous alien monster.
In the creative biography of the performer, 20 roles in television and film projects. His face was rarely seen on the screen, because Hall usually played characters who needed tons of makeup and special costumes to create.
Facts from the biography
Kevin Peter was born in the United States in the spring of 1955. He apparently inherited his height from his parents. Hall's father and mother were very tall people, and the boy himself overtook his parents and six brothers in growth. By the time of filming in the famous "Predator", the growth of the Hall was 218 cm.
From an early age, the boy became interested in playing basketball. In school and student years, he continued to engage in his favorite sport and achieved good results. Relatives thought that he would become a professional athlete, but Hall eventually chose a completely different profession, although he devoted many years to basketball.
The young man received his primary education at Penn Hills High School in Pennsylvania. His friend was the future famous actor Jay Finchell. Together they made several musical productions. But after graduating from school, Jay moved to Los Angeles, and Peter went to Venezuela to continue to play sports professionally.
Having become the owner of a sports personal scholarship, he continued his studies at George Washington University, where he played for the student basketball team. But soon the work completely captured Hall, and he decided to devote his future life to art and cinema.
After graduation, Hall went to Los Angeles, where he again met with his longtime friend Finchell. They began performing in nightclubs and staged several musical performances. Friends also had a small advertising business, for some time they successfully collaborated with large retail outlets.
Film career
Fans of science fiction films are well aware of the work of Peter. He played the Predator, Harry the Bigfoot, the mutant bear in Prophecy, the alien in Caution. The hall was very tall, athletic, and had good flexibility and endurance. Perhaps it was these qualities that allowed him to get the main role in the famous "Predator", because initially it was claimed by Jean-Claude Van Damme. But against the backdrop of Schwarzenegger, Van Damme did not look very impressive. But Hall was perfect for this role. An interesting fact is that the true face of the actor can still be seen in the film. In the last frames of the picture, he appeared on the screen in the image of a helicopter pilot.
Shortly before the "Predator" Peter was another casting. He was preparing to play an alien in the picture of V. Petersen "My Enemy", but in the end the director chose another artist for this role.
The debut in the movie took place at Hall in 1979. He got the role of a mutant bear in the horror film directed by J. Frankenheimer "Prophecy". A year later, he got the role of an alien in the fantastic thriller G. Clarke "Without warning."
In the 1982 television movie The Sinister Game, the actor played Gorville. The film tells about a group of students who were carried away by the role-playing game "Labyrinths and Monsters" and gradually ceased to distinguish fictional events from real ones. In the same year, Hall appeared on the screen in the image of Eddie in the mystical thriller Once Upon a Dark Night.
For some time, the actor worked in popular television series and films: "Dukes from Hazzard", "Night Court", "227", "Martyrs of Science", "Monster from the Cabinet."
In 1987, William Deere's fantastic comedy Harry and Hendersons was released, where Hall first appeared as Harry the Bigfoot. The film won an Oscar for best makeup, and was also nominated 4 times for the Saturn Award.
Hall also played another famous monster character in John McTiernan’s cult fantasy action movie 1987 Predator. Famous performers starred in the picture: A. Schwarzenegger, C. Weather, Jesse Ventura, Bill Duke. The film was nominated for an Oscar for best visual effects and three times claimed the Saturn Award.
In this image, Hall appeared in the next part of the popular action movie "Predator 2", which was released in 1990.
The actor has played in several other popular films, including: Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Road to Hell, Shorty the Big Bump, Book of Secrets of America. Hall’s latest work was Harry’s bigfoot in Harry and Henderson.
