Sydney Hall (actor)

Sydney Hall
Born	(1975-05-12) May 12, 1975 (age 49) West Hartford, Connecticut
Nationality	American

Sydney Hall is an American actor, model and dancer.

Education

Hall completed his schooling at Northwest Catholic High School in West Hartford, Connecticut in 1991. He subsequently attended Howard University in Washington, D.C., where he obtained a BA.[1] He is a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.[2]

South Africa

In 1994, Hall travelled to Soweto in Johannesburg, South Africa as part of the Step Afrika! stepping dance troupe of fraternity brothers.[3][4][5] He lived in South Africa for several years, working as a model and actor. He also owned a nightclub there.[1][6] He played the character Dr CL Phunk in a series of retro television commercials commencing in 2002 for the Chicken Licken fast-food restaurant chain.[7][8][9]

Filmography

Film

• Lord of War (2005)
• The Deal (2008)
• Caught in the Crossfire (2010)

Television

• Coup! (2006)
• Generation Kill (2008)
• Intelligence: "The Grey Hat" (2014)

References

1. "Spotted on Screen – Sydney Hall '91". Logos: The Magazine of Northwest Catholic High School: 6. Fall 2010 – Winter 2011. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
2. Parks, Gregory S., ed. (2012). Alpha Phi Alpha: A Legacy of Greatness, The Demands of Transcendence. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. p. 366. ISBN 9780813134574. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
3. Padgett, Raven (Spring 2009). "Step Afrika!: 15 Years of Creating Cultural Conversations". Howard University: 24–25. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
4. Malone, Jacqui (2006). Steppin' on the Blues: The Visible Rhythms of African American dance. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. p. 166. ISBN 9780252065088. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
5. Norris, Michele (November 28, 2003). "Step Afrika". All Things Considered. NPR. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
6. "Sydney Hall Interview". Generation Kill Insider. Archived from the original on February 20, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
7. "Dr Phunk se epiese TV-avontuur" [Dr Phunk's epic TV-adventure]. Beeld (in Afrikaans). July 11, 2005. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved August 23, 2014.
8. Taunyane, Molebogeng (July 2, 2006). "A seasoned Chicken Licken". City Press. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved August 23, 2014.
9. Derby, Ron (July 13, 2005). "South Africa: Dr Phunk's New Ads Cook Up Juicy Sales for Upwardly Mobile Chicken Licken". Business Day. Archived from the original on May 27, 2024. Retrieved August 25, 2014.

External links

• Sydney Hall at IMDb
• Sydney Hall – TVGuide.com