Pooch Hall

He was born Marion H. Hall, Jr. to Marion and the late Cindy Hall in Brockton, Massachusetts where he attended Brockton High School. In 1994, he won the Southern New England Golden Gloves for boxing. Hall attended the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth where he got first taste for acting with the UMass Dartmouth Theatre Company.[2]

Hall started his career doing commercials and modeling. Hall landed his first acting role in the 2001 Lift. That same year, he appeared in Blue Hill Avenue. In 2003, he served as co-host for The N reality series Girls v. Boys. In 2005, he portrayed Ty'ree in the miniseries Miracle's Boys. The following year, he won the role of Derwin Davis on Game. He was featured as Chrisette Michele's love interest in her music video "What You Do". He did not replacing at all from The Game.

During the 2009–2010 season, he had a recurring role as Ryan on the CBS sitcom Accidentally on Purpose, replacing Cory Hardrict (the husband of Tia Mowry, his co-star from The Game). In the interview of the Tom Joyner Morning show, Hall had to set the record straight of departing from the series The Game. He quoted, "My contract came up, I promise you. We negotiated and we couldn't come up with a number. So my team said we're going to send you out [auditions]". Pooch Hall continued and said the Showtime series knew about his commitment to BET but it took so long to respond to his agents; however, he continued to move forward with his new projects. "I never did quit the show," Hall said, "When The Game got canceled, I was offered another job and I booked Ray Donovan the next day".

On August 8, 2012, he will be returning to make a guest appearance for the sixth season, he will appear in one episode "The Blueprint". without Tia Mowry.

On September 18, 2015, he was cast in A Dog's Purpose.[3]

Hall met his wife Linda in 1996 when she was a freshman in college.[2] They married in 1997.[4] They have four children together.[1]

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