Matthew Hall (born 26 January 1987) is a British actor.
Education
He trained with Stage 84 from a young age and studied at
Leeds College of Music
Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by populatio ...
on a two-year musical theatre course.
Work
Hall began his work in television working as a supporting artist in programmes, including ''
Emmerdale'', ''
A Touch of Frost'' and ''
My Parents Are Aliens
''My Parents Are Aliens'' is a British children's television sitcom that was produced for eight series by Yorkshire Television and aired on ITV from 8 November 1999 to 18 December 2006.
Overview
The show primarily follows the lives of three or ...
''. In 2006, he played lead role Jacko in a
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC' ...
drama entitled ''Mummies and Daddies''. The following year, after just missing out on a lead role in ''
Coronation Street
''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford.
Origi ...
'', he played Sam Myerson in Series 7's final episode of ''
The Royal''. In January 2009 he was in an ITV1 three-part drama called ''Unforgiven'' starring Surranne Jones, in which he played the son of
Siobhan Finneran and Peter Davison's characters Rufus Ingram. His other work includes the part of Scott Mackay, a young troubled teenager in an episode of the final series of
''Heartbeat'', Tiru in the BBC Radio play ''28'' by Dawn King and an advert for ''Neil Hudgell Solicitors''.
''Back for Good''
In February 2010, Hall joined the cast of the touring brand new ''Take That'' tribute show ''Back for Good'' playing the part of Mark Owen. This was Hall's first long-term professional job. The show has so far been a slow success, with Hall getting rave reviews, including:
"This was an energetic and remarkably accurate journey through the back catalogue with both Daniel Paul Maines as Gary, and Matthew Hall as Mark delivering tone-perfect performances that could almost be considered a masterpiece in mimickery, rather than the usual close approximation achieved by other acts"
[http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/reviews/Back-For-Good.6170235.jp ]
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1991 births
Living people
21st-century English male actors
Alumni of Leeds College of Music
English male child actors
English male television actors
English male stage actors
Male actors from Bradford