Curtis-Hall, Vondie 1956–

(Vondi Curtis Hall)

PERSONAL

Some sources spell the surname without a hyphen; born September 30, 1956, in Detroit, MI; son of Curtis (an owner of a construction company) and Angeline (a nurse) Hall; married Kasi Lemmons (an actress, director, and screenwriter), 1995; children: (from previous relationship) Che; (with Kasi Lemmons) Henry Hunter, Zora. Education: Studied music at Juilliard School and theatre at Richmond College, London, England.

Addresses: Office—Motor City Films, 468 North Camden Dr., Suite 200, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Agent—Gersh Agency, 232 North Canon Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Manager—Stephanie Davis, 3 Arts Entertainment, 9460 Wilshire Blvd., 7th Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career: Actor, producer, director, singer, musician, and writer. Began career as assistant editor, photography assistant, and assistant director; Motor City Films, Beverly Hills, CA, founder and partner. Black Filmmaker Foundation, member.

Awards, Honors: Audelco Award, Audience Development Committee, best actor, 1987, for Williams and Walker; Emmy Award nomination, outstanding guest actor in a drama series, 1995, for "ER Confidential," ER; Screen Actors Guild Award nominations, outstanding ensemble in a drama series (with others), 1997 and 1998, both for Chicago Hope; Golden Satellite Award, International Press Academy, best supporting actor in a miniseries or television movie, 1998, for Don King: Only in America; Image Award nomination, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, outstanding supporting actor in a motion picture, 1998, for Eve's Bayou; Black Reel Award, best director for network or cable television, 2005, for Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Narrator, Fall from Grace, 1987.

Basketball game vendor, Coming to America (also known as Prince of New York), Paramount, 1988.

Speaker voice, Shakedown (also known as Blue Jean Cop), Universal, 1988.

Detective, Black Rain, Paramount, 1989.

Ed, Mystery Train, Orion, 1989.

(As Vondi Curtis Hall) Miller, Die Hard 2: Die Harder (also known as Die Hard 2), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1990.

Father Wills, One Good Cop, Buena Vista, 1991.

Miguel Montoya, The Mambo Kings (also known as Les mambo kings), Warner Bros., 1992.

Sugar LeDoux, Passion Fish, Miramax, 1992.

Not Economically Viable Man, Falling Down (also known as Chute libre), Warner Bros., 1993.

Voice-print analyst, Clear and Present Danger, Paramount, 1994.

Uncle Brown, Crooklyn, Universal, 1994.

Rocky Seavers, Drop Squad, Gramercy, 1994.

Mark Doby, Sugar Hill (also known as Harlem), Twentieth-Century Fox, 1994.

Carver, Tuesday Morning Ride, Chanticleer Films, 1995.

Lieutenant Colonel Sam Rhodes, Broken Arrow, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996.

Minos P. Dautrieve, Heaven's Prisoners, New Line Cinema, 1996.

Captain Prince, William Shakespeare's "Romeo + Juliet" (also known as Romeo and Juliet, Romeo + Juliet, and Verona Beach), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996.

D-Reper, Gridlock'd (also known as Gridlock and Gridlocked), Gramercy, 1997.

Julian Grayraven, Eve's Bayou, Trimark Pictures, 1997.

Cliff, Turn It Up, New Line Cinema, 2000.

Film Work:

Producer, 112th and South Central: Through the Eyes of the Children, Vista Entertainment, 1993.

Director, Gridlock'd (also known as Gridlock and Gridlocked), Gramercy, 1997.

Director, Glitter, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2001.

Television Appearances; Series:

Commander Warren Osborne, Cop Rock, ABC, 1990.

Dr. Dennis Hancock, a recurring role, Chicago Hope, CBS, 1995–99.

Roger McGrath, a recurring role, ER, NBC, 2001.

Charles Miller, a recurring role, Soul Food, Showtime, 2004.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Clifford Turpin, Heat Wave (also known as Burn, Baby, Burn), TNT, 1990.

Detective Gary Hopkins,… And Then She Was Gone (also known as In a Stranger's Hand, Lost and Found, and Troubleshooter), NBC, 1991.

C. Vernon Mason, Murder without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story (also known as Best Intentions: The Education and Killing of Edmund Perry and Murder Without Motive), NBC, 1992.

Vinnie, What She Doesn't Know (also known as For I Have Sinned and Shades of Gray), NBC, 1992.

Danforth, There Was a Little Boy, CBS, 1993.

Jessup Bush, Dead Man's Revenge (also known as You Only Die Once), USA Network, 1994.

Davis, Zooman (also known as Zooman and the Sign), Showtime, 1995.

Carver, Tuesday Morning Ride, Showtime, 1995.

Lloyd Price, Don King: Only in America, HBO, 1997.

Edward (some sources cite Vincent) Morgan, Sirens, Showtime, 1999.

Daniel Wall, Freedom Song, TNT, 2000.

Drew "Bundini" Brown, Ali: An American Hero, Fox, 2000.

Detective Hal Kazin, Deceit, Lifetime, 2004.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Hanrahan (some sources cite Louche Amarant), Keys to Her Past (also known as Keys), Lifetime, 1994 (some sources cite 1999).

Andre Hayes, Fastlane, Fox, 2002.

Agent Vic Martinsen, 1-800-Missing (also known as Missing), Lifetime, 2003.

Marion, Introducing Lennie Rose, ABC, 2005.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Title role, Dr. Hugo, Lifetime, 1994.

Interviewee, Discovered at Sundance, PBS, 1997.

Ross, Dense, Showtime, 2004.

Soul Decisions, Showtime, 2004.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

David Tracton, "The Master's Mirror," A Man Called Hawk, ABC, 1989.

Bill, "Through and Through," China Beach, 1991.

Train porter, "I'll Fly Away," I'll Fly Away, NBC, 1992.

Thomas, "Sanctuary for a Child," Nightmare Cafe, 1992.

Jack Turrentine, "The Old Man and the 'C'," Civil Wars, 1992.

Joe Clay, "The Third Man," I'll Fly Away, NBC, 1992.

Joe Clay, "Small Wishes," I'll Fly Away, NBC, 1993.

Joe Clay, "State," I'll Fly Away, NBC, 1993.

David O'Connor, "Dead-End for Delia," Fallen Angels, Showtime, 1993.

Henry Colton, "ER Confidential," ER, NBC, 1994.

Attorney Clay, "Three on a Patch," L.A. Law, 1994.

James Mosely, "Dad," South Central, 1994.

Guest, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated, 1997.

Guest, Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, ABC, 1997.

Maurice Tiffen, "Watching Too Much Television," The Sopranos, HBO, 2002.

Andre Hayes, "Overkill," Fastlane, Fox, 2003.

Dele Ekoku, "Cease and Assist," LAX, NBC, 2005.

Television Appearances: Awards Presentations:

Presenter, The 2001 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (also known as (The 16th Annual IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards), Independent Film Channel, 2001.

Presenter, The 17th Annual IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards, Independent Film Channel, 2002.

The 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards, Independent Film Channel and Bravo, 2005.

Television Director; Episodic:

"Start All Over Again," ER, NBC, 2001.

"It's All in Your Head," ER, NBC, 2002.

"Our Mrs. Reynolds," Firefly (also known as Firefly: The Series), Fox, 2002.

"Cruel and Unusual," MDs, ABC, 2002.

"Insurgents," The Shield, FX Channel, 2005.

Television Director; Other:

Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (movie; also known as Redemption), ABC, 2004.

Sleeper Cell (pilot), Showtime, 2005.

Stage Appearances:

Member of ensemble, It's So Nice to Be Civilized (musical), Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1980.

(Broadway debut) Singer and dancer, Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music (concert performance), Nederlander Theatre, New York City, 1981.

Marty, Dreamgirls (musical), Imperial Theatre, New York City, 1985.

Williams and Walker, American Place Theatre, New York City, 1986.

Joseph Asagai, A Raisin in the Sun, Roundabout Theatre Company, Union Square Theatre, New York City, 1986.

Roosevelt Gwynne, The War Party, Negro Ensemble Company, Theatre Four, New York City, 1986.

Understudy, Stardust (musical revue), Biltmore Theatre, New York City, 1987.

G.I., The Middle of Nowhere, Astor Place Theatre, New York City, 1988.

Also appeared in The War Party.

WRITINGS

Songs Featured in Films:

"Life Is a Traffic Jam" and "There's No Hiding," Gridlock'd (also known as Gridlock and Gridlocked), Gramercy, 1997.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Contemporary Black Biography, Volume 17, Gale, 1998, pp. 63-65.

Periodicals:

People Weekly, November 25, 1996, p. 109.

USA Today, March 25, 1996, p. D3.