Sydney Hall (actor) facts for kids

Sydney Hall is an American actor, model, and dancer. He is known for his roles in movies and TV shows. He also spent several years living and working in South Africa.

Learning and Growing

Sydney Hall finished high school in 1991. He went to Northwest Catholic High School in West Hartford, Connecticut.

After high school, he attended Howard University in Washington, D.C.. There, he earned a degree called a Bachelor of Arts (BA). He was also a member of a college group called Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.

Adventures in South Africa

In 1994, Sydney Hall traveled to Soweto in Johannesburg, South Africa. He went there with a dance group called Step Afrika! This group performed a special kind of dance called stepping.

Sydney lived in South Africa for several years. While there, he worked as a model and an actor. He even owned his own nightclub!

He became well-known for playing a character named Dr CL Phunk. This character was in a series of fun, old-fashioned TV commercials. These commercials started in 2002 for a fast-food chain called Chicken Licken.

Movies and TV Shows

Sydney Hall has appeared in different movies and television shows.

Movies

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

Television Shows

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