--- name: "Kevin Peter Hall" canonical: "https://film.one/person/kevin-peter-hall" fi1m_id: "kevin-peter-hall" imdb_id: "nm0001310" tmdb_id: 1109 wikidata_id: "Q361587" roles: ["Actor"] born: "9 May 1955" died: "10 April 1991" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 74 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-19T16:53:30.193040+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Kevin Peter Hall ## Identity Kevin Peter Hall - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kevin-peter-hall - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** kevin-peter-hall - **IMDb ID:** nm0001310 - **TMDB ID:** 1109 - **Wikidata ID:** Q361587 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Peter_Hall, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q361587, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001310/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1109 Actor. Born 9 May 1955 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 10 April 1991. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 9 May 1955, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - **Died:** 10 April 1991 - **Active:** 1987–1990 - **Frequently works with:** [Jim Thomas](https://film.one/person/jim-thomas.md), [Joel Silver](https://film.one/person/joel-silver.md), [John Davis](https://film.one/person/john-davis.md), [John Thomas](https://film.one/person/john-thomas-1094.md), [Lawrence Gordon](https://film.one/person/lawrence-gordon.md) - **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 84 (1), 1990s 63 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Peter_Hall, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q361587, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001310/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1109 ## Fi1m on Kevin Peter Hall > Kevin Peter Hall could make a creature threatening or gentle through the way he moved inside a cumbersome suit. We value the menace he brings to *Predator*, even when the human characters are thin. In *Predator* (1987), Kevin Peter Hall has to give an alien personality while his own face is largely concealed. His movement does much of the acting, and the cumbersome suit gives him plenty to work against. We rate the performance highly: the creature has enough character to sustain our interest as well as threaten the humans. At 7 ft 2 in, Hall had an obvious advantage in suggesting danger, but height alone cannot make a character. The early parts were already pointing him towards this sort of work: a mutant bear in *Prophecy* (1979), then the alien in *Without Warning* (1980). *Harry and the Hendersons* (1987) gave him a gentler creature to play. As Harry, the sasquatch, he brought expression to another cumbersome costume. That contrast with *Predator*, released the same year, matters: it gives us a reason to value his choices beyond the practical business of being tall enough for the part. John McTiernan gives him a useful setting in *Predator*: a jungle commando film that becomes an alien hunt. We were frightened because Hall's physical menace makes the danger to Schwarzenegger's convincingly vulnerable soldier feel real. The director builds the suspense, but a creature performer still has to justify the waiting when the creature is there to be seen. Hall does, and that is a substantial part of why we recommend the film despite its crude dialogue and thin characterisation. He returned as the alien in *Predator 2* (1990). Prominent unmasked parts were scarce, which limits what we can judge of him outside creature work. That is no reason to treat these performances as interchangeable: Harry and the Predator have different temperaments, despite the disguises. Start with *Predator*, then try *Harry and the Hendersons* for the gentler performance. ## Biography Kevin Peter Hall (9 May 1955 – 10 April 1991) was an American actor. Standing 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) tall, he frequently played monster characters in film and television. He portrayed the titular Predator in the 1987 science fiction film *Predator*, also appearing unmasked as a helicopter pilot, and reprised the role in the 1990 sequel *Predator 2*. Hall played the title character Harry in the 1987 film *Harry and the Hendersons* and its subsequent television series. Other credits include *Without Warning* (1980), *Prophecy* (1979), *Big Top Pee-wee* (1988), a guest appearance as Leyor in *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987) and a recurring role in the sitcom *227* (1989–1990). Hall was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and attended Penn Hills High School and George Washington University. He was married to actress Alaina Reed Hall from 1988 until his death. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, avp.fandom.com, themoviedb.org.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Predator 2* (1990), Fi1m 63, as The Predator — [page](https://film.one/film/predator-2.md) - *Predator* (1987), Fi1m 84, as The Predator / Helicopter Pilot — [page](https://film.one/film/predator.md) ## Complete filmography (19) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Highway to Hell* (1991), as Charon - *Harry and the Hendersons* (1991), series, as Harry - *Predator 2* (1990), as The Predator — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/predator-2.md) - *Rodney Dangerfield: Opening Night at Rodney's Place* (1989), as Richard Small - *Big Top Pee-wee* (1988), as Big John - *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987), series, as Leyor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-the-next-generation.md) - *Predator* (1987), as The Predator / Helicopter Pilot — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/predator.md) - *Harry and the Hendersons* (1987), as Harry - *Monster in the Closet* (1986), as The Monster - *Misfits of Science* (1985), series, as Dr. Elvin 'El' Lincoln - *Misfits of Science* (1985), as Dr. Elvin 'El' Lincoln - *227* (1985), series, Actor - *The Wild Life* (1984), as Bouncer - *E/R* (1984), series, Actor - *Night Court* (1984), series, as Wendell Martin - *One Dark Night* (1982), as Eddie - *Mazes and Monsters* (1982), as Gorvil - *Without Warning* (1980), as The Alien - *Prophecy* (1979), as Mutant Bear, Mutant Bear (uncredited) ## Gallery - ![Kevin Peter Hall](https://film.one/media/person/118938/gallery-8bdc1995db38.jpg) Kevin Peter Hall — Image via TMDB - ![Kevin Peter Hall](https://film.one/media/person/118938/gallery-0329dc15fc25.jpg) Kevin Peter Hall — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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