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WillHall

  • Actor
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Christchurch-born Will Hall got his big break playing the kind-hearted average joe who starts having strange visions after an incident in a car wash, in acclaimed 2004 series Insiders Guide to Happiness. Hall went on to appear on prequel Insiders Guide to Love, then spent two years on Shortland Street, as skateboarding doctor Kip Denton. Hall also plays the baddie in Canterbury-shot Western Netherwood, which he helped to produce.

Screenography

A Remarkable Place to Die
2024 As: Robbie Shorrock Series
Bear with Me
2021 As: Boy's father Short film
2020 - 2021 As: Alfie Series
2018 As: Various roles Television
2017 As: Flash Harry Film

Awards

2005 New Zealand Screen Awards
Best Performance by an Actor: for The Insiders Guide to Happiness

2005 Qantas Film and Television Awards (New Zealand)
Nominated for Best Actor in a Drama: for The Insiders Guide to Happiness

“We almost did those scenes in actual time! I actually spent 12 hours sitting in a car. We had about five of the crew in there with me — camera, director, lighting. So it was stuffy and stinky. And the car wash kept screwing up . . . But still, there'd always be issues with the car wash. ”

Will Hall, on filming his introductory scenes for Insiders Guide to Happiness