Early life

Born in Brockton, Massachusetts, Hall attended Brockton High School. In 1994, he won the Southern New England Golden Gloves for boxing. Hall attended the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth where he got his first taste for acting with the UMass Dartmouth Theatre Company. While at UMass he met his future wife Linda Hall in 1996.

Career

Hall started his career doing commercials and modeling. Hall landed his first acting role in the 2001 Lift. That same year, he appeared Blue Hill Avenue. In 2003, he served as co-host for The N reality series Girls v. Boys. In 2005, he portrayed Ty'ree in the miniseries Miracle's Boys. The following year, he won the role of Derwin Davis on The Game. He was featured as Chrisette Michele's love interest in her music video "What You Do".

During the 2009-2010 season, he had a recurring role as Ryan on the CBS sitcom Accidentally on Purpose, replacing Cory Hardrict (the husband of Tia Mowry, his co-star from The Game). In the interview of the Tom Joyner Morning show, Hall had to set the record straight of departing from the series The Game. He quoted, "My contract came up, I promise you. We negotiated and we couldn't come up with a number. So my team said we're going to send you out ". Pooch Hall continued and said the Showtime series knew about his commitment to BET but it took so long to respond to his agents; however, he continued to move forward with his new projects. "I never did quit the show" Hall said, "When The Game got canceled, I was offered another job and I booked Ray Donovan the next day".

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Lift	Derek
2001	Blue Hill Avenue	Billy 'Schlep Rock' Brown
2003	Beacon Hill	Michael Cannon
2004	Black Cloud	Rocket Ray Tracey	Credited as "Pooch" Marion Hall
2004	Without a Trace	Lionel	Episode: "The Season"
2004	Christmas at Water's Edge	Tre	Television movie
2005	Miracle's Boys	Tyree	Mini Series
2006	Pepper Dennis	Garfield	6 episodes
2006	Hood of Horror	Sod	Alternative title: Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
2006	Blind Dating	Jay
2006-2013, 2015	The Game	Derwin Davis	101 episodes; Main Role, Guest Appearance, Series Finale.
2008	Courtroom K	Orangelo Tell	Television movie
2009	Xtra Credit	Shawn Hadley	Television movie
2009	Diary of a Champion	Terrell Thomas	Television movie
2009-2010	Accidentally on Purpose	Ryan	10 episodes
2010	Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming	Dane	Straight-to-DVD-Release
2011-2013	Suits	Jimmy	2 episodes
2011	Jumping the Broom	Ricky
2012	Warehouse 13	Cody Bell	Episode: "Second Chance"
2012	Royal Pains	JJ Small	Episode: "Business & Pleasure"
2013-present	Ray Donovan	Daryll Donovan	Main Role
2013	Necessary Roughness	Blake Bridges	Episode: "Sucker Punch"
2016	The Bleeder	Muhammad Ali	Filming Second Collaboration with Liev Schreiber

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