Robert Hall

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Robert David Hall as Albert Robbins

Robert David Hall's television credits include recurring roles in "The Practice" and "L.A. Law" and guest-starring roles in "The West Wing," and on CBS, "Touched by an Angel," "Brooklyn South" and "Promised Land." His feature film credits include "The Negotiator" and "Starship Troopers."

Hall can be heard on many national commercial spots and in the cartoons "Batman," "Superman," "Zeta Project" and "Static Shock." For more than four years, he was the daytime voice and music director of KNX-FM.

A double leg amputee, Hall is the national chair of the Performers with Disabilities committees of both the Screen Actors Guild and AFTRA. He also serves as national chairman of the Performers with Disabilities Caucus for SAG, AFTRA and Equity. He recently received the 2006 Ivy Bethune Diversity Trailblazers Award from SAG. In 1998, Hall won the Harold Russell Award from the Media Access Office, presented to an actor who serves as a role model for other disabled actors. A devoted community activist, he serves on the board of directors of the National Organization on Disability. In Spring 2005, he presented King Abdullah II of Jordan with the Franklin Delano Roosevelt International Disability Award at the United Nations. He completed a term as a national board member of the Screen Actors Guild, marking the first time in the history of the organization that an actor with a physical disability has been elected to the board. He sits on the boards of the Mark Taper Forum's Other Voices Project and the Media Access Office. As a member of the Mutual Amputee Foundation, he visits amputees, including members of the U.S. military who have returned from Iraq and Afghanistan. He also served as master of ceremonies at a talent showcase for performers with disabilities, sponsored by CBS.

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