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Craig Hall is a New Zealand actor.
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Craig Hall (born 1974/1975) is a New Zealand actor.
Hall was born and raised in Auckland, New Zealand. At the age of ten, he decided he wanted to be an actor, after seeing Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future. He convinced his dad to take him to an agency after spotting a newspaper advertisement seeking film extras. He had braces at the time, so nothing came of it, but he persevered.
Hall attended high school at Macleans College in Auckland, from 1988 to 1992.
A workshop in 1993, with acting coach Kenneth McGregor (who was in New Zealand at the time, working on The Piano), resulted in Kenneth referring Hall to an agency. This in turn, led to parts in short films and television advertisements, laying the foundation for his career.
Hall's career began with a role in the television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys in 1996. Other early television credits included The Chosen (1998), Street Legal (1999), Shortland Street (1999) and Xena: Warrior Princess (2000). He then secured a regular ongoing role as Clint in The Strip (2001). He also had roles in Interrogation (2005) and miniseries Burying Brian (2008).
Hall landed a regular role in New Zealand comedy crime drama series Outrageous Fortune, playing Nicky Greegan from 2008 to 2010. During this time, he also played Carter Smith in season 2 of ABC Australian series East of Everything in 2009.
Hall's portrayal of real life physician, Andrew Bowers in the 2010 TV movie Bloodlines won him the 2011 AFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. He then relocated to Australia when he was cast in Underbelly: Razor, the fourth instalment of the Underbelly crime drama franchise, in the lead role of Detective Bill Mackay.
In 2012, Hall was seen in the Australian drama miniseries Howzat! Kerry Packer's War, playing the role of Gavin Warner. The following year, he made guest appearances in Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, Tricky Business and Rake.
Hall then secured the ongoing role of Jack Duncan, a troubled veteran working as a doctor in rural Australia in 1950s period drama series A Place to Call Home for six seasons, from 2013 through to 2018. During this period, he played the recurring role of Chief Supt. William Munro in The Doctor Blake Mysteries, Inspector Rod Lynch in two-part crime miniseries Catching Milat (2015), based on the story of real life serial killer Ivan Milat and Ted Regan in Hunters (2016). He next portrayed private investigator Tim McKinnel in 2018 New Zealand television movie In Dark Places, a crime drama based on the true story of the wrongful conviction of Teina Pora.
In 2019, Hall was seen in Jonah: The Untold Story, playing Doc Mayhew. Then from 2019 to 2021, he played a lead role as coach Vince O'Kane in the first two seasons of rugby drama Head High. Both portrayals earned him nominations at the 2020 NZTV Awards. In 2020, Hall returned to Shortland Street, in the recurring guest role of the womanising Alasdair Rolleston, brother of surgeon Boyd Rolleston, after having previously guested in 1999.
In 1998, Hall made his feature film debut in New Zealand comedy Savage Honeymoon. His film appearances continued in 2003 when he scored the role of a Gondorian Captain in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, the conclusion to Peter Jackson's epic Lord of the Rings film franchise. Then in 2005, he appeared in Jackson's film King Kong, opposite Naomi Watts and Jack Black, and New Zealand biographical sports drama The World's Fastest Indian, alongside Anthony Hopkins. Hall took on three roles in 2007, with American fantasy drama film The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep, American horror film 30 Days of Night, opposite Josh Hartnett, and Taika Waititi's romantic comedy Eagle vs Shark.
The following year, Green starred in New Zealand romantic comedy-drama Show of Hands with Melanie Lynskey. He appeared in Taika Waititi's 2010 comedy-drama Boy, and in 2011 he had a role in romantic comedy Love Birds as well as starring as a commando in horror film The Devil's Rock. He then appeared as Galion in the second of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit trilogy, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in 2013, with an ensemble cast including Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Cate Blanchett and Orlando Bloom. That same year, he appeared as Vincent Gregory in Australian psychological thriller film Nerve, opposite Gary Sweet.
In 2023, Hall played Drybergh, opposite Julian Dennison and Minnie Driver in New Zealand comedy-drama film Uproar, set against the 1981 South African rugby tour protests. In 2026, he appeared alongside Judy Davis, Jacki Weaver and Miriam Margolyes in road trip comedy Holy Days, playing Joe, father of the main character Brian Collins (Elijah Tamati).
Hall has also acted for the stage, having performed in various theatre productions including Killer Joe in 2009 and The Lover in 2010.
Hall lives in Auckland and Sydney. He was married to his A Place to Call Home co-star Sara Wiseman for sixteen years, after having met on the set of 2000 short horror short, Home Kill. They also appeared together in the telemovie What Really Happened – Votes for Women. The couple split in 2023.
In 2023, Hall was cast in the lead role of Scott, the wealthy head of an evangelical megachurch, in New Zealand family drama miniseries Testify. He also appeared as Detective David Medcalf in the Australian crime drama miniseries The Claremont Murders. Hall more recently had supporting roles in long-running Australian soap operas Neighbours and Home and Away, as well as playing the role of Harry Freeland in police procedural series NCIS: Sydney, all in 2025.