Brandon "Bug" Hall is an American

United States

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 actor

Actor

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, acting teacher and musician

Musician

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.

Biography

Brandon Hall, nicknamed "Bug" by his family, was born in Fort Worth

Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...

, Texas

Texas

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 on February 4, 1985. He is the second oldest in his family. Most popular as a child actor

Child actor

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 during the 1990s, he is best known for portraying Our Gang

Our Gang

Our Gang, also known as The Little Rascals or Hal Roach's Rascals, was a series of American comedy short films about a group of poor neighborhood children and the adventures they had together. Created by comedy producer Hal Roach, the series is noted for showing children behaving in a relatively...

kid Alfalfa Switzer

Carl Switzer

Carl Dean "Alfalfa" Switzer was an American child actor, professional dog breeder and hunting guide, most notable for appearing in the Our Gang short subjects series as Alfalfa, one of the series' most popular and best-remembered characters.-Early life and family:Switzer was born in Paris,...

 in the 1994 film The Little Rascals. He and five others in the cast of The Little Rascals won a Young Artist Award

Young Artist Award

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 for Best Performance by a Youth Ensemble in a Motion Picture.

Following Rascals, Hall appeared in John Landis

John Landis

John David Landis is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and producer. He is known for his comedies, his horror films, and his music videos with singer Michael Jackson.-Early life and career:...

' The Stupids

The Stupids (film)

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and the soccer comedy The Big Green

The Big Green

The Big Green is a 1995 Walt Disney Pictures film starring Steve Guttenberg and Olivia D'Abo, written and directed by Holly Goldberg Sloan...

. In 1996, Hall was nominated for a YoungStar award (Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Made For TV Movie) for his work as Eddie Munster

Eddie Munster

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 in the Fox

Fox Broadcasting Company

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 telefilm The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas

The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas

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, and he voiced a little boy in Disney

Walt Disney Pictures

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's Hercules in 1997. In 1998, he played the lead as Scout Bozell in the movie Safety Patrol

Safety Patrol (film)

Safety Patrol is a 1998 direct-to-TV Disney film that covers the exploits of Scout Bozell, a middle school student aspiring to become a member of the school's safety patrol . The film, originally, aired on ABC and was aired, repeatedly, on the Disney Channel in 1999...

.

Bug Hall also starred in Disney's Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves

Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves

Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves is a 1997 direct-to-video sequel to Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and Honey, I Blew Up the Kid. It is the last film in the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids franchise...

as Adam Szalinski.
Since then, he has continued to appear in films as a teenager and young adult. He was in the direct to DVD movie Skipped Parts

Skipped Parts

Skipped Parts , is a movie based on Tim Sandlin's book of the same name. Skipped Parts is the first in a series of novels based on the lives of Maury and Sam, the second and final being Sorrow Floats and Social Blunders. The film is about a group of characters living in a small Wyoming town...

, released in 2001, with Mischa Barton

Mischa Barton

Mischa Anne Marsden Barton is a British-American fashion model, film, television, and stage actress, best known for her role as Marissa Cooper in the American television series The O.C..-Early life:...

. He also appeared in 2002 in the Disney Channel

Disney Channel

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's original movie Get A Clue

Get a Clue

Get a Clue is a 2002 Disney Channel Original Movie starring Lindsay Lohan as Lexy Gold, a high-school student who investigates a mystery after one of her teachers goes missing, Bug Hall as a boy who helps her, Ian Gomez as the missing teacher, Brenda Song as Lexy's best friend, Ali Mukaddam as...

, starring Lindsay Lohan

Lindsay Lohan

Lindsay Lohan is an American actress, pop singer and model. She began her career as a child fashion model before making her motion picture debut in Disney's 1998 remake of The Parent Trap at the age of 11...

 and Brenda Song

Brenda Song

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. Hall has had many notable TV guest appearances, appearing on The X Files, Charmed

Charmed

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, Strong Medicine

Strong Medicine

Strong Medicine is a medical drama with a focus on feminist politics, health issues and class conflict. The television series aired on the Lifetime network from 2000 to 2006. It is distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The series was created and produced in part by comedienne and...

, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...

, Cold Case, Justice

Justice (TV series)

Justice is an American legal drama produced by Jerry Bruckheimer that aired on Fox in the USA and CTV in Canada. The series also aired on Warner Channel in Latin America, Nine Network in Australia, and on TV2 In New Zealand....

, and Providence

Providence (TV series)

Providence is an American drama series that aired on NBC starring Melina Kanakaredes. The show ran for five seasons from January 8, 1999 until December 20, 2002.-Synopsis:The show revolves around Dr...

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Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	The Little Rascals	Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer	Debut Role
1995	Tad (film)>Tad	Tad Lincoln
1995	The Big Green The Big Green The Big Green is a 1995 Walt Disney Pictures film starring Steve Guttenberg and Olivia D'Abo, written and directed by Holly Goldberg Sloan...	Newt Shaw
1996	The Stupids The Stupids (film) The Stupids is a 1996 American comedy/adventure film directed by John Landis. The film is based on The Stupids, characters from a series of books written by Harry Allard and illustrated by James Marshall....	Buster Stupid
1996	The Munster's Scary Little Christmas	Eddie Munster
1997	Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves is a 1997 direct-to-video sequel to Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and Honey, I Blew Up the Kid. It is the last film in the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids franchise...	Adam Szalinski
1997	Hercules Hercules (1997 film) Hercules is a 1997 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The thirty-fifth animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, the film was directed by Ron Clements and John Musker...	Little Boy	Voice
1998	Safety Patrol Safety Patrol (film) Safety Patrol is a 1998 direct-to-TV Disney film that covers the exploits of Scout Bozell, a middle school student aspiring to become a member of the school's safety patrol . The film, originally, aired on ABC and was aired, repeatedly, on the Disney Channel in 1999...	Scout Bozell
1998	Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly (TV series) Kelly Kelly is an American situation comedy television series starring Shelley Long and Robert Hays. The series premiered April 20, 1998 on The WB.-Plot:...	Brian Kelly	TV series
1998	Mel Mel (film) Mel is a 1998 film directed by Joey Travolta, starring Ernest Borgnine, Julie Hagerty and Greg Evigan.-Plot Synopsis:Bonnie and Peter are working on their marriage while dealing with a difficult teen-aged son. Her father takes the boys in for the summer at his farm...	Travis
1999	Providence Providence (TV series) Providence is an American drama series that aired on NBC starring Melina Kanakaredes. The show ran for five seasons from January 8, 1999 until December 20, 2002.-Synopsis:The show revolves around Dr...	Jackie	Guys and Dolls (Season 1, Episode 16)
2000	Skipped Parts Skipped Parts Skipped Parts , is a movie based on Tim Sandlin's book of the same name. Skipped Parts is the first in a series of novels based on the lives of Maury and Sam, the second and final being Sorrow Floats and Social Blunders. The film is about a group of characters living in a small Wyoming town...	Sam Callahan
2002	Get a Clue Get a Clue Get a Clue is a 2002 Disney Channel Original Movie starring Lindsay Lohan as Lexy Gold, a high-school student who investigates a mystery after one of her teachers goes missing, Bug Hall as a boy who helps her, Ian Gomez as the missing teacher, Brenda Song as Lexy's best friend, Ali Mukaddam as...	Jack Downey	TV movie
2003	Arizona Summer Arizona Summer Arizona Summer is a family oriented story revolving around Brent Butler , a wiser-than-his years youngster. A modern day Tom Sawyer. The majority of the story takes place at a boys and girls camp owned and operated by Travers , who has spent a lifetime of quietly helping adolescents become...	Scott
2003	The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay (TV film)>The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay	Tim Spooner
2003	Footsteps (TV film)>Footsteps	Spencer Weaver
2004	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...	Daniel Halburt	Viva Las Vegas (Season 5, Episode 1)
2004	Strong Medicine Strong Medicine Strong Medicine is a medical drama with a focus on feminist politics, health issues and class conflict. The television series aired on the Lifetime network from 2000 to 2006. It is distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The series was created and produced in part by comedienne and...	Steve Kelley	A Dose of Reality (Season 7, Episode 8)
2004	Charmed Charmed Charmed is an American television series that originally aired from October 7, 1998, until May 21, 2006, on the now defunct The WB Television Network. The series was created in 1998 by writer Constance M...	Eddie Mullen	Charmed Noir (Season 7, Episode 8)
2005	Cold Case	Matthew Adams	Blank Generation (Season 2, Episode 11)
2005	Mortuary	Cal
2006	The O.C	Robert	The Heavy Lifting (Season 3, Episode 15) (uncredited)
2006	Justice Justice (TV series) Justice is an American legal drama produced by Jerry Bruckheimer that aired on Fox in the USA and CTV in Canada. The series also aired on Warner Channel in Latin America, Nine Network in Australia, and on TV2 In New Zealand....	Colin Clark	Crucified (Season 1, Episode 6)
2006	CSI: Miami CSI: Miami CSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....	Evan Dunlar	High Octane (Season 5, Episode 7)
2008	The Day the Earth Stopped The Day the Earth Stopped The Day the Earth Stopped is a 2008 direct-to-DVD science fiction film made by American studio The Asylum, directed by and starring C. Thomas Howell...	The Man	direct to DVD
2009	Camouflage (2009 film)>Camouflage	Corey
2009	American Pie Presents: The Book of Love	Robert Shearson	Main Character - Direct to DVD
2010	Saving Grace	Nick	1 Episode
2010	Fortress Fortress (2011 film) Fortress is a 2011 war film directed by Michael R. Phillips and released by Bayou Pictures. The film follows the crew of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber Lucky Lass as they fly in the campaign against Italy during World War II.-Cast:*Bug Hall: Michael...	Michael
2010	Boarding School 3D	Shane
2010	Nikita Nikita Nikita is a French thriller film written and directed by Luc Besson; it was released in the United States as La Femme Nikita. The film is about a young criminal who is recruited to work for French intelligence. Nikita was remade into the U.S...	Robbie	The Recruit (Season 1, Episode 7)
2011	Criminal Minds Criminal Minds Criminal Minds is an American police procedural drama that premiered September 22, 2005, on CBS. The series follows a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit based in Quantico, Virginia. The BAU is part of the FBI National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime...	Ben	"With Friends like These" (Season 6, Episode 19)
2011	90210 90210 90210 may refer to* Beverly Hills, California, ZIP code 90210* Beverly Hills Post Office* Peltola, Oulu, Finland, postal code 90210* Beverly Hills, 90210, an American teen drama television series that ran between 1990 and 2000...	Derrius	"Rush Hour" (Season 4, Episode 2)

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