Bug Hall

Bug Hall
Born	Brandon Michael Hall (1985-02-04) February 4, 1985 Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1994–2021
Spouse	Jill de Groff ​ (m. 2017)​

Brandon "Bug" Hall (born February 4, 1985) is an American former actor. He is best known for his childhood roles as Alfalfa Switzer in The Little Rascals (1994), Newt Shaw in The Big Green (1995), and Buster Stupid in The Stupids (1996).

Life and career

Brandon Hall, nicknamed "Bug" by his family, was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on February 4, 1985. He is the second oldest in his family. Most popular as a child actor during the 1990s, he is best known for portraying Our Gang kid Alfalfa in the 1994 film The Little Rascals. He and five others in the cast of The Little Rascals won a Young Artist Award for Best Performance by a Youth Ensemble in a Motion Picture. Following Rascals, Hall appeared in John Landis's The Stupids and the soccer comedy The Big Green. 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 in the Fox telefilm The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas, and he voiced a little boy in Disney's Hercules in 1997.

In 1998, he played the lead as Scout Bozell in the film Safety Patrol. Hall also starred in Disney's Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves 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 film Skipped Parts, released in 2000, with Mischa Barton. He also appeared in 2002 in the Disney Channel Original Movie Get a Clue, starring Lindsay Lohan and Brenda Song. Hall has had many notable TV guest appearances, appearing on Charmed, Strong Medicine, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Cold Case, Justice, Providence, Criminal Minds, and 90210.

Personal life

In 2013, Hall converted to Catholicism, later leaving Hollywood in 2020. In 2021, Hall stated that he and his family had moved to a farm in the Midwest, so as to undertake a vow of poverty.

In December 2022, Hall was temporarily banned on Twitter after posting Tweets in support of marital debt and corporal punishment of minors. He followed up on the ban through his Instagram stating: "The truth will always be unpopular. The truthful will always be persecuted. But eternity will always be sweet". In September 2024, Hall was criticized for referring to his daughters as "dishwashers" in an X post about the birth of his son, who he called his "heir".

2020 arrest

In June 2020, Hall was arrested for inhaling an air duster, which a police investigation ruled as an attempted alcohol poisoning. He was held and released on a $1,500 bond at Parker County Jail. TMZ reported that Hall's family were the ones who made the report and that Hall himself admitted to inhaling from cans.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Note(s)
1994	The Little Rascals	Alfalfa
1995	The Big Green	Newt Shaw
1996	The Stupids	Buster Stupid
1997	Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves	Adam Szalinski	Direct-to-video
1997	Hercules	Little Boy	Voice
1998	Mel	Travis
2000	Skipped Parts	Sam Callahan
2004	Arizona Summer	Scott
2005	Mortuary	Cal
2008	The Day the Earth Stopped	Man	Direct-to-DVD
2009	Camouflage	Corey
2009	American Pie Presents: The Book of Love	Robert "Rob" Shearson	Direct-to-DVD
2012	Fortress	Michael Schmidt
2012	Atlas Shrugged: Part II	Leonard Small
2012	Karaoke Man	Max
2014	The Little Rascals Save the Day	Ice Cream Man / Delivery Man	Direct-to-DVD
2014	North Blvd	Peter
2015	Subterranea	The Captive
2015	Body High	Ray
2017	The Shadow People	Andrew
2019	Prime Time	Eddie Roland	Short film
2020	This Is the Year	Donnie

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Tad	Tad Lincoln	Television film
1996	The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas	Eddie Munster	Television film
1998	Safety Patrol	Scout Bozell	Television film
1998	Kelly Kelly	Brian Kelly	Main cast; 7 episodes
1999	Providence	Jackie	Episode: "Guys and Dolls"
2002	Get a Clue	Jack Downey	Television film
2003	The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay	Tim Spooner	Television film
2003	Footsteps	Spencer Weaver	Television film
2004	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Daniel Halburt	Episode: "Viva Las Vegas"
2004	Strong Medicine	Steve Kelley	Episode: "A Dose of Reality"
2004	Charmed	Eddie Mullen	Episode: "Charmed Noir"
2005	Cold Case	Matthew Adams	Episode: "Blank Generation"
2006	The O.C.	Robert	Episode: "The Heavy Lifting" (uncredited)
2006	Justice	Colin Clark	Episode: "Crucified"
2006	CSI: Miami	Evan Dunlar	Episode: "High Octane"
2010	Saving Grace	Nick	Episode: "You Can't Save Them All, Grace"
2010, 2012	Nikita	Robbie	Episodes: "The Recruit" and "Crossbow"
2011	Criminal Minds	Ben	Episode: "With Friends Like These"
2011	Memphis Beat	Matt Harris	Episode: "Body of Evidence"
2011	90210	Darius	Episode: "Rush Hour"
2011	CSI: NY	Mike Black	Episode: "Indelible"
2012	Arachnoquake	Paul	Television film
2013	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Ernest Prestwich	Episode: "Double Fault"
2013	Major Crimes	Scott Perry	Episode: "I, Witness"
2013	Masters of Sex	Schacter	Episode: "Involuntary"
2014	Castle	Jesse Jones	Episode: "Limelight"
2014	Revolution	Brian	3 episodes
2016	Harley and the Davidsons	Arthur Davidson	3 episodes
2021	A Tale Dark & Grimm	Executive Producer	Netflix Series

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
1995	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance by a Youth Ensemble in a Motion Picture (shared with the cast)	The Little Rascals	Won
1997	YoungStar Awards	Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Made-for-TV Movie	The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas	Nominated
2022	Children's and Family Emmy Awards	Outstanding Animated Series	A Tale Dark & Grimm	Nominated

External links

• Bug Hall at IMDb
• Bug Hall at AllMovie