Hal Sparks (born Hal Harry Magee Sparks III) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, musician, political commentator, television and radio host, and television personality. He is known for his contributions to VH1, hosting E!’s Talk Soup, and the role of Michael Novotny on the American television series Queer as Folk, Donald Davenport in Lab Rats and as the voice of Tak in Tak and the Power of Juju television series and video games.
Hal Sparks Age
Sparks is 52 years old as of 2021, he was born on September 25, 1969, in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. He celebrates his birthday on 25 September every year and his birth sign is Libra.
Hal Sparks Height and Weight
Sparks stands at a height of 5 feet 8½ Inches (1.74 m), weighs 77 kg (170 lbs), and has brown hair and brown eyes. However, details regarding his other body measurements are currently not publicly available. We will update this section when the information is available.
Hal Sparks Education
When he was 14 years old, he moved to theChicagoarea and enrolled atNew Trier High SchoolinWinnetka, Illinois, where he entered the theater department.
Sparks has also studied martial arts since the age of 8 years old and holds belts in Karate, Tae Kwon Do, and several forms of Kung Fu including Wushu.
Hal Sparks Family, Parents, and Siblings
Sparks was born and raised by his parents in Cincinnati, Ohio. Our efforts to find out more about his family came to no avail as no such information is publicly available. Thus, the identity of Sparks’s parents is still unclear. It is also not known if he has any siblings. We will update this section once this information is available.
Hal Sparks Wife and Children
Sparks currently shares a romantic relationship with the love of his life, Summer Soltis. He has a son Camden Harrison Sparks, with whom he debuted at the 2011 AIDS Walk in Los Angeles.
Hal Sparks Salary
Details about Sparks’ salary are not yet disclosed. However, information about how much he makes will be updated as soon as it is available.
Hal Sparks Net Worth
Sparks’s net worth is estimated to be between $1 million and $5 million. This includes his assets, money, and income. His primary source of income is his career as a Television Personality, stand-up comedian, actor, musician, political commentator, television, and radio host. Through his various sources of income, Sparks has been able to accumulate a good fortune but prefers to lead a modest lifestyle.
Here are some interesting facts and body measurements you should know about Hal Sparks.
Hal Sparks Wiki
- Full Names: Hal Harry Magee Sparks III
- Popular As: Sparks
- Gender: Male
- Occupation / Profession: Stand-up comedian, actor, musician, political commentator, television and radio host and television personality
- Nationality: American
- Race / Ethnicity: White
- Religion: Freemason
- Sexual Orientation: Straight
Hal Sparks Birthday
- Age / How Old?: 52 (2021)
- Zodiac Sign: Libra
- Date of Birth: September 25, 1969
- Place of Birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
- Birthday: September 25th
Hal Sparks Body Measurements
- Body Measurements: Not Available
- Height / How Tall?: 5 feet 8½ Inches (1.74 m)
- Weight: 77 kg (170 lbs)
- Eye Color: Brown
- Hair Color: Brown
- Shoe Size: Not Available
- Breast Size: Not Available
- Waist Size: Not Available
- Biceps Size: Not Available
Hal Sparks Family and Relationship
- Father (Dad): Not Known
- Mother: Not Known
- Siblings (Brothers and Sisters): Not Known
- Marital Status: In a Relationship
- Dating / Girlfriend: Summer Soltis
- Children: Camden Harrison Sparks
Hal Sparks Net Worth and Salary
- Net Worth: $1 million and $5 million
- Salary: Under Review
- Source of Income: Stand-up comedian, actor, musician, political commentator, television and radio host, and television personality
Hal Sparks Career
In 1988, he was still in high school when he became the host of the short-lived Saturday game show Treasure Mall, just months shy of his 19th birthday. Sparks moved to Los Angeles after graduation, and ten years later, in 1999, he was hired to host Talk Soup.
In 2008, he produced his first standup comedy DVD, Escape from Halcatraz, on his own. When he isn’t hosting his own weekly progressive radio show, Sparks appears on CNN’s Your $$$$$, The Joy Behar Show, and The View.
In 2009 and 2010, he also took part in the Progressive Voices Cruise. In 2011, he traveled across the country with Stephanie Miller and John Fugelsang on their successful Sexy Liberal Comedy Tour. This tour topped more than a million dollars in ticket sales while raising money for local progressive causes.
Radio
Sparks is a regular guest and fill-in host on the national Stephanie Miller Radio Show on Wednesday mornings, providing three hours of commentary and humor. The show is called “Hump Days with Hal,” and it airs once a week on his official U-stream channel.
Sparks has also appeared as a guest host on Norman Goldman’s show, which is based in Los Angeles. Goldman’s “Beyond the Norm” segments also made Sparks broadcast hosting available. He kept his free “behind the scenes” U-stream show going for his listeners and fans.
In June 2010, he got his own radio show on WCPT (AM) as the host of The Hal Sparks Radio Program (megaworldwide), which airs every Saturday between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. CST.
Television
In 1987, Sparks made his television debut in the film Frog, starring Shelley Duvall, Elliott Gould, and Scott Grimes. Over the next few decades, he would appear in a variety of TV roles, including hosting Talk Soup in 1999 and being one of the stars of Disney XD’s Lab Rats. Sparks played Nelson in Fuller House’s second season, replacing Jason Marsden.
Game shows
When he hosted the short-lived, syndicated game show Treasure Mall in 1988, Sparks became the United States’ youngest game show emcee. He was also the captain of the Chicago Hitmen team on GSN’s Extreme Dodgeball. He provided the voice of the computer known as “Mr. Q” on the Game Show Network (GSN) adaptation of 20Q, which aired in 2009.
TV starring roles
Sparks starred in the groundbreaking Showtime television series Queer As Folk, an American adaptation of Russell T Davies’ UK series of the same name. Sparks replaced Jason Marsden as the voice of the lead character in the Nickelodeon animated series Tak & the Power of Juju, which aired for twelve episodes between 2007 and 2008.
Sparks taped his first Showtime comedy special, Charmageddon, in front of a standing-room-only audience at the OC Pavilion in Santa Ana, California, in 2009. The special first aired in 2010 and was later released on DVD. Sparks was cast as Donald Davenport, one of the lead characters in the new Disney pilot Lab Rats, in 2011.
Variety reported on July 12, 2011 that the series was ordered by Disney for a 2012 premiere. In early 2012, theLab Rats premiere received the highest ratings for original series for the network.It was announced in May 2012, that it had officially picked up for another season.
Reality-TV
Sparks appeared on the Fox celebrity competition Celebrity Duets in 2006, where she competed for the charity Habitat for Humanity. He shared the stage with Smokey Robinson, Gladys Knight, Wynonna Judd, Dennis DeYoung, Dee Snider, and Sebastian Bach, among others.
He finished third in the series after making it to the finale with Lucy Lawless and Alfonso Ribeiro. Sparks was cast as the host of the WB reality series Survival of the Richest in 2007, in which wealthy young adults were paired with those with massive debts to complete challenges and work as a team.
Sparks also joined Roseanne to judge Nick at Night’s search for America’s Funniest Mom in 2007. Sparks appeared on the 2008 VH1 reality show Celebracadabra, in which celebrities compete to outperform each other with magic they learned from experienced coaches. Ant, Lisa Ann Walter, Carnie Wilson, Christopher “Kid” Reid, Kimberly Wyatt, and C. Thomas Howell were among the other celebrity contestants.
Howell was the winner, with Sparks coming in second. Sparks described his experience with alien abduction in the premiere episode of Famously Afraid on the Travel Channel in 2019, a series in which celebrities tell of their personal unusual encounters.
Film Career
His breakthrough role in a mainstream film came in the 2000 cult classic Dude, Where’s My Car?, as Zoltan, the bubble-wrapped leader of a nerdy gang obsessed with outer space. In a 2009 interview with We Are Movie Geeks, he confirmed that he invented the iconic “Z” hand gesture. Starting in 2012, the “Z” hand gesture became the preferred celebratory sign among members and fans of baseball’s Pittsburgh Pirates, of which Sparks is a fan. On July 25, 2012, he threw out the first pitch at PNC Park during a Pirates/Cubs series.
Hal Sparks Spider-Man 2
Sparks has also appeared in films such as Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star and Spider-Man 2, where he had a memorable cameo as an elevator passenger who enjoys an awkward but funny moment with Spider-Man.
He also appeared as one of the guitar salesmen duped out of a guitar by the con-woman played by Mila Kunis in the opening scene of Mike Judge’s 2009 film Extract.
In 2004, he played Deputy Dale in the independently produced Lightning Bug, which was written and directed by Robert Hall, a former member of Hal’s hard rock band Zero 1.
Music Career
Sparks, in addition to acting, is the lead singer and guitarist for the rock band ZERO 1. (previously called The Hal Sparks Band). The band began with Hal, his friend Rob Hall on bass, and Hal’s cousin Miles Loretta on drums.
Their self-titled debut album, which was produced by King’s X frontman DUg Pinnick, was released in December 2006. The album is available on iTunes as well as on Sparks’ official website. Sparks and Loretta from Zero 1 both appeared on Doug’s solo project Strum Sum Up in 2007.
Hal Sparks (lead vocals and guitar), Brian Crow (guitar and backup vocals), Bumper Renga (bass and backup vocals), and Lance Tamanaha make up the new lineup (drums and backup vocals).
They signed with the record label “rocket science” and have a new album titled “The sacred nothing” on the way. The band’s first video for the single “American Psycho,” directed by Adrienne Wanyo and shot on location at the Houdini Mansion, is also set to debut.
Hal appeared on the first season of Celebrity Duets. He frequently performs with the Los Angeles cover band Steel Panther, singing classic 80s metal songs like the Skid Row hit “Youth Gone Wild.”
Stand-up
Sparks began touring the United States with John Fugelsang and Stephanie Miller as part of the Sexy Liberal Comedy Tour in 2011. Sparks and Fugelsang launched the “Politics, Sex, and Religion Tour” in 2012.
Hal Sparks Movies and TV Shows
Film
- 1989 Chopper Chicks in Zombietown
- 1996 Invader
- 1999 Lost & Found
- 2000 Dude, Where’s My Car?
- 2001 Dr. Dolittle 2
- 2003 Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
- 2004 Lightning Bug
- 2004 Spider-Man 2
- 2006 Denial
- 2007 The House That Jack Built
- 2007 Spider-Man 2.1
- 2008 Dead Space: Downfall
- 2009 Extract
- 2011 Slip Away
- 2015 The A-List
Television
- 1987 Frog
- 1994 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
- 1995 Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
- 1995 Signs and Wonders
- 1995, 1996 Night Stand
- 1998 Cheap Theatrix
- 1999–2000 Talk Soup
- 2000 Martial Law
- 2000–2005 Queer As Folk
- 2001, 2002 Rendez-View
- 2002 One on One
- 2002 Bleacher Bums
- 2003 Frasier
- 2004 Extreme Dodgeball
- 2005 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- 2005 Video Game Vixens
- 2006 Las Vegas
- 2006 Survival of the Richest
- 2006 Robot Chicken
- 2006 Celebrity Duets
- 2006 Celebrity Paranormal Project
- 2007–2009 Tak and the Power of Juju
- 2007 America’s Funniest Mom 3
- 2008 Rock Band 2: The Stars
- 2008 Celebracadabra
- 2009 20Q
- 2009 2009 Game Show Awards
- 2010 The Tester
- 2010 Web Soup
- 2010 Hal Sparks: Charmageddon
- 2012–2016 Lab Rats
- 2016 Lab Rats: Elite Force
- 2016 Fuller House
- 2018 Grey’s Anatomy
- 2019 Famously Afraid
Video games
- 2007 Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots
- 2008 SpongeBob SquarePants featuring Nicktoons: Globs of Doom
Tak and the Guardians of Gross
Music videos
- 2008 “Beat It”
- 2013 “Party Like Tomorrow Is the End of the World”
Hal Sparks Songs
- Charmageddon (2010)
- Wreckcreation (2018)
Frequently Asked Questions About Hal Sparks
Who is Hal Sparks?
Hal Sparks is an American stand-up comedian, actor, musician, political commentator, television and radio host, and television personality. He is known for his contributions to VH1, hosting E!’s Talk Soup, and the role of Michael Novotny on the American television series Queer as Folk, Donald Davenport in Lab Rats and as the voice of Tak in Tak and the Power of Juju television series and video games.
How old is Hal Sparks?
Sparks is an American national born on September 25, 1969, in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
How tall is Hal Sparks?
Sparks stands at a height of 5 feet 8½ Inches (1.74 m).
Is Hal Sparks married?
Sparks currently shares a romantic relationship with the love of his life, Summer Soltis. He has a son Camden Harrison Sparks, with whom he debuted at the 2011 AIDS Walk in Los Angeles.
How much is Hal Sparks worth?
Sparks has an approximate net worth of $1 million and $5 million. This amount has been accrued from his leading roles in the entertainment industry. Sparks has not yet revealed his net worth. We will update this section when we get and verify information about the wealth and properties under his name.
How much does Hal Sparks make?
Details about Sparks’ salary are not yet disclosed. However, information about how much he makes will be updated as soon as it is available.
Where does Sparks live?
Because of security reasons, Sparks has not shared his precise location of residence. We will update this information if we get the location and images of his house.
Is Sparks dead or alive?
Sparks is alive and in good health. There have been no reports of him being sick or having any health-related issues.
Where is Sparks Now?
Sparks is still an active participant in the creative entertainment industry, he is known for his contributions toVH1, hostingE!’sTalk Soup, and the role ofMichael Novotnyon the American television seriesQueer as Folk, Donald Davenport inLab Ratsand as the voice of Tak inTak and the Power of Jujutelevision series and video games.
Hal Sparks Contacts
- Youtube
- Tiktok
- Website
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