Marion H. "Pooch" Hall, Jr. is an American television and film actor and model known for his role as Derwin Davis, the football player on the The CW/BET sitcom, The Game and as Ricky in the 2011 film, Jumping the Broom. Born in Brockton, Massachusetts, Hall attended Brockton High School. In 1994, he won the Southern New England Golden Gloves for boxing. Hall attended the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth where he got his first taste for acting with the UMass Dartmouth Theatre Company. While at UMass he met his future wife Linda Hall. Hall is a realtor in California. The two married after... graduation. They have three children: daughters Djanai and Djaeda; and son Djordan Hall started his career doing commercials and modeling.Hall landed his first acting role in the 2001 Lift. That same year, he appeared In 2003, he served as co-host for The N reality series Girls v. Boys. In 2005, he portrayed Ty'ree in the miniseries Miracle's Boys. The following year, he won the role of Derwin Davis on The Game. He was featured as Chrisette Michele's love interest in her music video "What You Do".
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