Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 14, 1968
Place of Birth:
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Anthony Michael Hall
Biography
Michael Anthony Hall (born April 14, 1968), known professionally as Anthony Michael Hall, is an American actor best known for his leading role as Johnny Smith in The Dead Zone from 2002 to 2007. He also rose to fame starring in films with John Hughes, which include the teen classics Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, and Weird Science.
Hall diversified his roles to avoid becoming typecast as his geek persona, joining the cast of Saturday Night Live (1985–1986) and starring in films such as Out of Bounds (1986), Johnny Be Good (1988), Edward Scissorhands (1990) and Six Degrees of Separation (1993). After a series of minor roles in the 1990s, he starred as Microsoft's Bill Gates in the 1999 television film Pirates of Silicon Valley and started in 2001 comedy Freddy Got Fingered. He had the leading role in the USA Network series The Dead Zone from 2002 to 2007. In 2008, he appeared in a minor role in The Dark Knight. In 2020, he appeared in ABC's The Goldbergs. Additionally, he starred in the slasher film Halloween Kills (2021).
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Roswell Delirium | Jerry Baskin |
| 2024 | Air Force One Down | Sam Waitman |
| 2024 | Trigger Warning | Ezekiel Swann |
| 2022 | The Class | Faulk |
| 2022 | Clerks III | Auditioner |
| 2021 | Halloween Kills | Tommy Doyle |
| 2021 | Something About Her | Jack |
| 2021 | Mike Tyson: The Knockout | |
| 2018 | Bodied | Professor Merkin |
| 2017 | War Machine | Greg Pulver |
| 2017 | The Lears | Glenn Lear |
| 2016 | Natural Selection | Mr. Stevenson |
| 2016 | Live by Night | Gary Smith |
| 2015 | Results | Grigory |
| 2014 | Foxcatcher | Jack |
| 2013 | Dead in Tombstone | Red Hernandez |
| 2013 | Sexy Evil Genius | Mark Von Dutch |
| 2013 | Aftermath | Tom Fiorini |
| 2013 | Zombie Night | Patrick |
| 2013 | Friend Request | Burk |
| 2013 | The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy | Self (archive footage) |
| 2011 | Last Man Standing | Nick Collins |
| 2011 | Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation | Self |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight | Engel |
| 2008 | Final Approach | Greg Gilliad |
| 2008 | Celebrating Sixteen Candles | Himself |
| 2008 | Sincerely Yours | Self |
| 2007 | LA Blues | Larry |
| 2005 | Funny Valentine | Josh |
| 2002 | The Dead Zone | Johnny Smith |
| 2002 | All About the Benjamins | Lil J |
| 2001 | 61* | Whitey Ford |
| 2001 | Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story | Mutt Lange |
| 2001 | Freddy Got Fingered | Mr. Davidson |
| 2001 | Hitched | Ted Robbins |
| 2001 | The Caveman's Valentine | Bob |
| 2000 | The Photographer | Greg |
| 2000 | Les Vampyres | Man with Torch |
| 2000 | Happy Accidents | Himself |
| 1999 | Pirates of Silicon Valley | Bill Gates |
| 1999 | Revenge | Brian Cutler |
| 1999 | Dirt Merchant | Jeffry Alan Spacy |
| 1999 | A Touch of Hope | Dr. Neil Bachman |
| 1998 | The Killing Grounds | Art Styles |
| 1997 | Exit in Red | Nick |
| 1997 | Cold Night Into Dawn | Eddie Rogers |
| 1997 | Trojan War | Bus Driver |
| 1996 | Hijacked: Flight 285 | Peter Cronin |
| 1996 | The Grave | Travis Purcell |
| 1995 | A Bucket of Blood | Walter |
| 1995 | Texas | Yancey Quimper |
| 1994 | Hail Caesar | Julius Caesar McMurty |
| 1994 | Who Do I Gotta Kill? | Jimmy's Friend Kevin Friedland |
| 1993 | Six Degrees of Separation | Trent |
| 1992 | Into the Sun | Tom Slade |
| 1991 | A Gnome Named Gnorm | Casey Gallagher |
| 1990 | Edward Scissorhands | Jim |
| 1990 | Whatever Happened to Mason Reese | Voice of Mason Reese |
| 1988 | Johnny Be Good | Johnny Walker |
| 1986 | Out of Bounds | Daryl Cage |
| 1985 | The Breakfast Club | Brian Johnson |
| 1985 | Weird Science | Gary |
| 1984 | Sixteen Candles | Geek (Ted) |
| 1983 | National Lampoon's Vacation | Rusty Griswold |
| 1983 | Running Out | Kylie |
| 1982 | Six Pack | Doc |
| 1982 | Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn | Huck Finn |
| 1980 | The Gold Bug | The Boy |
| Halloween Store | Sheriff Van Hollis |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night | Self |
| 2022 | Bosch: Legacy | Agent William Baron |
| 2022 | Reacher | Zachary Beck |
| 2021 | The D'Amelio Show | Self |
| 2021 | Celebrity Wheel of Fortune | Self - Contestant |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | |
| 2017 | Riverdale | Principal Featherhead |
| 2015 | Rosewood | Detective Willet |
| 2014 | Z Nation | Gideon Gould |
| 2013 | Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Mister Kitson |
| 2013 | The Goldbergs | Security Guard |
| 2013 | The Goldbergs | Mr. Perott |
| 2013 | The Blacklist | Robby Ressler |
| 2012 | Honest Trailers | Mike Engel (archive footage) |
| 2011 | Awkward. | Mr. Hart |
| 2009 | Community | Mike |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest |
| 2009 | Celebrity Ghost Stories | Self |
| 2009 | Warehouse 13 | Walter Sykes |
| 2008 | Gotham Tonight | Mike Engel |
| 2006 | Psych | Harris Trout |
| 2005 | American Dad! | (voice) |
| 2005 | American Dad! | Tom (voice) |
| 2004 | The Tony Danza Show | Self |
| 2004 | Entourage | |
| 2004 | Retrosexual: The '80s | (archive footage) |
| 2004 | The Soup | Self |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self |
| 2003 | The New Tom Green Show | Self - Guest |
| 2003 | Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica | Self |
| 2002 | The Dead Zone | Johnny Smith |
| 2002 | CSI: Miami | |
| 1998 | The Crow: Stairway to Heaven | |
| 1997 | The View | Self |
| 1997 | The Hunger | Michael |
| 1996 | The Jamie Foxx Show | Tim |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story | |
| 1995 | Deadly Games | Chuck Manning |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | Thomas Prescott |
| 1993 | Diagnosis: Murder | Dr. Johnson |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Reggie Skulnick |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Les Franklin |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Various Characters |