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 (1985β1986) 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. 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).
Filmography (111)
Roswell Delirium
2025
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
2025
Air Force One Down
2024
Trigger Warning
2024
The Class
2022
Clerks III
2022
Bosch: Legacy
2022
Reacher
2022
Wednesday
2022
Halloween Kills
2021
Something About Her
2021
The D'Amelio Show
2021
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Bodied
2018
War Machine
2017
The Lears
2017
Riverdale
2017
Natural Selection
2016
Live by Night
2016
Results
2015
Rosewood
2015
Foxcatcher
2014
Z Nation
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Dead in Tombstone
2013
Sexy Evil Genius
2013
Aftermath
2013
Zombie Night
2013
Friend Request
2013
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013
The Goldbergs
2013
The Blacklist
2013
Last Man Standing
2011
Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation
2011
Awkward.
2011
Community
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
Warehouse 13
2009
The Dark Knight
2008
Final Approach
2008
Celebrating Sixteen Candles
2008
Sincerely Yours
2008
Gotham Tonight
2008
LA Blues
2007
Psych
2006
Funny Valentine
2005
American Dad!
2005
The Tony Danza Show
2004
Entourage
2004
Retrosexual: The '80s
2004
The Soup
2004
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
The New Tom Green Show
2003
Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica
2003
The Dead Zone
2002
All About the Benjamins
2002
The Dead Zone
2002
CSI: Miami
2002
61*
2001
Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story
2001
Freddy Got Fingered
2001
Hitched
2001
The Caveman's Valentine
2001
The Photographer
2000
Les Vampyres
2000
Happy Accidents
2000
Pirates of Silicon Valley
1999
Revenge
1999
Dirt Merchant
1999
A Touch of Hope
1999
The Killing Grounds
1998
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven
1998
Exit in Red
1997
Cold Night Into Dawn
1997
Trojan War
1997
The View
1997
The Hunger
1997
Hijacked: Flight 285
1996
The Grave
1996
The Jamie Foxx Show
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
A Bucket of Blood
1995
Texas
1995
Deadly Games
1995
Hail Caesar
1994
Who Do I Gotta Kill?
1994
Touched by an Angel
1994
Six Degrees of Separation
1993
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Into the Sun
1992
A Gnome Named Gnorm
1991
Edward Scissorhands
1990
Whatever Happened to Mason Reese
1990
Tales from the Crypt
1989
Johnny Be Good
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Out of Bounds
1986
The Breakfast Club
1985
Weird Science
1985
Sixteen Candles
1984
Murder, She Wrote
1984
National Lampoon's Vacation
1983
Running Out
1983
Six Pack
1982
Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn
1982
The Gold Bug
1980
Saturday Night Live
1975
Halloween Store
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