Anthony Michael Hall

Anthony Michael Hall

Known for
Acting
Born
April 14, 1968 (age 58)
Birthplace
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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. 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

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Filmography

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Halloween Store poster

Halloween Store

Movie · as Sheriff Van Hollis

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Final Invasion

Final Invasion

Movie

2025
Roswell Delirium poster

Roswell Delirium

Movie · as Jerry Baskin

2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert poster

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

Movie · as Self

2025
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night poster

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2024
Air Force One Down poster

Air Force One Down

Movie · as Sam Waitman

2024
Trigger Warning poster

Trigger Warning

Movie · as Ezekiel Swann

2022
The Class poster

The Class

Movie · as Faulk

2022
Clerks III poster

Clerks III

Movie · as Auditioner

2022
Bosch: Legacy poster

Bosch: Legacy

TV · as Agent William Baron · 5 eps

2022
Reacher poster

Reacher

TV · as Zachary Beck · 8 eps

2022
Wednesday poster

Wednesday

TV · as Ron Krueger · 1 ep

2021
Halloween Kills poster

Halloween Kills

Movie · as Tommy Doyle

2021
Something About Her poster

Something About Her

Movie · as Jack

2021
The D'Amelio Show poster

The D'Amelio Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2021
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune poster

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2018
Bodied poster

Bodied

Movie · as Professor Merkin

2017
War Machine poster

War Machine

Movie · as Greg Pulver

2017
The Lears poster

The Lears

Movie · as Glenn Lear

2017
Riverdale poster

Riverdale

TV · as Principal Featherhead · 1 ep

2016
Natural Selection poster

Natural Selection

Movie · as Mr. Stevenson

2016
Live by Night poster

Live by Night

Movie · as Gary L. Smith

2015
Results poster

Results

Movie · as Grigory

2015
Rosewood poster

Rosewood

TV · as Detective Willet · 1 ep

2014
Foxcatcher poster

Foxcatcher

Movie · as Jack

2014
Z Nation poster

Z Nation

TV · as Gideon Gould · 1 ep

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2013
Dead in Tombstone poster

Dead in Tombstone

Movie · as Red Hernandez

2013
Sexy Evil Genius poster

Sexy Evil Genius

Movie · as Mark Von Dutch

2013
Aftermath poster

Aftermath

Movie · as Tom Fiorini

2013
Zombie Night poster

Zombie Night

Movie · as Patrick

2013
Friend Request poster

Friend Request

Movie · as Burk

2013
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. poster

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

TV · as Mister Kitson · 1 ep

2013
The Goldbergs poster

The Goldbergs

TV · as Security Guard, Mr. Perott · 1 ep

2013
The Blacklist poster

The Blacklist

TV · as Robby Ressler · 2 eps

2011
Last Man Standing poster

Last Man Standing

Movie · as Nick Collins

2011
Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation poster

Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation

Movie · as Self

2011
Awkward. poster

Awkward.

TV · as Mr. Hart · 10 eps

2009
Community poster

Community

TV · as Mike · 2 eps

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2009
Celebrity Ghost Stories poster

Celebrity Ghost Stories

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2009
Warehouse 13 poster

Warehouse 13

TV · as Walter Sykes · 4 eps

2008
The Dark Knight poster

The Dark Knight

Movie · as Engel

2008
Final Approach poster

Final Approach

Movie · as Greg Gilliad

2008
Celebrating Sixteen Candles poster

Celebrating Sixteen Candles

Movie · as Himself

2008
Sincerely Yours poster

Sincerely Yours

Movie · as Self

2008
Gotham Tonight poster

Gotham Tonight

TV · as Mike Engel · 4 eps

2007
LA Blues poster

LA Blues

Movie · as Larry

2006
Psych poster

Psych

TV · as Harris Trout · 3 eps

2005
Funny Valentine poster

Funny Valentine

Movie · as Josh

2005
American Dad! poster

American Dad!

TV · as (voice), Tom (voice) · 1 ep

2004
The Tony Danza Show

The Tony Danza Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2004
Entourage poster

Entourage

TV · as Anthony Michael Hall · 1 ep

2004
Retrosexual: The '80s

Retrosexual: The '80s

TV · as (archive footage) · 5 eps

2004
The Soup poster

The Soup

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

2003
The New Tom Green Show

The New Tom Green Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2003
Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica poster

Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica

TV · as Self · 10 eps

2002
The Dead Zone poster

The Dead Zone

Movie · as Johnny Smith

2002
All About the Benjamins poster

All About the Benjamins

Movie · as Lil J

2002
The Dead Zone poster

The Dead Zone

TV · as Johnny Smith · 80 eps

2002
CSI: Miami poster

CSI: Miami

TV · as James Bradstone · 1 ep

2001
61* poster

61*

Movie · as Whitey Ford

2001
Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story poster

Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story

Movie · as Mutt Lange

2001
Freddy Got Fingered poster

Freddy Got Fingered

Movie · as Mr. Davidson

2001
Hitched

Hitched

Movie · as Ted

2001
The Caveman's Valentine poster

The Caveman's Valentine

Movie · as Bob

2000
The Photographer poster

The Photographer

Movie · as Greg

2000
Les Vampyres poster

Les Vampyres

Movie · as Man with Torch

2000
Happy Accidents poster

Happy Accidents

Movie · as Anthony Michael Hall

1999
Pirates of Silicon Valley poster

Pirates of Silicon Valley

Movie · as Bill Gates

1999
Revenge poster

Revenge

Movie · as Brian Cutler

1999
Dirt Merchant poster

Dirt Merchant

Movie · as Jeffry Alan Spacy

1999
A Touch of Hope poster

A Touch of Hope

Movie · as Dr. Neil Bachman

1998
The Killing Grounds poster

The Killing Grounds

Movie · as Art Styles

1998
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven poster

The Crow: Stairway to Heaven

TV · 1 ep

1997
Exit in Red poster

Exit in Red

Movie · as Nick

1997
Cold Night Into Dawn poster

Cold Night Into Dawn

Movie · as Eddie Rogers

1997
Trojan War poster

Trojan War

Movie · as Bus Driver

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 4 eps

1997
The Hunger poster

The Hunger

TV · as Michael · 1 ep

1996
Hijacked: Flight 285 poster

Hijacked: Flight 285

Movie · as Peter Cronin

1996
The Grave poster

The Grave

Movie · as Travis Purcell

1996
The Jamie Foxx Show poster

The Jamie Foxx Show

TV · as Tim · 1 ep

1996
E! True Hollywood Story poster

E! True Hollywood Story

TV · 1 ep

1995
A Bucket of Blood poster

A Bucket of Blood

Movie · as Walter

1995
Texas poster

Texas

Movie · as Yancey Quimper

1995
Deadly Games poster

Deadly Games

TV · as Chuck Manning · 2 eps

1994
Hail Caesar poster

Hail Caesar

Movie · as Julius Caesar McMurty

1994
Who Do I Gotta Kill? poster

Who Do I Gotta Kill?

Movie · as Jimmy's Friend Kevin Friedland

1994
Touched by an Angel poster

Touched by an Angel

TV · as Thomas Prescott · 2 eps

1993
Six Degrees of Separation poster

Six Degrees of Separation

Movie · as Trent

1993
Diagnosis: Murder poster

Diagnosis: Murder

TV · as Dr. Johnson · 1 ep

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1992
Into the Sun poster

Into the Sun

Movie · as Tom Slade

1991
A Gnome Named Gnorm poster

A Gnome Named Gnorm

Movie · as Casey Gallagher

1990
Edward Scissorhands poster

Edward Scissorhands

Movie · as Jim

1990
Whatever Happened to Mason Reese poster

Whatever Happened to Mason Reese

Movie · as Voice of Mason Reese

1989
Tales from the Crypt poster

Tales from the Crypt

TV · as Reggie Skulnick · 1 ep

1988
Johnny Be Good poster

Johnny Be Good

Movie · as Johnny Walker

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1986
Out of Bounds poster

Out of Bounds

Movie · as Daryl Cage

1985
The Breakfast Club poster

The Breakfast Club

Movie · as Brian Johnson

1985
Weird Science poster

Weird Science

Movie · as Gary

1984
Sixteen Candles poster

Sixteen Candles

Movie · as Geek

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Les Franklin · 1 ep

1983
National Lampoon's Vacation poster

National Lampoon's Vacation

Movie · as Rusty Griswold

1983
Running Out poster

Running Out

Movie · as Kylie

1982
Six Pack poster

Six Pack

Movie · as Doc

1982
Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn poster

Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn

Movie · as Huck Finn

1980
The Gold Bug poster

The Gold Bug

Movie · as The Boy

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Various Characters · 18 eps