
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).
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Filmography

Halloween Store
Movie · as Sheriff Van Hollis
Final Invasion
Movie

Roswell Delirium
Movie · as Jerry Baskin

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Movie · as Self

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Air Force One Down
Movie · as Sam Waitman

Trigger Warning
Movie · as Ezekiel Swann

The Class
Movie · as Faulk

Clerks III
Movie · as Auditioner

Bosch: Legacy
TV · as Agent William Baron · 5 eps

Reacher
TV · as Zachary Beck · 8 eps

Wednesday
TV · as Ron Krueger · 1 ep

Halloween Kills
Movie · as Tommy Doyle

Something About Her
Movie · as Jack

The D'Amelio Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep

The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

Bodied
Movie · as Professor Merkin

War Machine
Movie · as Greg Pulver

The Lears
Movie · as Glenn Lear

Riverdale
TV · as Principal Featherhead · 1 ep

Natural Selection
Movie · as Mr. Stevenson

Live by Night
Movie · as Gary L. Smith

Results
Movie · as Grigory

Rosewood
TV · as Detective Willet · 1 ep

Foxcatcher
Movie · as Jack

Z Nation
TV · as Gideon Gould · 1 ep

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

Dead in Tombstone
Movie · as Red Hernandez

Sexy Evil Genius
Movie · as Mark Von Dutch

Aftermath
Movie · as Tom Fiorini

Zombie Night
Movie · as Patrick

Friend Request
Movie · as Burk

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
TV · as Mister Kitson · 1 ep

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

The Blacklist
TV · as Robby Ressler · 2 eps

Last Man Standing
Movie · as Nick Collins

Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation
Movie · as Self

Awkward.
TV · as Mr. Hart · 10 eps

Community
TV · as Mike · 2 eps

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

Celebrity Ghost Stories
TV · as Self · 2 eps

Warehouse 13
TV · as Walter Sykes · 4 eps

The Dark Knight
Movie · as Engel

Final Approach
Movie · as Greg Gilliad

Celebrating Sixteen Candles
Movie · as Himself

Sincerely Yours
Movie · as Self

Gotham Tonight
TV · as Mike Engel · 4 eps

LA Blues
Movie · as Larry

Psych
TV · as Harris Trout · 3 eps

Funny Valentine
Movie · as Josh

American Dad!
TV · as (voice), Tom (voice) · 1 ep
The Tony Danza Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

Entourage
TV · as Anthony Michael Hall · 1 ep
Retrosexual: The '80s
TV · as (archive footage) · 5 eps

The Soup
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
The New Tom Green Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica
TV · as Self · 10 eps

The Dead Zone
Movie · as Johnny Smith

All About the Benjamins
Movie · as Lil J

The Dead Zone
TV · as Johnny Smith · 80 eps

CSI: Miami
TV · as James Bradstone · 1 ep

61*
Movie · as Whitey Ford

Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story
Movie · as Mutt Lange

Freddy Got Fingered
Movie · as Mr. Davidson
Hitched
Movie · as Ted

The Caveman's Valentine
Movie · as Bob

The Photographer
Movie · as Greg

Les Vampyres
Movie · as Man with Torch

Happy Accidents
Movie · as Anthony Michael Hall

Pirates of Silicon Valley
Movie · as Bill Gates

Revenge
Movie · as Brian Cutler

Dirt Merchant
Movie · as Jeffry Alan Spacy

A Touch of Hope
Movie · as Dr. Neil Bachman

The Killing Grounds
Movie · as Art Styles

The Crow: Stairway to Heaven
TV · 1 ep

Exit in Red
Movie · as Nick

Cold Night Into Dawn
Movie · as Eddie Rogers

Trojan War
Movie · as Bus Driver

The View
TV · as Self · 4 eps

The Hunger
TV · as Michael · 1 ep

Hijacked: Flight 285
Movie · as Peter Cronin

The Grave
Movie · as Travis Purcell

The Jamie Foxx Show
TV · as Tim · 1 ep

E! True Hollywood Story
TV · 1 ep

A Bucket of Blood
Movie · as Walter

Texas
Movie · as Yancey Quimper

Deadly Games
TV · as Chuck Manning · 2 eps

Hail Caesar
Movie · as Julius Caesar McMurty

Who Do I Gotta Kill?
Movie · as Jimmy's Friend Kevin Friedland

Touched by an Angel
TV · as Thomas Prescott · 2 eps

Six Degrees of Separation
Movie · as Trent

Diagnosis: Murder
TV · as Dr. Johnson · 1 ep

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

Into the Sun
Movie · as Tom Slade

A Gnome Named Gnorm
Movie · as Casey Gallagher

Edward Scissorhands
Movie · as Jim

Whatever Happened to Mason Reese
Movie · as Voice of Mason Reese

Tales from the Crypt
TV · as Reggie Skulnick · 1 ep

Johnny Be Good
Movie · as Johnny Walker

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

Out of Bounds
Movie · as Daryl Cage

The Breakfast Club
Movie · as Brian Johnson

Weird Science
Movie · as Gary

Sixteen Candles
Movie · as Geek

Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Les Franklin · 1 ep

National Lampoon's Vacation
Movie · as Rusty Griswold

Running Out
Movie · as Kylie

Six Pack
Movie · as Doc

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

The Gold Bug
Movie · as The Boy

Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Various Characters · 18 eps



