Anthony Michael Hall
Known for Acting · 111 credits
- Born
- 1968-04-14 (age 58)
- Place of birth
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Also known as
- Michael Anthony Thomas Charles Hall · آنتونی مایکل هال
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
TV Shows (44)
The Blacklist
2013
as Robby Ressler
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
American Dad!
2005
as (voice) / Tom (voice)
CSI: Miami
2002
as James Bradstone
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
Reacher
2022
as Zachary Beck
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Various Characters
Psych
2006
as Harris Trout
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Les Franklin
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013
as Mister Kitson
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
as Dr. Johnson
Riverdale
2017
as Principal Featherhead
Wednesday
2022
as Ron Krueger
The View
1997
as Self
Entourage
2004
as Anthony Michael Hall
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
The Goldbergs
2013
as Security Guard / Mr. Perott
Community
2009
as Mike
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Thomas Prescott
Warehouse 13
2009
as Walter Sykes
The Dead Zone
2002
as Johnny Smith
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Reggie Skulnick
Z Nation
2014
as Gideon Gould
Bosch: Legacy
2022
as Agent William Baron
Awkward.
2011
as Mr. Hart
The Soup
2004
as Self
Rosewood
2015
as Detective Willet
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self - Guest
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self
The Jamie Foxx Show
1996
as Tim
The Hunger
1997
as Michael
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021
as Self - Contestant
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven
1998
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
2025
as Self
The New Tom Green Show
2003
as Self - Guest
Deadly Games
1995
as Chuck Manning
The D'Amelio Show
2021
as Self
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica
2003
as Self
Retrosexual: The '80s
2004
as (archive footage)
Gotham Tonight
2008
as Mike Engel
Movies (67)
The Dark Knight
2008
as Engel
Edward Scissorhands
1990
as Jim
The Breakfast Club
1985
as Brian Johnson
National Lampoon's Vacation
1983
as Rusty Griswold
Halloween Kills
2021
as Tommy Doyle
Trigger Warning
2024
as Ezekiel Swann
Sixteen Candles
1984
as Geek (Ted)
Weird Science
1985
as Gary
Air Force One Down
2024
as Sam Waitman
War Machine
2017
as Greg Pulver
Foxcatcher
2014
as Jack
Live by Night
2016
as Gary Smith
Freddy Got Fingered
2001
as Mr. Davidson
Clerks III
2022
as Auditioner
Pirates of Silicon Valley
1999
as Bill Gates
Six Degrees of Separation
1993
as Trent
61*
2001
as Whitey Ford
All About the Benjamins
2002
as Lil J
Trojan War
1997
as Bus Driver
Johnny Be Good
1988
as Johnny Walker
Bodied
2018
as Professor Merkin
The Caveman's Valentine
2001
as Bob
Dead in Tombstone
2013
as Red Hernandez
Who Do I Gotta Kill?
1994
as Jimmy's Friend Kevin Friedland
Hijacked: Flight 285
1996
as Peter Cronin
Out of Bounds
1986
as Daryl Cage
Hail Caesar
1994
as Julius Caesar McMurty
Six Pack
1982
as Doc
Last Man Standing
2011
as Nick Collins
A Gnome Named Gnorm
1991
as Casey Gallagher
The Photographer
2000
as Greg
Zombie Night
2013
as Patrick
Final Approach
2008
as Greg Gilliad
Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story
2001
as Mutt Lange
Happy Accidents
2000
as Anthony Michael Hall
LA Blues
2007
as Larry
Into the Sun
1992
as Tom Slade
The Grave
1996
as Travis Purcell
Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn
1982
as Huck Finn
Results
2015
as Grigory
A Bucket of Blood
1995
as Walter
Sexy Evil Genius
2013
as Mark Von Dutch
Natural Selection
2016
as Mr. Stevenson
Exit in Red
1997
as Nick
Halloween Store
as Sheriff Van Hollis
Hitched
2001
as Ted
Something About Her
2021
as Jack
Texas
1995
as Yancey Quimper
Aftermath
2013
as Tom Fiorini
The Class
2022
as Faulk
The Dead Zone
2002
as Johnny Smith
Dirt Merchant
1999
as Jeffry Alan Spacy
Roswell Delirium
2025
as Jerry Baskin
The Killing Grounds
1998
as Art Styles
Running Out
1983
as Kylie
Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation
2011
as Self
Revenge
1999
as Brian Cutler
Celebrating Sixteen Candles
2008
as Himself
The Lears
2017
as Glenn Lear
Friend Request
2013
as Burk
The Gold Bug
1980
as The Boy
Cold Night Into Dawn
1997
as Eddie Rogers
Whatever Happened to Mason Reese
1990
as Voice of Mason Reese
A Touch of Hope
1999
as Dr. Neil Bachman
Sincerely Yours
2008
as Self
Funny Valentine
2005
as Josh
Les Vampyres
2000
as Man with Torch
About Anthony Michael Hall
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… With 111 credits spanning from 1975 to 2025, Anthony Michael Hall has appeared in 67 films and 44 TV shows.
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Most Popular Anthony Michael Hall Movies
- The Dark Knight (2008) — as Engel
- Edward Scissorhands (1990) — as Jim
- The Breakfast Club (1985) — as Brian Johnson
- National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) — as Rusty Griswold
- Halloween Kills (2021) — as Tommy Doyle
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