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Anthony Michael Hall

Anthony Michael Hall

Actor · Born April 14, 1968 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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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).

Acted in 90

1990s

  1. 1999

    A Touch of Hope

    Dr. Neil Bachman

  2. Dirt Merchant

    Jeffry Alan Spacy

    38

  3. Revenge

    Brian Cutler

  4. Pirates of Silicon Valley

    Bill Gates

    76
  5. 1998

    The Crow: Stairway to Heaven

    TV · 1 Season · Action · Adventure

    64

  6. The Killing Grounds

    Art Styles

  7. 1997

    Cold Night Into Dawn

    Eddie Rogers

  8. Trojan War

    Bus Driver

    58

  9. Exit in Red

    Nick

  10. The Hunger

    Michael · 1 episode

    62
  11. 1996

    The Jamie Foxx Show

    Tim · 1 episode

    67

  12. E! True Hollywood Story

    TV

  13. Hijacked: Flight 285

    Peter Cronin

    50

  14. The Grave

    Travis Purcell

    56
  15. 1995

    A Bucket of Blood

    Walter

    49

  16. Deadly Games

    Chuck Manning · 2 episodes

  17. Texas

    Yancey Quimper

  18. 1994

    Who Do I Gotta Kill?

    Jimmy's Friend Kevin Friedland

    40

  19. Touched by an Angel

    Thomas Prescott · 2 episodes

    65

  20. Hail Caesar

    Julius Caesar McMurty

    33
  21. 1993

    Six Degrees of Separation

    Trent

    72

  22. Diagnosis: Murder

    Dr. Johnson · 1 episode

    70
  23. 1992

    Into the Sun

    Tom Slade

    50
  24. 1991

    A Gnome Named Gnorm

    Casey Gallagher

    46
  25. 1990

    Edward Scissorhands

    Jim

    80

  26. Whatever Happened to Mason Reese

    Voice of Mason Reese

1980s

  1. 1989

    Tales from the Crypt

    Reggie Skulnick · 1 episode

    80
  2. 1988

    Johnny Be Good

    Johnny Walker

    29
  3. 1986

    Out of Bounds

    Daryl Cage

    52
  4. 1985

    Weird Science

    Gary

    60

  5. The Breakfast Club

    Brian Johnson

    77
  6. 1984

    Murder, She Wrote

    Les Franklin · 1 episode

    74

  7. Sixteen Candles

    Geek

    70
  8. 1983

    National Lampoon's Vacation

    Rusty Griswold

    73

  9. Running Out

    Kylie

  10. 1982

    Six Pack

    Doc

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

    Huck Finn

  12. 1980

    The Gold Bug

    The Boy

Produced 5

2020s

  1. 2025

    Roswell Delirium

    Producer

  2. 2022

    The Class

    Executive Producer

Directed 2

Appearances18

2000s

  1. 2009

    Celebrity Ghost Stories

    Self · 2 episodes

    72

  2. Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Self - Guest · 1 episode

    54
  3. 2008

    Celebrating Sixteen Candles

    Himself

  4. Sincerely Yours

    Self

  5. 2004

    The Soup

    Self · 1 episode

    77
  6. 2003

    Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica

    Self · 10 episodes

  7. Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Self - Guest · 3 episodes

    61