Anthony Michael Hall

14 Apr 1968 (56 years old) in Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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

Credits

  • 2024 · Trigger Warning as Ezekiel Swann
  • 2024 · Air Force One Down as Sam Waitman
  • 2023 · Roswell Delirium as Jerry Baskin
  • 2022 · The Class as Faulk
  • 2022 · Clerks III as Auditioner
  • 2022 · Bosch: Legacy as Agent William Baron
  • 2021 · Halloween Kills as Tommy Doyle
  • 2021 · The D'Amelio Show as Self
  • 2021 · Mike Tyson: The Knockout as
  • 2021 · Something About Her as Jack
  • 2021 · Celebrity Wheel of Fortune as Self - Contestant
  • 2018 · Bodied as Professor Merkin
  • 2017 · War Machine as Greg Pulver
  • 2017 · The Lears as Glenn Lear
  • 2017 · Riverdale as Principal Featherhead
  • 2016 · Live by Night as Gary Smith
  • 2016 · Natural Selection as Mr. Stevenson
  • 2015 · Rosewood as Detective Willet
  • 2015 · Results as Grigory
  • 2014 · Foxcatcher as Jack
  • 2014 · Z Nation as Gideon Gould
  • 2013 · Aftermath as Tom Fiorini
  • 2013 · Zombie Night as Patrick
  • 2013 · Dead in Tombstone as Red Hernandez
  • 2013 · The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy as Self (archive footage)
  • 2013 · Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Mister Kitson
  • 2013 · The Goldbergs as Security Guard
  • 2013 · The Goldbergs as Mr. Perott
  • 2013 · The Blacklist as Robby Ressler
  • 2013 · Friend Request as Burk
  • 2013 · Sexy Evil Genius as Mark Von Dutch
  • 2012 · Honest Trailers as Mike Engel (archive footage)
  • 2011 · Awkward. as Mr. Hart
  • 2011 · Last Man Standing as Nick Collins
  • 2011 · Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation as Self
  • 2009 · Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
  • 2009 · Community as Mike
  • 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
  • 2009 · Warehouse 13 as Walter Sykes
  • 2008 · Celebrating Sixteen Candles as Himself
  • 2008 · Sincerely Yours as Self
  • 2008 · The Dark Knight as Mike Engel
  • 2008 · Gotham Tonight as Mike Engel
  • 2008 · Final Approach as Greg Gilliad
  • 2007 · LA Blues as Larry
  • 2006 · Psych as Harris Trout
  • 2005 · Funny Valentine as Josh
  • 2005 · American Dad! as (voice)
  • 2005 · American Dad! as Tom (voice)
  • 2004 · Retrosexual: The '80s as (archive footage)
  • 2004 · The Tony Danza Show as Self
  • 2004 · Entourage as
  • 2004 · The Soup as
  • 2003 · The New Tom Green Show as Self - Guest
  • 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as
  • 2002 · The Dead Zone as Johnny Smith
  • 2002 · CSI: Miami as
  • 2002 · The Dead Zone as Johnny Smith
  • 2002 · All About the Benjamins as Lil J
  • 2001 · Hitched as
  • 2001 · Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story as Mutt Lange
  • 2001 · 61* as Whitey Ford
  • 2001 · Freddy Got Fingered as Mr. Davidson
  • 2001 · The Caveman's Valentine as Bob
  • 2000 · Les Vampyres as Man with Torch
  • 2000 · The Photographer as Greg
  • 2000 · Happy Accidents as Himself
  • 1999 · A Touch of Hope as Dr. Neil Bachman
  • 1999 · Dirt Merchant as Jeffry Alan Spacy
  • 1999 · Revenge as Brian Cutler
  • 1999 · Pirates of Silicon Valley as Bill Gates
  • 1998 · The Crow: Stairway to Heaven as
  • 1998 · The Killing Grounds as Art Styles
  • 1997 · Cold Night Into Dawn as Eddie Rogers
  • 1997 · Trojan War as Bus Driver
  • 1997 · Exit in Red as Nick
  • 1997 · The View as Self
  • 1997 · The Hunger as Michael
  • 1996 · The Jamie Foxx Show as
  • 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
  • 1996 · Hijacked: Flight 285 as Peter Cronin
  • 1996 · The Grave as Travis Purcell
  • 1995 · A Bucket of Blood as Walter
  • 1995 · Deadly Games as Chuck Manning
  • 1995 · Texas as Yancey Quimper
  • 1994 · Who Do I Gotta Kill? as Jimmy's Friend Kevin Friedland
  • 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Thomas Prescott
  • 1994 · Hail Caesar as Julius Caesar McMurty
  • 1993 · Six Degrees of Separation as Trent
  • 1993 · Diagnosis: Murder as Dr. Johnson
  • 1992 · A Gnome Named Gnorm as Casey Gallagher
  • 1992 · Into the Sun as Tom Slade
  • 1990 · Edward Scissorhands as Jim
  • 1990 · Whatever Happened to Mason Reese as Voice of Mason Reese
  • 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as Reggie Skulnick
  • 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
  • 1988 · Johnny Be Good as Johnny Walker
  • 1986 · Out of Bounds as Daryl Cage
  • 1985 · Weird Science as Gary
  • 1985 · The Breakfast Club as Brian Johnson
  • 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Les Franklin
  • 1984 · Sixteen Candles as Geek (Ted)
  • 1983 · National Lampoon's Vacation as Rusty Griswold
  • 1983 · Running Out as Kylie
  • 1982 · Six Pack as Doc
  • 1982 · Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn as Huck Finn
  • 1980 · The Gold Bug as The Boy
  • 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Various Characters