Anthony Michael Hall
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
Engel
The Dark Knight
Jim
Edward Scissorhands
Brian Johnson
The Breakfast Club
Bill Gates
Pirates of Silicon Valley
Rusty Griswold
National Lampoon's Vacation
Johnny Walker
Johnny Be Good
Whitey Ford
61*
Casey Gallagher
A Gnome Named Gnorm
Gary
Weird Science
Mutt Lange
Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story
Mr. Davidson
Freddy Got Fingered
Faulk
The Class
Geek (Ted)
Sixteen Candles
Josh
Funny Valentine
Brian Cutler
Revenge
Greg Gilliad
Final Approach
Daryl Cage
Out of Bounds
Doc
Six Pack
Sam Waitman
Air Force One Down
Nick
Exit in Red
Nick Collins
Last Man Standing
Eddie Rogers
Cold Night Into Dawn
Jack
Foxcatcher
Huck Finn
Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn
Red Hernandez
Dead in Tombstone
Mark Von Dutch
Sexy Evil Genius
Art Styles
The Killing Grounds
Voice of Mason Reese
Whatever Happened to Mason Reese
Greg
The Photographer
Tom Fiorini
Aftermath
Ted Robbins
Hitched
Man with Torch
Les Vampyres
Julius Caesar McMurty
Hail Caesar
Tom Slade
Into the Sun
Walter
A Bucket of Blood
Patrick
Zombie Night
Peter Cronin
Hijacked: Flight 285
Himself
Happy Accidents
Trent
Six Degrees of Separation
Jimmy's Friend Kevin Friedland
Who Do I Gotta Kill?
Auditioner
Clerks III
Grigory
Results
Jerry Baskin
Roswell Delirium
Ezekiel Swann
Trigger Warning
Johnny Smith
The Dead Zone
Lil J
All About the Benjamins
Mr. Stevenson
Natural Selection
Larry
LA Blues
Bob
The Caveman's Valentine
Burk
Friend Request
Greg Pulver
War Machine
Travis Purcell
The Grave
Jeffry Alan Spacy
Dirt Merchant
Gary Smith
Live by Night
Dr. Neil Bachman
A Touch of Hope
Professor Merkin
Bodied
The Boy
The Gold Bug
Glenn Lear
The Lears
Bus Driver
Trojan War
Self
Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation
Yancey Quimper
Texas
Tommy Doyle
Halloween Kills
Himself
Celebrating Sixteen Candles
Jack
Something About Her
Self (archive footage)
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
Self
Sincerely Yours
Mike Tyson: The Knockout
Kylie
Running Out
Sheriff Van Hollis
Halloween Store
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
69
Gender
Male
Birthday
1968-04-14
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As
Michael Anthony Thomas Charles Hall