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