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