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