Anthony Michael Hall
- Acting
- April 14, 1968 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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. 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
Filmography
- SNL50: The Homecoming Concert · Self
- SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night · Self
- Roswell Delirium · Jerry Baskin, Producer
- Trigger Warning · Ezekiel Swann
- Air Force One Down · Sam Waitman
- Wednesday · Ron Krueger
- The Class · Faulk, Executive producer
- Clerks III · Auditioner
- Bosch: Legacy · Agent William Baron
- Reacher · Zachary Beck
- Halloween Kills · Tommy Doyle
- The D'Amelio Show · Self
- Something About Her · Jack
- Celebrity Wheel of Fortune · Self
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- Bodied · Professor Merkin
- War Machine · Greg Pulver
- The Lears · Glenn Lear
- Riverdale · Principal Featherhead
- Live by Night · Gary L. Smith
- Natural Selection · Mr. Stevenson
- Rosewood · Detective Willet
- Results · Grigory
- Foxcatcher · Jack
- Z Nation · Gideon Gould
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Zombie Night · Patrick
- Dead in Tombstone · Red Hernandez
- Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. · Mister Kitson
- The Goldbergs · Security Guard, Mr. Perott
- The Blacklist · Robby Ressler
- Friend Request · Burk
- Sexy Evil Genius · Mark Von Dutch
- Aftermath · Tom Fiorini
- Awkward. · Mr. Hart
- Last Man Standing · Nick Collins
- Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation · Self
- Celebrity Ghost Stories · Self
- Community · Mike
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen · Self
- Warehouse 13 · Walter Sykes
- Celebrating Sixteen Candles · Self
- Sincerely Yours · Self
- The Dark Knight · Engel
- Gotham Tonight · Mike Engel
- Final Approach · Greg Gilliad
- LA Blues · Larry, Executive producer
- Psych · Harris Trout
- Hoboken Hollow · Producer
- Funny Valentine · Josh
- American Dad! · Voice, Tom (Voice)
- Retrosexual: The '80s · (archive footage)
- The Tony Danza Show · Self
- Entourage · Anthony Michael Hall
- The Soup · Self
- Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica · Self
- The New Tom Green Show · Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! · Self
- The Dead Zone · Johnny Smith
- CSI: Miami · James Bradstone
- The Dead Zone · Johnny Smith, Director
- All About the Benjamins · Lil J
- Hitched · Ted
- Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story · Mutt Lange
- 61* · Whitey Ford
- Freddy Got Fingered · Mr. Davidson
- The Caveman's Valentine · Bob
- The Photographer · Greg
- Happy Accidents · Anthony Michael Hall
- A Touch of Hope · Dr. Neil Bachman
- Dirt Merchant · Jeffry Alan Spacy
- Revenge · Brian Cutler
- Pirates of Silicon Valley · Bill Gates
- The Crow: Stairway to Heaven
- The Killing Grounds · Art Styles
- Cold Night Into Dawn · Eddie Rogers
- Trojan War · Bus Driver
- Exit in Red · Nick
- The View · Self
- The Hunger · Michael